Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 15 January 2015
Notes:
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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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 15 January 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 15 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
Norman Baker
(Lewes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which overseas visits undertaken by HRH The Duke of York since 2011 were carried out partly or wholly on behalf of his Department; which countries were visited and what official events took place during each such visit; and what the cost to the public purse of (a) travel and (b) other expenses was of each such visit.
(220482)
2
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average response rate of initial teacher training students trained in universities to the National Student Survey was in each year since 2010.
(220372)
3
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of start-up loans have been taken up by black and minority ethnic people in the last five years.
(220513)
4
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many equality impact assessments his Department produced in each year since 2006.
(220343)
5
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 average unit costs of (a) the face value of student loans, (b) the resource costs of student loans, (c) teaching grants through the Higher Education Funding Council for England, (d) maintenance grant and (e) access spending by institutions in respect of additional students entering higher education in 2014-15.
(220487)
6
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of City Link on subcontractors reliant on City Link.
(220437)
7
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much tuition fee income was raised from students studying STEM subjects at UK universities in each of the last five years.
(220344)
8
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his latest estimate is of the RAB charges on (a) fees and (b) maintenance loans to students at UK universities studying STEM subjects.
(220411)
9
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students are studying STEM subjects at UK universities in the 2014-15 academic year; and if he will estimate the number of such students in each of the next five academic years.
(220412)
10
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that shops secure the physical safety of their customers during future Black Friday promotions; and if he will make a statement.
(220588)
11
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Insolvency Service provides value for money for creditors of liquidated companies.
(220547)
12
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from creditors of companies which go into insolvency about the Insolvency Act 1986.
(220648)
13
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from creditors of companies which have gone into liquidation about the priority of payments in cases of liquidation.
(220650)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
14
N
Norman Baker
(Lewes):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to provide (a) funding and (b) other support for a reception hosted by HRH The Duke of York at the World Economic Forum to be held in Davos from 21 to 24 January 2015.
(220484)
15
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of non-fiscal spending in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15 is (a) in real terms and (b) as a proportion of total government spending.
(220622)
16
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's non-fiscal spend was in real terms in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14 and (f) 2014-15.
(220647)
17
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many equality impact assessments his Department completed in each year since 2006.
(220342)
18
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse is of exempting intra-company transfer workers from overseas from paying national insurance contributions.
(220351)
19
John Hemming
(Birmingham, Yardley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) UK total managed expenditure in nominal sterling, (b) gross domestic product in nominal sterling and (c) percentage total managed expenditure is expressed as a percentage of the gross domestic product; and what the reasons are for the variances from the Public Expenditure Statistical analysis published by his Department in 2014.
(220518)
20
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to grant tax relief to those who fund their own social care costs and are not entitled to any direct financial assistance from the Government.
(220403)
21
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to curb excessive pay increases for senior executives; and if he will make a statement.
(220594)
22
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to devolve corporation tax to the Northern Ireland Executive.
(220597)
23
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria his Department uses to assess the effectiveness of quantitative easing.
(220643)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
24
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion, to Question 218133, to which policies he was referring as the Government's broader social inclusion and integration policies.
(220410)
25
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps the Government has taken to tackle Islamophobia.
(220514)
26
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of his Department's budget was allocated to (a) Wirral and (b) Birkenhead constituency in 2013-14.
(220441)
27
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make the provision of broadband and other appropriate telecommunications access mandatory for all new housing and commercial developments.
(220548)
28
N
Dame Joan Ruddock
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency and (b) the Borough of Lewisham have been assisted by the (i) Help to Buy equity loan and (ii) Help to Buy mortgage guarantee schemes; and what the (A) range and (B) average value has been of mortgages so assisted.
(220449)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
29
N
Mr David Jones
(Clwyd West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of creative industries to the economy.
(907005)
30
N
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support culture and the arts.
(907010)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
31
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to commemorate the anniversaries of VJ and VE Days in 2015.
(220353)
32
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK armed forces will be employed in training Iraqi and peshmerga brigades to fight against ISIS.
(220607)
33
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to make a formal public acknowledgement of the sacrifice made by British troops deployed to Afghanistan in recent years.
