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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 16 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 16 March 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 16 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.

Monday 16 March  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227294)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which York-based companies received financial support from (a) Yorkshire Forward in each of its last five years of operation, (b) the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Education Partnership and (c) the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership in each year since those bodies were created; and what the financial value of that support was in each such case.
      (227314)
3 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on LighterLife UK's business practices; and if he will make a statement.
      (227127)
4 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from LighterLife UK franchisees on that company's business practices.
      (227128)
5 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the 2015-16 adult social skills budget for Hyndburn is; and what the percentage change from last year's budget is.
      (227015)
6  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227146)
7  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227293)
8  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which of his Department's projects Macquarie Bank has invested in since May 2010; and how much has it invested in each project.
      (227244)
9  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many further education colleges there were in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of how many further education colleges there will be in each of the next five years.
      (227447)
10  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were enrolled in further education colleges in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of students enrolled in further education colleges in each of the next five years.
      (227448)
11  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many teachers and lecturers worked in the further education sector in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of teachers and lecturers working in that sector in each of the next five years.
      (227449)
12  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of his Department's (a) expenditure and (b) budget was allocated to the further education sector in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of that amount and proportion that will be allocated to that sector in each of the next five years.
      (227450)
13  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from (a) schools, (b) colleges, (c) trade associations, (d) charities, (e) education experts, (f) teachers, (g) lecturers, (h) students and (i) parents on the future funding of further education colleges.
      (227451)
14  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average number of subjects or courses offered by further education colleges was in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the average number of subjects or courses that will be offered by further education colleges in each of the next five years.
      (227452)
15  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the mean class size was in further education colleges in each of the last five years; and what forecast his Department has made of the likely mean class size in such colleges in each of the next five years.
      (227455)
16 N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value of arms exports from the UK was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
      (226813)
17  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships commenced in each sector in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in the last 12 months.
      (227197)
18 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on the traineeships programme in each month from August 2013 to October 2014.
      (227263)
19 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many valid Growth Vouchers have been issued that have not yet been redeemed.
      (227102)
20 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many business that have applied for Growth Vouchers have not been successful in that application to date.
      (227103)
21 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which businesses are providing advice and support through the Growth Voucher scheme; and how many businesses have received such assistance from each such business to date.
      (227104)
22 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent assessment is of default rates under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme; and with what frequency his Department makes such an assessment.
      (227105)
23  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on giving intellectual property rights holders an opportunity to discuss with search engine providers how to maximise the prioritisation of sites with legitimate content.
      (227249)
24  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to increase co-ordination and accountability for intellectual property policy by establishing a cross-industry partnership between the Intellectual Property Office and the Creative Industries Council.
      (227252)
25  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the discussion paper, Follow the Money: financial options to assist in the battle against online IP piracy, published by the hon. Member for Hove in June 2014, what steps the Government has taken to (a) ensure that initiatives to tackle intellectual property offences by cutting advertising revenue streams have an international focus and (b) promote further collaboration between the Intellectual Property Office and equivalent bodies in other countries.
      (227254)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
26  
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) couples and (b) single people living alone there were aged over (i) 65 and (ii) 80 in (A) York Central constituency and (B) City of York local authority area at the latest date for which figures are available.
      (227382)
27  
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases before the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman are awaiting allocation of an assessor.
      (227227)
28  
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what average length of time a case with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has taken to conclude in each of the last five years.
      (227229)
29  
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; and how many people were so employed (a) 12 months and (b) five years ago.
      (227330)
30  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227147)
31  
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new business start-ups there have been in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) the South East since May 2010.
      (227286)
32  
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new business start-ups by women there were in each of the last five years.
      (227287)
33  
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of full-time jobs created in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) the South East since May 2010.
      (227291)
34  
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new part-time jobs were created in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) the South East since May 2010.
      (227322)
35  
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226194, how much the Government has spent on consultants in each of the last five years.
      (227211)
36 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the Government Digital Service's 25 exemplar services are now live; and how many of those services he expects to be live by the end of March 2015.
      (227063)
37 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the decision to send Mark Jenner of the Special Demonstration Squad into a covert long-term surveillance operation in the 1990s was approved by (a) officials and (b) Ministers of his Department.
      (226977)
38  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227295)
39  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Pendle constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West who had jobs which primarily required working (i) during the day and (ii) at night in the last 12 months.
      (227196)
40  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from prescription drug overdoses there were in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in each of the last two years.
      (227236)
41  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of employees in (a) the North West and (b) England were not a member of a workplace pension scheme in each of the last two years.
      (227251)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
42 N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2015 to Question 222025, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures in the Answer by employment sector in the most recent year or years for which that data is available.
      (226921)
43 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent forecast he has made of the number of parents with children who will be claiming tax credits in April 2016.
      (226979)
44 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the members of the Treasury Board have been in each year since 2010.
      (227351)
45 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question 224318, tabled on 11 February 2015 for Named day answer on 23 February 2015; and what the reasons are for the time taken to answer that Question.
      (226906)
46  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227160)
47 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2015 to Question 226142, how many enquiries were opened and how much additional tax was due to be collected in total as a result of those enquiries.
      (227175)
48 N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much inheritance tax was collected in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available; and what the inheritance tax gap was in each of those years in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
      (227260)
49 N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been overpaid in child tax credit and working tax credit as a result of technical and administrative errors by his Department; and how much of that overpayment has been written off in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) East Lothian constituency in each year since that scheme's inception.
      (226903)
50 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have registered interest on the Pension Wise website in receiving (a) telephone or (b) face-to-face advice.
      (227268)
51  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227304)
52 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the divide between the rich and the poor.
      (226891)
53  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings his Department has had with Macquarie Bank since May 2010; and who was present at such meetings.
      (227239)
54  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of his Department's projects Macquarie Bank has invested in since May 2010; and how much it has invested in each project.
      (227243)
55  
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who submitted applications for child benefit to the Child Benefit Office in the last 12 months were subsequently told by that office that their application was not received.
