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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 10 June 2014

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 Monday 9 June 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Tuesday 10 June 2014

For Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.

Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.

Tuesday 10 June  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
 
★ 1
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): What recent assessment he has made of the role of the Prime Minister's Challenge Fund in improving access to GP services.
    (904103)
★ 2
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): If he will commission a review of the safety of polypropylene transvaginal mesh implants.
    (904104)
★ 3
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What progress his Department has made in introducing a cap on care costs.
    (904105)
★ 4
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): What assessment he has made of the role of the comprehensive delivery dashboard in holding clinical commissioning groups accountable for their one-year cancer survival rates.
    (904106)
★ 5
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): If he will meet the Chair of the College of Emergency Medicine to discuss A&E units.
    (904107)
★ 6
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What recent assessment he has made of the performance of the A&E department at Kettering General Hospital.
    (904108)
★ 7
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What discussions he has had with NHS England on the future of the Cancer Drugs Fund.
    (904109)
★ 8
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): What steps his Department is taking to improve access to and standards of dental care.
    (904110)
★ 9
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What steps he is taking to ensure that whistle-blowers in the NHS are protected from (a) dismissal and (b) other punitive measures by their employers.
    (904111)
★ 10
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): What statistics his Department keeps on babies damaged by alcohol consumed in pregnancy; and if he will make a statement.
    (904112)
★ 11
Helen Jones (Warrington North): What steps he is taking to improve ambulance services.
    (904113)
★ 12
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on health outcomes of phasing out minimum practice income guarantee funding from GP practices in England.
    (904114)
★ 13
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What the planned timetable is for his Department's congenital heart disease review.
    (904115)
★ 14
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): If he will bring forward proposals to widen the range of services and treatments available in community hospitals in rural areas.
    (904116)
★ 15
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): What steps he plans to take to improve the provision of health services in the East Midlands.
    (904117)
★ 16
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of child and adolescent mental health services.
    (904118)
★ 17
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): What recent estimate he has made of the number of patients visiting A&E departments after having been unable to make an appointment with their GP.
    (904119)
★ 18
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): What steps his Department has taken to improve access to and standards of primary care.
    (904120)
★ 19
David Mowat (Warrington South): What recent discussions he has had on improving the fairness of the health allocation formula.
    (904121)
★ 20
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What assessment he has made of the effect on patient safety of prescription drug dispensing regulations.
    (904122)
★ 21
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What progress his Department has made in turning around failing hospitals.
    (904123)
★ 22
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): What assessment he has made of the conclusions of the Healthier Together review of health and care in Greater Manchester.
    (904124)
★ 23
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): What progress his Department has made in improving maternity and early years care.
    (904125)
★ 24
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): What support his Department provides to small rural hospitals in England to ensure that health services are available as close to the public as possible.
    (904126)
★ 25
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): What estimate he has made of the average length of time between diagnosis of a mental health condition and the commencement of talking therapies in the Greater Manchester area.
    (904127)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (904093)
★ 2
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak):  
    (904094)
★ 3
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):  
    (904095)
★ 4
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):  
    (904096)
★ 5
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire):  
    (904097)
★ 6
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):  
    (904098)
★ 7
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire):  
    (904099)
★ 8
David Rutley (Macclesfield):  
    (904100)
★ 9
Ian Swales (Redcar):  
    (904101)
★ 10
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith):  
    (904102)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 4 June

1
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the costs to local authorities of proposals to extend fines on letting agents who fail to publish their fees tariff in full.
    (199070)
2
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from local authorities about the extension of fines to letting agents who fail to publish their fees tariff in full.
    (199071)
3
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation he has had with local authorities about the extension of fines to letting agents who fail to publish their fees tariff in full.
    (199072)
4
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding each tenancy deposit protection scheme has received from the Government in each of the last 10 years.
    (199073)
5
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria are used to commission Ofsted to carry out spot inspections on schools.
    (199069)
6
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made by his Department's Justice for Vulnerable Road Users Working Group.
    (198917)