(220592)
34
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to Question 217721, when the catering arrangements were extended to assist with Op SHADER; what choices were in place on 4 December 2014; and if he will make a statement.
(220500)
35
N
Sir Hugh Robertson
(Faversham and Mid Kent):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2015 to Question 219981, what arrangements were put in place to inform qualifying servicemen and women of their eligibility to receive the UN Special Service medal for the Sarajevo Airlift; whether they are allowed to wear that medal; and if he will make a statement.
(220485)
36
N
Sir Hugh Robertson
(Faversham and Mid Kent):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2015 to Question 219980, what rules relating to the wearing of medals govern those UK servicemen and women who served in (a) Sarajevo and (b) other areas of the former Yugoslavia that were subject to both UN and NATO mandates.
(220486)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
37
N
Norman Baker
(Lewes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which overseas visits undertaken by HRH The Duke of York since 2011 were carried out partly or wholly on behalf of her Department; which countries were visited and what official events took place during each such visit; and what the cost to the public purse of (a) travel and (b) other expenses was of each such visit.
(220481)
38
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2014 to Question 219636, whether she expects to provide an update on the management of asbestos in schools before the end of February 2015.
(220503)
39
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of her Department's budget was allocated to (a) Wirral and (b) Birkenhead constituency in 2013-14.
(220439)
40
N
Andrew Griffiths
(Burton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 906346, what live data health services and local authorities are permitted to share with children's centres.
(220445)
41
N
Andrew Griffiths
(Burton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which children's centres there were in the 10 per cent most deprived wards in England in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.
(220447)
42
N
Andrew Griffiths
(Burton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children in (a) care and (b) need who have parents who misuse alcohol or drugs.
(220448)
43
N
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve educational standards and opportunities at non-local education authority schools in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport.
(220450)
44
Margot James
(Stourbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils in each primary school in Stourbridge constituency met the required standard of phonic decoding in the 2013-14 academic year.
(220602)
45
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to provide telephone helplines for schools to use to contact the Education Funding Agency.
(220369)
46
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school children have received funding through the pupil premium in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford.
(220371)
47
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school children in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford have received funding through the pupil premium.
(220443)
48
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery school places have been created in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford since 2008.
(220444)
49
Simon Wright
(Norwich South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on making defibrillators available to all schools at a reduced price.
(220531)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
50
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to update the Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan projection of 2.4-4GWp of large-scale solar photovoltaic capacity by 2020; and if he will make a statement.
(220653)
51
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Written Statement HCWS183 of 13 January 2015, on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, what estimate he has made of the costs to the public purse of the removal of Nuclear Management Partners as the management of Sellafield and their replacement with a new management structure; and whether these costs will be paid from his Department's budget.
(220614)
52
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Written Statement HCWS183 of 13 January 2015, on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, if he will appoint representatives of non-governmental organisations to the board of the Site Licence Company for Sellafield.
(220615)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
53
N
Norman Baker
(Lewes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish by 16 January 2015 the Shale Gas Rural Economy Impacts report; and if she will make a statement.
(220483)
54
N
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support British dairy industry producers whose payments by First Milk have been delayed.
(220358)
55
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to protect bass fish stocks during spawning in January 2015 since meetings with EU officials on 16 December 2014; and if she will make a statement.
(220356)
56
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what responsibilities and obligations were inherited by the Environment Agency from predecessor bodies for the maintenance of particular flood defences in Lancaster and Fleetwood; and whether those responsibilities and obligations remain in place.
(220549)
57
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to stop the spread of Pacific oysters; and what discussions she has had with the (a) Northern Ireland Executive and (b) other devolved administrations on that matter.
(220589)
58
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with landowners concerning measures to improve the habitat of the grey partridge.
(220590)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
59
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority on recent reports of violations of the ceasefire agreement.
(220415)
60
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Palestinian Authority counterparts on the closure of the administrative checkpoint at the Erez Crossing.
(220488)
61
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Palestinian Authority counterparts on the smuggling of weapons and other contraband into Gaza.
(220489)
62
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217644, on Ukraine, what criteria were used to establish EU policy objectives on non-recognition of the illegal annexation by (a) Russia of Crimea and (b) Israel of East Jerusalem and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
(220480)
63
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the Government has had with the South Korean authorities about (a) North Korean progress towards viable nuclear weapons and (b) protecting UK companies from North Korean hacking.
