Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 8 January 2015
Notes:
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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.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 8 January 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 8 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.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Law Officers met the Director of the Services Prosecution Authority in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
(219886)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to address problems relating to retention monies and small businesses in the construction industry.
(906864)
3
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received calling for City Link to be taken into public ownership; and if he will make a statement.
(219801)
4
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Galileo satellite navigation system will be available in the UK; and whether that system will be provided free to the end user.
(219922)
5
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress has been made on the Galileo satellite navigation system project.
(219924)
6
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the UK's total contribution to the cost of the Galileo satellite navigation system project will be.
(219925)
7
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost to the UK has been of the Galileo satellite navigation system project to date.
(219926)
8
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the benefits to the UK realised to date of the Galileo satellite navigation system project.
(219927)
9
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications to the Regional Growth Fund were submitted in each local authority area since the inception of that Fund; and what proportion of those applications were approved.
(219869)
10
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase productivity.
(219763)
11
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on steps to reduce regulatory burdens on self-employed people; and if he will make a statement.
(906878)
12
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish any recent assessment he has made of compliance with the Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter.
(219831)
13
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which local enterprise partnerships (a) his Department and (b) the Offshore Wind Industry Council are working with to develop clusters of business formation for the offshore industry supply chain.
(219832)
14
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking in conjunction with (a) the Offshore Wind Industry Council and (b) individual companies within the supply chain of the offshore industry to devise standardisation; and if he will make a statement.
(219833)
15
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy that there should be a widening of eligiblity for UK Export Finance support to include companies in the offshore wind supply chain.
(219838)
16
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) implement a common system for supplier registration in the offshore wind supply chain.
(219839)
17
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will extend the scope of the Green Investment Bank's objects to include investments in supply chain companies in the offshore wind sector.
(219840)
18
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to allow the British Business Bank to provide bonds for companies in the offshore wind supply chain for the purpose of enabling those companies to take on additional orders.
(219841)
19
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the ability of the Aerospace Growth Partnership to help companies in the UK aerospace supply chain to bring products to market (a) faster and (b) more efficiently; and if he will make a statement.
(219843)
20
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made by the Aerospace Growth Partnership Manufacturing Working Group on introducing a Manufacturing Accelerator Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(219844)
21
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) co-ordination, (b) efficiency and (c) improvements to productivity within the construction industry.
(219845)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
22
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government takes to vet (a) applicants for and (b) holders of civil service posts in central government departments for extremist views.
(219823)
23
N
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 7 January 2013 to Question 135835, on Dover House, whether building work on the first floor of 70 Whitehall has been concluded; and when the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is expected to vacate Dover House.
(219681)
24
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs related to the brewing industry in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK.
(219682)
25
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) names and (b) annual cost is of each ongoing independent commission set up by the Government.
(219919)
26
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on the circumstances under which Departments should seek legal advice from the Attorney General; if he will publish that guidance; and if he will make a statement.
(219683)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
27
N
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on oil and gas receipts of the fall in the price of Brent crude to $56 a barrel.
(219662)
28
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether profits reported by Big Four accountancy houses on the sale of tax avoidance schemes in Luxembourg are taxed in the UK.
(219923)
29
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219226 on multinational companies: tax avoidance, whether he has made any such request for the exchange of information with the Luxembourg tax authorities.
(219928)
30
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce an appeals process against Financial Conduct Authority decisions.
(219734)
31
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Financial Conduct Authority does not include professional fees when assessing the amount of compensation which should be paid to people who have been mis-sold policies.
(219747)
32
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to provide guidance to families with variable working hours and incomes on choosing between universal credit and the tax-free childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(219756)
33
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to provide advice to parents on identifying which childcare support system is best for them; and if he will make a statement.
(219757)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
34
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his proposed committee on Park Homes will commence its meetings.
(219918)
35
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(The Cotswolds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on planning appeal costs being awarded against a district council when that appeal has been dismissed.
(219907)
36
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated for the building of affordable housing in London in each year from May 2010 to May 2019; and if he will make a statement.
