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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 10 March 2015

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Tuesday 10 March 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Tuesday 10 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.

Tuesday 10 March  
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226592)
2 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms have (a) approached by and (b) directly received support from Reshore UK in each month since it began operation.
      (226445)
3 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what total value of business has been won as a result of UK Trade & Investment Support for Exports programmes in 2014-15 to date.
      (226446)
4 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what key performance indicators have been set for the Government's contribution to the Future Fifty programme.
      (226447)
5 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions and on what dates his Department's board has met in the last 12 months; and who was in attendance at each such meeting.
      (226448)
6 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many business mentors in each region are currently available through the Government's national network of mentors and the mentorsme portal; and what plans he has to join up those programmes with (i) the Business Growth Service, (ii) Growth Hubs and (iii) local enterprise partnerships.
      (226449)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
7  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226593)
8 N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Locality for the Community Organising programme.
      (226524)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
9  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226606)
10 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to prevent British financial institutions facilitating the sale of (a) oil and (b) historic artefacts by ISIL.
      (226502)
11 N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to bring forward secondary legislation to grant new powers to the Financial Policy Committee in respect of a leverage ratio framework.
      (226476)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
12  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226594)
13  
Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to extend the current exemptions in place for the office to residential change of use provisions in (a) Westminster and (b) other parts of central London; and if he will make a statement.
      (226569)
14  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what analysis of financial risk to Greater Manchester councils has been made during the Manchester NHS devolution negotiations.
      (226621)
15  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that planning decisions take into full consideration the UK's air quality obligations under EU law.
      (226622)
16  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to introduce metro mayors in metropolitan counties other than Greater Manchester.
      (226623)
17 N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) North Hertfordshire District Council and (b) East Hertfordshire District Council received in New Homes Bonus in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
      (226473)
18 N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect green belt and green open spaces in North Hertfordshire local authority area.
      (226474)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
19  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226595)
20 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will work with the Department for Education to take further steps to open schools sports facilities to the wider community.
      (226518)
21  
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that 16 to 19 year olds have access to competitive sporting opportunities as (a) players and (b) volunteers or officials in specialist disability colleges.
      (226578)
22 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether social media news feeds are considered by Ofcom in their assessment of media plurality.
      (226522)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
23  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226596)
24 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of songbirds killed illegally on the Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas in the autumn migration periods in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
      (226498)
25 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Navy spent per day per head on food for (a) officers and (b) serving ratings in the last period for which figures are available.
      (226504)
26 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Fleet Auxiliary spent per day per head on food for (a) officers and (b) serving ratings in the last period for which figures are available.
      (226505)
27 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Army spent per day per head on food for (a) officers and (b) serving ratings in the last period for which figures are available.
      (226506)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
28  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226597)
29 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Permanent Secretary of her Department plans to respond to the letter from the Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts of 12 February 2015.
      (226499)
30  
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to primary schools to ensure that all infants take up the provision of free school meals.
      (226581)
31  
Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many confidentiality agreements have been entered into with members of the teaching profession (a) without and (b) following an Ofsted inspection in each of the last five years.
      (226570)
32  
Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) headteachers, (b) deputy headteachers and (c) senior leaders have been suspended (i) without and (ii) following an Ofsted inspection in each of the last five years.
      (226571)
33  
Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many suspended (a) headteachers, (b) deputy headteachers and (c) senior leaders have entered into confidentiality agreements in each of the last five years.
      (226572)
34  
Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many suspended (a) headteachers, (b) deputy headteachers and (c) senior leaders have returned to their posts in each of the last five years.
      (226573)
35  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on the educational and social progress of a child being unable to pay for ingredients and equipment for food technology lessons.
      (226579)
36 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 10.42 of the Prevent Review, published in 2011, what steps her Department took between 2011 and 2014 to improve training and information on radicalisation for schools.
      (226500)
37 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2015 to Question 225665, what work her Department undertook between 2011 and 2014 to implement the review of the Prevent Strategy in 2011, and what evaluation was undertaken of that work.
      (226501)
38 N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve guidance on child sexual exploitation.
      (226467)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
39  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226598)
40  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 220905, when he plans to announce his Department's decision on the provision of state aid to UK Coal in respect of Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines.
      (226608)
41 N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the change in household energy prices in the last 12 months.
      (226475)
42  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the abolition of Ofgem.
