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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 14 January 2015

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Wednesday 14 January 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Wednesday 14 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.

Wednesday 14 January  
Questions to the Attorney General
1 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Attorney General, what amount each Government 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.
      (220247)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the statement by his Department to the Today programme on 7 January 2015, what steps his Department is taking to name and shame care providers who do not pay the national minimum wage.
      (220433)
3  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will instruct HM Revenue and Customs to investigate non-compliance with the national minimum wage in the care sector.
      (220434)
4 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he takes to ensure that equipment for which arms export licences to Saudi Arabia have been granted is not used for internal repression.
      (220307)
5  
Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the reduction in the student opportunity allocation on the ability of financially-disadvantaged students to access higher education.
      (220479)
6  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students in England and Wales graduated in STEM subjects in each of the last five years.
      (220475)
7  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to prevent poorly manufactured or dangerous e-cigarettes being imported into the UK.
      (220478)
8  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the oral Answer of 8 January 2015, Official Report, columns 382-3, which organisations and businesses he consulted prior to adopting the Government's position of opposing the product safety and market surveillance package at the European Council; and if he will meet Steelite International to discuss mandatory country of origin marking.
      (220473)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
9  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints were received by HM Revenue and Customs regarding non-payment of the national minimum wage by domiciliary care providers in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
      (220435)
10  
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints received by HM Revenue and Customs regarding non-payment of the national minimum wage by domiciliary care providers in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 led to formal investigations being carried out.
      (220466)
11  
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority on problems faced by mortgage holders wishing to port their mortgage.
      (220400)
12 N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funds are currently managed by the Pool Re scheme; and if he will make a statement.
      (220318)
13 N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the anticipated dividend payment to the Government and the insurance industry from the assets managed in the Pool Re scheme in 2014-15 is; and if he will make a statement.
      (220319)
14 N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the division of dividends on the assets held by the Pool Re scheme; and if he will make a statement.
      (220320)
15  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £2 per ton levied by the Coal Board for restoration on every ton of coal sold prior to the privatisation of the coal industry was paid to his Department; and if he will make a statement.
      (220505)
16  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Bank of England on the continuation of quantitative easing.
      (220360)
17  
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the level of business rates on small shopkeepers of Beckenham constituency.
      (220495)
18  
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a sales tax on companies which operate in the UK and locate their headquarters overseas.
      (220496)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
19  
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of solar farm planning applications (a) received planning approval and (b) were called in in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.
      (220333)
20  
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of UK land was registered on the most recent date for which figures are available.
      (220373)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
21 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to Question 218397, on broadband: urban areas, to which 28 cities his Department has written.
      (220287)
22 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 217969, which four cities were considered and rejected in wave 1; which six cities were considered and rejected in wave 2; and for what reasons each city in each wave was rejected.
      (220292)
23 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the recommendations of the Independent Library Report for England, published in December 2014, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing WiFi in all public libraries.
      (220293)
24 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which recommendations in the Independent Library Report for England, published in December 2014, he (a) accepts and (b) rejects.
      (220312)
25 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on the Government Art Collection in each year since May 2010.
      (220313)
26  
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of work to increase broadband line speeds (a) from below 2 mbps to 10 mbps and (b) above 10 mbps to date.
      (220396)
27  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average (a) download and (b) upload speed in East Lancashire was on the latest date for which figures are available.
      (220325)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
28  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence Police were tasked in support of border controls for the UK Border Agency in northern France during 2013.
      (220378)
29  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress the Ministry Defence Police has made on establishing a strength of 2,400 officers by April 2016.
      (220380)
30  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2014 to Question 217097, when he expects (a) the review of the results of that survey to be completed and (b) the survey to be placed in the Library.
      (220491)
31  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's data protection policy is on (a) surveillance footage and (b) monitoring of on-line networking sites of people who have served in the armed forces and are compensation claimants; and if he will make a statement.
      (220492)
32  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military compensation claimants have been subject to surveillance in each year since 2008; in what proportion of such compensation claim cases surveillance footage was used; what the cost of undertaking such surveillance was; and if he will make a statement.
      (220493)
33  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) value and (b) start and finish date is of each contract for foreign military sales procured by UK defence staff based in the US in each year since 2012.
      (220401)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
34  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the study of STEM subjects by girls; and if she will make a statement.
      (220427)
35 N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14 will be published; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish that report.
      (220261)
36  
Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to increase the number of primary school teachers who have one or more science A-Levels.
      (220374)
37  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage schools to (a) report and (b) support victims of child abuse.