      (227164)
56  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the level of funding available to the Equitable Life Payments Scheme.
      (227222)
57 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that money and debt advice is available to people who do not have access to the internet.
      (226917)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
58 N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require fire authorities to provide a full pension to fire fighters between the ages of 55 and 60 if they fail a fitness test due to no fault of their own and cannot be employed in another role within the fire service.
      (227101)
59 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid in business rates (a) nationwide, (b) in the West Midlands and (c) in Coventry in each of the last five years.
      (227316)
60 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average amount paid in business rates by each business was (a) nationwide, (b) in the West Midlands and (c) in Coventry in each of the last five years.
      (227317)
61 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he last reviewed whether business rates are set at an appropriate level.
      (227318)
62 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for repowering existing onshore wind farms were (a) received and (b) recovered by the Secretary of State in each of the last five years.
      (227172)
63 N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory homeless people there are in (i) England and (ii) Liverpool.
      (227359)
64  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on who authorised the distribution of publicity information for EDF Energy in communications sent to local residents by Somerset County Council and Sedgemoor District Council.
      (227126)
65 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS 161, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of new responsibilities on local authorities relating to sustainable drainage systems.
      (227261)
66 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS 161, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on levels of fees relating to their responsibilities for sustainable drainage systems.
      (227262)
67 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that victims of domestic violence are able to seek immediate refuge away from their home.
      (227064)
68  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227148)
69  
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable housing units were built in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey in each of the last two years.
      (227288)
70 N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of small firms and shops likely to benefit from the planned reduction in business rates in (a) Herefordshire and (b) England in 2015-16.
      (908064)
71 N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on resolving the dispute over firefighters' pensions.
      (908071)
72  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227339)
73  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues on consultation with the Ministry of Defence to local authorities with Ministry of Defence facilities or land within their street lighting provision which plan to turn off street lighting for periods during the night.
      (227277)
74  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of long-term empty properties in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Lancashire and (d) Pendle constituency.
      (227326)
75 N
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures he has put in place to reduce energy consumption in Government buildings (a) above and (b) below 500 square metres in area since May 2010.
      (227257)
76 N
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures that reduce energy consumption in Government buildings (a) above and (b) below 500 square metres in area he plans to remove; and if he will make a statement.
      (227258)
77 N
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential behavioural effects on managers and users of Government buildings of the repeal of regulations on display energy certificates; and if he will make a statement.
      (227259)
78  
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with fire authorities in England and Wales on pension rights for firefighters who fail fitness tests due to illness; and how many of those authorities have indicated to him that they cannot pay those pensions.
      (227419)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
79  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of (a) the value of and (b) the number of jobs provided by the cyber-security industry in the UK in the last five years.
      (227395)
80  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress the Government has made on increasing competition among internet service providers.
      (227403)
81  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he has taken to implement EU regulations on net neutrality.
      (227421)
82  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects all internet connection speeds to be 2Mbps or more in (a) Windsor constituency, (b) South-East England and (c) the UK.
      (227435)
83  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on promoting or advertising (a) fibre optic and (b) satellite broadband to the public in each of the last three years.
      (227476)
84  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to expedite the process for the licensing of Cannock Radio radio station in Cannock Chase constituency.
      (227224)
85  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support his Department has provided for museums in Medway.
      (227237)
86 N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to introduce a cap on the amount private lotteries can raise for charities under the Legislative Reform (Exempt Lotteries) Order 2015; and if he will make a statement.
      (227066)
87 N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on the changes proposed in the Legislative Reform (Exempt Lotteries) Order 2015; and if he will make a statement.
      (227067)
88 N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to use money from dormant betting accounts and unclaimed winnings held by betting operators to invest in sport; and if he will make a statement.
      (227068)
89 N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times, with what organisations and on what dates officials or Ministers of his Department have discussed the use of money from dormant betting accounts and unclaimed winnings held by betting operators for investment in sport since the publication of the Use of Dormant Betting Accounts Report in December 2010; and if he will make a statement.
      (227069)
90 N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by what date he plans to implement the Horse Racing Betting Levy for online gambling; and if he will make a statement.
      (227070)
91 N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Written Statement of 30 April 2014, Official Report, columns 53-4WS, on betting shops and gambling, when he expects local authorities to be given additional powers to restrict the clustering of betting shops; and if he will make a statement.
      (227367)
92 N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to give local authorities additional powers to restrict the clustering of betting shops in their communities and to restrict the number of fixed odds betting terminals; and if he will make a statement.
      (227368)
93 N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent betting operators receiving licences for two betting shops which share the same premises; what discussions he has had on this issue with (a) representatives of local licensing authorities, (b) the betting industry and (c) the Gambling Commission; and if he will make a statement.
      (227369)
94 N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the expert working group on supporter ownership and engagement in football to publish its findings; and if he will make a statement.
      (227370)
95  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has regular discussions with BBC management on the sources from which the BBC receives external financing.
      (227383)
96  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227149)
97  
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of fibre-optic broadband to businesses in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) the South East.
      (227285)
98  
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of households with access to fibre-optic broadband in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey in each of the last five years.
      (227290)
99 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of the Gaming Machine (Circumstances of Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 121) on (a) gambling addiction levels, (b) the total amount of money staked and (c) the profits of bookmakers and fixed odds betting terminal providers.
      (227053)
100 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of fixed odds betting terminals on levels of gambling addiction.
      (227054)
101 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met representatives of the gambling industries to discuss the regulation of fixed odds betting terminals; and if he will make a statement.
      (227055)
102 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met representatives of Gamblers Anonymous to discuss the regulation of fixed odds betting terminals; and if he will make a statement.
      (227056)
103 N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with ministers of the Scottish Government ways to make faster progress on providing broadband to rural communities in East Lothian constituency.
      (226904)
104  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227340)
105  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much arts funding (a) in total and (b) per head of population was allocated in (i) Lancashire and (ii) Pendle constituency in the last 12 months.
