Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 4 February 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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Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 4 February 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 4 February 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
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimates of university application numbers his Department used when making the decision to remove student number controls.
(222895)
2
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate his Department has made of numbers of applications to English universities in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20; and what effect the decision to remove student number controls in December 2013 has had on those estimates.
(222896)
3
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2015 to Question 220513, what proportion of those start-up loans drawn down by Black and minority ethnic people were to individuals of (a) Pakistani, (b) Indian and (c) Bangladeshi ethnic origin.
(222840)
4
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban large firms requiring pay to stay agreements from companies seeking to remain or become their approved suppliers.
(222851)
5
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2015 to Question 221259, on how many occasions banks which have accessed funds on behalf of borrowers under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme have subsequently made a claim on the public purse following default.
(222830)
6
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2015 to Question 221259, how many companies which accessed funds under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme subsequently received public funds following liquidation.
(222831)
7
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2015 to Question 221259, how many companies which accessed funds from each lender under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme have defaulted.
(222832)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
8
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has issued on the criteria for the classification of major projects; what documentation would be necessary to ensure classification as such a project; and whether a business case and impact assessment is required for classification as a major project.
(222986)
9
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, by what process the Government quantifies the severity of cyber-attacks; and what criteria the Government employs to determine its response to such attacks.
(222799)
10
N
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any officials reporting to the Chief Executive of the Civil Service are working to implement or devise policies which could affect the consumption, marketing, pricing, availability or sale of alcohol.
(222790)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
11
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to encourage banks to offer their services to money service businesses.
(222940)
12
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.201 in the Autumn Statement 2014, how the £78 million allocated to The Factory Manchester will be spent; and from which departmental budget that funding will come.
(222979)
13
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.133 in the Autumn Statement 2014, how the £141 million allocated to the Olympicopolis project will be spent; and from which departmental budget that funding will come.
(222980)
14
Mark Field
(Cities of London and Westminster):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the effect that accelerated payment notices have had on small and medium-sized businesses.
(222933)
15
Mike Kane
(Wythenshawe and Sale East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was accrued to the Exchequer in air passenger duty from Manchester Airport in each of the last five years.
(222889)
16
Mike Kane
(Wythenshawe and Sale East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment was undertaken of the effect of a zero-rate air passenger duty in Scotland on airports in Northern England before taking the decision to devolve the setting of that duty.
(222890)
17
Mike Kane
(Wythenshawe and Sale East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to Manchester Airport of a zero-rate air passenger duty for Scotland.
(222891)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
18
Mrs Anne Main
(St Albans):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the contribution of the hon. Member for St Albans of 26 January 2015, Official Report, column 648, if he will make it his policy to issue new guidance during the planning process that will put an obligation on commercial buildings to have zero-carbon or low-carbon emissions.
(222942)
19
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how he has publicised the consultation on the proposal to amend the constitution of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
(222791)
20
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has been consulted over the appointment of an interim mayor of Greater Manchester city-region.
(222792)
21
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many responses he has had to the consultation on the proposal to amend the constitution of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
(222793)
22
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to improve the rights of leaseholders to hold building management companies to account.
(222794)
23
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who made the decision not to use the super-affirmative procedure for amending the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011; and on what basis that decision was made.
(222804)
24
Ian Paisley
(North Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals giving local authorities powers to implement rent controls.
(222996)
25
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were sleeping rough in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Yorkshire, (d) Kirklees and (e) Huddersfield in each of the last 10 years.
(222836)
26
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings he has had with charities and lobbying organisations on homelessness in the last two years.
(222837)
27
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on measures to reduce homelessness.
(222838)
28
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other European countries on homelessness.
(222897)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
29
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209985, how much of the Super Connected Cities Programme budget has been spent to date in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.
(222937)
30
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which recommendations of the Reports entitled the Rural broadband programme from the National Audit Office, published on 5 July 2013, HC535, and Public Accounts Committee, published on 11 September 2013 and 25 March 2014, HC474 and HC834, his Department and BDUK are implementing for the phase 2 broadband contracts.