(220567)
64
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage an end to clashes between Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir.
(220570)
65
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to encourage the consolidation of developments in religious freedom in Turkey.
(220606)
66
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to encourage better protection of religious minorities in Egypt.
(220608)
67
Mr George Howarth
(Knowsley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's obligations are as a guarantor of the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee in relation to Cyprus.
(220624)
68
Mr George Howarth
(Knowsley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if in the Government's role as a guarantor of the 1960 Treaty in relation to Cyprus he will make representations to the UN facilitated process for a comprehensive settlement on the confiscation of property owned by Turkish Cypriots in Vasiliko in order to facilitate oil and gas exploitation in Northern and Southern Cyprus.
(220625)
69
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the Middle East peace process.
(220414)
70
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts about press freedom.
(220359)
71
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Russian government on the human rights implications of the decision to ban transgender people and other groups from driving.
(220363)
72
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations Ministers in his Department have made to the Saudi Arabian government on (a) freedom of the press, (b) religious freedom, (c) the rule of law and (d) cruel and inhumane treatment.
(220417)
73
N
Mr Andrew Mitchell
(Sutton Coldfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that UN Security Council Resolutions 2098 and 2147 are implemented in full and that effective steps are taken to demobilise and disband the FDLR from North and South Kivu; and if he will make a statement.
(220017)
74
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote freedom of religion internationally.
(220566)
75
Mr Mark Williams
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on reports made to the UN by Morocco as required of an administering power of Western Sahara.
(220646)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
76
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of kidney disease.
(220457)
77
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people from BAME backgrounds in (a) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency and (b) the North West have registered on the organ donation register.
(220458)
78
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people from BAME backgrounds in (a) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency and (b) the North West are currently on the organ donation waiting list.
(220459)
79
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department has provided to Kidney Research UK's Peer Education Programme.
(220460)
80
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's strategy is for addressing the disproportionally higher incidence of kidney disease from BAME communities.
(220499)
81
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received from NHS healthcare providers on instances of delayed discharge at hospitals in England in the last month.
(220404)
82
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken in the last two months to reduce instances of delayed discharge at NHS healthcare providers in England.
(220405)
83
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the adequacy of the number of escalation beds available to NHS healthcare providers in winter 2014-15.
(220406)
84
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the adequacy of the capacity of A&E services in the West Midlands.
(220407)
85
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received from NHS healthcare providers on the number of elective operations cancelled in the last two months.
(220408)
86
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pensioners gave up their right to the state pension to enter social care in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) England in each of the last three years.
(220352)
87
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of his Department's budget was allocated to (a) Wirral and (b) Birkenhead in 2013-14.
(220440)
88
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will remove Circle UK from his list of preferred partners to run NHS trusts.
(220517)
89
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant dermatologists with (a) permanent contracts, (b) agency contracts and (c) other contractual or financial arrangements worked in the NHS on 13 January 2015.
(220537)
90
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of private health companies which have taken on contracts to run GP practices have left the contract before completing it in (a) England and (b) Birmingham in the last five years.
(220336)
91
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legal costs the NHS has incurred relating to admissions to the NHS from private hospitals in the last five years for which information is available.
(220337)
92
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS of admissions from private hospitals was in each of the last five years for which information is available.
(220338)
93
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of GP practices are privately owned; and what research he has conducted on differences between privately owned and NHS GP practices in hospital admission rates, cancer survival rates, waiting times and other measures of quality.
(220339)
94
N
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any of the new marginal tariff payments proposed by NHS England for specialised services activity will be zero.
(220364)
95
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were employed in Warrington in each year since 2009.
(220454)
96
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many district or community nurses were employed in Warrington in each year since 2009.
(220455)
97
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Government's response to the Health Select Committee's Fifth Report of 2008-09 on the use of management consultants in the NHS and the Department of Health, HC 28, whether his Department initiated talks with the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) on its members' engagement with the NHS; and what formal meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with the MCA since then.
(220467)
98
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is adequate public consultation and discussion before a decision is taken by Parliament on permitting mitochondrial transfer.