      (227199)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
106  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) regular and reserve armed forces personnel and (b) regular and reserve armed forces personnel based in Plymouth have been involved in operations to control the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.
      (227458)
107 N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Air cadet forces in the most recent period for which figures are available.
      (227142)
108  
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps were taken by the Service Complaints Commissioner to provide full and proper determination of a service complaint submitted by Lt Col (Retired) R. H. Jolleys.
      (227335)
109  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement by the Chief of Staff of the US Army that he was very concerned by the UK's defence budget.
      (227420)
110  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy pilots are in training to enable them to land a fast jet on the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.
      (227177)
111  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on maintenance of HMS Vanguard in each of the last three years.
      (227178)
112  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on refitting HMS Vanguard in each of the last three years.
      (227179)
113  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on refitting HMS Victorious in each of the last three years.
      (227180)
114  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on maintenance of HMS Victorious in each of the last three years.
      (227181)
115  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on refitting HMS Vigilant in each of the last three years.
      (227182)
116  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on maintenance of HMS Vengeance in each of the last three years.
      (227183)
117  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on general maintenance of Trident missiles in each of the last three years.
      (227184)
118  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans for UK-crewed fighter jets to be stationed on the deck of a Queen-Elizabeth class aircraft carrier.
      (227185)
119  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on Royal Air Force pensions in each of the last three years.
      (227186)
120  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on HM Naval Service pensions in each of the last three years.
      (227187)
121  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Air Force pilots are in training to enable them to land a fast jet on the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.
      (227188)
122  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many days Trident submarines have not been at sea in each of the last three years.
      (227189)
123  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on maintenance of HMS Vigilant in each of the last three years.
      (227190)
124  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on refitting HMS Vengeance in each of the last three years.
      (227191)
125  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Trident missiles were capable of being deployed on 11 March 2015.
      (227192)
126  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on refurbishment of Trident missiles in each of the last three years.
      (227193)
127  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Trident missiles are undergoing maintenance work.
      (227194)
128  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on British army pensions in each of the last three years.
      (227384)
129  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been made redundant in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
      (227467)
130  
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to help military personnel whose employment ceased as a result of the reduction in regular troop numbers to find alternative work.
      (227323)
131 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of domestic violence were reported to the military police in each of the last five years.
      (226909)
132  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2015 to Question 226517, if he will place a copy of the review by the Tornado Collision Service Inquiry Panel in the Library.
      (227404)
133  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many suitably qualified and experienced personnel positions are (a) required and (b) vacant in (i) Type 23 and (ii) Type 45 ship crews.
      (227425)
134  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227296)
135  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Child Maintenance Service payments and Child Support Agency collections are made; and if he will make a statement.
      (227283)
136 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the future of the defence budget.
      (226892)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
137  
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to introduce a salary sacrifice car scheme for teachers; and if she will make a statement.
      (227219)
138  
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she next plans to issue a remit to the School Teachers Review Body; and if she will make a statement.
      (227223)
139  
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration the School Teachers Review Body has given to including salary sacrifice car schemes in the school teachers' pay and conditions document; and if she will make a statement.
      (227225)
140 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what forecasts her Department has made of the number of parents who will be eligible to claim free school meals under universal credit in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
      (227062)
141 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what forecast she has made of the number of parents who will be eligible to claim free school meals for their children in April 2016.
      (227111)
142 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 225826, which 12 schools within Birmingham local authority area applied for additional funding for universal infant free school meals; and in which constituencies those schools are located.
      (227136)
143  
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children in local authority accommodation outside of their home local authority area there are for each type of placement and each local authority; and what the average distance from home is of such children for each type of placement and each local authority.
      (227207)
144  
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children were accommodated outside their home local authority area for each type of placement and for each local authority in each year since 2010.
      (227208)
145  
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children were absent from their placement for more than 24 hours for each type of placement in each year from 2008; and if she will make a statement.
      (227209)
146  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on who authorised EDF Energy to give presentations in schools on working in the nuclear energy sector in Somerset.
      (227125)
147  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's spending was for each student in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in 2014.
      (227462)
148 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people used children and young people's social care services in each district authority in Lancashire in the last period for which figures are available.
      (226947)
149 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total level of (a) income and (b) expenditure is for children and young people's social care in each district authority in Lancashire.
      (227016)
150  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 3 February 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr T Cook.
      (227429)
151  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227150)
152  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222182, whether her Department is aware of any recorded instances of a child born outside the UK and looked-after under private fostering arrangements being referred to a local authority for care.
      (227202)
153  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is a requirement for a local authority to be alerted if a child born outside the UK and looked-after under private fostering arrangements moves into that local authority area.
      (227203)
154  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222182, if she will make it her policy to record instances where a child born outside the UK is looked-after under a private fostering arrangement and that arrangement breaks down.
      (227204)
155  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2015 to Question 222652, how many educational psychologists first qualified in each of the last five years.
      (227205)
156  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227341)
157  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings her Department has had with Macquarie Bank since May 2010; and who was present at such meetings.
      (227240)
158  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which of her Department's projects Macquarie Bank has invested in since May 2010; and how much it has invested in each such project.
      (227246)
159  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assistance her Department has made available to Lancashire County Council for expanding the number of free childcare places.
      (227233)
160  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Lancashire were eligible for but did not claim free school meals in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (227328)
161  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 16 to 18 year-olds in (a) Lancashire and (b) England were not in education, employment or training in each of the last two years.
      (227331)
162 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many schools are teaching financial education as part of the curriculum.
      (226918)
163  
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that funding is available for schools to enable them to maintain the variety of A-levels they offer.
      (227129)
164  
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding is available to schools to enable pupils to continue at A-level subjects they took at GCSE.
      (227130)
165  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will discuss with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills potential steps to support teachers in raising awareness among schoolchildren of the importance of intellectual property.
      (227248)
166 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its review of asbestos management in schools; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish that review.
      (226901)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
167 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) applications have been received for licences and (b) licences have been issued for fracking in (i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire and (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber since May 2010.