(219687)
37
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how many units of housing planning permission has been granted on sites in London classed as on hold or shelved; and if he will make a statement.
(219688)
38
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been paid under the New Homes Bonus grant scheme in each region in each year since 2013; and what estimate he has made of the amount likely to be so paid in each year to 2018; and if he will make a statement.
(219736)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
39
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether requirements are placed on companies in receipt of Film Fund funding to pay their interns and apprentices.
(219779)
40
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the performance of the management of the Science Museum Group in relation to the restoration of the Flying Scotsman.
(219847)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
41
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) patients, (b) health workers and (c) NHS volunteers have received treatment for Ebola on the RFA Argus since that vessel docked in Sierra Leone.
(219766)
42
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the strategic need for a British military presence in Bahrain.
(219745)
43
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which dates in 2014 HMS Vengeance was berthed at the Devonport dockyard undergoing refurbishment; and what particular refit was being carried out during that time by Babcock Marine on behalf on his Department.
(219880)
44
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what issues and on what dates his Department asked the Attorney General for legal advice on matters concerning the UK's detention policy in Iraq from October 2002 to April 2009.
(219684)
45
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people of what rank were in the Libyan National Support Element based at Bassingbourn camp; how many there were for each Libyan trainee; and if he will make a statement.
(219663)
46
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's internal review of Libyan general purpose training has been completed; whether he plans to place in the Library a copy of that review when it is completed; and if he will make a statement.
(219664)
47
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what cultural, recreational, heritage and military sites were visited by Libyan trainees from Bassingbourn camp; what the date of each such visit was; how many trainees took part in each such visit; how many UK armed forces personnel took part in each such visit; how many Libyan National Support Element personnel took part in each such visit; and if he will make a statement.
(219665)
48
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will detail (a) the number and (b) the cost of contracts with private security companies in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(219735)
49
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the announcement of the preferred bidder for the Defence Support Group, what the timetable is for agreement between his Department and Babcock on the rationalisation of the estate in order to meet their future plans.
(219908)
50
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Investment Approvals Committee met in each of the last three years; and how many proposals that committee was asked to consider.
(219909)
51
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the roll-out of the Infrastructure Management System and the linked capability releases.
(219910)
52
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size of the Defence Assistance Fund was in each of the last four years; and whether monies from that Fund are being used to support the Defence Language Training Centre.
(219911)
53
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the publication of his Department's Footprint Strategy.
(219912)
54
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has agreed with the Homes and Communities Agency the release of existing Defence Support Group sites for housing.
[R] (219913)
55
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Defence Audit Committee met in each of the last three years.
(219914)
56
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strategic rationale was for opening a UK military base in Bahrain.
(219850)
57
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the future of Hyde Park Barracks; and if he will make a statement.
(219764)
58
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which locations he is considering for the future location of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
(219765)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
59
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free early years education places were provided in (a) Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, (b) each London borough and (c) England in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
(219791)
60
Sir Nick Harvey
(North Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to release statistics on pupil premium take-up since September 2014.
(219804)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
61
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading A; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219851)
62
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading B; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219852)
63
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading C; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219853)
64
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading D; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219854)
65
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading E; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219855)
66
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading F; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219856)
67
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading G; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219857)
68
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading H; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219858)
69
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading M; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219859)
70
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading N; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219861)
71
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading Q; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219862)
72
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading R; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(219863)
73
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the table under section 2.10 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14, what the reasons are for the change in spending between 2012-13 and 2013-14 on (a) consultancy and (b) contingent labour.
(219864)
74
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to page 98 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14, what the reasons are for the change in core department spending between 2012-13 and 2013-14 on (a) accommodation, (b) travel and subsistence and (c) training and non-staff pay costs.
(219865)
75
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to page 98 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14, what the reasons are for the change in spending between 2012-13 and 2013-14 on leases for (a) the core department and (b) the departmental group.
(219866)
76
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to page 99 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14, what the purpose and function is of spending categorised under professional services.
(219867)
77
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to page 99 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14, what the reasons are for the change in spending on professional services between 2012-13 and 2013-14 for (a) the core department and (b) the departmental group.
