Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 2 March 2015
Notes:
*
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 Monday 2 March 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 2 March 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
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage innovation in low carbon technology in the South West of England; and if he will make a statement.
(225384)
2
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to increase the level of student maintenance loans in areas where the cost of living matches or exceeds the London average to the level of such loans in London.
(225433)
3
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory right for mothers to take breaks for breastfeeding in the workplace.
(225438)
4
N
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department issues to utility and energy companies on the supply of information of customers to credit reference agencies; and if he will make a statement.
(225320)
5
N
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how an institution can become a designated institution under section 129 of the Education Reform Act 1988.
(225350)
6
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 224087, which of those documents on BAFTA funding provide guidance on diversity issues.
(225343)
7
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers were publicly named by the Government for non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage in each of the last five years.
(225469)
8
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from Bradford were the first to go to university from their family in each year since 2005.
(225608)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
9
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes of the meetings of his Department's risk and resource security working group from 6 May 2010 to date.
(225580)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
10
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2015 to Question 224081, how many people have been assisted by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in pursuing national minimum wage recovery through the civil courts on their behalf; and what the value was of wages recovered through the civil courts where HMRC has so pursued recovery in each year from 2005.
(225382)
11
N
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2015 to Question 224081, what the average length of time was between a worker reporting non-payment of the national minimum wage to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and receiving the recovered wages owed to them in cases where HMRC assists with pursuing recovery through the civil courts in each of the last three years.
(225383)
12
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mandatory reconsiderations have been requested for tax credit claims; how many of those requests have been successful; and how long on average it takes to process each such request.
(225361)
13
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) the North West, (c) Lancashire and (d) Preston have been prosecuted for tax evasion in the last five years.
(225634)
14
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the name is of each social care provider being investigated by HM Revenue and Customs for non-compliance with national minimum wage regulations.
(225483)
15
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates he has met which representatives of HSBC bank since taking office.
(225487)
16
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many section 660a status enquiries HM Revenue and Customs has made in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(225344)
17
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of off-payroll arrangements in government departments and their arm's length bodies was in each of the last five years.
(225345)
18
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax yield was from Section 660a legislation in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(225346)
19
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enforcement actions in respect of Section 660a legislation there have been in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
(225347)
20
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people subject to an IR35 review have been deemed to be a business entity in each of the last five years.
(225650)
21
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each of the last five years HM Revenue and Customs reviewed under IR35 who have subsequently been deemed outside IR35 or in the low risk band and informed that they will not be reviewed for IR35 for the next three years.
(225651)
22
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on tax revenues of the introduction of standard packaging of tobacco.
(225598)
23
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations were commenced by HM Revenue and Customs National Minimum Wage compliance teams in each of the last five years; and how many such investigations resulted in a Notice of Underpayment being issued.
(225467)
24
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enforcement actions were pursued by HM Revenue and Customs National Minimum Wage compliance teams through (a) employment tribunals and (b) civil courts in each of the last five years; and what amount was recovered through that process in each such year.
(225468)
25
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines were imposed on employers for non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage in each of the last five years; and what the value of each such fine was.
(225470)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
26
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the costs were to his Department of (a) direct payments to BuzzFeed and (b) staff time for native advertising on BuzzFeed on (i) 29 January, (ii) 9 February and (iii) 13 February 2015; from which budget this spending came from; and what account his Department took of IAB guidelines on native advertising, when placing that advertising.
(225602)
27
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the consequences for his policies of the conclusion of the report Technology at Work: The Future of Innovation and Employment, published in February 2015 by Citi GPS.
(225603)
28
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of the cost of his visit to Telford on 11 December 2014 was paid out of public funds.
(225604)
29
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Quesiton 223684, when the consultation on the framework of regulation that governs the balance of payments between broadcasters and platforms will open.
(225617)
30
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223018, if he will assess the potential effect of increasing automation on (a) security, (b) inequality and (c) social cohesion.
(225618)
31
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223186, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of statistics published by Public Libraries News on library closures and libraries transferred to volunteers.
(225619)
32
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223182, if he will assess the implications for his Department's policies of participation by officials in his Department in the Cross-Government Behavioural Insights Network.