      (227313)
168  
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area were retrofitted with cavity wall insulation, lagging or other measures to conserve energy in 2010 and each subsequent year.
      (227376)
169  
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area were microgeneration energy producers using solar or wind power in 2010 and in each subsequent year.
      (227377)
170  
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area have a prepayment electricity meter.
      (227378)
171  
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on (a) how much profit each of the six largest energy companies made and (b) how much of that profit they distributed to shareholders in (i) 2010 and (ii) each subsequent year.
      (227381)
172 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the success of the smart meter roll-out programme to date; and how many smart meters have been installed under that programme in (a) the UK, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham, Northfield constituency.
      (227108)
173 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change of 3 February 2015, Official Report, column 22WH, on cavity wall insulation, when he plans to report progress on (a) discussions with Ofgem, (b) obtaining a summary of the number of complaints received by Ofgem and that body's views on those complaints, (c) consideration of a review of complaints, (d) consideration of the case for introducing independent oversight for all guarantees, (e) consideration of introduction of independent assessments two years after installation and (f) consideration of regulation of initial sales conversations.
      (227143)
174 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much onshore wind capacity (a) received planning approval and (b) was rejected in each month in 2014; and how many planning applications for onshore wind farms were (i) approved and (ii) rejected in each such month.
      (227173)
175 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much onshore wind capacity for repowering farms (a) received planning approval and (b) was rejected in each year since 2009; and how many planning applications for repowering onshore wind farms were (i) approved and (ii) rejected in each year since 2009.
      (227174)
176 N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the effect of (a) onshore wind, (b) offshore wind, (c) solar, (d) biomass, (e) wave and (f) tidal energy generation on the average domestic energy bill in 2014.
      (227255)
177 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to paragraph 23 of his Department's grant confirmation letter of 11 January 2010 to the MOZES community energy co-operative, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that eligible third sector organisations and local authorities will be allowed to receive grant funding from the Low Carbon Communities Challenge and feed-in tariffs.
      (227267)
178 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the options available to restructure the 2010 grant to the MOZES community energy cooperative in Nottingham in order to make it State Aid compliant.
      (227364)
179 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date his Department received the report from Ray Noble on the MOZES community energy cooperative in Nottingham.
      (227365)
180 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library an unredacted copy of the report commissioned by his Department from Ray Noble on the MOZES community energy pilot scheme in Nottingham.
      (227366)
181  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227151)
182 N
Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's publication Estimated impacts of energy and climate change policy on energy prices and bills, published in November 2014, what provision has been made in that document for likely costs of (a) additional generating capacity related to the intermittency of renewables, (b) additional transmission lines to link wind and other renewable generators to centres of consumption and (c) other measures to strengthen the grid to dial with intermittency.
      (227176)
183 N
Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make a comparative assessment of the cost of new offshore wind capacity in Denmark and the UK.
      (227256)
184 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what processes are in place to monitor the standard of installations carried out under (a) the Energy Company Obligation and the Green Deal and (b) the Warm Front Scheme; what processes are in place to limit the use of sub-contractors in those schemes; and what right of redress householders have in the event that installations are not of a satisfactory standard.
      (226948)
185  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227342)
186  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the European Commission's decision not to proceed with the circular economy package.
      (227220)
187  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings his Department has had with Macquarie Bank since May 2010; and who was present at such meetings.
      (227238)
188  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which of his Department's projects Macquarie Bank has invested in since May 2010; and how much it has invested in each such project.
      (227245)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
189  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency's flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015 to 2021, what estimate she has made of the number of properties that will be protected in the (a) Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Thames Valley and (c) UK by that programme.
      (227424)
190  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the Environment Agency budget was spent on flood defences and prevention in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
      (227475)
191  
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of air quality in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area in 2010 and each subsequent year.
      (227379)
192 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224551, for what reasons no information is available on the number of pheasants and partridges imported into the UK for the purposes of game shooting.
      (227167)
193  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227152)
194  
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions officials in her Department have had with stakeholders on development of a national strategy for implementation of the European School Milk Scheme.
      (227333)
195  
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to consult stakeholders on the development of a national strategy for implementation of the European School Milk Scheme.
      (227334)
196  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been convicted of animal abuse since 2005.
      (227427)
197  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227297)
198 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the contribution of the poultry sector to the UK economy; and what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on steps to support that industry in Northern Ireland.
      (226894)
199  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support businesses in developing areas which support pollinators.
      (227445)
200  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to publish the strategy to tackle urban diffuse water pollution referred to in her Department's Summary of responses to the consultation on Tackling water pollution from the urban environment.
      (227198)
201  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her strategy is for tackling urban diffuse water pollution.
      (227200)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
202 N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness against his objectives of Tony Blair in his role as Quartet Special Representative in the Middle East.
      (227057)
203 N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met Tony Blair to discuss his work as Quartet Special Representative in the Middle East.
      (227059)
204  
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Questions 226471 and 226472, if he will publish by way of further written Answer the further information he has requested from NATO before the dissolution of the present Parliament.
      (227292)
205 N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last raised the issue of human rights of the Baha'i community with his counterparts in Iran.
      (227014)
206 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of persecution of LGBTI people in (a) Macedonia, (b) Slovakia, (c) Malaysia, (d) Egypt and (e) Bahrain.
      (226902)
207  
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Statement of 8 January 2015, HCWS176, when the results of the review of the Government's overseas scholarships schemes will be available; and if he will make it his policy that no changes to the governance of those schemes will be made without prior consultation of Parliament.
      (227138)
208  
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Statement of 8 January 2015, HCWS176, what provision has been made for public consultation as part of the review of the Government's overseas scholarships schemes.
      (227139)
209 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has raised with the Colombian government the further threats to the life of Irreal Aguilar Solano; and what steps the Colombian government has informed the Government it is taking.
      (227010)
210  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 2 February 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M Woronycz.
      (227428)
211  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227153)
212  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227298)
213 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Nigerian counterpart on the protection of Christians and their right to worship in that country.