(220591)
99
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress he has made in preventing the Ebola virus spreading in the UK.
(220593)
100
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion, to Question 218766, by what date he plans to make a decision on whether to introduce standardised packaging of tobacco products; and what the reason is for the time taken to reach that decision.
(220413)
101
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complex social discharges there were in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
(220357)
102
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will have discussions with NICE on the future availability in the NHS of the cancer drugs (a) Eribulin, (b) Avastin, (c) Kadcyla, (d) Afinitor, (e) Tykerb and (f) Perjeta; and if he will make a statement.
(220587)
103
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many antibiotics were prescribed by out-of-hours dentists in each quarter of the last three years.
(220536)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
104
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will request the Independent Police Complaints Commission announces when it plans to report on its investigations into the actions of the South Yorkshire Police at Orgreave coke works in 1984.
(220600)
105
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the reasons why the Independent Police Complaints Commission has not published its report on the actions of South Yorkshire Police at Orgreave coke works in 1984.
(220601)
106
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the top 10 nationalities granted study visas, other than student visitors, were in each year since 2009.
(220354)
107
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which directorate of her Department provides the budget for the electronic visa waiver scheme.
(220365)
108
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the costs and benefits of the electronic visa waiver scheme.
(220366)
109
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, if she will discuss with the Secretary of State for Education the reasons for that Department's decision to update categorisation of the ethnicity of school pupils from January 2016.
(220409)
110
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many equality impact assessments her Department produced in each year since 2006.
(220340)
111
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent irregularities in illegal immigration to the UK across the land border with Northern Ireland.
(220568)
112
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people not holding UK passports of what (a) nationality and (b) age entered Northern Ireland through the land border with the Republic of Ireland in each of the last 10 years.
(220569)
113
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to Question 213652, what progress her Department has made on developing proposals for a blanket ban on the sale of new psychoactive substances.
(220368)
114
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to allow more refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria to enter the UK.
(220402)
115
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 35W, on potential miscarriages of justice, what progress Mark Ellison has made in his review; and how many cases have been referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission for its consideration of whether cases should be referred to the appellate courts.
(220515)
116
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the additional costs incurred by her Department in connection with policing Black Friday.
(220654)
117
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effect of revoking the visa sponsorship licence granted to Youth With A Mission on that organisation.
(220370)
118
N
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals who have been convicted of a crime outside the UK and who currently live in the UK are being supervised by email by probation officers based in their native country.
(220468)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
119
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what budget her Department allocated to the CDC Group in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14, (f) 2014-15 and (g) 2015-16 respectively.
(220613)
120
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been returned of the amount her Department invested into projects with predicted returns in the last five years.
(220617)
121
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether all projects and spending from the funds earmarked in the strategic framework for economic development has been added to her Department's Development Tracker.
(220618)
122
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by how much her Department has reduced public sector net borrowing as a result of its increased use of returnable funds.
(220619)
123
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money her Department has allocated to each of the pillars of the strategic framework for economic development.
(220620)
124
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will update her Department's Development Tracker so it is possible to filter projects by economic development.
(220621)
125
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much from her Department's budget planned for the strategic framework for economic development has been paid to commercial companies.
(220623)
126
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the £1.8 billion allocated by her Department for economic development programmes is expected to be non-fiscal expenditure; and what the purposes of that expenditure will be.
(220651)
127
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the £1.8 billion allocated by her Department to economic development programmes has been spent to date.
(220652)
128
N
Sir Oliver Heald
(North East Hertfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014 to Question 207136, to the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown, what recent progress has been made on the outcomes of the Girl Summit of July 2014.
(220355)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
129
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for racially or religiously aggravated offences there were in each of the last 10 years.
(220512)
130
N
Andrew Griffiths
(Burton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2015 to Question 219263, what substances are covered by the heading Other in the table placed in the Library.
(220446)
131
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the expected capacity of the adult (a) male and (b) female prison system will be in (i) June 2015, (ii) January 2016, (iii) June 2016, (iv) January 2017, (v) June 2017, (vi) January 2018, (vii) June 2018, (viii) January 2019, (ix) June 2019 and (x) January 2020.