      (226580)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
43  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226599)
44  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that planning decisions take into full consideration the UK's air quality obligations under EU law.
      (226552)
45  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to require local authorities whose planning decisions may have contributed to poor air quality standards to pay fines imposed by the EU on the UK in respect of those standards.
      (226574)
46  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues responsible for the planning system on the UK's air quality obligations under EU law.
      (226575)
47 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there are any plans in place for the Public Forest Estate land at the Cinderford Northern Quarter site in the National Heritage Forest of Dean will to be transferred to any other party for development.
      (226483)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
48  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226600)
49 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on (a) how many sets of accounts for expenditure in 2013 by NATO and its agencies have not been finalised and (b) what the timetable is for completing those accounts and passing them to the International Board of Auditors of NATO; and what assessment he has made of when such accounts will be audited and published.
      (226471)
50 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on (a) how many sets of accounts for expenditure in 2013 by NATO and its agencies have been completed, (b) how many such sets have been audited by the International Board of Auditors of NATO, (c) how many audited accounts have been published together with their audit reports, and on what dates, and (d) what the timetable is for (i) publishing the remaining audited accounts and audit statement and (ii) auditing and publishing any as yet unaudited 2013 accounts.
      (226472)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
51 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) acute, elderly and general nurses and (b) other qualified nurses have been employed in each NHS region in each Agenda for Change band in each year since 2009-10.
      (226521)
52  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226601)
53 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation his Department carried out with mental health trusts on the 4 March 2015 deadline for decisions on payment tariff options; and what representations his Department has received on an extension to that deadline.
      (226544)
54 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups have announced their funding allocation to mental health services for 2015-16.
      (226545)
55 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to ensure that all clinical commissioning groups offer all mental health trusts the additional mental health investment set out in December 2014 planning guidance Forward View into Action; and how many mental health trusts have received this investment to date.
      (226546)
56 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) women, (b) men and (c) children were (i) overweight and (ii) obese in Birmingham, Northfield constituency (A) in total and (B) in each ward.
      (226519)
57 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be accountable to (a) the Secretary of State for Health and (b) Parliament under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
      (226480)
58 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be directly accountable to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
      (226481)
59 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be directly accountable to the individual local authorities under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
      (226482)
60 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis of financial risk to the (a) Greater Manchester councils, (b) Greater Manchester Hospital trusts and (c) Greater Manchester clinical commissioning groups his Department has made during Manchester NHS devolution negotiations.
      (226507)
61 N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that NHS England and his Department assist the Greater Manchester NHS system with additional financial support in the event of year-end budget deficits being accrued under the Manchester devolution proposal.
      (226508)
62  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what post-devolution arrangements his Department plans to put in place to manage the funding of cross-border patients accessing NHS services in Greater Manchester.
      (226553)
63  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what post-devolution arrangements his Department plans to put in place to manage the funding of Greater Manchester patients accessing NHS services outside Greater Manchester.
      (226554)
64  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how NHS services of national and regional speciality located within Greater Manchester will sit in the planning, funding and scrutiny arrangements under the Government's proposed devolution deal.
      (226555)
65  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements for public scrutiny of the NHS in Greater Manchester will be put in place post-devolution.
      (226556)
66  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the arrangements for patient involvement in the scrutiny of the NHS in Greater Manchester will be post-devolution.
      (226557)
67  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) foundation trusts and (b) other hospital trusts in Greater Manchester were in financial deficit in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the extent of each such deficit was.
      (226558)
68  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how hospital deficits will be managed under the Greater Manchester devolution deal.
      (226559)
69  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of backlog maintenance and repairs outstanding on the NHS estate to be transferred to the Greater Manchester local authorities under the Government's devolution proposal.
      (226560)
70  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the functions of NHS England will be in Greater Manchester under the Government's devolution proposal.
      (226561)
71  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the functions of Public Health England will be in Greater Manchester under the Government's devolution proposal.
      (226562)
72  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be directly accountable to the proposed Greater Manchester Interim and Elected Mayor under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
      (226563)
73  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what residual responsibilities (a) he and (b) Parliament will have under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
      (226564)
74  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms his Department plans to put in place to ensure that NHS finances can be effectively managed in Greater Manchester following devolution in the event of a year-end deficit.
      (226565)
75  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total asset value is of the NHS estate to be transferred to the Greater Manchester local authorities under the Government's devolution proposal.