      (226895)
214  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that parents of abducted children can access legal aid.
      (227443)
215  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that child abduction cases are dealt with in a manner which takes account of the sensitivity of such cases.
      (227444)
216  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Russia remains a member of the Council of Europe.
      (227446)
217  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the security situation in Myanmar following the arrest of protestors on 10 March 2015; and if he will make a statement.
      (227201)
218  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the conduct of the Nigerian general election in March 2015.
      (227232)
219 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Ministers in his Department have made representations to the government of Sudan on reports of human rights abuses in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states; and if he will make a statement.
      (227353)
220 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of links between ISIS and Boko Haram; and if he will make a statement.
      (227354)
221 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the efforts of the Iraqi government to engage constructively with the Sunni community; and if he will make a statement.
      (227355)
222  
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many (a) Saharawi people and (b) Moroccan settlers live in the part of Western Sahara under Moroccan control.
      (227212)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
223 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) total revenue budget and (b) budget for mergers and acquisitions for the NHS Trust Development Authority was in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14 and (iv) 2014-15; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures for 2015-16.
      (226879)
224  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on the merger of Frimley Park NHS Trust and Heatherwood and Wrexham Park NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
      (227397)
225  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS patients registered for clinical trials in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
      (227402)
226  
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which services the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) declined to fund, in some or all cases, or restricted access to, for patients in their area, which were funded without such restriction for patients living in other CCG areas in 2013 and in each subsequent year.
      (227380)
227 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2015 to Question 224828, what assessment he has made of the factors contributing to the reduction in NHS-funded IVF cycles from 2013 to 2014.
      (227135)
228 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any of the pilots under the Prime Minister's Challenge Fund are offering patients GP appointments within 48 hours.
      (227308)
229 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) cleaners and (b) hospital porters were employed in the NHS in each of the last five years.
      (227309)
230 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to NHS organisations in Devon.
      (227361)
231 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on support for NHS organisations in Devon.
      (227362)
232 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial situation of NHS organisations in Devon.
      (227363)
233  
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the research report Are fluoride levels in drinking water associated with hypothyroidism prevalence in England, published by the University of Kent's Centre for Health Services in February 2015; and if he will make a statement.
      (227426)
234  
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time was for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to allocate an assessor to a health case in (a) February 2015, (b) August 2014, (c) February 2014 and (d) 2010.
      (227140)
235 N
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Supreme Court judgment of 19 March 2014 in the case of P v Cheshire West and Chester Council and another, how many requests for a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Assessment under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 there have been in each local authority area in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date.
      (227169)
236 N
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs to each clinical commissioning group of GPs and ambulance staff of attending after deaths in care homes of people subject to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Assessments.
      (227171)
237  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) NHS staff and (b) NHS staff in Plymouth have been involved in operations to control the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.
      (227459)
238  
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will trial the HPV vaccination programme for men who have sex with men in selected sexual health clinics to assess likely take up and budgetary implications.
      (227163)
239  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of research on the efficacy and safety of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid.
      (227133)
240  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the positive and negative effects of e-cigarettes on people with asthma.
      (227216)
241 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of general practitioners in practice in England in each year since May 2010.
      (227109)
242 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs were forecast to be required in England and Wales in each year since May 2010.
      (227112)
243 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been (a) received for and (b) spent on adult social care services provided by each district authority in Lancashire.
      (226950)
244 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were in receipt of adult social care services in each district authority in Lancashire in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (227107)
245  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227155)
246  
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS spending per head of the population in Surrey was in each of the last two years.
      (227289)
247 N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2015 to Question 225987, which refers to there being a contract for stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy services (SRS) with University Hospital Bristol, for what reasons that hospital is listed as non-contracted and non-commissioned to deliver SRS in the NHS England document Stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy services needs assessment and service review, published in November 2014.
      (227124)
248 N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2015 to Question 225987, for what reasons the Answer states that a contract for University Hospital Bristol to deliver stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was transferred to NHS England in April 2013 when that hospital first acquired a gamma knife to deliver SRS in October 2013.
      (227144)
249  
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timescales his Department has set for making decisions on appeals on the delisting of treatments from the Cancer Drugs Fund.
      (227321)
250 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of when the ambition in his Department's Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy, published in March 2013, to bring the total diagnoses of familial hypercholesterolaemia to 50 per cent, will be met.
      (227371)
251 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish an update on its progress on the ambitions and actions in its Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy, published in March 2013.
      (227372)
252  
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the progress made by the Cancer Drugs Fund Short Life Working Group to date.
      (227373)
253 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme in ensuring the availability of the most effective treatments for cancer patients.
      (227374)
254 N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account was taken of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme during his Department's recent review of the financial sustainability of the Cancer Drugs Fund.
      (227375)
255  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis is for the limit of three months on the length of time GPs can prescribe medications to patients with existing conditions who are leaving the country.
      (227473)
256  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on extending beyond three months the length of time for which that GPs can prescribe medications to patients with existing conditions who are leaving the country.
      (227474)
257  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227343)
258  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 217335, what the causes of these incidents were; and if he will make a statement.
      (227270)
259  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 217335, how many patient safety incidents involving multiple pregnancies there were in each (a) hospital trust and (b) region in each of the last 10 years.
      (227271)
260  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 217336, what the causes of these damages were; and if he will make a statement.
      (227272)
261  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 217334, how many multiple pregnancies received (a) the higher tariff for the antenatal phase, (b) the delivery phase tariff with complications and co-morbidities and (c) the delivery phase tariff without complications and co-morbidities in each year since 2004.
      (227273)
262  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 217334, what plans his Department has to review the costs of delivering care in multiple pregnancies antenatally, in delivery and postnatally; and if he will make a statement.
      (227274)
263  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the UK's patient safety OECD ranking for patient safety incidents involving multiple pregnancies; and if he will make a statement.
      (227275)
264  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding he has allocated to improving vaccination coverage as part of local winter pressure resilience plans developed for the 2014-15 winter period.
