Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 20 March 2015
Notes:
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Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 20 March 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 20 March 2015
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.
For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Attorney General, how many dedicated staff there are to deal with domestic violence cases at each Crown Prosecution Service office in the North West.
(228086)
2
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Attorney General, whether there is a point of contact for members of the public who wish to help the Serious Fraud Office investigation into GlaxoSmithKline.
(228186)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the merits of siting the new Energy Systems Catapult project in Devon, Cornwall or Somerset.
(227988)
4
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the level of funding his Department will provide to further education colleges for the provision of adult education in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
(227789)
5
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many technology businesses were supported by the UK Trade & Investment Global Entrepreneur Programme to relocate to the UK in each of the last 10 years.
(228056)
6
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has invested in start-up accelerators and incubators in each of the last five years.
(228057)
7
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to address the adult skills gap in Pendle and East Lancashire.
(228059)
8
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills of 25 November 2014, Official Report, column 257WH, what progress he has made on reviewing proposals to amend the Furniture and Furnishing (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988.
(228089)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
9
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) how many people and (b) what proportion of the workforce were employed on zero hours contracts in (i) York Central constituency, (ii) City of York local authority area, (iii) England and (iv) the UK in 2010 and each subsequent year; and what the average number of hours worked each week by such people was in each such year.
(227990)
10
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new business start-ups by women there were in Pendle constituency in each of the last five years.
(228174)
11
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new business start-ups there have been in (a) Pendle constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West since May 2010.
(228217)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
12
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been in net annual income for a person earning £24,000 gross per annum as a result of changes to personal allowances and national insurance contributions since 2010.
(227866)
13
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a response to the 38 Degrees petition calling for active Government support for community energy co-operatives.
(228195)
14
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Financial Conduct Authority does not use the definition agreed by the International Labour Organisation of a co-operative society.
(228196)
15
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend eligibility for the Enterprise Industrial Scheme by two years to all co-operative energy suppliers.
(228197)
16
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to clarify when measures in the Autumn Statement 2014 which relate to the tax treatment of UK community energy co-operatives will take effect.
(228198)
17
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic effect of the tax incentives introduced since 2010; and what criteria the Government uses to assess the real economic value of tax incentives.
(227751)
18
N
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Government intends to promote take-up of the tax-free childcare scheme; and what budget he is allocating for that purpose.
(227984)
19
N
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects registration for the tax-free childcare scheme to open; and when the first payments under that scheme will be delivered.
(227985)
20
N
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what performance indicators he has agreed with NS&I for the delivery of tax-free childcare; how often NS&I will be benchmarked against those indicators; and what penalties he has agreed for poor performance against those indicators.
(227986)
21
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the median weekly rent in the private rented sector in Blackpool South constituency was in (a) May 2010 and (b) February 2015.
(227927)
22
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Pendle constituency had their income tax reduced as a result of personal allowance increases since May 2010.
(228200)
23
N
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there is a lower corporation tax limit for clubs, voluntary organisations and charities below which such organisations are not required to submit corporation tax returns.
(227983)
24
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2015 to Question 225717, if he will request that the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority report on their performance in relation to sustainable growth in their annual reports.
(228181)
25
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date does he plan to grant the Green Investment Bank powers to borrow from the private capital markets.
(228182)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
26
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in Blackpool South constituency were on local authority housing waiting lists in (a) May 2010 and (b) February 2015.
(227928)
27
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were built (a) for rent and (b) for purchase in Blackpool South constituency in each year from 2010 to 2015.
(227929)
28
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families were recorded as living in overcrowded conditions in Blackpool South constituency in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent date for which data is available.
(227930)
29
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that the Better Care Fund helps councils provide services faster and with improved value for money.
(228088)
30
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the local economic benefits arising from the small business rate relief scheme.
(228090)
31
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's announcement, Government delivers on parking promises to help local shops, published on 6 March 2015, if he will take further steps to ensure that local authority parking schemes are more advantageous to motorists.
(228091)
32
N
Sir John Stanley
(Tonbridge and Malling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many private and public sector housing completions there were in England in each year from 1985 up to the latest year for which figures are available.