      (220323)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
38  
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the timetable is for the forthcoming Comprehensive Review of solar feed-in-tariffs consultation; and if he will make a statement.
      (220331)
39  
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many solar CfD bids were received during the first auction; and what total NWp is represented by all bids.
      (220332)
40  
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people employed in the UK solar photovoltaic industry.
      (220334)
41  
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department plans to publish its response to its consultation on the transferability of rooftop solar photovoltaic consultation, published in November 2014.
      (220399)
42  
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department will publish its response to its consultation on transferability of rooftop solar photovoltaic which was launched in 2014.
      (220464)
43  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, column 524W, on Supply Estimates, which elements of the roll out of smart meters are being funded by his Department.
      (220385)
44  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, column 524W, on Supply Estimates, what proportion of the total cost of the roll out of smart meters is being met from the public purse; and what criteria his Department used to decide on that proportion.
      (220386)
45 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 energy for homes not connected to mains gas or electricity.
      (220250)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
46  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made in deregulating the consent process for river maintenance pilots; and what plans she has to start new pilot schemes (a) along the Thames in Berkshire and (b) elsewhere.
      (220494)
47 N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of changes introduced by her Department to the EU pet travel scheme which came into force on 29 December 2014 on illegal imports of puppies to the UK from other EU countries; what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on abuse of the PETS system to illegally import puppies for sale; and if she will make a statement.
      (220249)
48  
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the Waste to Bioeconomy roadmap; and whether her Department plans to provide any assistance to local authorities in relation to anaerobic digestion.
      (220477)
49  
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the 50 largest landowners in the UK received from the Single Farm Payment scheme in the last year for which data is available.
      (220432)
50  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the use of green waste as compost.
      (220327)
51  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of efforts to reintroduce the short-haired bumblebee Bombus subterraneus to the UK.
      (220328)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
52  
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in the Lebanese government on the removal of restrictions placed on Syrian refugees seeking to enter Lebanon.
      (220497)
53  
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authority on its accession to the International Criminal Court.
      (220361)
54 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Saudi Arabian government on the public flogging of Raif Badawi on 9 January 2015.
      (220263)
55  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his new Sri Lankan counterpart on protecting the Tamil and Muslim minority communities; and if he will make a statement.
      (220383)
56  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government took to ensure that the recent election in Sri Lanka was free and fair; and if he will make a statement.
      (220384)
57  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress by Burma towards establishing democracy; and if he will make a statement.
      (220428)
58  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve UK-Burmese diplomatic relations; and if he will make a statement.
      (220465)
59  
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department recognises Morocco as the administering power in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara.
      (220367)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
60  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme has been in each of the last five years.
      (220375)
61  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have used the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme in each of the last five years; and how many such claimants claimed on behalf of a child under the age of 16.
      (220376)
62  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on expanding the scope of the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme to include (a) primary care services and (b) visits of close relatives.
      (220377)
63  
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolaemia in (a) England and (b) each local commissioning organisation in the last year.
      (220394)
64  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any member of the governing body of the Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has a financial interest in a private health provider.
      (220329)
65  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any member of the governing body of the Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Group has a financial interest in a private health provider.
      (220330)
66  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with long-term medical conditions in (a) England, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) Tameside and Glossop and (d) Stockport visited A&E before they were able to visit a GP or walk-in centre in the last three months.
      (220381)
67  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of patients admitting themselves to A&E for a pre-existing medical condition before they reach the top of a waiting list for the same issue, in (a) England, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) Tameside and Glossop and (d) Stockport in the last three months.
      (220382)
68  
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 trust in May (i) 2010 and (ii) 2014.
      (220474)
69  
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the health entitlements within the NHS are of British national missionaries and aid workers who are not ordinarily resident in, but retain housing and other links to, the UK.
      (220429)
70  
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on screening for testicular cancer.
      (220476)
71  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will allocate additional funding to assist towards delivering the new cystic fibrosis ward at King's College Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
      (220498)
72  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions have occurred as a result of injuries caused by e-cigarettes in each of the last five years.
      (220321)
73  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses of sciatica were made in each of the last five years.
      (220322)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
74 N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps that do not require legislation have been taken by her Department in response to its review of new psychoactive substances since its publication; and what further such steps she plans to take before the end of the present Parliament (a) overall and (b) relating to head shops.
      (220314)
75 N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for implementation of each of the recommendations of her Department's review of new psychoactive substances.
      (220315)
76 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment criteria are used for the Syrian vulnerable persons relocation scheme.
      (220264)
77 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken has been to process a Syrian refugee through the Syrian vulnerable persons relocation scheme up to their relocation in the UK.