      (227278)
265  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local winter pressure resilience plans developed for the 2014-15 winter period include reference to vaccinations.
      (227279)
266  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to hospitals on the role of improved vaccination in reducing seasonal pressures.
      (227280)
267  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support (a) research into still births and neonatal deaths and (b) the dissemination of clinical best practice in multiple pregnancies.
      (227281)
268  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 217331, what steps his Department is taking to support NICE and other stakeholders disseminate and implement NICE guidance for multiple pregnancies within the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
      (227282)
269  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 217336, what (a) damages, (b) defence costs, (c) claimant costs and (d) periodic payment orders were paid in each (i) hospital trust and (ii) region in each of the last 10 years.
      (227284)
270  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure all clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) provide annual checks needed by patients with diabetes to help prevent against diabetes complications; and what action he is taking against CCGs which do not comply.
      (227329)
271  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to address local variations in the quality of care for diabetes patients.
      (227332)
272  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings his Department has had with Macquarie Bank since May 2010; and who was present at such meetings.
      (227241)
273  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of his Department's projects Macquarie Bank has invested in since May 2010; and how much it has invested in each such project.
      (227242)
274  
Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will conclude its preparations for making new hepatitis C drugs available for treating people with cirrhosis of the liver.
      (227327)
275  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating health problems caused by alternative medicine.
      (227195)
276  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes with (a) a dementia service band and (b) an older people service band there were in (i) England, (ii) the North West and (iii) Lancashire in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (227230)
277  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in (a) Pendle constituency, (b) East Lancashire and (c) the North West were registered as organ donors in each of the last three years.
      (227324)
278  
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of clinical consultations conducted by online pharmacies.
      (227460)
279  
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment Public Health England has made of the effect of remote prescribing of oral antibiotics through online pharmacies on resistance to antibiotics.
      (227461)
280  
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that online pharmacies adhere to national best practice guidelines.
      (227466)
281  
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulatory powers the General Medical Council has to review online prescribing where there is evidence that patients may be being prescribed suboptimal treatment.
      (227477)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
282 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of days taken to remove a foreign national offender was in 2014.
      (227061)
283 N
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Supreme Court judgment of 19 March 2014 in the case of P v Cheshire West and Chester Council and another, what estimate she has made of costs for each police area of attending after deaths in care homes of people subject to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Assessments.
      (227170)
284  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police forces have access to Government data on benefit payments in order to assist in locating wanted persons.
      (227137)
285 N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the Government's Syrian refugee resettlement policy in relation to the number of people seeking refuge; and if she will make a statement.
      (227012)
286 N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have settled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Scheme to date.
      (227013)
287 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her estimate is of the number of deaths amongst refugees in the Mediterranean in the first two months of (a) 2015, (b) 2014 and (c) 2013.
      (227065)
288  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions tasers were used by the police in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in 2014.
      (227464)
289  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of anti-Muslim hate crime near schools have been reported to police in Lancashire and Preston since 7 January 2015.
      (227465)
290  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of anti-Muslim hate crime were reported to the police in Preston and Lancashire in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
      (227468)
291 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reasons there are for the time taken to give serving police officers information about the New Police Pensions Scheme for which the regulations were laid before Parliament on 5 March 2015 and will take effect on 1 April 2015.
      (227011)
292 N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers have sufficient time to consult financial advisers about the effects of the New Police Pensions Scheme before that scheme takes effect on 1 April.
      (227071)
293  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent neighbourhood police officers there were in March 2010.
      (227469)
294  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in reducing the number of asylum cases dating to before 2007.
      (227470)
295  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010; and how many foreign national offenders are in the process of being removed from the UK under new powers in the Immigration Act 2014.
      (227471)
296  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pieces of unlawful terrorist material have been taken off the internet since 2010; how many hate preachers have been excluded from the UK since 2010; how many organisations have been proscribed in the UK since 2010; how many (a) British citizenships have been revoked and (b) passports have been removed for terrorism-related reasons since 2010; and how many arrests the police have made for terrorism-related offences since 2010.
      (227472)
297  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227156)
298  
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what counter-terrorism measures she has put in place to counter the threat of Islamic State.
      (227350)
299 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) 999 calls and (b) 999 calls to report incidents of domestic violence were made to the police in each of the last five years.
      (226908)
300 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of reported rape cases were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a decision on prosecution in each of the last five years.
      (226916)
301 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of stalking have been reported to the police since the implementation of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; and how many of those incidents led to an (a) arrest, (b) prosecution and (c) conviction.
      (227114)
302 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226443, on what date the review commissioned by the Permanent Secretary into the extent of her Department's knowledge of the Special Demonstration Squad from 1968 to 2008 will be published.
      (226978)
303  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227299)
304 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that sex offenders are monitored and that their whereabouts is always known.
      (226893)
305  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal firearms were seized on arrival in the UK in each of the last two years.
      (227234)
306  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for neglect of traffic direction in the last 12 months.
      (227253)
307  
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) financial and (b) equality impact assessment has been undertaken of the forthcoming changes to the Immigration Rules announced on 13 January 2015 that will require further submissions by post-2007 refused asylum applicants to be made in person at her Department's office in Liverpool.
      (227453)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
308 N
Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department plans to take to advocate for disability-disaggregated reporting in forthcoming negotiations on (a) the post-2015 framework on disaster risk reduction and (b) the post-2015 development framework.
      (226920)
309  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222001, what proportion, and what value, of centrally awarded contracts were awarded to firms registered in the UK in each of the last four financial years.
      (227210)
310  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227157)
311  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227300)
312  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy that the declaration of the UNICEF Heads of Government meeting in September 2015 should prioritise the ending of abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence and torture against children; and if she will make a statement.
      (227276)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
313  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure the separation of sex offenders from other prisoners currently housed together at HM Prison Northumberland; and if he will make a statement.