(219868)
78
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS143, on Lima Climate Change Conference, what steps he has taken to ensure that the UK's contribution to the Green Climate Fund will deliver value for money.
(219963)
79
N
Stephen Gilbert
(St Austell and Newquay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost of liquid petroleum gas.
(219746)
80
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the amount of electricity transferred (a) from Scotland to England and (b) from England to Scotland on each day from 21 December 2014 to 7 January 2015.
(219689)
81
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity was produced by (a) onshore wind, (b) offshore wind, (c) solar, (d) hydro, (e) nuclear, (f) coal and (g) gas in each of the constituent parts of the UK from 21 December 2014 to 7 January 2015.
(219690)
82
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of electricity consumption in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland from 21 December 2014 to 7 January 2015.
(219695)
83
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution of the Under-Secretary of State in the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee on 4 December 2014, Official Report, column 7, when the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West will receive correspondence responding to matters raised regarding the capacity market and demand-side reduction for nuclear.
(219704)
84
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Government's Fuel Poverty Consultation document of July 2014, if he will review his policy so that the off grid gas sector will be eligible for supporting measures such as the upgrading of old oil fired boilers.
(219876)
85
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits to local economies in which there will be deep gas winning and underground coal gasification operations.
(219878)
86
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the local environment of areas with deep gas winning and underground coal gasification.
(219879)
87
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what projections his Department has made of the scale-up of smart meter installations between now and the 2020 target end date.
(219915)
88
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely level of any extra funds the Date Communications Company may request before May 2015 regarding the smart meter roll-out.
(219916)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
89
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219164, which part of the Hunting Act 2004 she referred to as containing an exemption which makes it legal to hunt and kill foxes with a pack of dogs for sport.
(219920)
90
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the mean wind speed in each constituent part of the UK in each month of 2014.
(219685)
91
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect exotic butterflies; and what recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on that issue.
(219790)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
92
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the hunger strike of Bhai Gurbaksh Singh in India; and if he will make a statement.
(219758)
93
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Indian government on the continued detainment in India of political prisoners who have served their sentences.
(219759)
94
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Indian government on the treatment of Sikhs in India.
(219760)
95
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that prisoners in India are released once they have served their prison sentences.
(219761)
96
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Brazilian government in relation to protection for Laisa Santos Samaio; and if he will make a statement.
(219796)
97
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of British Ambassadors and High Commissioners to the G20 countries were educated at (a) private school, (b) state school, (c) the universities of Oxford and Cambridge and (d) other universities.
(219830)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
98
N
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the contribution of 7 November 2014 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, Official Report, column 1121, on the Second Reading of the Off-patent Drugs Bill, what steps he has taken to investigate whether non-legislative improvements can be made to support the use of appropriate medicines and benefit NHS patients (a) generally and (b) in the context of off-patent medicines.
(219675)
99
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made in negotiations on the cost of the meningitis B vaccine; and if he will make a statement.
(219778)
100
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the list of drugs to be assessed at the December 2014 meeting of the National Cancer Drugs Fund panel, when the outcome of the re-evaluation of those drugs will be published.
(219780)
101
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase HIV screening.
(219802)
102
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost of allocating the funding from primary care trusts to clinical commissioning groups and other organisations.
(219873)
103
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients registered with GPs in Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.
(219874)
104
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS walk-in centres have closed in the UK in the last 12 months.
(219875)
105
N
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where testing of samples from patients in Scotland suspected of having Ebola takes place.
(219666)
106
N
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the protocols on joint working between the NHS in Scotland and England on Ebola.
(219667)
107
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in frontline London Ambulance Service staff turnover figures in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(219661)
108
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of the London Ambulance Service between 1 September and 30 November 2014 in relation to Category A response time targets in (a) London and (b) Enfield.
(219691)
109
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of the London Ambulance Service in the year to 1 November 2014 in relation to Category A response time targets in (a) London and (b) Enfield; and if he will make a statement.
(219692)
110
Natascha Engel
(North East Derbyshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of GP (a) recruitment and (b) retention was in (a) Derbyshire and (b) England in (i) 2010 and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available.
