Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 5 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 Thursday 5 March 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 5 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 Attorney General
1
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases since the introduction of the Victims' Right to Review Scheme have the Crown Prosecution Service changed a decision following a victim's request for a review.
(225951)
2
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Attorney General, how many victims of crime have asked the Crown Prosecution Service to review a decision not to bring charges or to terminate proceedings since the introduction of the Victims' Right to Review Scheme.
(225952)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2014 to Question 187103, which of the regulations referred to in that Answer contain an (a) sunset and (b) review clause.
(226009)
4
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UK Trade and Investment has given to (a) the Nuclear Industry Association and (b) private nuclear companies to participate in trade missions it organised or supported in the last five years.
(226099)
5
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support the Regional Growth Fund has provided for the Civil Nuclear Sharing in Growth programme in each year since 2010 Regional Growth Fund.
(226100)
6
Sir Gerald Howarth
(Aldershot):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many convictions for illegal money lending resulted from prosecutions brought by the Illegal Money Lending Units of (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014.
(226198)
7
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223288, what steps he is taking to encourage institutions of further and higher education to put in place financial protection for overseas students.
(225880)
8
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of removing student number controls at higher education institutions on further education colleges.
(226205)
9
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely change in numbers of full-time undergraduate students at publicly-funded higher education institutions in the 2015-16 academic year.
(226206)
10
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many electrical engineers graduated from UK universities in each of the last 10 years.
(225921)
11
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to simplify support offered to businesses; and if he will make a statement.
(225953)
12
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the increase in the UK's total factor productivity was in each of the last 15 years.
(225955)
13
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage requalification and life-long learning; and if he will make a statement.
(225956)
14
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which recommendations of the report No Stone Unturned, published in October 2012 by the right Hon. the Lord Heseltine, have been implemented to date.
(226029)
15
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve the UK's ranking in the Word Bank's Doing Business survey for (a) starting a business, (b) registering property, (c) getting electricity and (d) enforcing contracts.
(226103)
16
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve business access to (a) bank and (b) non-bank finance; and if he will make a statement.
(226104)
17
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial support his Department will provide to local authorities for centralising the local land charges registers.
(225820)
18
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of centralisation of local land charges registers.
(225821)
19
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to implement the changes to local land charges registers resulting from the Infrastructure Act 2015.
(225822)
20
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how CON29 search data will be allocated when LLC1 data has been centralised.
(225823)
21
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what alternatives he considered to centralising local land charges in the Land Registry; and what assessment he made of the appropriateness and cost effectiveness of those alternatives.
(225824)
22
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish the findings of the Government's employment review to improve the clarity and status of the employment of the British workforce.
(225937)
23
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many growth vouchers have been (a) issued and (b) redeemed to date; how many businesses have made enquiries on the growth vouchers scheme; and how many applications for growth vouchers have been received in each month since the scheme started.
(225938)
24
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what programmes are administered by the Business Bank; and how many businesses received support from each such programme in each month since those programmes began.
(225939)
25
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of support provided by each Business Bank programme was from a non-major bank in each month since those programmes began.
(225940)
26
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226052)
27
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226068)
28
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of suppliers to his Department, its agencies and its non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226145)
29
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226161)
30
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226177)
31
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new business start-ups there have been in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford (i) since 2010 and (ii) from 2005 to 2010.
(225897)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
32
N
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Written Statement HCWS319 of 27 February 2015, what the urgent cash requirement on services was that made an advance of £15 million sought from the Contingencies Fund necessary.
(225930)
33
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in each parliamentary constituency have been employed on zero-hours contracts in each month since May 2010.
(225918)
34
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225345, how much his Department spent on consultancy in each year since May 2010.
(226194)
35
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226053)
36
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(226069)
37
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226146)
38
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226162)
39
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226178)
40
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in the number of jobs in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
(225919)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
41
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on VAT liability for (a) franchisees of LighterLife UK and (b) LighterLife UK.
