Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 25 March 2015

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.


Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Wednesday 25 March 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Wednesday 25 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.

Wednesday 25 March  
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 228233, during the 15 inspections in February how many breaches of the national minimum wage were identified following each business inspection; and what remedies have been sought for employees following each such inspection.
      (228733)
2  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 228233, how the increased resources for the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in this financial year have been allocated.
      (228734)
3  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 228233, what additional staffing the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate has allocated to conduct targeted enforcement action in high risk areas.
      (228735)
4  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 228233, which potential breaches of the (a) Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 and (b) Employment Agencies Act 1973 were identified in the inspections of employment businesses conducted by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in February 2015.
      (228736)
5  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 228233, what the most common breaches of obligations under the (a) Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 and (b) Employment Agencies Act 1973 identified by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate are.
      (228737)
6  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 228233 and the Written Statement of 4 November 2013, Official Report, 1WS, if he will ensure that staff seconded from the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS) to HM Revenue and Customs will be returned to EAS.
      (228738)
7  
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for the funding of adult skills in (a) the South East and (b) Eastbourne constituency is for (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
      (228643)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
8 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent Civil Service jobs there were (a) in total and (b) in each government department and its agencies in (i) the City of York, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber, (iii) England and (iv) the UK (A) in May 2010 and (B) at the latest date for which figures are available.
      (228620)
9 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died as a result of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15.
      (228590)
10 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government has to promote opendata and data sharing; and whether he plans to conduct a review of data sharing.
      (228603)
11 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many providers took part in the GOV.UK Verify trial; and how many such providers will be in place when that scheme is rolled out across central Government.
      (228638)
12 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people had been diagnosed with a brain tumour, including all intercranial tumours, in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland on the last date for which figures are available.
      (228535)
13 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many prime-time television advertising slots the Government has purchased in each of the last 12 months; and what the cost was in each such case.
      (228619)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
14 N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the decision of the Financial Conduct Authority to withdraw from the Connaught Income Fund Series 1 settlement negotiations.
      (228573)
15 N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will request the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure that its investigation into the Connaught Income Fund Series 1 will result in adequate compensation for investors in that fund; and if he will request a timescale for the payment of such compensation.
      (228574)
16 N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the Connaught Income Fund Series 1 settlement negotiations.
      (228575)
17 N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 225793, for what reason the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency imposes a five per cent surcharge on people who pay by monthly direct debit, but does not do so on people who pay by annual direct debit.
      (228622)
18 N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an (a) environmental impact and (b) environmental sustainability assessment of Budget 2015, HC 1093.
      (228439)
19 N
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the future of HM Revenue and Customs' offices at Swansea; and if he will make a statement.
      (228548)
20 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where he plans digital tax accounts will be held; how he plans to protect such accounts against cyber attacks; and what safeguards he plans to put in place for those accounts to protect privacy.
      (228639)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
21 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to visit York before the General Election.
      (228607)
22 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council houses have been sold in (a) London and (b) each London borough since 2010.
      (228550)
23 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government plans to invest in affordable housing in the South East of England between 2015 and 2020; and how many affordable homes he forecasts will be built in that region in that period.
      (228536)
24 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government has spent on affordable housing in (a) England, (b) the South East, (c) Surrey and (d) Elmbridge in each year since 2005.
      (228549)
25  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on introducing a statutory duty on the fire and rescue service to respond to major flooding; and if he will make a statement.
      (228650)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
26  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what research reports his Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 have not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
      (228819)
27 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will request that the Natural History Museum stops its practice of gender-specific marketing of toys.
      (228563)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
28 N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) discussions, (b) meetings and (c) other communications she has had with the Tauheedul Education Trust since 13 February 2015 on the application for change of use from offices to state funded school for Universal House, 35-37 London Road, Preston.
      (228552)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
29  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Treasury's announcement entitled Chancellor intervenes to honour fuel allowance benefits of ex-miners, published on 15 November 2013, how many former miners who worked in private-sector mines are in receipt of the concessionary fuel allowance as a result of that announcement.
      (228649)
30  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) employment and (b) the economy in (i) Fife and (ii) Scotland of the possible closure of Longannet power station.