(219906)
111
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the future provision of services at Danetre Hospital, Daventry.
(219860)
112
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of service provided by the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
(219905)
113
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of Surge Purples which were called in each ambulance trust in each year since 2010.
(219737)
114
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount (a) budgeted and (b) spent on training courses for Accident and Emergency staff in each year since May 2010.
(219739)
115
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have taken training courses for Accident and Emergency staff in each hospital trust in each year since May 2010.
(219740)
116
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of occasions on which ambulances answering emergency callouts arrived after the death of the patient in each month since May 2010.
(219742)
117
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the median response time of the North-West Ambulance Service was to category A calls from March 2014 to the most recent date for which figures are available.
(219680)
118
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216943, what other (a) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and (b) clinical guidance currently addresses the use of off-patent drugs for treating particular conditions; and where in those guidelines such use is addressed.
(219686)
119
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses there were in (a) West Suffolk Hospital, (b) Ipswich Hospital and (c) England in each year since 2010.
(219870)
120
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) matron and senior nurse posts are filled and (b) such posts are advertised in the UK.
(219785)
121
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to educate pedestrians about the effect of alcohol on their safety.
(219786)
122
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges about the use of hypnosis in the treatment of breast cancer.
(219787)
123
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges and the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research about appropriate dosages for treatment of asthma.
(219788)
124
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address the incidence of cancer in (a) women and (b) men who are overweight.
(219789)
125
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure the recommendations of the report by Sir Stephen Bubb, entitled, Winterbourne View - Time for Change are being implemented as soon as possible.
(219904)
126
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement on 20 November 2014 of an Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review, how the independent organisation that will run the review will be selected; and what the criteria for the selection will be.
(219834)
127
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement on 20 November 2014 of an Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review, whether the review will take into account the ongoing Innovation, Health and Wealth refresh.
(219835)
128
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement on 20 November 2014 of an Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review, launched on 20 November 2014, what the formal terms of reference are for the review and what the deadline is for the review to report.
(219836)
129
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement on 20 November 2014 of an Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review, if he will ensure that the review will take into consideration the conclusions of NICE following its consideration of responses to the Value-Based Assessment consultation.
(219837)
130
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to publish the results of the Innovation Health and Wealth refresh.
(219842)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
131
N
Gordon Banks
(Ochil and South Perthshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme to ensure that it is responsive to need.
(219676)
132
N
Gordon Banks
(Ochil and South Perthshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the Syrian refugees so far resettled in the UK through the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme are (a) principal applicants and (b) family dependents.
(219677)
133
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of members of the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
(219773)
134
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what undertakings she gave to members of the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse regarding the longevity of their appointments when she (a) first appointed and (b) last met them.
(219774)
135
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met members of the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse; and if she will publish the minutes of that meeting.
(219775)
136
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of the evidence gathered to date by the members of the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
(219776)
137
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to make further appointments to the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
(219777)
138
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications were submitted in Bangladesh in 2013.
(219797)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
139
Jonathan Evans
(Cardiff North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government provides for landmine clearance in former war zones; and if she will make a statement.
(219794)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
140
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of BME adults in UK prisons have previously been imprisoned in youth offending institutions, by (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnicity; and if he will make a statement.
(219792)
141
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of BME individuals by (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnicity who are excluded from secondary school, are subsequently imprisoned in youth offending institutions; and if he will make a statement.
(219793)
142
N
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed by HM Courts and Tribunals Service on fine collection in each of the last five years.
(219669)
143
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons his Department did not appeal Leicester City Council's refusal of planning permission for a road adjacent to Glen Parva young offenders institution; and what effect that decision will have on his plans for a secure college in the area.
(219744)
144
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what Just Solutions International's operating profit or loss has been in each of the last five years.
(219755)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
145
N
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the effect on employment in Scotland of the fall in the price of oil.
(219668)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
146
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency received a completed V5C/3 form from SEAT UK to provide notification of the transfer of a vehicle to a new owner in respect of the sale of vehicle registration number KM06 EUV on 21 February 2002 to Autoworld of Chesterfield.