(227732)
33
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
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 be affected by the planned reduction in business rates in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in 2015-16.
(228218)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
34
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representations to FIFA on reducing deaths among workers constructing stadia and infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
(227864)
35
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) residential and (b) commercial properties that will be in complete mobile not-spots in the period 2015 to 2018.
(228152)
36
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the (a) major road network and (b) rail network that will be in complete not-spots in the period 2015 to 2018.
(228153)
37
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with mobile network operators on complete not-spots in Great Britain not covered by the agreement announced on 18 December 2014.
(228154)
38
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with mobile network operators on complete not-spots where sites are not eligible for Mobile Infrastructure Project funding.
(228155)
39
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the roll-out of 4G to areas of Great Britain that are complete or partial not-spots since the agreement with the mobile network operators announced on 18 December 2014.
(228156)
40
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Ofcom decisions have been subject to the most appeals in each year since 2003.
(228048)
41
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to introduce arrangements for broadband and landline providers gaining a customer to lead the switching process.
(228049)
42
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of customers who switched between mobile phone providers in each year for which data is available.
(228050)
43
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Ofcom decisions were subject to (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful on the merits appeals in each year for which data is available.
(228051)
44
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions each communication provider has asked for an on the merit review of an Ofcom decision in each year for which data is available.
(228052)
45
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
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) Pendle constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
(228173)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
46
N
Dan Byles
(North Warwickshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any recent study has been made of the value for money and operation of the Reserve Forces and Cadets' Associations.
(227987)
47
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress is being made by the RAF on recruitment to the Northern Ireland University Air Squadron.
(227862)
48
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on RAF participation in and support for the Northern Ireland Airshow at Portrush in September 2015.
(227863)
49
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the (a) withdrawal from Afghanistan and (b) environmental clean-up in Afghanistan has cost to date; and how much has been spent on each element of each cost.
(228110)
50
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2015 to Question 226869, for what reasons the Answer stated that approval for the Maritime Heritage Foundation to manage the site of HMS Victory 1744 has not been removed, when in his letter of 27 February 2015 to Lord Lingfield he stated that he had decided to withdraw that approval.
(227989)
51
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NHS staff have joined the reserves in each service in each year since 2010.
(228225)
52
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many companies received financial payments when reserve employees were called up for duty in each year since 2013; and what the total amount was of such payments.
(228226)
53
N
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3 of Annex F of MAA RA 1210, how and when he expects the validity of Tornado GR4 ALARP statement to be decided by the appropriate court.
(227978)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
54
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he intends to reply to the letter to him of 21 October 2014 from the hon. Member for Oxford East, reference TF/TAYL01013/01131611.
(228179)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
55
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost per hour of childcare was (a) in a nursery and (b) with a child minder in (i) York Central constituency, (ii) City of York local authority area and (iii) England in 2010 and each subsequent year.
(227993)
56
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to update the data contained in its publications of Capital funding for open free schools and Revenue expenditure for free schools before the dissolution of Parliament.
(227867)
57
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many specialist teachers of (a) art, (b) history, (c) English, (d) physical education and (e) drama taught mathematics in state secondary schools in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13 and (v) 2013-14.
(227868)
58
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many planning areas in England are in need of additional primary school places by September 2015; in how many of those planning areas there has never been an application to open a primary or all-through mainstream free school; and how many of these planning areas have no open primary or all-through mainstream free schools.
(227869)
59
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2015 to Question 226295, what assessment her Department has made of the appropriateness of decisions taken by individual awarding organisations on the future of particular A levels; and what guidance she provided to those organisations on that issue.
(228127)
60
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the money disbursed from the budget for her Department's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme has been allocated to (a) practice and (b) evaluation of practice funded by that Programme in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15 to date.
(228122)
61
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been disbursed from the budget for her Department's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date.
(228123)
62
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
(South Shields):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the money disbursed from the budget of her Department's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme has been allocated to organisations in the (a) public, (b) private and (c) voluntary sectors in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15 to date.