(225620)
33
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223180, what the most recent (a) arts, (b) sports and (c) tourism initiatives were in which his Department used nudge policies.
(225621)
34
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223688, when and in what format his Department provided information to the National Audit Office; and if he will publish all such correspondence.
(225622)
35
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223736, which arts programmes his Department and arms length bodies fund that aim to reduce isolation.
(225623)
36
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223124 and the Answer of 14 January 2015 to Question 220293, if he will estimate the total cost to the public purse of providing WiFi in those 2,000 libraries which offer that facility; what funding options he is exploring for providing WiFi in all public libraries; with which organisations he has discussed them contributing resources to such provision; how many libraries have free WiFi provided through the Super Connected Cities budget; and what the total cost is of that provision.
(225656)
37
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222967, whether he plans to publish his response to the Digital Communications Infrastructure Strategy consultation before 10 May 2015.
(225657)
38
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the conclusions in the publication Digital Participation in Dumfries and Kirkcaldy published in February 2015.
(225658)
39
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the level of cinema attendance was in each year since 2009-10; what forecast he has made of cinema attendance in each year to 2019-20; and what steps he is taking to support the cinema industry in the UK.
(225659)
40
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the (a) representation of BME programming and channels available on Freeview and (b) the barriers to BME channels being on Freeview.
(225472)
41
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether there is a limit on the number of stations on a digital audio multiplex aimed at the same section of the listening audience.
(225381)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
42
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits have enlisted in (a) the Regular Army and (b) the Reserve Forces in each region of the UK since Capita was awarded the contract for recruiting.
(225511)
43
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits enlisted in (a) the Regular Army and (b) the Reserve Forces in each region of the UK in the 12 months preceding the award of the contract for recruiting to Capita.
(225512)
44
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings to the public purse have been made to date from the award of the contract for Army recruiting to Capita; and how many Army personnel have been reassigned to recruiting during that period.
(225513)
45
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many biological warfare casualty treatment facilities his Department has in place; and what the state of readiness of those facilities is.
(225514)
46
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces are trained in biological warfare; and what plans he has to increase the number of such people.
(225515)
47
N
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222053, by what date the documents will be placed in the Library.
(225380)
48
N
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Question 211346, in what ways is the issue of human rights closely examined before any military assistance to Colombia is approved; and at what level or rank is this examination conducted.
(225431)
49
N
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Question 211346, what expertise and advice the UK has provided on international humanitarian law and human rights during military operations at (a) seminars and conferences and (b) other events since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(225432)
50
N
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2014 to Question 210962, how many armed forces personnel travelled to Colombia during 2013 in order to further the defence relationship.
(225465)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
51
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether sixth form colleges can apply for academy status; and if she will make a statement.
(225406)
52
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of decoupling the AS-level qualification from the A-level qualification.
(225635)
53
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken on the implementation of the commitments made in and monitoring of outcomes following the 2011 Prevent Strategy.
(225665)
54
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help schools in Tower Hamlets tackle radicalisation.
(225666)
55
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to use state schools to encourage social mobility.
(907805)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
56
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many compensation packages for consumers Ofgem has secured in each year since 2001; and what the value was of each such package.
(225500)
57
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many fines Ofgem has imposed in each year since 2001; and what the value was of each such fine.
(225501)
58
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many non-financial penalties Ofgem has imposed in each year since 2001; and what each such penalty was.
(225502)
59
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will ensure that alternative theories of the cause of noise associated with wind turbines are considered by his Department's review of such noise.
(225549)
60
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria his Department used to select the experts to be involved in its investigation into excess amplitude modulation.
(225550)
61
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs his Department supports (a) directly and (b) indirectly in the nuclear supply chain in (i) the North West, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) Preston.
(225667)
62
Dame Anne McGuire
(Stirling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the potential contribution of biomass to meeting the 2020 targets of the Climate Change Act 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(225559)
63
Dame Anne McGuire
(Stirling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the implications of his Department's report on the Life Cycle Impacts of Biomass Electricity published in July 2014, for the life cycle assessment of the Renewable Energy Directive; and if he will make a statement.