(225829)
42
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on buy-to-let house purchases in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
(225830)
43
Sir Gerald Howarth
(Aldershot):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff in the new counter-avoidance directorate of HM Revenue and Customs have received adequate training to deal with challenges to accelerated payment notices.
(226195)
44
Sir Gerald Howarth
(Aldershot):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department are engaged in dealing with accelerated payment notices.
(226196)
45
Sir Gerald Howarth
(Aldershot):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to report publicly on the progress it has achieved using accelerated payment notices.
(226197)
46
Sir Gerald Howarth
(Aldershot):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the median net income of (a) online short term lending customers, (b) credit card holders and (c) an average UK citizen in full-time work.
(226199)
47
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of private residence relief in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year since 2010; and what his forecast is of the cost of such relief in each of those areas in each year to 2020.
(225888)
48
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224963, on which dates since May 2010 Ministers in his Department met a former Remploy employee.
(225889)
49
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax gap was for taxation of income from private rental properties in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and if he will estimate such figures for each of the next five years.
(226019)
50
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual cost to the Exchequer of Private Residence Relief in each year between 2010 and 2020 in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
(226021)
51
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2015 to Question 223222, how much funding was allocated to specialist inheritance tax compliance teams in each of the last five years.
(226193)
52
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase the issuance of infrastructure project bonds; and if he will make a statement.
(225954)
53
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of off-balance sheet public-private partnerships.
(226030)
54
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many business rates appeals (a) are outstanding, (b) have been received and (c) have been cleared, in each region; and what the median number of days taken is to clear business rates appeals in each region.
(225941)
55
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226066)
56
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226082)
57
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226159)
58
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226175)
59
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226191)
60
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford paid income tax in (i) 2010 and (ii) the last year for which figures are available.
(225920)
Questions to the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners
61
Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many applications have been received by the Commissioners for funding from the Listed Places of Worship Roof Repair fund; when the Commissioners will determine which of those applications have been successful; and what assessment the Commissioners have made of the proportion of those applications likely to be wholly or partly successful.
(226202)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
62
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have been fined for non-payment of rent and services in social housing in each year since 2011.
(225835)
63
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory homeless people there were in each constituency in Wales in each of the last 10 years.
(225881)
64
Mr Nick Raynsford
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in evaluating the potential scope for the starter homes policy, what estimate he has made of the (a) area of land not otherwise likely to be designated for housing development, which might become available under the starter homes policy, and (b) number of homes built on such sites in the next five years.
(225975)
65
Mr Nick Raynsford
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason the in perpetuity provision applicable to discounts in rural exceptions sites is not applied to homes developed under the starter homes exceptions policy.
(225976)
66
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226054)
67
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226070)
68
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226147)
69
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226163)
70
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226179)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
71
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223689, when he expects to announce in which month 90 per cent of UK premises will have access to speeds of more than 24 mbps.
(225833)
72
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the consultation on reform of the Electronic Communications Code will begin; and how long that consultation will last.
(226023)
73
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2015 to Question 225228, what criteria his Department uses to decide on which regional commercial radio stations to advertise superfast broadband.
(225882)
74
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226055)
75
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226071)
76
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226148)
77
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226164)
78
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226180)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
79
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he or officials of his Department have had with representatives of Rolls-Royce in the last six months on supply to his Department.
(225933)
80
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received from (a) Rolls-Royce and (b) Rolls-Royce employees on relocation of operations.
(225934)
81
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial support his Department (a) provides and (b) plans to provide to Rolls-Royce.
(225935)
82
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by the construction of the next generation of Royal Navy frigates on the River Clyde.
(226207)
83
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) children and (b) instructors in the cadet forces that have been exposed to asbestos while utilising his Department's property.
(225884)
84
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of his Department's properties containing asbestos which are available for use by the cadet forces.
(225886)
85
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 214595, what the roles were of those UK military personnel deployed to UNFICYP in 2014.
(226011)
86
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Voyager Aircraft pilots his Department engages; and how many such pilots who started the Voyager Aircraft programme remain flying the aircraft.