(222965)
31
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have (a) closed and (b) become volunteer-run since May 2010.
(222966)
32
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his response to the Digital Communications Infrastructure Strategy consultation, published on 6 August 2014.
(222967)
33
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to reduce the cost to consumers of superfast broadband.
(222968)
34
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on that body's consultation on its list of major political parties for elections taking place on 7 May 2015.
(222969)
35
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to rebalance arts and culture funding between London and the South East and the rest of the country.
(222970)
36
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the contents of full Freedom of Information releases for his Department between April and September 2014.
(222971)
37
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral evidence to the Public Accounts Committee of 28 January 2015, HC 925, Questions 29 and 30, if he will publish the market research conducted in October 2014 on the rural broadband advertising campaign; whether he conducted an impact assessment for the rural broadband advertising campaign; and what the target audience was for that campaign.
(222972)
38
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the full cost of his Department's rural broadband advertising campaign is, by type of advertising and media market; how much has been and will be spent on the rural broadband advertising campaign (a) on TfL advertising and (b) elsewhere in London; and for what reason the rollout of rural fibre broadband has been advertised in cities.
(222973)
39
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral evidence to the Public Accounts Committee of 28 January 2015, HC 925, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of providing broadband via satellite to people who would still be unable to receive 2mbps through the copper or fibre networks by the end of 2015; whether he plans to meet that cost from a pre-existing fund; what assessment he has made of the viability of that plan; what estimate he has made of the time it will take to implement that plan; and what estimate has he made of the monthly cost to consumers of that broadband provision.
(222974)
40
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local broadband projects have not provided detailed maps and postcode checkers to his Department for its rural broadband project.
(222975)
41
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the initial deadline was for his Department's rural broadband project; and what deadline he now expects for that project.
(222976)
42
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the outline business case for phase 2 of the rural broadband project.
(222977)
43
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he took to develop and cost other procurement frameworks for phase 2 of the rural broadband project.
(222978)
44
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what change in the level of participation there has been in (a) dance, (b) music, (c) theatre and (d) arts and crafts in primary schools in each of the last five years.
(222981)
45
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what change in level of participation there has been in (a) dance, (b) arts and crafts and (c) cultural computer activities in secondary schools in each of the last five years.
(222982)
46
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which sectors that receive creative tax reliefs have implemented voluntary levies for training since May 2010.
(222984)
47
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department will be represented at the #Digital4EU stakeholder forum hosted by the European Commission in Brussels on 24 February 2015.
(222985)
48
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) meetings, (b) emails, (c) letters and (d) telephone calls have taken place between his Department and PCS and Prospect unions in 2015 to date.
(222987)
49
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received on the possible privatisation of the (a) National Gallery and (b) Imperial War Museum.
(222988)
50
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations in receipt of grant-in-aid from his Department pay the (a) Living Wage and (b) London Living Wage.
(222989)
51
Ian Paisley
(North Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals for a British Sign Language Bill to promote the use of British Sign Language.
(222997)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
52
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to Question 213663, when he plans to announce which of the 5,000 ships under construction will be designated under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
(222936)
53
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department allocated to the Conflict Pool in (a) 2014-15 and (b) each of the five previous financial years.
(222952)
54
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether military personnel are permitted to sit or re-sit GCSEs once their initial training has come to an end.
(222945)
55
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether detainees aged under 18 years are accommodated separately from adults at the Military Corrective Training Centre.
(222946)
56
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications for (a) security clearance and counter-terrorist checks and (b) developed vetting have not met the performance targets set for DBS for the processing of such applications in each of the last 12 months.
(222843)
57
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met the (a) Home Secretary, (b) Foreign Secretary and (c) Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss cyber security; and what the outcome of those meetings was.
(222798)
58
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on its work on a cyber-security model to be implemented in its contracts.
(222800)
59
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when a Defence Minister last visited the Falkland Islands.
(222935)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
60
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's policy is on online voting.
