Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 6 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 Friday 6 March 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 6 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
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the consultation, Regulatory and competition appeals: options for reform, which closed on 11 September 2013.
(226141)
2
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226327)
3
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings his Department has held with Macquarie Bank since May 2010; and who was present at such meetings.
(226435)
4
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of traineeships completed to date lasted (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months and (d) six months or more.
(226127)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
5
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the contribution of 23 January 2014 by the Minister of State in his Department, Official Report, column 516, on Shrewsbury 24 (release of papers), when he expects the review of papers held in relation to those convicted in 1973 in relation to alleged incidents during the national building workers strike at building sites in the Shrewsbury area to be concluded.
(226240)
6
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226328)
7
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2014 to Question 211917, how many people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 died as a result of asthma in England and Wales in 2014.
(225989)
8
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many off-payroll engagements there were in each government department and its arm's-length bodies in each of the last five years.
(226353)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
9
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226341)
10
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make Police Scotland eligible for VAT refunds.
(226372)
11
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have ceased to pay income tax as a result of increases in the personal allowance since May 2010 in Cambridge constituency.
(226220)
12
N
Mike Kane
(Wythenshawe and Sale East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2015 to Question 222889, for what reason the information requested in the original Question was not supplied.
(226135)
13
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which dates in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 officials from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) met representatives of the Public and Commercial Services Union to consult them, pursuant to the Employee Relations Agreement, regarding the operation of the staff performance management system in HMRC.
(226387)
14
Dame Anne McGuire
(Stirling):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms HM Revenue and Customs has in place to investigate allegations of tax evasion by non-resident parents reported by parents with care following advice from the Child Maintenance Service.
(226359)
15
Dame Anne McGuire
(Stirling):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of calls made to the Tax Evasion Hotline was from parents with care who receive statutory child maintenance reporting alleged tax evasion by a non-resident parent in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(226360)
16
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) the amounts not collected and (b) the reason for the remission or write-off was in respect of each remission and write-off included in HM Revenue and Customs Trust Statements since May 2010.
(226131)
17
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225345, how many of the 125 contractors whose contracts were terminated or ended and were referred to HM Revenue and Customs for further investigation went on to be prosecuted.
(226142)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
18
N
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions he has used his powers of intervention under section 22 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 since May 2010; and for what reasons he used those powers on each such occasion.
(226132)
19
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226329)
20
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) council houses and (b) affordable housing units have been built in each year since 1985.
(226229)
21
N
Mr Nick Raynsford
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been developed under the exceptions policy for affordable homes in rural areas in each of the last five years.
(225981)
22
N
Mr Nick Raynsford
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the (a) distribution between each local authority in England of the total number of homes built under the proposed starter homes exceptions policy over the next five years and (b) amount of section 106 and community infrastructure levy contributions foregone as a consequence of this policy.
(225986)
23
N
Mr Nick Raynsford
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total potential value of section 106 and community infrastructure levy contributions which will be forgone in sales designated under the proposed exemptions policy for starter homes.
(226133)
24
N
Mr Nick Raynsford
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department made when assessing the potential availability of land for its proposed starter homes policy of the proportion of sites that might otherwise be brought forward for residential development without the introduction of that policy.
[R] (226134)
25
N
Roger Williams
(Brecon and Radnorshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received about the use of the Aarhus Convention in challenging planning decisions in the High Court from (a) local authorities, (b) other bodies and (c) individuals; and if he will make a statement.
(225984)
26
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 22 January 2015 enclosing a motion passed by Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council.
(226004)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
27
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the cost of (a) legal fees and (b) legal advice relating to appeals of regulatory decisions to (i) Ofcom and (ii) other regulators in (A) 2013-14, (B) 2012-13 and (C) 2011-12.
(226041)
28
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the effects of (a) judicial review standard and (b) merits-based appeals on the ability of Ofcom to carry out its functions.
(226042)
29
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225617 on Public Service Broadcasting, whether his Department plans to open the consultation before 7 May 2015.