(226084)
87
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the low-level performance of the P-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
(226085)
88
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what aircraft his Department is considering for the future Maritime Patrol Aircraft capability.
(226086)
89
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much fuel was dumped from each type of airborne RAF aircraft in each of the last two years; and what estimate he has made of the cost of that dumping.
(226087)
90
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of fuel dumped by airborne RAF aircraft.
(226088)
91
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the wrong transport aircraft was sent to retrieve an asset in the last 12 months; and what the asset and incorrect aircraft sent was in each such case.
(226089)
92
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many accidents there have been at HM Naval Base Clyde and Royal Navy Armaments Depot Coulport in each of the last five years.
(226090)
93
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many accidents were reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 at (a) HM Naval Base Clyde and (b) Royal Navy Armaments Depot Coulport in each of the last five years; and what the circumstances of each such accident were.
(226091)
94
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions have taken place between UK armed forces and the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran on co-ordinating military action in Iraq.
(226092)
95
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the operational success of the wind-farm-friendly Lockhead Martin TPS-77 radar system; and if he will make a statement.
(225957)
96
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the trials of the Lockhead Martin TPS-77 radar system to be completed and the results to be published.
(225958)
97
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Department of Energy and Climate Change Aviation Plan Update (2015), what role his Department is taking in the trials of the Lockhead Martin TPS-77 radar system; and how he will ensure his Department's interests are properly taken into account.
(225959)
98
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226056)
99
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226072)
100
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226149)
101
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226165)
102
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226181)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
103
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in which parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham applied for additional funding for universal infant free school meals; and which schools in which parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham received funding from the additional funds allocated in the capital funding round for universal infant free school meals.
(225826)
104
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Teach First participants who remain in (a) their original position and (b) teaching after their initial two year training programme in (i) Hull and (ii) nationally in (A) 2014-15 and (B) 2009-10.
(225795)
105
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the amount (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226057)
106
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of undisputed invoices her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226073)
107
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of suppliers to her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226150)
108
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what requirements her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226166)
109
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of suppliers to her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226182)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
110
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the post-accident emergency evacuation plan for the Hinkley Point nuclear plant in Somerset for people living on the Welsh side of the Bristol Channel.
(226096)
111
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost was of the Government submission to the European Commission in support of its application for State Aid approval for the Hinkley Point C power plant; what proportion of the costs was spent on legal fees; and what the title is of each support document submitted by the Government with that application.
(226097)
112
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many requests his Department has received under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for documents submitted by his Department in support of the Government's application for State Aid Approval for Hinkley Point C; and what the response of his Department was to each such request.
(226098)
113
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of (a) electricity and (b) gas customers used home prepayment meters in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each year since May 2010.
(226020)
114
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226058)
115
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226074)
116
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226151)
117
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226167)
118
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226183)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
119
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224693, what the date, location and nature has been of the Environment Agency's spending on maintaining channels and flood defences on the River Ribble and its tributaries in the Savick Brook and Preston Asset Management Systems since 2010.
(225644)
120
Justin Tomlinson
(North Swindon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recommendations the Government plans to propose to the Conference on the Illegal Trade in Wildlife in Botswana in March 2015.
(225972)
121
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the amount (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226059)
122
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of undisputed invoices her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226075)
123
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of suppliers to her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226152)
124
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what requirements her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226168)
125
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of suppliers to her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226184)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
126
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Iraq about the destruction by extremists of cultural and historical sites in that country.
(225980)
127
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had on human rights in Mexico with President Peña Nieto during his visit to London in March 2015.
(225915)
128
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the issue of human rights in Mexico at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
(225916)
129
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the monitoring of human rights in Mexico; and if he will make a statement.
(225917)
130
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage stability in Libya and (b) allow compensation to be paid to victims of terrorist acts sponsored by the Ghadaffi regime.
(226014)
131
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to pursue international justice and compensation for UK nationals affected by terrorist acts supported or encouraged by another country.