      (228817)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
31 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Rural Payments Agency claimed under the European School Milk Scheme in each year since 2005.
      (228611)
32 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that animal products originating in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory are not imported into the UK with sanitary or phytosanitary certification issued by the Israeli authorities; and when those steps were taken.
      (228634)
33 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what independent veterinary evidence she has sought from outside her Department on the effects on badger cubs of moving the proposed badger cull from autumn 2015 to June 2015.
      (228616)
34 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of additional (a) badger cubs and (b) adult badgers that will be killed as a result of moving the proposed badger cull from autumn 2015 to June 2015.
      (228617)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
35 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Bahrain concerning the cases of Nabeel Rajab and Hussain Jawad and other human rights activists charged with expression-related offences.
      (228630)
36 N
Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which five recruitment agencies have received the largest amount of money from (a) his Department and (b) associated bodies since 2010.
      (228379)
37 N
Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the Minister for Europe has met with (a) the President of the European Commission, (b) Vice Presidents of the European Commission, (c) the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and (d) European Commissioners since January 2014.
      (228380)
38 N
Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times he has met with (a) the President of the European Commission, (b) Vice Presidents of the European Commission, (c) the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and (d) European Commissioners since July 2014.
      (228381)
39 N
Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been paid to recruitment agencies by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies in each year since 2010.
      (228440)
40  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to secure the release of Raif Badawi and Alaa Abdel Fattah.
      (228725)
41 N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Defence Attaché in post in the British Embassy in Ukraine was aware when the Government gave export licence approval in December 2014 for the export of 75 Saxon Armoured Personnel Carriers to Ukraine that they might be armed on their arrival in Ukraine; and what steps were taken by the British Embassy in Ukraine to inform the Government of this possibility.
      (228444)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
42 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and which police forces directly refer people with mental health problems into primary mental health services.
      (228604)
43 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether face-down physical restraint is included in the list of never ever events that must be reported to the Strategic Executive Information System.
      (228605)
44 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts across the country have a youth advisory partnership group or similar engagement provision for young people using services.
      (228606)
45 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 27 February 2015 to Questions 225235 and 225238, by what process NHS England is developing the interim commissioning policies referred to in those Answers; whether funding has been allocated to support those policies; and whether those policies have been discussed by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group.
      (228635)
46 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many recorded episodes of births before admission there were in each year since 2009-10.
      (228637)
47  
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research reports his Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 have not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
      (228818)
48  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the performance criteria are against which 999 ambulance call handlers are assessed.
      (228640)
49  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times ambulances were diverted from (a) Red 1 Call responses and (b) Red 2 Call responses in (i) England and (ii) the North East Ambulance Service area in the last 12 months.
      (228641)
50 N
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of NHS dental services in Clacton constituency.
      (228001)
51 N
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the response time performance was of the East of England Ambulance Service in the last six months.
      (228004)
52  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of cancer patients received (a) intensity modulated and (b) stereotactic radiotherapy in the most recent month for which figures are available.
      (228690)
53  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for general practice were (a) commissioned and (b) filled in 2014-15 to date.
      (228691)
54  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his contribution of 13 May 2013, Official Report, column 351, on health and social care, in what year he plans to end the ability of GPs to opt out of providing out-of-hours care.
      (228692)
55  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the NHS Improving Quality Programme recommendation of the use of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression devices in stroke units to prevent potentially fatal blood clots in patients who have suffered stroke.
      (228723)
56  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will recommend to NICE that it updates the EQ5D methodology to better represent meaningful quality of life measures used in assessing cost-effectiveness for interventions that could affect the long-term survival of stroke patients with associated disability.
      (228724)
57 N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide funding to the Nursing and Midwifery Council to enable it to avoid increasing annual registration fees for registered nurses.
      (228551)
58 N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2015 to Question 223927, if he will review the range of data collected centrally within his Department and the subjects of Parliamentary Questions received by his Department in the present Parliament to ensure that a higher proportion of hon. Members' Questions can be answered with substantive information.
      (228557)
59 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were recorded on a general practice register with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15.