(228124)
63
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will update her guidance to schools on the release of reports and other information on the educational progress of pupils to non-resident parents; and if she will make a statement.
(227792)
64
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free child care places there were in Lancashire in each of the last 10 years.
(228061)
65
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what date she plans for schools to be sent sample assessment materials for the new GCSE mathematics examination; and if she will make a statement.
(228183)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
66
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the change in levels of fuel usage in the last 10 years due to greater household energy efficiency.
(227865)
67
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 total systems cost of meeting the 2020 target for emissions reduction from electricity generation using (a) conventional fuels and (b) non-conventional fuels.
(227752)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
68
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from farmers required to submit single farm payment applications online on concerns related to poor broadband speeds and access in rural areas.
(227790)
69
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons farmers are currently unable to register online for the new single farm payment application.
(227791)
70
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of trichomoniasis in pigeons.
(228015)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
71
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to leaders in South Sudan on the recent abduction of children from a school in Malakal.
(228185)
72
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has taken a position on the viability of forthcoming elections in Sudan; and what discussions he has had with his Sudanese counterpart on ensuring that conditions are met for those elections to be free and fair.
(228073)
73
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of levels of political freedoms in eastern Sudan.
(228078)
74
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Houthi rebellion in Yemen on stability in the Middle East.
(228175)
75
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the operational capability of Al Qaeda in Yemen.
(228176)
76
John Pugh
(Southport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of Shaker Aamer's continued detention in Guantanamo in light of the Government's on going celebration of Magna Carta.
(228019)
77
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the report Rape as torture in the DRC, published by Freedom from Torture in June 2014.
(228161)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
78
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings Ministers of his Department have held with external organisations to discuss the efficacy of homeopathy in healthcare since 2010.
(227793)
79
N
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received since 2010 on the efficacy of astrology in healthcare.
(227794)
80
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department and NHS England are taking to accelerate the access of hepatitis C patient to interferon-free medicines; and what estimate he has made of the number of patients who will commence treatment with such medicines in 2015.
(228063)
81
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is subject to the general equality duty under the Equality Act 2010.
(228219)
82
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for cancer test results (a) at York Hospital and (b) in England in 2009-10 and each subsequent year.
(227991)
83
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for elective inpatient or day-case treatment at York Hospital (a) overall and (b) in each speciality in 2009-10 and each subsequent year.
(227992)
84
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the final report by PwC on the financial challenge facing the NHS in Devon, which was completed in August 2014.
(227753)
85
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had with NHS England on the increasing financial deficit in NHS organisations in Devon.
(227754)
86
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw
(Exeter):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS England on potential intervention measures to address financial problems in the NHS in Devon; what criteria will be used to decide on the timing of the application of such measures; and whether he expects the application of such measures to be affected by the timing of the general election.
(227795)
87
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans Barts and the London NHS Trust has for neuromuscular care co-ordinator support to meet the neurosciences: specialised neurology (adult) service specification.
(228126)
88
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place to monitor side-effects resulting from women's use of emergency hormonal contraception.
(227923)
89
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has considered on the long-term effects of repeat use of emergency hormonal contraception on women's health.
(227924)
90
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the long-term effects on women's health of emergency hormonal contraception given without (a) prescription and (b) monitoring multiple use.
(227925)
91
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has conducted or commissioned research into whether there is a link between the promotion of hormonal contraceptives in teenage pregnancy reduction schemes and levels of sexually transmitted infections in young people.
(227926)
92
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the assertion that there is some evidence that emergency hormonal contraception schemes are associated with higher teenage conception rates, in the article, The impact of emergency birth control on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, by Professor David Paton of the Nottingham University Business School, published in the Journal of Health Economics in March 2011.
(227979)
93
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS beds per 100,000 people were provided for mental health patients in each of the last 10 years.
(228125)
94
Sir Edward Garnier
(Harborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with University Hospitals of Leicester Trust on steps to ensure that patients with complex respiratory issues have access to specialist physiotherapy.