(225629)
64
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity was generated from each type of source in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(225491)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
65
Richard Benyon
(Newbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Marine Management Organisation has taken to safeguard the marine environment from damage by cable laying involving the SCAR plough system and similar technologies.
(225626)
66
Richard Benyon
(Newbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licences have been granted by the Marine Management Organisation for the laying of cables on the seabed involving the SCAR plough system and other similar technologies; and to whom each of those licences has been granted.
(225662)
67
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish the assessments it has prepared of the potential effects of an East Coast storm surge on agriculture, food supply, transport infrastructure, critical infrastructure and loss of life.
(225577)
68
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the correspondence between the (a) Environment Agency and (b) Committee on Climate Change and her Department and between the Committee on Climate Change and the Environment Agency on the Thames Barrier from November 2013 to date.
(225578)
69
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the correspondence between the Committee on Climate Change and her Department on that Committee's second Climate Change Risk Assessment from 6 May 2010 to date.
(225579)
70
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the conclusions of the Environment Agency's long-term investment scenarios were refelcted in funding decisions taken as part of the 2014 National Infrastructure Plan's six-year flood defence grant-in-aid capital programme.
(225606)
71
Sir Gerald Howarth
(Aldershot):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the non-financial regulatory constraints are on research on the potential of insects as a sustainable source of livestock feed; and what steps her Department is taking to encourage such research.
(225605)
72
N
Angela Smith
(Penistone and Stocksbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will distribute guidance on dog waste management for both onsite and offsite disposal to ensure puppy breeders manage waste in accordance with environmental and health guidelines.
(225159)
73
N
Roger Williams
(Brecon and Radnorshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many seizures of illegally imported meat have been made at (a) airports and (b) seaports in each of the last 10 years.
(225486)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
74
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent to which Hamas is attempting to rebuild its terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.
(225494)
75
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to end rape and sexual assault in South Sudan as part of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative; and what support the Government is providing to the authorities in South Sudan to ensure that the people responsible for such crimes in that country are held to account.
(225535)
76
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support cultural exchanges between artists and educators in the UK and their counterparts in Gaza.
(225607)
77
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223612, whether he plans to meet his counterpart in the Philippines to discuss climate change.
(225378)
78
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he and Ministers in his Department have made to their counterparts in Bahrain on the use of torture in that country.
(225630)
79
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in Bahrain on (a) democratic participation in that country and (b) programmes aimed at increasing such participation.
(225631)
80
N
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in the Maldives.
(225391)
81
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help Libya move towards peace in the short and medium term.
(225601)
82
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the abuse of women in foreign embassies in the UK.
(225509)
83
N
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Question 211346, what response the Colombian government provided to the Minister for Latin American Affairs when human rights were raised during the Minister's visit in June 2014; and if he will make a statement.
(225466)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
84
N
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of cataract surgery procedures that were carried out by each West Midlands NHS trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(225313)
85
N
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of knee replacement operations that were carried out by each West Midlands NHS trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(225315)
86
N
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of hip replacement operations that were carried out by each West Midlands NHS trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(225316)
87
N
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of varicose vein surgery procedures that were carried out by each West Midlands NHS trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(225317)
88
N
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of breast reconstruction operations that were carried out by each West Midlands NHS trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(225318)
89
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the cost effectiveness modelling for the HPV vaccine and adolescent boys will take account of (a) the costs of paying welfare benefits to men and women affected by HPV-related diseases, (b) the social care costs to local authorities and (c) the costs to employers of staff with HPV-related diseases.
(225529)
90
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the cost effectiveness modelling for the HPV vaccine and adolescent boys will take account of the number of men who are likely to have sex with unvaccinated women both in the UK and abroad.
(225530)
91
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the average cost to the NHS of treating each case of (a) cervical, (b) vaginal, (c) vulval, (d) penile, (e) anal, (f) oropharyngeal, (g) base of tongue, (h) tonsil and (i) laryngeal cancer.
(225531)
92
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether funding has been secured for continuation of the National Cancer Peer Review.