(226370)
30
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225610 on mobile telephones, whether he plans to publish that response before 7 May 2015; and whether that response will include the full Statement of Commitment.
(226371)
31
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226330)
32
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on switching of mobile phone contracts by consumers from a losing provider-led process to a gaining provider-led process.
(226349)
33
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the social risks associated with fixed odds betting terminals; and if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the maximum stake on such terminals.
(226382)
34
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on promoting sharing of Government-owned spectrum.
(225982)
35
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the L-Band spectrum between 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz for improved on-train connectivity.
(225983)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
36
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226331)
37
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training his Department provides to military personnel on responding to emergencies and natural disasters; and how many such emergencies and natural disasters personnel of his Department have responded to since 2010.
(226376)
38
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what gifts of (a) non-lethal and (b) lethal military equipment have been made to (i) Turkey, (ii) Egypt, (iii) Jordan, (iv) Iraq and (v) Saudi Arabia in the last three years.
(226377)
39
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what overseas training is planned for reserve forces in 2015; and where that training will take place.
(226378)
40
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures his Department has to ensure value for money on purchases; if he will estimate what savings have been realised by use of such procedures in the last 12 months; and if he will make statement.
(226379)
41
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has made in payments to employers of reservists for each employee or partner mobilised since changes in the Defence Reform Act 2014 took effect.
(226380)
42
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to investigate whether the unauthorised work to excavate the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 represents a breach of the Deed of Gift for HMS Victory 1744.
(226361)
43
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 214595, what criteria is used to decide how many UK military personnel are deployed to individual UN operations.
(226035)
44
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 3 March 2015, HCWS330, on Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre (Preferred Bidder), what estimate he has made of the annual (a) profits and (b) reductions in the cost of sea mounting that will result from the award of the contract to manage that centre; how long the contract with Solent Gateway Ltd will be for; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of that contract.
(226301)
45
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 3 March 2015, HCWS330, on Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre (Preferred Bidder), what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the announcement of a preferred bidder on the future capacity of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
(226355)
46
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) staff of his Department and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department in Scotland are paid less than the living wage.
(226215)
47
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department provides to people leaving the Armed Forces in Scotland to seek further training and qualifications upon leaving the Armed Forces.
(226216)
48
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on what future military support will be provided to Afghanistan.
(226217)
49
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff within the Scottish Government are participating in the Civil Service Reserves One per cent Challenge.
(226218)
50
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2015 to Question 222466, what requests for (a) authorities and (b) consultations have been made to his Department in connection with (i) the European Infrastructure Consolidated Review and (ii) RAF Croughton in the last year.
[R] (226250)
51
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222433, whether data obtained from (a) UK Reaper missions and (b) coalition partner missions in Syria is analysed at RAF Marsham as part of Project Crossbow.
[R] (226252)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
52
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223244, if he will increase the budget available to Electoral Registration Officers who bid for additional support.
(226367)
53
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223245, what information his Department holds on the uses to which funds released to individual Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) under section 31 of the Local Government Act in 2014-15 have been put by EROs.
(226368)
54
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223247, what funding the Government has allocated to the Student Forum in each of the last five years.
(226369)
55
N
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will collect information on the number of people with a learning disability who (a) register to vote under the new individual electoral registration system and (b) vote in the 2015 General Election.
(226006)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
56
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) secondary school places were in publicly-funded selective schools, (b) pupils attended schools outside their local authority area at Key Stage 3 and (c) selective school pupils do not live in the same local authority area as the school for each local authority area with selective schools in the latest period for which figures are available.
(225999)
57
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226332)
58
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will calculate the proportion of (a) pupils known to be eligible for free school meals achieving 5+ A*- C GCSEs (or equivalent) grades including English and mathematics and (b) all other pupils achieving 5+ A* - C GCSEs (or equivalent) grades including English and mathematics, by local authority and region for the 2013-14 GCSE results using the 2013 methodology.
(226047)
59
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications her Department has received for the first application round of the talented leaders programme.