(228079)
95
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been of implementing the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
(228045)
96
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and each of its non-departmental public bodies has spent on vacant properties since May 2010.
(228046)
97
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which properties in the NHS estate his Department has identified as being surplus to requirements.
(228047)
98
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the real terms budget of NHS Protect was in each of the last five years.
(228128)
99
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average annual cost to the NHS of overpayments to suppliers caused by fraud or error.
(228129)
100
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staffing reviews of NHS foundation trusts Monitor has undertaken in each of the last five years.
(228220)
101
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the cost savings from reductions in NHS management since 2010 have been part of his Department's QIPP savings programme.
(228221)
102
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new licences Monitor has granted to a non-NHS provider in each year since 2010.
(228222)
103
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-NHS providers have registered with the Care Quality Commission in each year since 2010.
(228223)
104
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors were employed by (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and (b) Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
(228083)
105
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed by (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and (b) Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
(228084)
106
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives were employed by (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and (b) Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
(228085)
107
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve adult outreach services from King's College Hospital to the South East Coast region.
(228130)
108
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with Nottingham University Hospital Trust steps to ensure that patients have access to specialist physiotherapy.
(228064)
109
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges and the British Medical Association about possible links between use of the contraceptive pill and Crohn's disease.
(228011)
110
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of incidents in which a pregnant mother was told that her baby was dead but it subsequently proved to be alive in each of the last five years.
(228013)
111
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the NHS to introduce titanium splints to stabilise rib fractures.
(228014)
112
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges and the British Medical Association about steps to reduce excessive usage of aspirin leading to internal bleeding or strokes.
(228017)
113
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in each age group who have suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome in each of the last five years.
(228018)
114
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to access (a) a specialist IBD nurse, (b) specialist dietetic support and (c) defined psychological support.
(228148)
115
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding there has been from the public purse for research into treatment of (a) Crohn's disease and (b) ulcerative colitis in the last five years.
(228177)
116
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to providers and commissioners on the NICE Quality Standard on inflammatory bowel disease.
(228178)
117
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to meet the psychological needs of those with (a) inflammatory bowel disease and (b) other long-term health conditions.
(228180)
118
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of Community First Responders supporting ambulance responses in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) East Lancashire.
(228058)
119
N
Mr Charles Walker
(Broxbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under 18 years of age have been treated in NHS-funded mental health units for cannabis-induced psychosis in each of the last five years.
(227980)
120
N
Mr Charles Walker
(Broxbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is to the NHS of caring for people suffering from (a) addiction to skunk cannabis and (b) mental or physical ill-health as a result of the use of skunk cannabis in each of the last five years.
(227981)
121
N
Mr Charles Walker
(Broxbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under 18 years of age have been referred to addiction treatment services in each of the last five years.
(227982)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
122
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2015 to Question 220089, what assessment her Department has made of the UK's compliance with the provisions of the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention; and if she will make a statement.
(228224)
123
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dedicated staff there were at each rank dealing with domestic violence at each police station in Lancashire in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
(228087)
124
N
Mr Steve Reed
(Croydon North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State for Crime Prevention of 23 February 2015 in the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, Official Report, column 6, what estimate her Department has made in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice, of the costs of implementation and additional costs arising from commencement of injunctions to prevent nuisance or annoyance; and if she will make a statement.
(227922)
125
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to implement the recommendations in the report, Rape as torture in the DRC, published by Freedom from Torture in June 2014.
(228160)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
126
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of humanitarian conditions in eastern Sudan.
(228072)
127
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to implement the recommendations in the report, Rape as torture in the DRC, published by Freedom from Torture in June 2014.
(228159)
128
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the Nigerian general elections on 28 March 2015.
(228060)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
129
John Hemming
(Birmingham, Yardley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of licence recalls activated during the (a) licence and (b) supervision period for the Community Rehabilitation Company service in Birmingham, Yardley constituency.
(228194)
130
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners there were in HM Prison Preston in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
(228080)
131
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of theft in (a) Preston constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
(228184)
132
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds his Department allocated to contractors to manage each privately-run prison in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
(227750)
133
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take to assist local contractors in the tendering process for work at HM Prison Wrexham.
