Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Notes:
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Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
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Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
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 Tuesday 13 January 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 13 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 Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from universities about the future viability of Initial Teacher Training courses and university education departments.
(220155)
2
N
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) UK and (ii) other EU students started undergraduate higher education courses in England in (A) 2013-14 and (B) 2014-15.
(220139)
3
N
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of additional students that will enter higher education in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18 as a result of the removal of the cap on student numbers.
(220140)
4
N
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the additional costs of (a) the face value of student loans, (b) the resource costs of student loans, (c) teaching grant through the Higher Education Funding Council for England, (d) maintenance grant that will arise from the removal of the cap on student numbers.
(220141)
5
N
Mr John Denham
(Southampton, Itchen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many additional students entered higher education in 2014-15 as a result of the increase in the cap on student numbers announced in the 2014 Autumn Statement.
(220142)
6
Sir Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to reply to the letter dated 25 November 2014, from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms C Gazelet, forwarded from the Department for Work and Pensions.
(220258)
7
Fiona Mactaggart
(Slough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with businesses on the effects on vehicle leasing companies of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; and if he will make a statement.
(220310)
8
N
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on mail volumes to the universal service provider in the HA postcode area of London of end-to-end competition; and if he will make a statement.
(220228)
9
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans for the Skills Funding Agency to have a data sharing agreement in place with London Work Programme providers so that referrals to Skills support for Work Programme participants in Employment can commence.
(220236)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
10
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2015 to Question 203110, what the total cost of administering his Department's employee check-off service is; and which organisations contribute financially towards that service.
(220266)
11
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any resources or staff of his Department were used in the drafting of or analysis for the document A Cost Analysis of Labour Party Policy, published by the Conservative Party on 5 January 2015.
(220253)
12
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217619, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 10 November 2014, reference MC2014/04463; and what the reason was for the time taken to respond.
(220231)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
13
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the London Borough of Redbridge on gravel extraction in Aldborough Hatch.
(220245)
14
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals relating to development on green belt land have been recovered for a decision by the Secretary of State in each of the last five years.
(220268)
15
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, from which local authorities planning appeals were recovered in 2014.
(220269)
16
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals were recovered from local authorities in each of the last five years.
(220270)
17
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals related to Gypsy and Traveller sites were recovered for a decision by the Secretary of State in each of the last five years.
(220271)
18
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals related to wind energy projects were recovered for a decision by the Secretary of State in each of the last five years.
(220296)
19
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many recovered planning appeals he has upheld in each of the last five years.
(220297)
20
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many recovered planning appeals he has refused in each of the last five years.
(220298)
21
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals have been recovered from local authorities which have no local plan or whose plan (a) dates from earlier than 2004 and (b) is not compliant with the National Planning Policy Framework; and how many such appeals resulted in a refusal decision.
(220299)
22
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals have been recovered from local authorities which have an adopted local plan which (a) dates from later than 2004 and (b) is compliant with the National Planning Policy Framework; and how many such appeals resulted in a refusal decision.
(220300)
23
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homes planned for in development applications which were refused by the Secretary of State in each of the last five years.
(220301)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
24
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the cost of phase 2 broadband projects in (a) County Durham, (b) Oxfordshire, (c) Hampshire, (d) Essex and (e) Wokingham will be met by (i) BT, (ii) BDUK and (iii) the relevant local authority.
(220290)
25
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what work his Department has done with local authorities in County Durham, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Essex and Wokingham to identify, in relation to the broadband rollout, (a) alternative solutions, (b) joint working and fair capital contributions from suppliers and (c) other opportunities to promote competition and value for money.
(220294)
26
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the (a) County Durham, (b) Oxfordshire, (c) Hampshire, (d) Essex and (e) Wokingham phase 2 broadband projects received bids or offers from suppliers other than BT.
(220295)
27
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the County Durham, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Essex and Wokingham phase 2 broadband projects produced coverage maps of their broadband implementation plans at a full 7-digit postcode level.
(220308)
28
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to prevent households which do not have a television receiving correspondence from the TV licensing Authority threatening them with legal action.
(220311)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
29
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce a time limit by which investigations undertaken by the Service Complaints Commissioner must be concluded.
(220229)
30
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Service Complaints Commissioner provides full disclosure of complaints and how they are determined to interested parties.
(220230)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
31
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many trainee secondary school chemistry, physics and mathematics teachers there are in each region of England.
(220153)
32
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish her Department's quality grade of academy sponsors.
(220154)
33
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the National College of Teaching and Leadership has withdrawn Initial Teacher Training students from future National Student Surveys.
(220156)
34
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children (a) in receipt of free school meals, (b) with a statement of special educational needs, (c) from a BME community and (d) looked after by a local authority received a place in a grammar school in each of the last five years.
(220222)
35
N
Stephen Gilbert
(St Austell and Newquay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school teachers in each parliamentary constituency in the South West have a science degree.
(220221)
36
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Read On. Get On. campaign and (b) members and supporters of that campaign on improving the reading ability of primary school children.
(220283)
37
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that every child can read by the time they finish primary school.