      (227319)
314 N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of use of force resulted in (a) minor and (b) serious injuries in each private prison in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
      (226653)
315 N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of use of force there were in each private prison in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
      (226654)
316 N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been transferred to an external hospital following an incident of use of force in each private prison in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
      (226655)
317  
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects section 29 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 to be commenced.
      (227226)
318  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training and information is given to magistrates' clerks to ensure that they operate in accordance with the Armed Forces Covenant.
      (227457)
319 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2015 to Question 907921, what the average clearing time was for employment and support allowance mandatory reconsideration appeals in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (227357)
320 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Maya KA505A world receiver radios his Department has purchased since 2010; and how much such purchases have cost.
      (226942)
321 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its agencies have paid in ex-gratia payments to people convicted of a criminal offence to settle cases prior to litigation in each of the last four years.
      (226943)
322 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals who have been convicted of a crime outside the UK and who currently live in the UK are being supervised by email by probation officers based in their native country.
      (227009)
323 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the National Tactical Response Group was called out in 2014; and to which prisons that group was called out in each month of that year.
      (226949)
324 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff worked in the National Tactical Response Group on 1 March (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015.
      (227072)
325  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227158)
326  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether relatives of victims of crime are compensated for the cost of attending parole boards to make victim impact statements.
      (227320)
327 N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information is collected by the Employment Tribunal Service to monitor the protected characteristics of people making claims to the Employment Tribunal Service.
      (227352)
328 N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the level of gross monthly income thresholds was determined for people applying for fee remission in employment tribunals.
      (227356)
329  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227301)
330 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government spent on legal fees in the case of R (Ben Hoare Bell and Others) v Lord Chancellor [2015], case number CO/2770/2014.
      (226919)
331  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions bail decisions were challenged using powers granted under section 90 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in each of the last three years.
      (227235)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
332  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department responded that they were treated fairly at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227228)
333  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227302)
Questions to the Prime Minister
334 N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy that former Prime Ministers be prohibited for life from working for an overseas government and that their activities be subject to indefinite scrutiny by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
      (227058)
335 N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, what proposals he has received to secure greater public accountability for the earnings of former Prime Ministers; and what replies he has sent to those proposals.
      (227060)
336 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the decision to send Mark Jenner of the Special Demonstration Squad into a covert long-term surveillance operation in the 1990s was approved by (a) officials of 10 Downing Street and (b) the then Prime Minister.
      (226976)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
337  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227303)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
338 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission spent in 2014-15 on enforcement and monitoring of Part 2 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Third Party Campaigning and Trade Union Act 2014.
      (226944)
339 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many full time equivalent Electoral Commission employees are working on monitoring and enforcement of Part 2 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Third Party Campaigning and Trade Union Act 2014.
      (226945)
340 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission plans to spend in 2015-16 on enforcement and monitoring of Part 2 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Third Party Campaigning and Trade Union Act 2014.
      (226946)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
341  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many aircraft taking off or landing at Heathrow Airport breached night flight restrictions in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
      (227392)
342  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the management of Heathrow Airport have used dispensations under section 78(4) of the Civil Aviation Act to allow night flights in the last five years.
      (227393)
343  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to reduce motorists' driving costs.
      (227394)
344  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to reduce traffic congestion in Berkshire.
      (227396)
345  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to improve transport links between Windsor and (a) Reading and (b) London since 2010.
      (227398)
346  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many letters he has received from local authorities (a) supporting and (b) opposing proposals for the expansion of Heathrow in the last five years.
      (227399)
347  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to improve road safety in Windsor constituency since 2010.
      (227400)
348  
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of noise from aircraft taking off or landing at Heathrow on productivity in (a) schools in the Thames Valley and (b) businesses in the Thames Valley.
      (227401)
349 N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential for running passenger trains on double track rail lines used for freight trains in the Birmingham and Black Country area.
      (226900)
350 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on cycling improvements in York Unitary Authority in each year since 2010.
      (227310)
351 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) accidents and (b) fatal accidents involving cyclists there have been in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York Unitary Authority area in each year since 2010.
      (227311)
352 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost was of a super off-peak rail return from York to Leeds in each year since 2010.
      (227312)
353  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission a strategic environmental assessment of the proposal for a High Speed 3 line between Leeds and Manchester.
     [R] (227131)
354  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes to the proposed route alignment of High Speed 2 have resulted from feedback received during the High Speed 2 Community Forum process.
     [R] (227132)
355  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place to correct errors of fact in the High Speed 2 Phase One Environment Statement.
     [R] (227325)
356 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from what budget line his Department's £114 million investment for cycling for 2015-16 to 2017-18 has been allocated; and whether it is capital or revenue expenditure.
      (226878)
357 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March to Question 225879, if he will publish an updated business case for (a) phase 1, (b) phase 2 and (c) the whole of the High Speed 2 project.
      (227106)
358 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of support provided by (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail to the Rail Industry Planning Group was in each year from 2010-11 to date.
      (226905)
359 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of support provided by (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail to the Route Investment Review Groups was in each year from 2010-11 to date.
      (226907)
360 N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Freightliner, (b) Maersk, (c) Forth Ports and (d) Hutchison Port Holdings on the viability of the rail freight line between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports.
     [R] (226896)
361 N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail on the status of the rail freight line between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports (a) in Control Period 5 and (b) under the Freight Utilisation Strategy.
     [R] (226897)
362 N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what volume of freight was moved on the rail freight line between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports in each of the last 10 financial years for which figures are available; how many road freight journeys would have been required to move that volume in each of those years; and how many extra gallons of fuel a modal switch from rail to road would have used in each of those years.
     [R] (226898)
363 N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an environmental impact assessment of the rail freight line between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports.
     [R] (226899)
364 N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the potential effect on (a) jobs and (b) skills in the rail freight industry of Genesee & Wyoming's acquisition of a 95 per cent stake in Freightliner.
     [R] (227166)
365 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of pets found dead near roads whose owners were identified by the Highways Agency in each year since May 2010; and how many of those owners were informed that their pets had been found.