(226048)
60
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school leaders her Department have recruited to the talented leaders programme to date.
(226049)
61
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which areas are taking part in the talented leaders programme; and how many school leaders have been recruited to that programme in each area to date.
(226050)
62
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will give a guarantee that in her tenure as Secretary of State for Education there will be no for-profit schools.
(226230)
63
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in each ward in Copeland constituency (a) were eligible for and (b) received free school meals in each of the last five years.
(226115)
64
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of each of the recommendations relating to her Department in the report of the Serious Case Review into Child Sexual Exploitation in Oxfordshire; and if she will make a statement.
(226238)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
65
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226333)
66
Sir Tony Cunningham
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to improve targeting of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund to deep rural areas and off gas grid areas.
(226287)
67
Sir Tony Cunningham
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the value of (a) Green Deal levies collected from and (b) Green Deal measures delivered to off grid areas to date.
(226288)
68
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to implement proposals made by his Department's Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board in its recently published annual report for additional public money to be allocated to research, development and demonstration into (a) nuclear fuel fabrication, including in the development and manufacture of the next generation of safer, accident tolerant and more efficient nuclear fuels, (b) advanced reactor development, including into research and development in areas that aim to give UK companies a competitive edge in the design and manufacture of significant reactor components for small modular reactors and Generation IV reactors and (c) recycle and waste management, including into investment in research and development into advanced recycle and waste management technologies.
(226343)
69
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the city of Newport of the proposed tidal lagoon power project.
(226383)
70
N
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 energy customers in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland used home prepayment meters in each year from May 2010 up to the most recent period for which records are available.
(226043)
71
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average amount of outstanding prepayment meter debt for (a) electricity and (b) gas home energy customers was in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each year from May 2010 up to the most recent period for which records are available.
(226044)
72
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of private-sector investment in renewable energy in the UK in each year since 2010.
(226236)
73
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans his Department has to promote the installation of solar panels across the government estate.
(226237)
74
N
Sir James Paice
(South East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what guidance he has provided to planning authorities on the relevance of amplitude modulation in applications for land-based wind turbines in advance of the review of evidence on wind turbine amplitude modulation his Department is appointing acoustics experts to conduct.
(226005)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
75
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226334)
76
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of dairy production which involves intensive indoor methods.
(226260)
77
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will implement the recommendations contained in the recent report by the Dogs Trust entitled The Puppy Smuggling Scandal.
(226356)
78
N
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under section 2 of the Dogs Act 1871 in England in each year from 1997 to 2014.
(225160)
79
N
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many section 1 dogs have been exempted under section 4A or 4B of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in England in each year from 1997 to 2014.
(225161)
80
N
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of offences under section 3(1) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in England in each year from 1997 to 2014.
(225303)
81
Zac Goldsmith
(Richmond Park):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is Government policy to support an EU action plan for improving governance and reducing deforestation in the agricultural sector in tropical forest countries.
(226351)
82
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the lifting of a cannon from the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 by Odyssey Marine Exploration formed a part of the Marine Management Organisation investigation into unauthorised work on the HMS Victory 1744 wreck site.
(226362)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
83
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the return of Famagusta in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolutions 550(1984) and 789(1992).
[R] (226381)
84
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226335)
85
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on (a) real name registration on online platforms such as Weibo and (b) other aspects of internet freedom.
(226374)
86
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department's Human Rights and Democracy section work in the area of freedom of religion or belief.
(226038)
87
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the rights of LGBTI people in Gambia.
(226039)
88
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote the rights of LGBTI people overseas.
(226223)
89
N
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the population is of each of the UK Overseas Territories.
(226032)
90
N
Sir Hugh Robertson
(Faversham and Mid Kent):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what independent assessment has been made of the number of refugees living in the Tindouf camps; and what the most recent estimate of that number is.
(225990)
91
N
Sir Hugh Robertson
(Faversham and Mid Kent):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the findings of the report of the European Anti Fraud Office on food aid for the Tindouf refugee camps.