      (228588)
60 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of stay in hospital was for people with a primary diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15.
      (228589)
61 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on the prescription of drugs to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the NHS in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15.
      (228591)
62 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has allocated to development of new drugs and treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15.
      (228612)
63  
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the equality implications of making human papilloma virus vaccination available to men who have sex with men between the ages of 16 and 40, while women over the age of 18 are not able to access the vaccine.
      (228642)
64  
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department and NHS England have taken to ensure that Grade 5 training opportunities are available for midwives.
      (228694)
65  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to commit to the referral of ultra-orphan drugs to NICE Highly Specialised Technologies; and if he will give a target date for this action.
      (228646)
66  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to help early diagnosis of (a) lysosomal acid lipase deficiency and (b) other very rare diseases; and what research his Department has commissioned into innovative medicines for ultra-rare diseases which have a substantial medical impact.
      (228647)
67 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the last deep clean of hospitals in the NHS took place.
      (228610)
68 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on introducing hourly ward rounds for nurses; how those rounds will be monitored and recorded; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect on staff time of such recording.
      (228618)
69 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set a target date by which all GP-registered patients in England will be able to access a GP, 8am to 8pm, seven days a week.
      (228628)
70  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of NICE's decision not to appraise the drug ponatinib for chronic myeloid leukaemia; and if he will make a statement.
      (228644)
71  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the drugs available for chronic myeloid leukaemia patients who are intolerant or resistant to tyrosine-kinase inhibitor therapies.
      (228645)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
72 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of landlord immigration checks in the private rented sector on landlords' willingness to rent.
      (228629)
73 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of landlord immigration checks on non-EEA residents trying to rent, who have entered the UK on temporary documents and are waiting for a biometric residence permit.
      (228633)
74 N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the date was of each meeting of the Sexual Violence Against Children and Vulnerable Adults National Task Force since it was set up; and which government departments (a) were invited to and (b) attended each such meeting.
      (228587)
75 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers served in the Blackpool Constabulary on (a) 1 March 2010 and (b) 1 March 2015; and how many such officers were categorised as front-line staff.
      (228625)
76 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average response time to a 999 call was for police services in the Blackpool Constabulary area in each year from 2010 to 2015 to date.
      (228626)
77 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of reports of violent crime in the Blackpool Constabulary area led to a prosecution in each year from 2010 to 2015 to date.
      (228627)
78 N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizens of Islamic countries have been refused visas when attempting to enter the UK to attend academic conferences in each year since 2010.
      (228595)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
79 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value is of contracts her Department holds with (a) Adam Smith International, (b) PwC and (c) KPMG.
      (228533)
80 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answers of 19 and 22 January 2015 to Questions 220652, 220623, 221273 and 221277, how much has been spent on the Economic Development Strategy in 2014-15 to date.
      (228534)
81  
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 221760, what assessment she has made of the ability of Syria's neighbouring countries to manage the safety and security of (a) Syrian refugees with urgent medical needs, children and victims of torture and sexual violence and (b) other Syrian refugees.
      (228693)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
82 N
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge, (b) date, (c) period of committal and (d) court was of each court order issued by courts in Leeds for contempt of court since November 2014.
      (228034)
83 N
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge, (b) date, (c) period of committal and (d) court was of each court order issued by courts in Manchester for contempt of court since November 2014.
      (228035)
84 N
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge, (b) date, (c) period of committal and (d) court was of each court order issued by courts in Sheffield for contempt of court since November 2014.
      (228036)
85 N
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge, (b) date, (c) period of committal and (d) court was of each court order issued by courts in Bristol for contempt of court since November 2014.
      (228037)
86 N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in Preston constituency are currently appealing against refusal of employment and support allowance.
      (228553)
87  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department issues on the use of local contractors in tendering processes.
      (228651)
Questions to the Prime Minister
88 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to visit York before 7 May 2015.
      (228609)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
89 N
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will direct Network Rail to limit the amount of weekend track improvement work on the London Liverpool Street to Clacton line.
      (228002)
90 N
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether central government funding has been made available to Clacton constituency for the repair of potholes.