(228121)
134
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of powers under the Immigration Act 2014 to stop criminals using family life arguments to delay deportation.
(228149)
135
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what best practice his Department has learnt from leading the EU-funded Serious Offending by Mobile European Criminals project.
(228150)
136
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department publishes on assisting young and vulnerable victims and witnesses to give evidence in court.
(228151)
137
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of GPS tagging on the efficacy of monitoring of offenders released on probation.
(228158)
138
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of women in prison have been victims of (a) domestic violence and (b) sexual abuse.
(228055)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
139
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what forecast his Department has made of the number of passengers from each London transport zone who will board or leave High Speed 2 (HS2) trains in London in each phase of HS2; and what forecast he has made of the number and proportion of such passengers who will so board or leave at Euston.
(228005)
140
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) surveys, (b) modelling or (c) other methods his Department used to calculate the distribution across London transport zones of High Speed 2 passengers; and whether figures used for such calculations were of mainline or other passengers.
(228006)
141
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a map showing the assumed origin and destination overground, underground or mainline station in London used to predict the passenger use of Euston and Old Oak Common.
(228007)
142
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what formula his Department used to calculate the likely distribution of use between Euston and Old Oak Common of passengers from each London transport zone; and how his Department determined the inputs for that formula.
(228008)
143
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what forecast his Department has made of the number of passengers who will use High Speed 2 in (a) the year after the opening of Phase 1, (b) the year after the opening of Phase 2 and (c) the last year of the planning period; and how many passengers in each such period his Department forecasts will use (i) Euston and (ii) Old Oak Common station to board or leave the train.
(228009)
144
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reason is for the changes planned to High Level Output Statement resource DEL expenditure classified under Other Railways in 2015-16.
(228020)
145
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs his Department supports (a) directly and (b) indirectly in the supply chain in (i) the North West, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) Preston constituency.
(228081)
146
N
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level of punctuality was for Southern and Thameslink passenger rail services running into London in the last 12 months.
(227788)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
147
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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.
(228062)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
148
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area had their housing allowance abated because of the under-occupancy penalty in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
(227994)
149
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people have entered employment following participation in the Work Programme in (a) Pendle, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West to date.
(228041)
150
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Pendle who do not have a bank account.
(228042)
151
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the progress and effectiveness of the Disability Confident campaign in Lancashire.
(228043)
152
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the benefit cap on rates of employment in (a) Pendle, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
(228044)
153
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have found employment through (a) the Work Programme, (b) the Youth Contract and (c) an apprenticeship in Pendle in each year since 2010.
(228053)
154
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been assessed by the Work Programme in (a) Pendle, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West to date.
(228054)
155
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff were put on a performance improvement plan as a result of making (a) too few and (b) too many sanction referrals in each of the last five years.
(228132)
156
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been claimed in (a) short-term benefit advances and (b) hardship payments in each of the last 12 months.
(228133)
157
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on worker exposure to diesel fumes during roadworks.
(228166)
158
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made for (a) short-term benefit advances and (b) hardship payments in each of the last 12 months.
(228172)
159
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of (a) the review to Government by Liz Sayce titled Getting in, staying in and getting on, published in June 2011 and (b) the expert panel chaired by Mike Adams in 2013 on Access to Work.
(228188)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
160
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many incidents of shoplifting and theft from shops were reported to police in (a) Preston constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
[Transferred]
(228082)
161
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the workforce was paid no more than the minimum wage in (a) Huddersfield, (b) Kirklees, (c) Yorkshire, (d) London, (e) England and (f) the UK in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]
(228092)
162
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the workforce was paid at least the living wage in (a) Huddersfield, (b) Kirklees, (c) Yorkshire, (d) London, (e) England and (f) the UK in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]
(228157)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
163
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK has provided to Vanuatu in dealing with the aftermath of the recent cyclone.
[Transferred]
(228012)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
164
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce accidental deaths on farms and (b) improve safety in the vicinity of slurry pits.
[Transferred]
(228016)