(220451)
132
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what new additional capacity in the adult prison estate is (a) planned or (b) under construction; which prisons are so affected; how many additional units are being created through such work; and when each additional space will come on stream.
(220452)
133
N
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many punishments of removal from wing were given to children at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham in each month in 2014; and how many children were punished with removal from wing following an adjudication in that institution in each of those months.
(220346)
134
N
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the ethnicity was of children held in the segregation unit at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham in each month in 2014.
(220347)
135
N
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children held on the segregation unit at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham had an identified mental health issue in each month in 2014.
(220348)
136
N
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were employed at the children's site at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham in each month in 2014.
(220349)
137
N
Seema Malhotra
(Feltham and Heston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times children have been subject to single unlock at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham in each month in 2014; and how many children were subject to single unlock at that institution in each of those months.
(220350)
138
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release of 6 May 2014, Justice for victims of banned drivers, when he plans to publish the new review of driving offences.
(220345)
139
N
Mr Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of driving while disqualified were subsequently convicted of (a) committing further road offences, (b) causing serious injury and (c) causing death while driving in each year since 2010.
(220416)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
140
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the UK Government Financial Package to Northern Ireland under the Stormont House Agreement, how much of the up to £500 million new capital funding will be to support (a) shared and (b) integrated education.
(220362)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
141
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to contact the families of the seafarers serving on the bulk carrier Cemfjord; and if he will make a statement.
(220543)
142
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Marine Accident Investigation Branch to produce initial findings from its investigation into the causes of the sinking of the bulk carrier Cemfjord in the Pentland Firth on 3 January 2015.
(220544)
143
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the (a) Northern Lighthouse Board and (b) Maritime and Coastguard Agency responded to the sinking of the Cemfjord in the Pentland Firth on 3 January 2015.
(220545)
144
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the (a) Cyprus ship registery, (b) ship management company and (c) ship owner on the sinking of the Cemfjord in the Pentland Firth on 3 January 2015.
(220546)
145
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the number of existing platforms at Euston station which will have to be taken out of use to permit construction of a London terminus for High Speed 2.
(220501)
146
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when HS2 Ltd will start consultation on new design proposals for Euston station to comply with the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive.
(220506)
147
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department will announce revised plans for Euston station to accommodate High Speed 2.
(220507)
148
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the results of the Old Oak Common consultation will be published.
(220508)
149
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) employees and (b) secondees have been appointed by HS2 Ltd since October 2014.
(220509)
150
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reports he has received on the incident involving the nuclear materials transport ship Parida that ran into difficulties between Scrabster and Antwerp in early October 2014.
(220603)
151
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place for the rescue of ships carrying nuclear materials from British ports that run into operational difficulties off the coast of the UK; and whether any ports are designated safe havens for such vessels.
(220604)
152
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the emergency tug provision in the UK for lending assistance to ships carrying hazardous cargoes that become distressed.
(220605)
153
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average per metre bored tunnel cost is of the Crossrail tunnels.
(220418)
154
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a High Speed 2 Residents' Commissioner has now been appointed; and when the Residents' Charter will be in operation.
(220419)
155
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on High Speed 2 during the period 1 January to 31 December 2013; and what budgeted spend was under each cost heading for (a) 2013 and (b)1 January to 31 December 2014.
(220420)
156
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average tunnel boring machine advance rate is for the Crossrail tunnels.
(220421)
157
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) employees and (b) secondees have been appointed by HS2 Ltd since October 2014; and what the pay grade and salary scale of each such person is.
(220422)
158
Alan Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the A63 Castle Street Improvement Scheme.
(220564)
159
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when driving or motorcycle tests in Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency have been postponed in the last 12 months; what the reason was for each such postponement; and what the period was in each case until the next opportunity for learner drivers to sit the test.
(220504)
160
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisations and individuals were invited to make a submission to the consultation, Changing merchant shipping regulations: weighing of goods vehicles and emergency equipment lockers, published on 16 June 2014; and which organisations and individuals (a) who were and (b) who were not so invited made a submission to that consultation.
(220470)
161
Mark Reckless
(Rochester and Strood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the reduction in journey time from Rochester to London that will result from the new station in Rochester and the improvements to signalling on that route being undertaken by Network Rail.