(225551)
93
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the cost effectiveness modelling for the HPV vaccine and adolescent boys will take into account the costs of treating (a) genital warts, (b) anal cancer, (c) penile cancer, (d) relevant head and neck cancers, (e) vaginal cancer, (f) vulval cancer and (g) recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
(225552)
94
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assumptions have been made in the cost effectiveness modelling for offering HPV vaccinations to men who have sex with men (MSM) in respect of how many MSM (a) will be vaccinated each year and how many will remain unvaccinated, (b) will acquire HPV before they are offered a vaccination, (c) will acquire genital warts before they are offered a vaccination, (d) will not be offered an HPV vaccination because their GUM clinic will decide not to routinely offer it and (e) will not be offered the vaccination because they have not disclosed their sexual behaviour.
(225553)
95
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the cost effectiveness modelling for the HPV vaccine and adolescent boys will take into account the increased risk of HIV infection in men and women who are HPV positive.
(225628)
96
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he and officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in other Departments on a national gambling strategy.
(225488)
97
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data his Department holds on and what assessment it has made of the effects of gambling on mental health; and how much his Department spent on counselling for people with an addiction to gambling in the last 12 months.
(225496)
98
N
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his plans to devolve health and social care provision and expenditure in Greater Manchester, if he will exclude decision-making on NHS pay and conditions from those plans.
(225335)
99
N
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his plans to devolve health and social care provision and expenditure in Greater Manchester, what safeguards he plans to put in place to ensure minimum standards of care and treatment within NHS services in that area remain when that devolution of powers has taken place.
(225336)
100
N
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his plans to devolve health and social care provision and expenditure in Greater Manchester, if he will take steps to ensure that future changes to NHS provision in that area, once that devolution of powers has taken place, will be subject to public consultation.
(225337)
101
N
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his plans to devolve health and social care provision and expenditure in Greater Manchester, what mechanisms will be put in place to allow his Department to intervene in the event of failure of that provision.
(225338)
102
N
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham and Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which areas of health and social care provision and expenditure he plans for decision-making in Greater Manchester to be (a) devolved and (b) not devolved.
(225339)
103
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress Health Education England has made in ensuring that a module on perinatal mental health is included in core training for midwives.
(225555)
104
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress Health Education England has made in developing a mutual health e-learning package to support continuing professional development for GPs by January 2015; and how many GPs have used that package.
(225556)
105
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress Health Education England has made in developing training programmes for health and care employers to ensure that all staff have an awareness of mental health problems and how they may affect their patients by January 2015; and if he will make a statement.
(225557)
106
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress Health Education England has made in ensuring that training is available so that there can be a specialist GP in every clinical commissioning group trained in the physical and mental health needs of armed forces veterans by summer 2015.
(225558)
107
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received NHS eye tests in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency in each of the last five years.
(225544)
108
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of people undergoing regular eye tests.
(225545)
109
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the difference in the up-take of novel oral anticoagulants and the uptake projected by NICE.
(225341)
110
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NICE and NHS England take to ensure that (a) mandatory NICE health technology assessment guidance is fully implemented by clinical commissioning groups and (b) the up-take of innovative medicines is in line with NICE's expectations.
(225342)
111
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Minister for Life Sciences will hold a further meeting with families of people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy on the availability of the drug Translarna.
(225407)
112
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 221764, which representatives of the pharmaceutical industry were consulted to establish that the scoring tool used by NHS England was a fair assessment of the clinical benefits of a drug; and when that consultation took place.
(225581)
113
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support and guidance his Department and NHS England have made available to clinical commissioning groups to enable them to effectively commission services for smaller population groups.
(225646)
114
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the working group to examine the commissioning and provision of psychological therapies will be established.
(225647)
115
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the working group to examine the commissioning and provision of psychological therapies will examine neuro and neuropsychiatric services.
(225648)
116
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what secondary and tertiary mental health services for deaf patients are commissioned nationally by NHS England.
(225660)
117
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the working group on the commissioning and provision of psychological therapies will be established; and what its scope, terms of reference and membership will be.
