Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 11 February 2015
Notes:
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Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 11 February 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 11 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
Jim McGovern
(Dundee West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to (a) encourage firms to pay a fair wage to workers in their overseas supply chains and (b) stop other forms of exploitation of those workers.
(223816)
2
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to support exports of UK textile manufacturing.
(223754)
3
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students have gone to university from Bradford in each year between 2001 and 2014.
(223725)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
4
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222628, when he expects to be able to release data on unemployment figures for December 2014.
(223698)
5
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of reported crime was for each type of offence in the Surrey police force area in each year since 2009.
(223713)
6
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of the title of each file that has been destroyed by his Department in the last 12 months.
(223625)
7
N
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's record and retention policy; when that policy was last reviewed; and if he will make a statement.
(223626)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
8
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of population growth on local government finance needs.
(223874)
9
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to link local government finance settlements to ONS population growth figures.
(223875)
10
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to compensate (a) Newham, (b) other councils in East London and (c) other areas in the UK where population growth is above average for the increased demand for council services resulting from population growth.
(223876)
11
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222916, what the total cost to Birmingham City Council will be of funding the Independent Improvement Panel.
(223766)
12
John Pugh
(Southport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the level of Sefton Council's (a) allocated and (b) unallocated reserves.
[R] (223746)
13
John Pugh
(Southport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have bid for each round of the Coastal Communities Fund but have so far received no funding.
(223747)
14
John Pugh
(Southport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which coastal resorts have received support in more than (a) one round and (b) two rounds of coastal communities funding awards.
(223748)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
15
N
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Artsmark programme in measuring (a) arts provision and (b) participation in the arts.
(223701)
16
N
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on increasing participation in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art at secondary school level.
(223727)
17
Jim McGovern
(Dundee West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle the gender pay gap and (b) increase the number of women in the video games industry.
(223749)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
18
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are in receipt of a war disablement pension in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.
(223834)
19
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using the phrase Armed Forces Covenant since January 2012.
(223837)
20
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the advertising budget was for the Forces Help to Buy campaign in the last 24 months; and how much of that budget has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using the phrase Forces Help to Buy in that period.
(223903)
21
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using the phrase Armed Forces Reserves in the last 24 months.
(223904)
22
Alison Seabeck
(Plymouth, Moor View):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the fence in Barne Barton proposed in Plymouth City Council planning application 14/02413/FUL.
(223839)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
23
N
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 on charities.
(907552)
24
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 on campaigning by charities.
(907556)
25
N
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 on charities.
(907562)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
26
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222508, what steps her Department is taking to improve its tracking and monitoring at (a) local authority and (b) national level of young people at risk of (i) having an unknown educational status and (ii) not being in employment, education or training.
(223697)
27
N
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of A-level students at schools and colleges in Dudley North constituency that were in the top 20 per cent of attainers nationally in 2014.
(223712)
28
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many entrants there were into initial teacher education in England in the academic years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and what the level of recruitment of such entrants for the forthcoming academic year was at 1 February 2015.
(223692)
29
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential cost of the Government's plans to abolish the AS level qualification.
(223756)
30
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school places have been created in Bradford since 2010.
(223723)
31
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free school places have been created in Bradford since 2010.
(223724)
32
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total schools budget in Bradford was in each year between 2005 and 2010.
(223726)
33
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school places have been created in Bradford since 2010.
(223743)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
34
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that families with children are treated as a vulnerable group by energy companies.
(223710)
35
Dan Byles
(North Warwickshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many medium wind turbines deemed excessively de-rated have been granted pre-accreditation or have been commissioned in (a) 1 April 2010 to 30 November 2012 at £22.16 per kWh, (b) 1 December 2012 to 31 March 2014 at £18.83 per kWh, (c) 1 April 2014 to 30 September 2014 at £15.06 per kWh, (d) 1 October 2014 to 31 March 2015 at £13.55 per kWh and (e) 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 at £12.05 per kWh.
(223773)
36
Dan Byles
(North Warwickshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department first became aware of wind turbines being excessively de-rated in order for generators to benefit from higher than intended feed-in tariffs; and if he will make a statement.