(220284)
38
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to support parents in bolstering the cognitive development of their children before they reach primary school.
(220285)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
39
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support UK dairy farmers who are producing milk without the use of intensive indoor practices.
(220168)
40
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on implementation of point 7, on constantly improving standards of animal health and welfare, in the dairy industry growth plan, Leading the Way, published in June 2014.
(220185)
41
N
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which fish species have been overfished in 2013-14.
(220169)
42
N
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the announcement by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on 7 January 2015, on January 2015 catch limits, from which industry bodies the MMO received feedback; which fisheries representatives contacted the MMO; and how many members each such organisation represents.
(220194)
43
N
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2014 to Question 214438, when she plans to publish the triennial review of the Maritime Management Organisation.
(220243)
44
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 208622, if she will reconsider her decision not to publish the Shale Gas Rural Economy Impact Report.
(220152)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
45
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when and for what reasons permission was given to representatives of the Zoological Society of London to travel to the Chagos Islands.
(220170)
46
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure that the Chagossians are taken to the Chagos Islands as soon as possible, since the cancellation by his Department of their scheduled annual trip in November 2014.
(220171)
47
Mark Pritchard
(The Wrekin):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the extent of persecution of Christians in (a) Nigeria and (b) Iran.
(220309)
48
N
Sir George Young
(North West Hampshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to support the petition from British survivors of thalidomide damage to the EU Commissioner for Health and MEPs which seeks to secure a fair level of compensation for the costs and losses arising from the damage done to them by thalidomide.
(220224)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
49
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies were absent from work through sickness in December 2014.
(220225)
50
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the studies recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert review panel in the publication, Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception: update, published in March 2013 on mosaicism in human morulae have been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal his Department plans to publish the findings of those studies.
(220195)
51
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiment on vitrifying zygotes created through pronuclear transfer, recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert panel in its publication Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published in April 2011, has been concluded; and in which open access peer-reviewed journal he plans to publish the results of that experiment.
(220217)
52
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiments on human embryonic stem cells derived from blastocysts that are heteroplasmic for abnormal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and blastocysts created through maternal spindle transfer and pronuclear transfer where the oocytes had abnormal mtDNA, recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert panel in its publication Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published April 2011, has been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal he plans to publish the results of those experiments.
(220218)
53
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiment involving the use of induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patients carrying different mitochondrial DNA mutations, recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert panel in its publication Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published April 2011, has been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal he plans to publish the results of that experiment.
(220219)
54
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiment on mitochondrial DNA carry-over on non-human primate model into the possible heteroplasmy of tissues in the foetus, recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert panel in its publication Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published April 2011, has been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal he plans to publish the results of that experiment.
(220220)
55
N
Mr Tom Clarke
(Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Supreme Court decision on the Abortion Act 1967 in relation to staff of NHS Greater Glasgow and North Clyde in December 2014, if he will take steps to protect individual rights of conscience for administrative personnel in the NHS and ensure that the decisions of those who do not wish to be involved in any aspect of abortion procedures are respected; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals to clarify the legal rights of healthcare workers across the UK in relation to this issue.
(219895)
56
N
Jack Dromey
(Birmingham, Erdington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for talking therapy in Birmingham.
(220193)
57
N
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether eggs used in the creation of embryos through maternal spindle transfer or pronuclear transfer have had their mitochondrial or nuclear genes altered in the process.
(220181)
58
N
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for public safety in relation to his policy on mitochondrial transfer of the study by Professor John Zhang et al, published in Fertility and Sterility, Vol 80, Suppl. 3, September 2003.
(220182)
59
N
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to put contingency arrangements in place to ensure support for recipients of mitochondrial donation techniques in the event of failure or abnormal development in the resulting child.
(220183)
60
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations on a (a) permanent and (b) fixed-term contract basis since the provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 came into force.
(220252)
61
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices informed NHS England they would (a) reduce their opening hours and (b) not offer face-to-face appointments at any point over the 2014-15 Christmas and New Year period.
(220302)
62
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance NHS England gave GP practices on opening hours during the 2014-15 Christmas and New Year period.
(220303)
63
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to raise awareness of mesothelioma and its cause by (a) exposure to asbestos and (b) other causes.
(220226)
64
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital through A&E with an alcohol-related diagnosis involving people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 there were in each NHS hospital trust in the East of England in each year since 2005.
(220254)
65
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent research on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis carried out by Professor Paul-Peter Tak of the Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam.
(220305)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
66
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219411, what policy considerations led to the decision to retain the Census 2001 framework.
(220227)
67
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines relating to performance have been levied on providers of the COMPASS service in each of the past two years; how many such fines were levied on each provider in each year; what those fines were for; and what the amount was of each fine.
(220186)
68
N
Mr Steve Reed
(Croydon North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current number of police officers employed as crime prevention officers; and if she will make a statement.