(225661)
118
Sir Gerald Howarth
(Aldershot):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Impact Assessment for the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015, which derives key valuables in its cost benefit analysis from the work of Pechey et al, what account he has taken of the statements in that article that it relies on best guess estimates and that its authors have an economic or personal stake in the issue.
(225624)
119
Sir Gerald Howarth
(Aldershot):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will delay implementation of standardised tobacco packaging until data on its effects on smoking prevalence in Australia is available.
(225625)
120
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts Arriva holds for patient transport services; and what area each such contract covers.
(225482)
121
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Question 211702, how many finished hospital admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of asthma there were among people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 years in 2013-14.
(225498)
122
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014 to Question 202551, how many residents of care homes had an emergency admission to a hospital in 2013-14.
(225499)
123
Mr John Leech
(Manchester, Withington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the need for a medical exemption certificate has been effectively communicated to sufferers of diabetes by the NHS Business Service Authority and pharmacies.
(225627)
124
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on the long-term effects on health of monosodium glutamate in food.
(225437)
125
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many influenza vaccinations for elderly and disabled people were administered in (a) the West Midlands region and (b) Birmingham in the 2014-15 winter period.
(225504)
126
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many influenza vaccinations for elderly and disabled people were allotted for (a) the West Midlands region and (b) Birmingham for the 2014-15 winter period.
(225516)
127
N
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2015 to Question 222678, how many claims for clinical negligence involving treatment for trigeminal neuralgia were submitted to the NHS Litigation Authority in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
(225134)
128
N
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2015 to Question 222680, which NHS trusts reported the patient incidents referred to in that Answer in 2013 and 2014.
(225135)
129
N
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria NHS England has to decide which non-commissioned hospitals providing stereotactic radiosurgery are permitted to treat NHS patients.
(225136)
130
N
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what funding mechanism NHS England pays for the treatment of NHS patients receiving stereotactic radiosurgery at non-commissioned hospitals.
(225137)
131
N
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS England non-commissioned hospitals providing gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery are funded to treat NHS patients.
(225138)
132
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of taking Regorafenib off the Cancer Drugs Fund list on the health outcomes of gastrointestinal stromal tumour cancer patients.
(225505)
133
Mr Dave Watts
(St Helens North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to implement the meningitis B vaccine in 2015.
(225510)
134
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to prevent discrimination against former carers.
(225537)
135
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support the Government provides to former carers entering employment or training following the death of the person they are caring for.
(225538)
136
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of domiciliary sight tests for the diagnosis of (a) visual impairment and (b) eye health conditions in (i) children and (ii) adults with disabilities.
(225539)
137
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of implementation rates of domiciliary sight tests for (a) children and (b) adults with disabilities.
(225540)
138
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to improve the uptake of sight tests by children with disabilities.
(225541)
139
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children with a learning disability took a sight test in 2013-14.
(225542)
140
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of carers over the age of 50 who have not obtained full-time work within a period of (a) three and (b) six months following the death of the person they were caring for since 2010.
(225543)
141
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to protect former carers from discrimination.
(225573)
142
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the socio-economic background of carers over the age of 50 who have become unemployed after the death of the person they were caring for since 2010.
(225574)
143
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many carers over the age of 50 have become unemployed after the death of the person they were caring for since 2010.
(225575)
144
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of carers over the age of 50 who have obtained full-time work within a period of (a) three and (b) six months following the death of the person they were caring for since 2010.
(225576)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
145
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign students at schools and colleges that have lost their right to sponsor such students were removed from the UK in each of the last four years.
(225645)
146
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-EU students who were given visas to study in the UK failed to leave the UK after their studies had ended in each of the last four years.
(225663)
147
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many schools and colleges that have had their right to sponsor overseas students removed have been subject to criminal proceedings in each of the last four years.
(225664)
148
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are detained in prison for immigration control purposes under the service level agreement between her Department and the National Offender Management Service; and when that agreement is due to be renewed.
(225536)
149
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the UK's policy will be on substantial changes to the international drugs control regime at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna in March 2015.
(225649)
150
N
Mr Ian Davidson
(Glasgow South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department has put in place to track foreign national offenders upon release back into the community since May 2010.