      (226566)
76  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the stock condition is of the NHS estate to be transferred to the Greater Manchester local authorities under the Government's devolution proposal.
      (226567)
77  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NICE technology appraisals were carried out in respect of (a) infectious disease, (b) cancers and tumours, (c) disorders of the blood, (d) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic problems, (e) mental health disorders, (f) neurological, (g) cardiovascular disease, (h) musculoskeletal disorders and (i) other conditions in each of the last five years.
      (226576)
78  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on the establishment of a national neurological service for the Deaf British Sign Language Community.
      (226616)
79  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department and NHS England are taking to support clinical commissioning groups in the gathering of data to allow them to source evidence for the commissioning needs of smaller population groups.
      (226624)
80  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NICE technology appraisals have led to (a) positive, (b) negative and (c) other recommendations in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
      (226626)
81 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any photographs of religious leaders are displayed in the offices of ministers in his Department.
      (226479)
82 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the risk of hepatitis A entering Britain in imported frozen food of the recent hepatitis A outbreak in Australia thought to be from frozen berries imported from China.
      (226450)
83  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the affordability of care of the requirement for people with carers to pay pension contributions for those carers.
      (226615)
84  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect the work of strategic clinical networks has had on (a) cardiovascular disease outcomes and (b) the quality of anticoagulation services.
      (226577)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
85  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226602)
86 N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department's planned consultation on the Gangmasters' Licensing Authority (GLA) will consider (a) extension of the remit of the GLA into further labour sectors and (b) how the core licence-monitoring and intelligence-gathering function of the GLA can be protected.
      (226551)
87 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to identify and prosecute any British citizens or residents for possession of or trafficking in historic artefacts stolen from Iraq or Syria.
      (226503)
88 N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each force area were assigned to response in each of the last five years.
      (226525)
89 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans that the independent panel inquiry into child sexual abuse will assume statutory status.
      (226477)
90 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been provided to the independent panel inquiry into child sexual abuse.
      (226478)
91  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of leave to remain applications have been treated as falling outside normal service standards in each six-month period in the last four years.
      (226568)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
92  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226603)
93 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Rohingya people from Burma who have fled to Bangladesh since 2012; and what assistance the Government is providing to those people.
      (226550)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
94  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226604)
95 N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on whistleblowers who have been dismissed from their employment and are unable to afford employment tribunal fees.
      (226468)
96 N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse of an employment tribunal was in the 12 months (a) before and (b) after the introduction of fees.
      (226469)
97 N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to review the effect of the introduction of fees for employment tribunals.
      (226470)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
98  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226605)
99  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) individual drivers and (b) the road haulage sector of complying with EU Directive 2003/59/EC.
      (226625)
100 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral contribution of 5 March 2015, Official Report, column 1064, on cycling and walking, for what reasons those provisions to cycle lanes in part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 have not yet been implemented; and when he expects those powers to be implemented.
      (226547)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
101  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
      (226607)
102 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) television, (b) print, (c) online and (d) billboard advertising mentioning the word pension in the last 12 months.
      (226526)
103 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what amount his Department spent on (a) television, (b) print, (c) online and (d) billboard advertising in each of the last five years.
      (226527)
104 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants who had been referred for sanction were not sanctioned following provision of a recognised good reason for not having fulfilled their claimant conditions in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (226520)
105  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letter to him of 22 January 2015, from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regards to Mr S Law.
      (226583)
106  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants who have received a sanction have been on jobseeker's allowance for 26 weeks or more.
      (226617)
107  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants who have received a three-year sanction have had that sanction removed following mandatory reconsideration since the introduction of that policy.
      (226618)
108  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants who have received a three-year sanction have had that sanction removed after actively seeking work in each of the last three years.
      (226619)
109  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have received a three-year sanction in each of the last 12 months.
      (226620)
110 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the average proportion of jobseekers' time accounted for by (a) compliance activity and (b) employment support activity.
      (226523)
111 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed 16 to 24 year olds accessed jobcentre plus services in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
      (226548)
112 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have been refused hardship payments in each month since October 2012.
      (226549)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
113  
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the executive summary of the Government's Digital Inclusion Strategy, published in April 2014, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of the adult population who will never gain basic digital capabilities.
   [Transferred]  (226582)

Prepared 10th March 2015