      (220306)
78 N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) total cost and (b) cost in each principal category of expenditure was of the Police and Crime Commissioner elections in 2012; and in which months of 2012 costs for each of the principal items were incurred.
      (220265)
79  
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will revoke the entry ban into the UK on the US broadcaster Michael Alan Weiner, also known as Michael Savage.
      (220335)
80  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations into modern slavery have been made in each police force area in 2014.
      (220425)
81  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of her Department's budget was allocated to (a) the Wirral and (b) Birkenhead in 2013-14.
      (220426)
82 N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that biometric material is taken from and retained in respect of suspected criminals in England and Wales who have been convicted of serious offences previously in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland and (c) other EU countries; and if she will make a statement.
      (219655)
83  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made last year as a result of alleged crimes committed using social media.
      (220431)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
84 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2014 to Question 216682, what the top five countries were to which payments under £2 million were made in each financial year since 2010-11.
      (220288)
85  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the effectiveness of the International Development (Gender Equality) Act 2014 in reducing gender inequality.
      (220326)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
86  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of his Department's budget was allocated to (a) the Wirral and (b) Birkenhead in 2013-14.
      (220424)
87 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many benefit sanctions have been overturned on appeal because the claimant met the reasonableness test because of (a) domestic violence, (b) mental health conditions or disorders, (c) bullying or harassment in the workplace, (d) homelessness, (e) losing a work experience opportunity, other than for a reason of gross misconduct, (f) travelling time, (g) break-up of the family, (h) short notice caring commitments for the elderly, sick or children, (i) domestic emergency, (j) family bereavement, (k) learning difficulties, poor numeracy or literacy, (l) legal constraints and (m) temporary changes in circumstances in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13, (v) 2013-14 and (vi) 2014-15 to date.
      (220316)
88 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sanctions relating to each benefit have been overturned on appeal in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14 and (f) 2014-15 to date.
      (220317)
89 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government spent on legal fees in the case Gudanaviciene & Ors, R (on the application of) v The Director of Legal Aid Casework & Or [2014] EWCA Civ 1622 (15 December 2014).
      (220248)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
90  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress she has made on establishing a separate mediation intervention group in relation to the Ardoyne parades issue.
      (220397)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
91  
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how residents affected by the plans for High Speed 2 will be informed of the appointment of a residents commissioner.
      (220387)
92  
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list (a) the contracts, (b) the value of those contracts and (c) payments made between (i) his Department and (ii) HS2 Ltd and (A) Alstom, (B) Atkins, (C) Bechtel, (D) Costain, (E) Hitachi, (F) Keolis, (G) Parsons Brinckerhoff, (H) the Rail Industry Association, (I) Siemens, (J) Laing O'Rourke, (K) Bombardier, (L) Young Rail Professionals, (M) National Skills Academy and (N) Railway Engineering in each of the last five years.
      (220388)
93  
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who will sit on the Need to Sell panel; and whether any of that panel will be employees or secondees of HS2 Ltd.
      (220389)
94  
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many petition response documents have been issued to those who have submitted petitions on High Speed 2.
      (220390)
95  
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the High Speed 2 Wigan (Golborne) spur will be reconsidered; and when he will announce a decision on this matter.
      (220391)
96  
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, of what land and in what locations adjacent to the High Speed 2 route, HS2 Ltd has facilitated the acquisition; and from which third parties.
      (220392)
97  
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when communities will be informed about (a) the likely start date for construction works for High Speed 2 (Phase 1) in their area and (b) the length of time such construction works are planned to take.
      (220393)
98  
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what disruption there will be to services on the West Coast Mainline during the construction of High Speed 2; and how long such disruption is expected to last.
      (220395)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
99 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the performance metrics for jobcentres.
      (220262)
100 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on in-work housing benefit for migrant workers from the European Economic Area who have arrived in the UK within the last (a) six months, (b) 12 months and (c) 24 months.
      (220286)
101 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what incentives jobcentres have to sanction benefit claimants.
      (220291)
102  
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have appealed against child maintenance decisions since the introduction of the mandatory reconsideration period.
      (220436)
103  
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average time is taken to resolve those benefit cases subject to mandatory discrimination which are not resolved in the first 30 days.
      (220430)
104  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the benefits cap on reducing employment in Pendle constituency.
      (220324)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
105  
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what account he has made of the performance of the launch of MyCSP; what targets have been set for the delivery of this service; and whether they have been met to date.
   [Transferred]  (220398)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
106  
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the UK next plans to host UN World Press Freedom Day.
   [Transferred]  (220379)

Prepared 14th January 2015