(225366)
151
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the performance of Serco in providing accommodation and transport services for asylum seekers under the Compass contract.
(225410)
152
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of the United States are domiciled in the UK; and how many of those nationals have received visas to work (a) in the banking sector and (b) elsewhere in the financial services sector.
(225596)
153
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 218892, what average length of time it takes for her Department to grant a visa after a decision is taken not to appeal a decision of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
(225434)
154
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are subject to sexual risk orders in each police force area.
(225478)
155
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual harm prevention orders and sexual offences prevention orders were issued in each of the last five years; and how many such orders were made after a request from a Chief of Police under section 104(5) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
(225480)
156
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for human trafficking offences in 2014; and how many such cases involved a victim who was a child.
(225481)
157
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that new psychoactive substances identified by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction are monitored by the Forensic Warning System.
(225633)
158
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on renewing the visa concession for Syrian internationals studying at UK higher education institutions.
(225301)
159
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiries of the hon. Member for Chesterfield on behalf of Mr S Jackson, passed to her Department by the Prime Minister on 12 january 2015, reference JACK03010/03141925.
(225507)
160
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal cases were abandoned between January 2014 and January 2015 as a result of diplomatic immunity.
(225508)
161
N
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222334, by what date the documents will be placed in the Library.
(225379)
162
N
Roger Williams
(Brecon and Radnorshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force sniffer dogs operate at (a) Heathrow Airport and (b) other airports and seaports in the UK to detect illegally imported meat.
(225485)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
163
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will seek information from contractors operating on the parliamentary estate on how many of their workers are employed on a zero-hours contract.
(225489)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
164
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the numbers of internally displaced Sunni former residents of Iraqi cities taken over by ISIL.
(225592)
165
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to help the Iraqi government support the return of former residents of cities previously occupied by ISIL in Iraq who fled those cities upon occupation.
(225593)
166
N
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much support, and under what categories, her Department provided directly to British Overseas Territories in each of the last three years.
(225390)
167
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of tax collection capacity in developing countries.
(225599)
168
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve education in Commonwealth countries.
(225600)
169
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that environmental sustainability features within every part of the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals framework.
(225653)
170
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the performance of the UK Aid Transparency Guarantee.
(225654)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
171
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid in fines for television licensing offences in the (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 financial year.
(225430)
172
N
Mr Ian Davidson
(Glasgow South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary and the Foreign Secretary on the development of the foreign national offenders action plan.
(225367)
173
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on implementation of a 24 hour coroners system.
(225340)
174
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were under section 14 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2014.
(225479)
175
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review burial and cremation law.
(225548)
176
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in magistrates courts between a defendant's first appearance and their trial.
(225436)
177
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to promote mediation in the resolution of family and other legal disputes; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (225655)
Questions to the Prime Minister
178
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions on nuclear power policy he had with his Austrian counterpart and other representatives of the Austrian government during the European Council meeting in Brussels from 12 to 13 February 2015.
(225594)
179
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral evidence to the Liaison Committee on 24 February 2015, what assessment he has made of the military threat posed by Russia in the Baltic states.
(225595)
Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
180
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has made of the effect on total spend on hon. Members' travel of the discontinuation of the East Coast Rewards Scheme.
(225388)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
181
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of disabled people's charities on uptake of mobility scooters in the UK.
(225473)
182
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of making information about qualification for disability benefits available to agencies responsible for ensuring safety on the roads in respect of mobility scooters.
(225474)
183
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the current system for licensing sellers of mobility scooters.
(225475)
184
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the insurance industry on products that might be offered to drivers of mobility scooters and how such products could be used to promote safety.
(225476)
185
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the specificity of conditions for the eligibility to use mobility scooters.
(225477)
186
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the Answer of 8 January 2015 to Question 219781, for what reason action was not taken against SEAT UK for failing to submit a completed V5C/3 form.
(225492)
187
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of road traffic incidents in which a vehicle was damaged and a pedestrian or cyclist was at fault in each of the last three years.
(225348)
188
Alistair Burt
(North East Bedfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will visit the Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire to make an assessment of the extent of the improvement works being carried out and the effect of those works on neighbouring businesses.