(225991)
92
N
Sir Hugh Robertson
(Faversham and Mid Kent):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on when the report to the European Anti Fraud Office on food aid for the Tindouf refugee camps was (a) undertaken, (b) completed and (c) published.
(225992)
93
N
Mr Keith Simpson
(Broadland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) full-time UK-based and (b) locally-engaged staff in his Department are working to support the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative in (i) London and (ii) overseas; and if he will make a statement.
(225994)
94
N
Mr Keith Simpson
(Broadland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British Embassies and High Commissions have included the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative within their business plans; and if he will make a statement.
(225996)
95
N
Mr Keith Simpson
(Broadland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to incorporate lessons learned from the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative into teaching at the Diplomatic Academy; and if he will make a statement.
(225997)
96
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 224123, on unmanned air vehicles, which person or team in his Department has lead responsibility for the application and deployment of UK remotely piloted aircraft systems in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq, (c) Syria and (d) the MQ-9 User Group.
[R] (226251)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
97
N
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which schemes in Sheffield and South Yorkshire will be (a) cancelled, (b) delayed or (c) deferred as a result of the transfer of £650 million from the NHS capital budget for 2014-15 to the revenue budget.
(225995)
98
N
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which schemes in Sheffield and South Yorkshire will be (a) cancelled, (b) delayed or (c) deferred as a result of the transfer of £197 million from the NHS Technology Fund budget for 2014-15 to the revenue budget.
(225998)
99
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place for regulating and ensuring correct practice by approved independent sector places for abortion services which fail to comply with the requirements of the revised Procedures for the Approval of Independent Sector Places for the Termination of Pregnancy and his Department's Guidance in Relation to the Requirements of the Abortion Act, both published in May 2014.
(226257)
100
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226336)
101
Sir Tony Cunningham
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Novartis during price negotiations on the meningitis B vaccine on risk sharing in the development and implementation of that vaccine.
(226346)
102
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the final advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the HPV vaccination programme for men who have sex with men.
(226348)
103
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will develop a national strategy for specialist health services for the deaf.
(226255)
104
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary mutual health services for deaf people have been commissioned by all clinical commissioning groups; and which such services have been commissioned by each such group.
(226256)
105
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of devolution of spending to Greater Manchester on (a) patients who live outside the Greater Manchester area but who are registered with a GP there and (b) patients who wish to receive treatment at a hospital in Greater Manchester but who live outside the area.
(226124)
106
N
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 26 January 2015 to Question 221450 and of 2 March 2015 to Questions 225136, 225137 and 225138, for what reasons funding is provided to University Hospital Bristol to treat patients with gamma knife radiosurgery; when that funding approval was given; and who authorised that funding.
(225987)
107
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by Public Health England on the commissioning of addiction to medicines pilot projects.
(226384)
108
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients are taking benzodiazepines; and if he will estimate how many such patients are taking that medication for more than the recommended time of four weeks.
(226385)
109
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that it be mandatory for clinical commissioning groups to commission services to support patients withdrawing from prescribed medicines; and what criteria are used for deciding whether services should be mandatory.
(226433)
110
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve cervical screening rates.
(226258)
111
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been diagnosed with malnutrition in (a) Copeland constituency and (b) Cumbria by (i) GPs and (ii) A&E doctors in each of the last five years.
(226111)
112
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients at (a) North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust and (b) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust were seen by a consultant within two weeks of a GP referral for each type of cancer in each quarter since 2008.
(226112)
113
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in each ward in Copeland constituency in (a) reception and (b) year 6 have been recorded as (i) overweight or (ii) obese in each of the last five years.
(226113)
114
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding (a) in total and (b) per capita has been allocated for Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group for each year from 2013-14 to 2019-20.
(226114)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
115
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226337)
116
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used for determining to which areas asylum seekers are dispersed.
(226000)
117
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been dispersed to each region in each of the last six months.
(226001)
118
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government is paying private landlords to house asylum seekers in Stockton-on-Tees local authority area.