(226015)
132
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of a credible, free and fair election in Sudan.
(226017)
133
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial support the UK is providing for the election in Sudan (a) bilaterally and (b) multilaterally.
(226018)
134
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will meet the Religious Liberty Commission to discuss global religious persecution.
(226107)
135
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role the UK played in the recent EU decision to ease travel restrictions on Robert Mugabe.
(226108)
136
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Swedish counterpart on that country's decision to recognise Palestine as a state.
(226204)
137
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on whether Iranian forces have established a military presence in the Golan Heights region of Syria.
(226212)
138
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the falling cost of oil on the economy of Iran.
(226213)
139
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of Iran's compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
(226214)
140
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on restricting the supply of arms to the Israeli government from UK weapons manufacturers; and if he will make a statement.
(225977)
141
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226060)
142
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226076)
143
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226153)
144
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226169)
145
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226185)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
146
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional opportunities there will be for volunatary sector providers to undertake government-funded HIV prevention activities in 2015-16 outside the HIV Prevention England contract; how such opportunities will be advertised; and when the tendering period for such contracts will open and close.
(225922)
147
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations will receive funding from the national HIV prevention programme in 2015-16; how much each such organisation will receive; and what activity will be funded by that funding.
(225936)
148
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to assist Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust to deal with increased patient numbers at Derriford Hospital.
(225971)
149
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225464, if he will estimate the annual cost to the NHS of the implications of genetic inheritance birth defects.
(226013)
150
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what purposes is Action on Smoking and Health permitted to spend the grant it has been given under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968.
(225827)
151
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to monitor the use by Action on Smoking and Health of its funding under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968.
(225828)
152
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement on 21 February 2015 of £300 million funding for research and medical innovations to tackle dementia, in what areas of research and medical innovation that funding will be spent.
(226208)
153
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the NHS; and what conversations he has had with ministerial colleagues to discuss ways of ensuring that TTIP will not lead to further privisation of the NHS.
(226094)
154
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his plans to devolve health and social care provision and expenditure to Greater Manchester, what safeguards will be put in place to protect the national standards for cystic fibrosis care created by the national commissioning of specialised services when that devolution of powers has taken place.
(225974)
155
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on developing a neuromuscular managed clinical network for the North West region.
(226093)
156
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) public dividend capital and (b) other non-tariff payments have been made to the Mid-Stafforshire NHS Foundation Trust in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13, (v) 2013-14 and (vi) 2014-15 to date.
(225961)
157
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants have been employed by the Trust Special Administration (TSA) of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust since its inception; how many person-days they have worked; what (a) accommodation, (b) travel, (c) subsistence and (d) other expenses they have incurred; and what other costs to the TSA they have incurred.
(225962)
158
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has provided to implement the recommendations of the Trust Special Administration of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust on (a) capital investment in Stafford Hospital, (b) capital investment in Royal Stoke University Hospital, (c) capital investment in Cannock Hospital, (d) capital investment in New Cross Hospital, (e) other capital investment, (f) revenue support for the University Hospitals of the North Midlands NHS Trust, (g) revenue support for the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust and (h) other revenue support.
(226012)
159
N
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in receipt of Continuing Healthcare funding have been diagnosed with cancer.
(225898)
160
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
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 of England and (c) Cumbria Clincial Commissioning Group.
(225890)
161
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent dental surgeons there were per head of population in (a) Cumbria, (b) Copeland and (c) Allerdale in each of the last 10 years.
(225891)
162
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients attended A&E because they were unable to access a dentist in Cumbria in each of the last five years.
(225892)
163
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent GPs there were per head of population in (a) Cumbria, (b) Copeland and (c) Allerdale in each of the last 10 years.
(225893)
164
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will fund research on using a skin test to detect hard-to-spot brain diseases.
(226008)
165
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226061)
166
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226077)
167
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226154)
168
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226170)
169
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226186)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
170
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of British nationals who have travelled to fight in Iraq and Syria who have been subjects of interest in investigations carried out by the Security Services in the last five years.