(220626)
162
Mrs Caroline Spelman
(Meriden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2015 to Question 219323, how many hectares of land as mapped in the High Speed 2 Phase One environment statement have been allocated for (a) woodland, (b) wetland and (c) grass and habitat creation.
[R] (220563)
163
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Marine Accident Investigation Branch is taking to investigate the sinking of the cargo vessel, Cemfjord, in the Pentland Firth.
(220502)
164
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the recovery of bodies from the sunken cargo vessel, Cemfjord, in the Pentland Firth.
(220510)
165
N
Mr Mike Weir
(Angus):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the length of time taken by the emergency towing vessel to respond to the foundering of the Cemfjord in the Pentland Firth.
(220511)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
166
N
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle homophobic bullying.
(907021)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
167
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will publish a list of the high charging pension schemes referred to by the Independent Project Board in its report, Defined contribution workplace pensions: The audit of charges and benefits in legacy schemes, published in December 2014.
(220645)
168
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many equality impact assessments his Department produced in each year since 2006.
(220341)
169
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of his Department's budget was allocated to (a) Wirral and (b) Birkenhead constituency in 2013-14.
(220438)
170
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2014 to Question 906491, when he will publish data on how many victims of domestic violence are using the exemption to the child maintenance application fee.
(220461)
171
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per case is under the new child maintenance system.
(220462)
172
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the £2,000 tax free childcare allowance is available to those on universal credit.
(220463)
173
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has issued guidance on the evaluation of Innovation Fund projects to support separated families.
(220471)
174
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who in the past (a) had nil assessments and (b) were in the first tranche of old case closures would be eligible for payments under the current child maintenance system.
(220472)
175
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are employed to assess applicants for personal independent payments (PIPs); and what steps are being taken to ensure that those in need do not lose access to the payment following the switchover from disability living allowance to PIPs.
(220469)
176
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for a personal independence payment are still awaiting determination in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency.
(220453)
177
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency have waited more than six months for a personal independence payment application to be determined in the last three years.
(220456)
178
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value of hardship payments issued to sanctioned jobseekers' allowance claimants was in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(220565)
179
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2014 to Question 216270, whether the average payment made by the Social Fund Funeral Payment scheme is intended to cover the whole cost of a simple, respectful, low-cost funeral; by what methodology he has assessed the total cost of such a funeral; and if he will make a statement.
(220516)
180
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) were eligible for and (b) participated in the Work Programme in Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency in each month since October 2012.
(220612)
181
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the abolition of the Independent Living Fund on previous claimants of that fund in Northern Ireland.
(220599)
182
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that people on benefits who undertake temporary work placements can have their benefits reinstated immediately and do not wait six weeks.
(220571)
183
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 28 of his Department's Work Programme Evaluation published in December 2014, what guidance his Department gives Work Programme providers on best practice in cases where the costs of support for those with greatest need exceed the payments available.
(220442)
184
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the research finding reported in the evaluation of the Work Programme published by his Department in December 2014, that differential pricing has had little impact in driving provider behaviour in the way they segmented customers and prioritised support; and if he will make a statement.
(220671)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
185
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of citizens of EU member states in Eastern Europe who are resident in the UK.
[Transferred]
(220596)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
186
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many agents offering guidance through the Pensions Wise scheme will be based outside London.
[Transferred]
(220610)
187
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the capacity within the citizens advice network to deal with Pensions Wise enquiries.
[Transferred]
(220611)
188
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to prevent immigrants from claiming benefit for children living abroad.
[Transferred]
(220595)
189
Dr William McCrea
(South Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy completely to abolish air passenger duty.
[Transferred]
(220598)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
190
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his written statement HCWS183 of 13 January 2015, on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, what plans he has to involve the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's national stakeholder forum and the Sellafield site stakeholder committee in the transition to the new management arrangements for Sellafield.
[Transferred]
(220616)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
191
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Nigerian authorities about the promotion of (a) reintegration into society of and (b) other support for victims of Boko Haram in Nigeria.
[Transferred]
(220609)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
192
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to provide retraining opportunities for (a) former employees of City Link and (b) others who have been made redundant in the parcel delivery sector.
[Transferred]
(220644)