(226002)
119
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding has been provided to local authorities, schools and the NHS to fund costs relating to asylum seekers in the last 12 months.
(226003)
120
N
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of migrants who have drowned in the Mediterranean since the end of Operation Mare Nostrum and the start of Operation Triton.
(226037)
121
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what age police officers will be able to draw their pensions under her Department's proposed new pension scheme.
(226125)
122
Mike Kane
(Wythenshawe and Sale East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the conclusions of the report, Childhood happiness and violence: a retrospective study of their impacts on adult wellbeing, published by the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University.
(226350)
123
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, and in what capacity, Mark Jenner is currently employed by a UK police force.
(226045)
124
N
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether public funds were used to facilitate payments of UCATT subscription fees by Mark Jenner when he joined that union between 1996 and 1998.
(226046)
125
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of rape were reported to the police by (a) women and (b) men in each area of (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 2005; how many such allegations resulted in prosecutions; and how many such prosecutions were successful.
(226357)
126
N
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how recent reductions in the National Police Air Service budget will be distributed between police forces in (a) the East Midlands and (b) the Eastern region.
(226117)
127
N
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings Ministers in her Department have had with representatives of the National Police Air Service in the last 12 months.
(226118)
128
N
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of the National Police Air Service base at Husbands Bosworth on flight times to (a) Corby, (b) Oundle, (c) Thrapston, (d) Raunds, (e) Irthlingborough, (f) Warmington and (g) Easton-on-the-Hill in Northamptonshire.
(226119)
129
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of each of the recommendations relating to her Department in the report of the Serious Case Review into Child Sexual Exploitation in Oxfordshire; and if she will make a statement.
(226239)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
130
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what targets her Department has set for tackling (a) child labour and (b) other children's rights issues internationally; and if she will take steps to ensure such targets are included in the sustainable development goals.
(226121)
131
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226338)
132
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the UK is taking to promote good governance and anti-corruption initiatives in (a) Jordan, (b) Gaza and the West Bank, (c) Turkey, (d) Nigeria, (e) Tunisia and (f) Mali.
(226375)
133
Sir Menzies Campbell
(North East Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work her Department's Governance and Fragile States department has undertaken to promote better governance in fragile and conflict-affected states.
(226434)
134
Sir Tony Cunningham
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle micronutrient deficiencies in countries defined by the World Health Organisation on high burden countries; and what further steps she plans to take in relation to such countries.
(226231)
135
Sir Tony Cunningham
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department (a) spent on infrastructure in 2013-14 and (b) will spend on infrastructure in 2014-15 via (i) bilateral and (ii) multilateral channels.
(226232)
136
Sir Tony Cunningham
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page eight of her Department's Annual Report and Accounts, published on 15 July 2014, what the content was of the commercial skills training received by senior civil servants in her Department; what accreditation those staff received upon completion of that training; and how many people at each grade in her Department received that training.
(226233)
137
Sir Tony Cunningham
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what accreditation staff in her Department undertaking professional programme management training receive; and how many people at each grade in her Department have received such training.
(226234)
138
Sir Tony Cunningham
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Heads of Profession there are in her Department; and what professional programme management qualifications each of those Heads of Profession holds.
(226235)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
139
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226339)
140
N
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 214860, what the individual offences committed were in the violence against the person category referred to in the tables.
(226031)
141
Mrs Siân C. James
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) Welsh language library books and (b) other facilities there are for women in English prisons whose home postcode is in Wales.
(226241)
142
Mrs Siân C. James
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women who have home postcodes in Wales were (a) remanded in and (b) sent to English prisons in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(226242)
143
Mrs Siân C. James
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff of English prisons are Welsh speakers.
(226243)
144
Mrs Siân C. James
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women with home postcodes in Wales who have children and are held in English prisons (a) have applied to be placed in mother and baby units in English prisons, (b) were successful in their application and (c) were refused in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(226244)
145
Mrs Siân C. James
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of Welsh female prisoners held in English prisons in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(226245)
146
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release on data management, published on 29 January 2015, whether his Department is taking disciplinary proceedings against officials identified as responsible for the loss of data relating to three independent judge-led inquiries.