(222850)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
61
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres and children's centres there were in (a) Leeds and (b) Leeds Central constituency on 1 January in each year since the introduction of those centres.
(222898)
62
Ian Paisley
(North Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce compulsory paediatric first aid training for all nursery staff.
(222990)
63
Ian Paisley
(North Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce legislative proposals to make it compulsory that supply teachers have access to pension rights on an equal basis to other teachers.
(222994)
64
Ian Paisley
(North Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will issue guidelines to local authorities on implementing the Children and Families Act 2014 which relate to funding arrangements for children with special educational needs.
(222998)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
65
Mr Henry Bellingham
(North West Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what guidance his Department issues on planning applications for on-shore wind farms; and if he will make a statement.
(222842)
66
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussion his Department has had with HM Treasury on the viability of the development and operation of deep offshore underground coal gasification projects from licences issued by the Coal Authority.
(222841)
67
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is scheduled to next formally review each of its Parent Body Organisation contracts.
(222826)
68
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when each of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's Parent Body Organisation contracts are scheduled for renewal or to reach agreed break points.
(222827)
69
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority spent in each of the last five years on (a) in-house research and development activities and (b) research and development activities funded directly through its contractors.
(222828)
70
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the support and overhead costs of each of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's site licence companies were in each of the last five years; and how much of such costs was spent in each category of expenditure included in those costs.
(222829)
71
Ian Paisley
(North Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to implement the Affordable Warmth Manifesto published by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition in September 2014.
(222995)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
72
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to implement the Natural Capital Committee's Third Report's (a) recommendations on a 25-year plan to improve and protect natural capital and (b) other recommendations.
(222825)
73
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 29 Jaunuary 2015 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Water Management, Official Report, column 987, on water companies: social tariff, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on entitlement to water companies' social tariff schemes and to benefit entitlements.
(222833)
74
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Water Management, Official Report, column 987, on water companies: social tariff, which water companies have a social tariff scheme; how many customers benefit from each scheme; and what the eligibilty criteria are for each scheme.
(222834)
75
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Water Management, Official Report, column 987, on water companies: social tariff, whether the criteria used by water companies for local social tarrif schemes are based on the eligibility criteria for universal credit and income support.
(222835)
76
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Water Management, Official Report, column 987, on water companies: social tariffs, what discussions she has had with (a) water companies and (b) other government departments on a scheme of social tariffs that is consistent across England; and if she will make a statement.
(222894)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
77
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the cost of Tony Blair's work for the Quartet.
(222867)
78
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any official visits from (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Azerbaijan, (c) Kuwait, (d) Abu Dhabi, (e) Albania and (f) Libya were arranged or accompanied by Tony Blair since Mr Blair left office.
(222869)
79
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any officials of his Department have been seconded to work directly for Tony Blair on (a) the Quartet and (b) other projects since Mr Blair left office.
(222870)
80
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received from Tony Blair on (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Azerbaijan, (c) Kuwait, (d) Abu Dhabi, (e) Albania and (f) Libya since Mr Blair left office.
(222871)
81
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Tony Blair has been provided with (a) transport and (b) accommodation in posts in (i) Azerbaijan, (ii) Kazakhstan, (iii) Kuwait, (iv) Abu Dhabi, (v) Albania and (vi) Libya since Mr Blair left office.
(222872)
82
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department allocated to the Conflict Pool in (a) 2014-15 and (b) each of the five previous financial years.
(222951)
83
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on repairing desecrated headstones of British soldiers at Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya.
(222953)
84
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on progress made by the Libyan authorities on arresting and prosecuting people who desecrated the headstones of British soldiers at Benghazi War Cemetery in February 2012.
(222954)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
85
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department has published for patients diagnosed with endometriosis.
(222886)
86
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that women diagnosed with endometriosis receive detailed information on that condition.
(222887)
87
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with patients' groups on endometriosis.
(222888)
88
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 5.26 of his Department's report, An Intelligence Framework for Cancer published in December 2011, what discussions he has had with Public Health England on funding a new database to support the introduction of Primary HPV screening through a single national screening database.