(225546)
189
Jonathan Evans
(Cardiff North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate measures are in place to assess the toxicity of fumes entering aircraft cabins from aircraft engines; what steps he has taken to ensure the prevention of adverse effects on pilots, cabin crew and passengers caused by toxic levels of fumes; and if he will make a statement.
(225506)
190
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modelling work his Department has undertaken on road traffic flows and displaced traffic during the construction period of High Speed 2 Phase 1; and if he will publish such work.
(225495)
191
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any compensation is payable by his Department or Network Rail to Hitachi Rail Europe under the contracts between those bodies in the event of delay to the commencement of Intercity Express Programme train testing on the Great Western Main Line or the East Coast Main Line.
(225490)
192
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will carry out an urgent assessment of the quality of the work carried out at the junction of the A483 and A55 supervised by the Highways Agency.
(225314)
193
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) original and (b) revised timetable is for works carried out at the junction of the A483 and A55 roads in West Cheshire.
(225319)
194
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people received criminal convictions for breaching a railway byelaw under Schedule 20 of the Transport Act 2000 in (a) 2014, (b) 2013 and (c) 2012.
(225493)
195
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Virgin Trains and Stagecoach on the East Coast Rewards Scheme; and what representations he has received on this matter.
(225389)
196
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release of 11 February 2015, Free wifi to help rail commuters stay connected, and the speech of the Minister for the Cabinet Office at Sprint 15 of 3 February 2015, whether the free train wifi announced in that release will use the infrastructure announced in that speech.
(225471)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
197
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission research into the reasons why the largest category of people transferred from incapacity benefit to the fit-to-work group have been people with mental health issues.
(225554)
198
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether contractual terms for the provision of benefit assessments have transferred directly from Atos to Maximus; and if he will make a statement.
(225360)
199
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many working-age households are better off out of work than in work in each year since 2010.
(225408)
200
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of universal credit claimants likely to face hardship as a result of the seven-day waiting period before new claimants are paid.
(225409)
201
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to jobcentres on food bank referral for families with disabled children whose benefit applications have not been processed in a timely manner.
(225349)
202
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the procedures for notifying his Department of a change of circumstances in the event of hospitalisation when the claimant is incapacitated and unable to contact the Disability Benefits helpline.
(225435)
203
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the scoring system in his Department's new guidelines for claimants with mental health issues to decide eligibility for support groups differentiates between men and women.
(225547)
204
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many first contact notice of closure letters have been sent to (a) Segment 1 and (b) Segment 2 CSA cases in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland.
(225652)
205
N
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what value of interim payments have been made to people affected by sanctions or delays in benefit payments.
(225386)
206
N
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral Answer of 8 December 2014, Official Report, column 638, what steps he has taken to raise awareness of interim payments for people affected by sanctions or delays in benefit payments.
(225387)
207
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to bring forward proposals to amend Regulation 36 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 to introduce MOT-style 13 month gas appliance and flue servicing duties on landlords.
(225517)
208
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will promote the sharing of best practice in the administration of local welfare schemes.
(225362)
209
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received about instances of people being sent from Jobcentre Plus to apply to the local welfare scheme instead of being offered a short-term advance of benefits; and if he will make a statement.
(225363)
210
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent through the Work Programme on (a) attachment, (b) job outcome and (c) sustainment payments for people aged (i) up to 24, (ii) 25 to 49 and (iii) 50 years and over since June 2011.
(225364)
211
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effective delivery of local welfare schemes by English local authorities.
(225365)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
212
Susan Elan Jones
(Clwyd South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Wales working on zero hours contracts in February (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
[Transferred]
(225532)
213
Susan Elan Jones
(Clwyd South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of women in Wales working on zero hours contracts in February (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
[Transferred]
(225533)
214
Susan Elan Jones
(Clwyd South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Clwyd South constituency working on zero hours contracts in February (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
[Transferred]
(225534)
215
Susan Elan Jones
(Clwyd South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of women who are on zero hours contracts.
[Transferred]
(225632)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
216
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to restrict rights of nationals of states acceding to the EU to enter and work in the UK.
[Transferred]
(225597)