(225834)
171
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of anti-Semitism on freedom of expression and association within the UK.
(226209)
172
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been stopped from leaving the UK by officials at the ferry port in Hull in the last year.
(225963)
173
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been stopped from leaving the UK by officials at the ferry port in Dover in the last year.
(225964)
174
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times there have been no police or immigration officials at the ferry port in Portsmouth checking people leaving the UK in the last year.
(225965)
175
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times there have been no police or immigration officials at the ferry port in Hull checking people leaving the UK in the last year.
(225966)
176
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times there have been no police or immigration officials at the shuttle tunnel in Folkestone checking people leaving the UK in the last year.
(225967)
177
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been stopped from leaving the UK by officials at the shuttle tunnel in Folkestone in the last year.
(225968)
178
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been stopped from leaving the UK by officials at the ferry port in Portsmouth in the last year.
(225969)
179
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times there have been no police or immigration officials at the ferry port in Dover checking people leaving the UK in the last year.
(225970)
180
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers of what rank retired from each police force in the North West in each year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
(225526)
181
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police officers have information on the amount of pension they would receive under a new pension scheme before they are required to make a decision on their participation in such a scheme.
(225832)
182
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 225187, what information about the possibility of challenging a decision to transfer a case to another signatory state under the Dublin III Regulation, identifying the national authorities to which appeals and reviews are to be lodged and the relevant time limits, is provided to applicants that relates to an appeal or review that would take place prior to removal in accordance with Article 27 of the Dublin III regulations.
(226022)
183
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research her Department has conducted into coercive control in domestic violence complaints.
(225894)
184
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers employed in Wrexham constituency for frontline duties in each of the last five years.
(225883)
185
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to investigate and close Neo-Nazi training camps being organised.
(225960)
186
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing fixed wing aircraft to the National Police Air Service fleet.
(226105)
187
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the amount (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226062)
188
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of undisputed invoices her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226078)
189
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of suppliers to her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226155)
190
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226171)
191
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of suppliers to her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226187)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
192
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question 221047, whether the application of the OECD's Statistical Reporting Directives to income received results in income from returnable investments being treated as negative ODA.
(225900)
193
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to promote the use of smart syringes through the UK's aid programmes.
(226016)
194
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of (a) staff of her Department and (b) staff working for companies contracted by her Department in Ambercrombie House in Glasgow are paid less than the living wage.
(226210)
195
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the amount (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226063)
196
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of undisputed invoices her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226079)
197
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of suppliers to her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226156)
198
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what requirements her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226172)
199
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of suppliers to her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226188)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
200
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2015 to Question 224736, how many domestic violence court sittings took place in each magistrates court in Lancashire in 2014; and how many domestic violence trials took place in each of those courts during those sittings.
(225525)
201
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of children that have been exposed to asbestos while serving a custodial sentence in the last five years.
(225885)
202
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of youth custody establishments which contain asbestos.
(225887)
203
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of relevant cases were victim impact statements submitted to Crown courts in criminal proceedings in each of the last five years.
(225895)
204
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding the Government provides for victims' support organisations in England and Wales.
(226200)
205
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to prevent sensitive data relating to a victim of (a) domestic violence and (b) other crimes being disclosed during a court hearing.
(226201)
206
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226064)
207
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226080)
208
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226157)
209
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requirements his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226173)
210
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of suppliers to his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226189)
Questions to the Leader of the House
211
N
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he has taken to enhance the role of backbenchers.
(907891)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
212
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions have taken place with the Northern Ireland Executive on the timetable for full implementation of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland.
(226106)
Questions to the Prime Minister
213
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Prime Minister, on what occasions he visited Bridgend constituency between May 2010 and February 2015.
(226024)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
214
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require East Midlands Trains to reinstate half hourly off-peak rail services northwards from Kettering.
(225896)
215
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU Member States on encouraging the European Aviation Safety Agency to investigate the potential effects of repeated exposure to toxins inside aeroplanes.