(220223)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
69
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent discussions the Commission has had with the appropriate trades unions regarding the position of employees of the House of Commons whose duties are such that they cannot be carried out during the period of Dissolution of Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
(219961)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
70
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page 169 of her Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, what the equivalent value of Departmental Expenditure Limit Capital was in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
(220232)
71
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what amount from the funds allocated by her Department to the International Climate Fund has been disbursed in each year since that fund's inception.
(220233)
72
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many foreign exchange transactions involving less than £2 million her Department has made to Bangladesh in each financial year since 2010-11.
(220275)
73
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many foreign exchange transactions involving less than £2 million her Department has made to India in each financial year since 2010-11.
(220276)
74
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many foreign exchange transactions involving less than £2 million her Department has made to Ethiopia in each financial year since 2010-11.
(220277)
75
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many foreign exchange transactions involving less than £2 million her Department has made to Nigeria in each financial year since 2010-11.
(220278)
76
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many foreign exchange transactions involving less than £2 million her Department has made to Pakistan in each financial year since 2010-11.
(220279)
77
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many foreign exchange transactions involving less than £2 million her Department has made to Afghanistan in each financial year since 2010-11.
(220280)
78
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many foreign exchange transactions involving less than £2 million her Department has made to Tanzania in each financial year since 2010-11.
(220281)
79
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reasons her Department is increasing its allocation of non-humanitarian funding to the Caribbean from 2013-14 to 2014-15.
(220282)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
80
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the Legal Aid Agency introduced a prescribed time period of 24 months for evidence relating to domestic violence cases.
(220160)
81
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it remains the policy of his Department not to fund Christmas parties for staff.
(220163)
82
Fiona Mactaggart
(Slough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers (a) work in each prison and (b) are authorised to work in each prison at the latest date for which figures are available.
(220267)
83
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) convictions and (b) fixed penalty notices there have been in respect of people arrested for speeding offences in Suffolk (i) in total and (ii) on the (A) A143 and (B) A14 in each year since 2005.
(220273)
84
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for driving while disqualified in each year since 2010.
(220161)
85
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Question 217807, tabled on 9 December 2014, when he plans to answer Question 213688, tabled on 6 November 2014.
(220162)
86
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 217822, tabled on 9 December 2014.
(220164)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
87
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) his ministerial colleagues on the sustainability of employment and exploration levels in the North Sea oil and gas industry; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (220246)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
88
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8 January 2015, WS175, on Rail in the North: Rolling Stock, what estimate he has made of the total cost of leasing the new rolling stock; and what proportion of that cost will be borne by (a) his Department and (b) train operating companies in each year until the end of the lease.
(220238)
89
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8 January 2015, WS175, on Rail in the North: Rolling Stock, how long he expects the lease for the new rolling stock to run; and which rolling-stock leasing company will provide the new rolling stock.
(220239)
90
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8 January 2015, WS175, on Rail in the North: Rolling Stock, what the average age is of the new rolling stock; and whether the new rolling stock meets the requirements in the Persons of Reduced Mobility Specification for Interoperability.
(220240)
91
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8 January 2015, WS175, on Rail in the North: Rolling Stock, whether it is his policy that the operator of Northern Rail and TransPennine Express services after the new franchise commences will be required to continue using that rolling stock.
(220241)
92
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8 January 2015, WS175, on Rail in the North: Rolling Stock, how many seats are available on Northern Rail and TransPennine Express; how many seats will be available once the new rolling stock comes into service; when he expects this rolling stock to be put into service; and how long he expects such rolling stock to remain in service.
(220242)
93
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on increasing the use of renewable energy in transport in Greater Manchester.
(220304)
94
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217210, how much funding his Department has allocated to each district and unitary council in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk for road improvement in each year since 2005.
(220289)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
95
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who have waited more than (a) 30 days, (b) 60 days, (c) 90 days, (d) 120 days, (e) 150 days, (f) 180 days and (g) one year for a personal independence payment application to be completed.
(220255)
96
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Dudley who have waited more than six months for a personal independence payment application to be completed.
(220256)
97
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Dudley who are waiting for a personal independence payment application to be completed.
(220257)
98
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of proposed changes to the widowed parent's allowance; and if he will make a statement.
(220244)
99
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 25 November 2014, from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M A De Barrus.
(220259)
100
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 26 November 2014, from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A Farooqi.
(220260)
101
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of benefit fraud which was attributable to identity fraud for each benefit in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire,(c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 2005 for which figures are available.
(220272)
102
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who the (a) Chair and (b) other members are of the Universal Credit Programme board.
(220184)
103
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 28 of work programme evaluations: operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery, published by his Department on 18 December 2014, what assessment he has made of the finding that only a small proportion of subcontractors were positive about the commerical attractiveness of their contracts with the primes.
(220234)
104
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 122 of work programme evaluation: operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery, published by his Department on 18 December 2014, for what reasons the performance management approach applied in the Work Programme was replaced by a more prescriptive system.
(220235)
105
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of differential pricing on provider behaviour in the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(220237)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
106
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many payments for jobseeker's allowance were terminated (a) as a result of employment and (b) for other reasons in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire and (vi) Norfolk in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]
(220274)