      (227113)
366 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) number and (b) proportion of accidents was on UK roads that involved non-UK registered (i) lorries and (ii) other vehicles in each year between 2010 and 2014.
      (226814)
367  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227159)
368  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227344)
369  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of his Department's projects and enterprises Macquarie Bank has financed or invested in since May 2010; and how much it has invested in each such projected enterprise.
      (227247)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
370  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227161)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
371  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in the Government Equalities Office reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227154)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
372 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of parents expected to claim universal credit once that benefit is fully rolled out.
      (227110)
373 N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent forecast is of how many jobcentres will have universal credit available to all parents, both in and out of work, in April 2016.
      (227360)
374 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent forecast he has made of the number of parents with children who will be claiming universal credit in April 2016.
      (226980)
375 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent forecast he has made of the number of parents with children who will be claiming income support in April 2016.
      (226981)
376 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent forecast he has made of the number of parents with children who will be claiming housing benefit in April 2016.
      (226982)
377 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent forecast he has made of the number of parents with children who will be claiming employment and support allowance in April 2016.
      (226983)
378 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of employment and support allowance appeals (a) nationwide, (b) in the West Midlands and (c) in Coventry in each of the last five years.
      (227358)
379 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) original forecast of expenditure savings and (b) actual expenditure savings were from the reassessment of incapacity benefit claims since 2010.
      (227145)
380 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2015 to Question 226635, how much of the £1 billion allocated to the Youth Contract has been spent to date.
      (227315)
381 N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming discretionary housing payments in the London Borough of Southwark have had their claim rejected because funding was unavailable in the last 12 months.
      (227134)
382  
Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who claimed jobseeker's allowance (JSA) at some point during the year were subject to a JSA sanction in that year in (a) Stourbridge Jobcentre and (b) Stourbridge constituency in each of the last five years.
      (227338)
383  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
      (227162)
384  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Minister has made of the performance of his Department in meeting its targets relating to claims for Remploy Employment Services.
      (227165)
385  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of his Department's performance in meeting targets relating to individual personal independence payment claims.
      (227206)
386  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was for a decision to be made on payment of the under-occupancy penalty in each year since 2013.
      (227213)
387  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was for a decision to be made on a jobseeker's allowance claim in each year since 2010.
      (227214)
388  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was for a decision to be made on a personal independence payment claim in each year since 2010.
      (227215)
389  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of his Department's performance against targets on the processing of claims for jobseeker's allowance.
      (227217)
390  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of his Department's performance against targets on the processing of claims for employment and support allowance.
      (227218)
391  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a decision on a claim for Remploy Employment Services in each year from 2013 to date.
      (227336)
392  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a decision on a claim for employment support allowance in each year from 2013 to date.
      (227337)
393  
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the imposition of a three-year benefit sanction on the health of people subject to such sanctions.
      (227141)
394 N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings ministers held with officials from the Health and Safety Executive in the last 12 months.
      (226915)
395  
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support his Department provides to 18 and 19 year olds in employment who have never attended college or university.
      (227221)
396 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the merits of extending the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme to allow compensation to be paid to non-dependent children in the event of there being no dependent children or spouse to receive the payment.
      (227306)
397 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the merits of extending the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme to allow compensation to be paid to non-dependent children who were under 21 years of age at the time of the diagnosis of the deceased.
      (227307)
398 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, on which dates since May 2010 Ministers in his Department met a former Remploy employee.
      (226941)
399  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
      (227305)
400 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that claimants applying for mandatory reconsideration after being refused employment and support allowance should routinely be informed of the opportunity to provide additional evidence in support of their claim.
      (226880)
401 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that people whose applications for employment and support allowance are rejected should routinely be advised of the mandatory reconsideration procedure.
      (226881)
402 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of mandatory reconsiderations have been determined within two weeks.
      (226882)
403 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming employment and support allowance have been taken off that benefit after being found fit for work following a work capability assessment since October 2013; and how many such people have subsequently been awarded jobseeker's allowance.
      (226883)
404 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what responsibilities Jobcentre Plus advisers have to provide further help or information to claimants who present as being unable to afford sufficient food for them or their family.
      (226984)
405 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2015 to Question 226033, when he expects migration to Universal Credit to finish, assuming no change in the labour market outlook or the pace at which claims are migrated.
      (227264)
406 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the role and contribution is of local authorities in relation to the Work Programme.
      (227265)
407 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest stocktake of Work Programme sub-contractors.
      (227266)
408  
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance claimants in households with dependent children in Scotland received an adverse sanction decision by (i) level of sanction and (ii) number of children in the latest 12-month period for which data is available.
      (227436)
409  
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the number of conditionality referrals made by a Jobcentre Plus advisor being taken into account in their performance appraisal with their line manager.
      (227437)
410  
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of all appraisal documents used to monitor the performance of Jobcentre Plus jobseeker's allowance advisors.
      (227438)
411  
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has provided to Jobcentre Plus managers on the place of conditionality referrals in performance appraisals of jobseeker's allowance advisors.
      (227439)
412  
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on the level of rent arrears among claimants in the Inverness area.
      (227440)
413  
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Scotland likely to be affected by changes to universal credit made by the Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015.
      (227441)
414  
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226527, how much of the spending identified in each year related to marketing and media communication services for the (a) Welfare Reform Act 2012 and (b) Welfare Benefits Up-rating Act 2013.
      (227454)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
415  
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the Government's policy is on the digital single economy in the EU; and what further progress has been made on setting out the UK's position to the European Commission.
   [Transferred]  (227250)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
416  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value of (a) exports and (b) imports of digitally-traded goods and services was in the latest period for which figures are available.
   [Transferred]  (227231)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
417  
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small and medium-sized enterprises received money from the Funding for Lending Scheme in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014.
   [Transferred]  (227463)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
418  
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, of which country's intelligence agencies the official arrested in Turkey in connection with the British girls who ran away from home to join ISIS is a member; and if he will make a statement.
   [Transferred]  (227456)

Prepared 13th March 2015