(226364)
147
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release on data management, published on 24 January 2015, if he will publish the findings of his Department's investigations on the loss of data relating to three independent judge-led inquiries.
(226365)
148
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the independent review commissioned by his Department on the loss of data relating to three independent judge-led inquiries is due to report its findings.
(226431)
149
N
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for remissions relating to fees for employment tribunal proceedings have been (a) made and (b) awarded in each month since July 2013.
(225985)
150
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225118, what the stages of the court reform programme are; and when his Department plans to finalise the resource allocation for each such stage.
(226123)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
151
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226340)
152
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Stornoway was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in February 2015.
(226253)
153
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Belfast was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in February 2015.
(226254)
154
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve disability access to Gilberdyke Railway Station.
(226136)
155
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of railway stations in (a) England, (b) East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) Haltemprice and Howden constituency that will have full disability access by 2020.
(226137)
156
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend the Access for All funding to Gilberdyke Railway Station.
(226138)
157
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations in (a) England, (b) East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) Haltemprice and Howden constituency do not have disability access.
(226139)
158
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of stations that will be only partially accessible to disabled passengers in 2020.
(226140)
159
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve road safety for elderly pedestrians.
(226290)
160
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications to the High Speed 2 need to sell scheme have been received to date; and how many such applications (a) have been fully reviewed, (b) have been accepted, (c) have been rejected and (d) are still under negotiation.
(226224)
161
N
Sir Oliver Heald
(North East Hertfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the quality of reinstatement work carried out by utility companies and statutory undertakers; and if he will make a statement.
(226034)
162
N
Sir Oliver Heald
(North East Hertfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the quality of reinstatement works by utility companies and statutory undertakers in the last year.
(226129)
163
N
Sir Oliver Heald
(North East Hertfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to increase resources available to highway authorities to enforce requirements relating to reinstatement works by utility companies and statutory undertakers.
(226130)
164
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the length of time taken by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to review medical information provided by applicants for driver's licences.
(226366)
165
N
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date it is scheduled that free wifi will be introduced on Virgin East Coast Main Line trains or at stations on that line.
(226040)
166
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has received from Macquarie Bank on investment in or financing of transport and infrastructure projects since May 2010.
(226436)
167
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings his Department has had with Macquarie Bank since May 2010; and who was present at such meetings.
(226437)
168
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the current franchise agreement of Southern Rail in order to improve service quality.
(225988)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
169
Dame Anne Begg
(Aberdeen South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place to ensure that parents with care responsibilities whose Child Support Agency (CSA) cases are subject to case closure and who are owed child maintenance arrears are fully informed about (a) the process and likely timescale of the arrears validation process, (b) the reasoning and calculations behind the finalised arrears balance figure they receive and (c) the options open to them regarding the collection of the finalised CSA debt following the closure of their case.
(226246)
170
Dame Anne Begg
(Aberdeen South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the arrears validation element of the Child Support Agency case closure programme, by what processes will the Agency review cases where arrears recovery had been temporarily suspended, to ascertain whether the reasons for temporary suspension remain valid.
(226247)
171
Dame Anne Begg
(Aberdeen South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in receipt of pension credit whose income from their state pension and pension credit was (a) less in the 2014-15 financial year than it was in the previous financial year, and (b) less in the 2013-14 financial year than it was in the 2012-13 financial year.
(226248)
172
Dame Anne Begg
(Aberdeen South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people for whom the freezing of the savings element of pensions credit and increases in the basic state pension has had a net negative effect on their income in each of the last three financial years.
(226249)
173
Dame Anne Begg
(Aberdeen South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to examine the arrears balances of individual Child Support Agency cases subject to case closure to re-value arrears arising from interim maintenance assessment.
(226300)
174
Richard Benyon
(Newbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many HPV vaccine damage claimants have been registered in each year since 2008.