(223774)
37
Dan Byles
(North Warwickshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made on addressing manufacturers selling wind turbines which have been de-rated to allow them to benefit from higher tariffs within the feed-in tariff; and if he will make a statement.
(223775)
38
Dan Byles
(North Warwickshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many wind turbines have been deployed in each county within the 100-500kW feed-in tariff to date.
(223776)
39
N
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of homes under multiple occupancy that are covered by the regulations fobidding landlords to let properties that are below Energy Performance Certificate E after 2018.
(223722)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
40
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to enforce humane standards in slaughterhouses; and if she will make a statement.
(223769)
41
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the labelling requirements are for the sale of halal meat.
(223906)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
42
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK-based private security companies operating in (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Palestinian Territories adhere to the International Code of Conduct for private security service providers; and if he will make a statement.
(223825)
43
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222138, which organisations are involved in the process of clearing home-owners' applications to the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism; how many applicants have been rejected during that process; and what the involvement of the Israeli government is in assessing the security risks associated with each application.
(223830)
44
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on (a) the adoption of a new global army plan and defence strategy, (b) other reforms in the security sector and (c) legislation creating specialised mixed chambers.
(223753)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
45
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breast reconstruction operations were carried out by the Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(223744)
46
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of IVF cycle procedures that were carried out by the Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(223745)
47
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days of staff sickness absence there were in (a) Derriford Hospital and (b) Mount Gould Hospital in 2014.
(223907)
48
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of alcohol-related harm in each of the last 10 years.
(223833)
49
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in receipt of war disablement pensions access local authority support for non-residential care in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.
(223835)
50
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in receipt of a war disablement pension access local authority support for residential social care in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.
(223836)
51
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222677, what assessment he has made of whether the way in which patients are able to access, or are notified of, services such as bowel screening or e-referrals will change when patient data begins being extracted under the care.data programme.
(223762)
52
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222677, what assessment he has made of whether the change in data paths under the care.data programme will affect the indirect care that can be provided to people who opt out of that programme.
(223763)
53
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the health data of people who have opted out of the care.data programme has been shared with non-NHS organisations.
(223764)
54
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of the work of strategic clinical networks has had on (a) cancer outcomes and (b) quality of cancer services since April 2013.
(223751)
55
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West waited on trolleys for more than 12 hours to be admitted to a hospital ward or were treated and sent home in the last 12 months.
(223758)
56
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulance A&E responses for red 1 patients in Preston have exceeded the mandatory response time of eight minutes in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
(223759)
57
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulance A&E responses for red 2 patients in Preston have exceeded the mandatory response time of between eight and 19 minutes in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
(223760)
58
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of ambulances queuing were reported at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
(223761)
59
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for mental health talking therapies in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) East Lancashire and (d) Hyndburn constituency.
(223817)
60
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of patients involved in stroke research trials.
(223832)
61
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Patient Safety Alert: Improving medication error incident reporting and learning, published by NHS England on 20 March 2014, which NHS trusts have (a) indentified a board-level director with responsibility for overseeing medication error incident reporting and learning, (b) e-mailed the contact details of a Medication Safety Officer to the Central Alerting System and (c) identified a multi-professional group to regularly review medication error incident reports.
(223770)
62
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Patient Safety Alert: Improving medication error incident reporting and learning, published by NHS England on 20 March 2014, what progress he has made in developing the National Medication Safety Network; and what channels are available for patient groups to make representations to the National Medication Safety Network.
(223771)
63
Mary Macleod
(Brentford and Isleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Clinical Priorities Action Group has made in the review of the treatment duodopa for Parkinson's disease; and how the views of those affected by Parkinson's disease are being taken into account in that review.
(223838)
64
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the money that will be raised as a result of the steps his Department is taking to ensure greater recovery of the costs of NHS care provided to visitors and migrants from (a) EEA countries and (b) non-EEA countries in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) each of the next three financial years.
(223699)
65
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Care Quality Commission inspection reports have been published within the 50-day target period in the last 12 months.
(223752)
66
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of delays in the delivery of continence and ostomy devices to patients resulting from a lack of access to Dispensing Appliance Contractor licences for small and medium-sized suppliers of continence devices.
(223772)
67
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of NHS trusts to provide breast radiology services.
(223767)
68
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the results of the consultation for the NHS England Research and Development Strategy.