      (228003)
91 N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review compensation arrangements for passengers using Southern Railway's Metro line who have been affected by the recent disruption to rail services at London Bridge station.
      (228632)
92 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times national rail stations were closed because of overcrowding in each year since 2010.
      (228537)
93 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisation holds the franchise for each London bus route.
      (228538)
94 N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how long is half of the road carriageway area of the Humber Bridge to be cordoned off; and for what reason that cordoning has taken place.
      (227856)
95 N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to instruct Network Rail to resolve the land ownership issues at Honeybourne railway station.
      (228378)
96  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2015 to Question 227614, if he will publish the Counter Fraud Committee's reports to the Audit Committee of the Highways Agency.
      (228719)
97  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2015 to Question 227614, how frequently the Counter Fraud Committee submits reports to the Audit Committee of the Highways Agency.
      (228720)
98  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2015 to Question 227614, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the remit and powers of the Audit Committee of the Highways Agency.
      (228721)
99  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2015 to Question 227614, when the Counter Fraud Committee of the Highways Agency was created.
      (228722)
100  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many formal grievances were raised against each office of the Highways Agency's North of England management team in each year since 2006.
      (228726)
101  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many investigations of grievances raised against the Highways Agency's North of England management team in each year since 2006 (a) were found in favour of the complainant, (b) were found in favour of the Highways Agency, (c) are unresolved and (d) are yet to conclude.
      (228727)
102  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average, (b) shortest and (c) longest time taken to conclude investigations of grievances made against the Highways Agency's North of England management team was in each year between 2006 and 2014.
      (228728)
103  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidelines he has set out for the Highways Agency on that body's process for completing grievance investigations.
      (228729)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
104 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will hold discussions with the Natural History Museum on targeting boys and girls equally.
      (228562)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
105 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet the Chairman of the Trussell Trust before 7 May 2015.
      (228608)
106 N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of payments for each type of benefit not paid as a result of sanctions against individual claimants in each year since 2010-11 in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the City of York; and how many claimants were sanctioned in each such year in each such area.
      (228621)
107 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average housing benefit paid in (a) Islington, (b) Greater London and (c) England was for tenants of (i) council property, (ii) housing associations and (iii) the private sector in each of the last three years.
      (228631)
108 N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants in Preston constituency are currently sanctioned.
      (228554)
109 N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants in Preston constituency are currently sanctioned.
      (228555)
110 N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preston constituency claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance currently have court costs, fines and victim surcharges deducted from their benefits.
      (228556)
111 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of spending on the development of the Universal Credit digital service in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2015-16, (d) 2017-18, (e) 2018-19 and (f) 2019-20.
      (228592)
112 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times ministers or officials from his Department visited Wales since April 2012 to discuss the Jobs Growth Wales programme.
      (228593)
113 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what liaison his Department has had with HM Revenue and Customs since June 2011 to ensure that companies accepting Work Programme participants pay National Minimum Wage.
      (228594)
114 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 227535, how much his Department has spent on funding work clubs since April 2012.
      (228596)
115 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people waited more than (a) one month, (b) two months and (c) three months for a decision on their employment and support allowance claim in each year since May 2010.
      (228623)
116 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there is no gap in funding for refugees between the ending of Home Office support and the start of jobseeker's allowance payments.
      (228572)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
117  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Treasury's announcement entitled Chancellor intervenes to honour fuel allowance benefits of ex-miners, published on 15 November 2013, if he will place in the Library the full criteria used in making decisions on concessionary fuel payments for former miners who worked in private-sector mines; and how many former miners received concessionary fuel payments as a result of that announcement.
   [Transferred]  (228648)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
118  
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much revenue his Department has generated through the processing and issuing of temporary passports overseas to British nationals who had lost or had their passports stolen whilst abroad in each of the last five years.
   [Transferred]  (228730)
119  
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many temporary passports were issued by the British authorities in Spain to British nationals who had lost or had their passports stolen in each of the last five years.
   [Transferred]  (228731)
120  
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many temporary passports were issued overseas to British nationals who had lost or had their passports stolen whilst abroad in each of the last five years.
   [Transferred]  (228732)

Prepared 25th March 2015