(226347)
175
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
(226342)
176
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were affected by the changes to the Home Responsibilities Protection scheme which allow for time bringing up children to be included as a full qualifying year for the State Pension.
(226373)
177
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 225360, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract with Maximus Health and Human Services Ltd.
(226345)
178
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in 2013-14 received local housing allowance at a rate of (a) £250 per week for a 1-bedroom property or shared accommodation, (b) £290 per week for a 2-bedroom property, (c) £340 per week for a 3-bedroom property and (d) £400 per week for a property with four or more bedrooms.
(226122)
179
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in London claimed (a) £250 per week for a one bedroom, (b) £290 per week for a two bedroom property, (c) £340 per week for a three bedroom property and (d) £400 per week for a four bedroom property in housing benefit in 2013-14.
(226221)
180
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims there were for housing benefit of (a) £250 per week for a one bedroom property or shared accommodation, (b) £290 per week for a two bedroom property, (c) £340 per week for a three bedroom property and (d) £400 per week for a property with four or more bedrooms.
(226222)
181
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the likely proportion of parents with care with child maintenance arrears whose CSA cases will be closed as part of the scheduled case closure process who will opt to have their child maintenance arrears (a) written off as part of the shutdown and (b) transferred to the child maintenance service for future collection.
(226386)
182
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of Child Support Agency arrears owing in cases with a current liability that will be (a) written off in full, (b) written off in part, (c) re-valued to take account of a previous interim maintenance assessment and (d) transferred to the Child Maintenance Service for collection as a result of the 2015 to 2018 phased closure of such cases.
(226432)
183
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payments assessments were carried out within 16 weeks by (a) Capita and (b) Atos in 2014.
(226354)
184
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221196, what the criteria were for selecting the 49 cases relating to the death of a claimant for peer review; what the date and location of death was of the claimant in each case; in how many of the cases the claimant had been sanctioned; what conclusions each review reached on whether his Department could have acted more appropriately or correctly or sympathetically in its dealings with the claimant; and if he will publish the detailed results of each review.
(226226)
185
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222884, for what reason information that is currently available to his Department on jobseeker's allowance hardship payments between March 2012 and March 2015 will not be published until May 2015.
(226227)
186
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the information his Department holds on how many people received jobseeker's allowance (JSA) hardship payments in each year from March 2012 to date; and how many JSA claimants (a) were sanctioned and (b) received hardship payments in each parliamentary constituency or the nearest proxy for constituencies in each such year.
(226228)
187
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225675, when he or a Minister in his Department last met a former Remploy employee or representative.
(226051)
188
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224963, what the agenda was and who the participants were in each meeting between a Minister in his Department and a former Remploy employee since May 2010; and what the proposed agenda is and participants will be in each such meeting that is currently planned.
(226219)
189
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amounts not paid by his Department for each benefit as a result of detection of benefit fraud in each area of (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 2005.
(226289)
190
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals (a) have been reassessed by Atos for personal independence payments (PIPs) in place of disability living allowance, (b) are now in receipt of PIP and (c) did not qualify for PIP in each area of (i) Suffolk, (ii) England and (iii) Wales since 2010.
(226358)
191
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the average cost of travel to routine fortnightly interviews at Jobcentre Plus where claimants live more than a mile from their Jobcentre Plus office.
(225993)
192
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of people who will be claiming legacy benefits or tax credits on 1 January 2021.
(226033)
193
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken since 8 December 2014 to act on the conclusion of the Feeding Britain report.
(226036)
194
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received (a) hardship payments and (b) short-term benefit advances in each of the last (i) five years and (ii) six months.
(226126)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
195
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason each policy contained in the 2010 Coalition Agreement which has not yet been implemented has not been implemented.
[Transferred]
(226344)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
196
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department requires local authorities to hold on the number of young carers in receipt of free school meals.
[Transferred]
(226363)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
197
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what comparative assessment he has made of trends in pump petrol prices and oil prices.
[Transferred]
(226352)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
198
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit companies selling an individual's personal information to third parties.
[Transferred]
(226259)