(219781)
147
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of fatalities at level-crossings.
(219803)
148
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Belfast was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in December 2014.
(219846)
149
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centres at Belfast and Stornoway were staffed at below risk-assessed levels at the same time in 2014.
(219848)
150
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Stornoway was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in December 2014.
(219849)
151
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with First Great Western and the manufacturers of Intercity Express Programme trains regarding plans for driver-only operated trains.
(219883)
152
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with First Great Western and the manufacturers of Intercity Express Programme trains regarding the provision of buffet car services.
(219884)
153
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the £30 million Community and Environment Fund set up by HS2 Ltd will be spent on administrative costs for that scheme.
(219738)
154
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Phase 1 and 2 modular rail signalling upgrade in North Wales will proceed in 2015.
(219741)
155
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost is of the Phase 1 and 2 modular rail signalling improvement planned to take place in North Wales in 2015.
(219743)
156
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many open access train services have been agreed by (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail in each year since 2010; how many such applications have been rejected by the Office of Rail Regulation; and how many such services are now running.
(219881)
157
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for open access train services on the East Coast Main Line are before his Department.
(219882)
158
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of constructing the High Speed 2 line to (a) Birmingham, (b) Manchester and (c) Leeds.
(219921)
159
Austin Mitchell
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the potential cost of constructing a High Speed 3 line between Leeds and Manchester.
(219931)
160
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will refer Southern Railway's operation of the Victoria to East Grinstead line to the Office of Rail Regulation.
(219762)
161
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the duty Minister in his Department was on each day of the parliamentary Christmas recess 2014-15.
(219795)
162
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the extent to which airline pilots suffer skill fade as a result of over-reliance on automatic systems and of the implications of this for flight safety.
(219798)
163
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he had with the (a) Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, (b) Secretary of State for Scotland, (c) Welsh Government, (d) Scottish Government and (e) Northern Ireland Executive prior to the decision to display the Union flag on driving licences in Wales, Scotland and England.
(219871)
164
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long it will take to implement the decision to display the Union flag on driving licences in Wales, Scotland and England.
(219872)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
165
N
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional steps his Department has taken to reduce waiting times for people seeking personal independence payment decisions; and what the cost of those steps was.
(219693)
166
N
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff not employed on permanent contracts have been employed to help reduce the number of people waiting for personal independence payment decisions.
(219694)
167
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington are subject to the under-occupancy penalty.
(219678)
168
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department collects on (a) mental health problems, (b) physical health problems and (c) illiteracy rates among people sanctioned by Jobcentre Plus.
(219679)
169
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 217981, if he will revise the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme fund so that people who were diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma before 25 July 2012, or eligible dependents of such people where that eligible person has died, also receive the support provided to eligible people who were diagnosed after that date.
(219877)
170
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that funerals are affordable.
(219784)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
171
N
Bill Esterson
(Sefton Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to protect consumers from double charging by estate agents.
[Question Unstarred]
(906866)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
172
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve access to bank lending (a) in general and (b) for large-scale new housing developments.
[Transferred]
(219733)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
173
Mr Robin Walker
(Worcester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of properties repossessed in (a) Worcester, (b) Worcestershire and (c) England in each of the last 10 years.
[Transferred]
(219885)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
174
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cross-government expenditure on tackling extremism was spent (a) domestically and (b) internationally in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
[Transferred]
(219767)
175
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount was spent by each Department on tackling extremism in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
[Transferred]
(219768)
176
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount was spent by all government Departments on each type of activity related to tackling extremism in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
[Transferred]
(219769)
177
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the terms of reference were of the review commissioned by the Cabinet Secretary of cross-government expenditure on tackling extremism.
[Transferred]
(219770)
178
N
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish, either redacted or in full, the review commissioned by the Cabinet Secretary of cross-government expenditure on tackling extremism.
[Transferred]
(219771)
179
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations the Indian Diaspora Champion has made concerning proposed reductions of UK visa staff in Mumbai.
[Transferred]
(219917)