(222866)
89
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of meningitis B there have been in people (a) under five, (b) aged five to 18 and (c) over 18 in the last five years.
(222893)
90
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of adding very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase to the heel prick newborn screening test.
(222852)
91
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to help early diagnosis of very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
(222853)
92
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason doctors receive extra payments for signing death certificates.
(222854)
93
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average payment to a doctor for signing a death certificate was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how many doctors received payments for signing death certificates in that year.
(222855)
94
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the effectiveness of the individual funding request process for cancer medicines.
(222561)
95
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) applications to the Cancer Drugs Fund and (b) individual funding requests for cancer medicines were approved in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
(222562)
96
Ian Paisley
(North Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will introduce legislative proposals to allow the NHS to recoup the cost of treating patients who are admitted from private hospitals.
(222991)
97
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Quality and Outcomes Framework, how much GPs have received in remuneration for assessing nerve damage and poor blood supply to the feet in people with diabetes in each of the last three years.
(222943)
98
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) Waitrose and (b) Asda as part of the Responsibility Deal in the last three months; and what issues were discussed at those meetings.
(222944)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
99
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle human trafficking in the Medway towns.
(222885)
100
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-human primates, of what species and from what country of origin, were imported into the UK for the purposes of scientific research in 2014; and how many of those were (a) wild-caught, (b) captive born or F1 generation and (c) captive bred.
(222873)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
101
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department allocated to the Conflict Pool in (a) 2014-15 and (b) each of the five previous financial years.
(222950)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
102
Andrew Griffiths
(Burton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released from prison on a Friday in each of the most recent five years for which figures are available.
(222892)
103
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2015 to Question 906848, what guidance his Department issues on when Government departments should seek to legislate to establish a legal basis for the sharing of personal data.
(222803)
104
Ian Paisley
(North Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that all victims of domestic abuse access legal aid for family cases.
(222992)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
105
N
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been killed or seriously injured in accidents involving mobility scooters in each of the last five years; and how many of the people so killed or seriously injured were driving the scooter.
(222748)
106
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedure exists for notifying owners of pets that are killed on the strategic road network.
(222932)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
107
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received in each of the last three years on sums charged above £20,000 under the Health and Safety Executive's Fee for Intervention scheme.
(222947)
108
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on small and medium-sized enterprises of the Fee for Intervention scheme used by the Health and Safety Executive.
(222948)
109
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many invoices issued under the Health and Safety Executive's Fee for Intervention scheme have been queried by invoicees since October 2012; and what proportion of the total number of invoices such invoices amount to.
(222949)
110
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that schemes identified by the Independent Project Board as having excessive charges take effective and timely action in response and will be subject to sanctions if they do not do so.
(222839)
111
Ian Paisley
(North Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to implement a separate back to work support system for people suffering from mental health conditions to provide them with personalised help and specialist support.
(222993)
112
Sir Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many residents of the British Overseas Territories in receipt of UK state pensions have had those pensions frozen.
(222934)
113
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the jobseeker's allowance regime facilitates legitimate voluntary work that might boost a jobseeker's skills and experience.
(222819)
114
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has held in 2015 to date with his ministerial colleagues at the Department for Communities and Local Government on the operation of local welfare assistance schemes.
(222820)
115
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to encourage Work Programme providers to work with housing associations to help tenants boost their employability.
(222821)
116
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the long-term sustainability of his plans for a digital service.
(222822)
117
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what ongoing support his Department offers a jobseeker's allowance claimant who has received a sanction.
(222823)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
118
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Tony Blair has carried out any work for the Government since he left office.
[Transferred]
(222868)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
119
N
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the definition his Department uses for 'place of worship' is for the purpose of exemption from Energy Performance Certificates.
[Transferred]
(222789)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
120
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to honour in London the contribution of Indian troops to the First World War.
[Transferred]
(222941)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
121
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what change there has been in the number of pupils sitting GCSEs in (a) applied arts and design, (b) art and design, (c) drama, (d) media, film and television and (e) music since May 2010.
[Transferred]
(222983)