(223768)
69
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons guidance on charging for social care for injured veterans differs depending on whether the injury was sustained before or after 5 April 2005.
(223818)
70
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review rules on social care charging for veterans in receipt of the war disablement pension.
(223819)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
71
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce funding allocations for schools, colleges and universities through the Prevent strategy in 2015-16.
(223826)
72
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on which occasions the Ethiopian government requested the return of Mr Andargachew Tsige to its jurisdiction since 2004; and what response was given to those requests.
(223711)
73
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) passport renewal and (b) a first passport were classified as in progress in each month since June 2014.
(223877)
74
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of general aviation private flights were (a) classified as high risk and (b) met by Border Force officials on arrival in the last 12 months.
(223878)
75
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many general aviation pre-flight passenger notifications were (a) submitted and (b) not submitted to Border Force officials in each year since 2010.
(223894)
76
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passengers entering the UK had data on their journey collected under the E-borders programme in each year since 2009.
(223896)
77
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who overstayed a visa in each year since 2010.
(223897)
78
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many flights on the Civil Aviation Tracking System were found not to have submitted general aviation reports after Border Force cross-checking in each year since 2010.
(223898)
79
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many general aviation flights were met by border officers in each year since 2010; and how many such flights were classified as high risk.
(223899)
80
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who required a visa to be present in the UK have been found to be without the necessary visa in each year since 2010.
(223900)
81
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passengers have travelled to the UK on routes connected to the Semaphore system since 2009.
(223901)
82
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seizures of controlled drugs of what value have been made by Border Force officials in each year since 2010.
(223902)
83
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were in front-line service with the Lancashire Constabulary (a) in 2010 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
(223755)
84
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disability hate crimes were reported in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
(223757)
85
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value of the police grant provided by her Department to Surrey Police was in each year from 2009-10 to 2015-16.
(223700)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
86
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's commitment to support a reduction in the average time taken for goods to cross international borders in the locations in which the Africa Free Trade Initiative operates, what assessment she has made of her Department's performance in meeting that commitment; and what change there has been in that average time since the commencement of her Department's involvement.
(223750)
87
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to develop its framework on health systems strengthening.
(223905)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
88
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2015 to Question 214939, for each of the 13 offenders who had escaped or absconded from prison more than once (a) which offences led to the offender receiving the original prison sentence, (b) what length of sentence each was serving at the time of the escape or abscond, (c) what the offender's previous criminal history was, (d) what offences were committed by the offender following the escape or abscond from prison before their return to custody and (e) what additional prison sentence was given for each escape or abscond.
(223893)
89
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders released from custody after serving a sentence handed down following the riots in London in 2011 have subsequently been convicted of a further offence and received a non-custodial sentence for that offence.
(223895)
90
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each year since 2009 have received prison sentences for employing illegal immigrants.
(223879)
91
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of fines (a) levied against and (b) collected from businesses prosecuted for employing illegal immigrants in each year since 2009.
(223880)
92
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the final decision on whether to appoint a candidate to the role of Chief Inspector of (a) Probation and (b) Prisons rests with the Secretary of State alone.
(223728)
93
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Mr Paul McDowell will receive in the financial package agreed as part of his resignation as Chief Inspector of Probation.
(223729)
94
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to what conditions and restrictions imposed by his Department Mr Paul McDowell will be subject in seeking future employment.
(223730)
95
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he was first informed that Mr Paul McDowell had tendered his resignation as Chief Inspector of Probation; and when he accepted that resignation.
(223731)
96
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times and on what dates he met Mr Paul McDowell during the period in which he held the post of Chief Inspector of Probation.
(223732)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
97
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met representatives of the Police Federation of Northern Ireland.
(223827)
98
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the Minister for Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive on changes to police pensions.
(223828)
99
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met representatives of the Northern Ireland Prison Service.
(223829)
100
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with retired or retiring members of the Police Federation on the new public service pension regulations for police officers.
(223881)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
101
N
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the provisions in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on pavement parking.
(223702)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
102
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds about costs incurred by people using the Disability Living Allowance helpline; and if he will make a statement.
(223824)
103
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts his Department has awarded to private sector organisations in each of the last five years; and what the value of those contracts was.
(223765)