(225927)
216
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on the feasibility of making the monitoring of toxins inside aeroplanes mandatory on UK aeroplanes.
(225929)
217
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the feasibility of reopening the branch rail line passing through Dudley town centre.
(226110)
218
N
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to build new and upgrade existing trunk roads.
(907867)
219
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when road improvements started on the M1 southbound carriageway near Wakefield; when he expects those roadworks to be completed; from what time in the day those roadworks are operable and traffic is diverted from all three carriageways; and if he will make a statement.
(225836)
220
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on (a) consumers and (b) retailers of the inclusion of tyres in the transposition of Article 2(h) of EU Regulation 168/2013 in those European countries that have done so.
(225825)
221
N
Damian Collins
(Folkestone and Hythe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been raised in revenue by the HGV road user levy since its introduction.
(907878)
222
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of a takeover of Aer Lingus by IAG on slots at Heathrow Airport for flights to Northern Ireland.
(226109)
223
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial assistance he is providing to local authorities to repair potholes.
(907870)
224
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that public health facilities and resources are made available for the testing of pilots for genetic conditions which might make them susceptible to the potential effects of repeated exposure to toxins inside aeroplanes should the Civil Aviation Authority decide to institute such tests.
(225928)
225
N
Stephen Mosley
(City of Chester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for electrification of railway lines in the North West.
(907869)
226
N
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the benefit cost ratio of the High Speed 2 Wigan spur.
(907879)
227
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department uses to allocate subsidies and premiums to train companies for the operation of rail franchise agreements.
(907885)
228
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many representations his Department has received on the quality of the A595 in each of the last 10 years.
(225831)
229
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the compensation payable to ticket holders experiencing serious delays on Southern Rail.
(225899)
230
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the efficiency of the rail network; and if he will make a statement.
(226028)
231
N
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce new rolling stock on the rail network.
(907873)
232
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226065)
233
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226081)
234
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226158)
235
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226174)
236
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of suppliers to his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226190)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
237
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what information his Department holds on superfast broadband connectivity rates in each parliamentary constituency in Wales.
(226203)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
238
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on time on benefit of the application of full work conditionality to the employment and support allowance work-related activity group.
(226025)
239
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of work capability assessments produced a fit for work decision in (a) May 2010 and (b) March 2014; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for changes over that time.
(226026)
240
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the suitability of employment and support allowance for people with mild to moderate mental health issues.
(226027)
241
Glenda Jackson
(Hampstead and Kilburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings Ministers of his Department had with (a) disability representative groups and (b) private sector organisations between July 2013 and February 2015.
(226211)
242
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
(226067)
243
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226083)
244
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
(226160)
245
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what requirements his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
(226176)
246
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of suppliers to his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
(226192)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
247
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of whether foreign corporations will be able to sue the Government for damages and loss of profit under the investor-state dispute mechanism of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and what steps the Government plans to take to prevent such an occurrence.
[Transferred]
(226095)
248
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the amount of nuisance post.
[Transferred]
(225978)
249
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps have been taken to ensure the maintenance of quality at publicly-funded English higher education institutions after the lift of the student number controls in the 2015-16 academic year.
[Transferred]
(226102)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
250
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) one, (b) five and (c) 10 year survival rate is for patients diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in (i) Liverpool and (ii) England.
[Transferred]
(225979)
251
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) infant and (b) perinatal mortality rate was in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area in England in each year from 1985 to 2000.
[Transferred]
(225973)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
252
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the extent of independent advice from the (a) private, (b) public and (c) voluntary sector on the pensions reforms that will come into effect from April 2015.
[Transferred]
(226010)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
253
Ian Paisley
(North Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reform the social care system so that veterans injured before 6 April 2005 do not have the cost of their care taken from their military compensation.
[Transferred]
(226101)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
254
N
Mr Tim Yeo
(South Suffolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the number of rail passenger journeys.
[Question Unstarred]
(907877)