Notices given on Thursday 5 June

1
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what specialist one-to-one study skills support will be available for students with specific learning difficulties following the review of the disabled students allowance; and who will provide that support.
    (199301)
2
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 316W, on museums and galleries, what the financial contribution required from each institution in the museums and galleries sector is from the transfer in employers' contributions following the Cabinet Office review of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
    (199321)
3
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department are working on G Cloud.
    (199418)
4
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff (a) were employed by, (b) left and (c) joined the Government Procurement Services Commissioning Academy in each quarter since its introduction; how many students passed through the Commissioning Academy in each quarter; and what the average length was of courses taken by those students.
    (199431)
5
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on (a) the Cabinet Office capabilities plan published in April 2013 and (b) the key area specified in that plan on redesigning services and delivering them digitally.
    (199432)
6
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution by the Deputy Leader of the House, Official Report, columns 841-2, on New clause 1 of the Deregulation Bill, how the information-sharing gateway will operate.
    (199417)
7
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average rent is for (a) privately rented homes and (b) new homes built under the Affordable Homes Programme in (i) Warrington and (ii) Warrington North constituency.
    (199161)
8
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the reason is for the time taken to make a decision on the Rushden Lakes development; and when he plans to announce that decision.
    (199254)
9
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 809-10W, on Arts Council England, how much Arts Council England spending on libraries was obtained from (a) grant-in-aid and lottery funding in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (199319)
10
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 809-10W, on Arts Council England, how much the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council spent on libraries in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
    (199320)
11
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the economic effects of deregulating school holidays on (a) tourism-related jobs in seaside and coastal areas and (b) seaside economies in general.
    (199378)
12
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's proposed Deregulation Bill on tourism employment in England.
    (199379)
13
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Ministers or officials in his Department have had with colleagues in the Department for Education on the effect of deregulating school holidays on the tourism industry.
    (199380)
14
N
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to meet victims of press abuse and their representatives.
    (199346)
15
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of British armed forces personnel operationally deployed to Northern Ireland in each year from April 1984 to April 2010 and (b) the number of such personnel who were accompanied by (i) a spouse or (ii) a civil partner in each of those years.
    (199300)
16
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the letter of 5 May 2014 from the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth on British Army processes of justice and requesting an urgent meeting.
    (199311)
17
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he last attended a meeting of the British-Irish Council summit.
    (199386)
18
N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central received by his office on 29 May 2014, relating to the recent situation in Birmingham.
    (199163)
19
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on beak trimming of chickens; and if he will make a statement.
    (199160)
20
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the findings from the US Senate Intelligence Committee, what information his Department holds on the number of detainees held in Diego Garcia.
    (199176)
21
N
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contacts and discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with the African National Congress regarding a possible successor to President Mugabe of Zimbabwe.
    (199309)
22
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the running costs for each of the academic health science networks are.
    (199345)
23
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government plans to respond to the recommendations set out in the report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin on sunbed regulation published in 2014.
    (199381)
24
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of extending the human papilloma virus vaccination programme to include all boys aged 12 and 13 years.
    (199382)
25
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's assessment is of the effectiveness of warning labels on alcoholic beverages regarding drinking during pregnancy; and what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of making such labels mandatory.
    (199389)
26
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the changes in the level of access to prostate cancer treatments since 2010.
    (199302)
27
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatments for prostate cancer are routinely funded by NHS England.
    (199303)
28
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of outcomes for men with advanced prostate cancer.
    (199304)
29
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people died from prostate cancer in (a) Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years.
    (199306)
30
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Passport Agency's average process time for applications was in each month since January 2010.
    (199385)
31
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest time is for which a passport application has been waiting to be processed from receipt at the passport office to delivery to applicant for (a) new applications and (b) applications for renewal of passport in the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 May 2014.
    (199391)
32
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to commence each section of the Immigration Act 2014.
    (199249)
33
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 437W, on telecommunications: databases, whether she has yet completed her assessment of (a) the consequences for the UK of the decision of the European Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-293/12 and C-594/12 (Digital Rights Ireland and Seitlinger and Others) and (b) what implication that decision has for (i) enforcement of the Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 and (ii) her powers to reimburse any expenses incurred by a public communications provider in complying with those Regulations.
    (199250)
34
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were accommodated in (a) hotels and (b) bed and breakfasts, hostels and other establishments that provide lodging paid on a short-term basis in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iii) the UK in each year since May 2010.
    (199171)
35
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent from the public purse on accommodating asylum seekers in (a) hotels and (b) bed and breakfasts, hostels and other establishments that provide lodging paid on a short-term basis in each year since May 2010; and how much was spent in each region.
    (199172)
36
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure oversight and scrutiny of private contractors responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers.
    (199173)
37
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure proper support and welfare is available to asylum seekers accommodated in hotels and other establishments that provide lodging paid on a short-term basis.
    (199174)
38
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps officials in her Department have taken with their Northern Ireland counterparts to ensure that best practice on the prevention of hate crime is shared across all administrations of the United Kingdom.
    (199387)
39
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are currently detained for immigration purposes at HM Prison The Verne.
    (199157)
40
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the suitability of HM Prison The Verne for detaining individuals for immigration purposes.
    (199158)
41
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are currently being held in prisons solely under immigration powers.
    (199159)
42
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the ability for individuals detained for immigration purposes at HM Prison The Verne to access (a) legal and (b) health services.
    (199170)
43
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold an inquiry into trends in the number of deaths of individuals detained in immigration detention.
    (199416)
44
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of uninsured drivers have been reported, by region, in each of the last five years.
    (199253)
45
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of car insurance fraud have been reported, by region, in each of the last five years.
    (199252)
46
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of (a) staff and (b) senior staff in her Department are female.
    (199397)
47
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) permanent and (b) non-permanent staff were employed in her Department on 1 January 2014.
    (199419)
48
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Prime Minister, when he last attended a British-Irish Council summit; and how many such summits he has attended since becoming Prime Minister.
    (199388)
49
N
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent conformation dry run conducted in the (a) Makerfield constituency and (b) Borough of Wigan.
    (199308)
50
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers used Greenfield station in Greater Manchester in each year since 2010.
    (199383)
51
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with train operating companies in Greater Manchester on last minute reductions in train configurations.
    (199384)
52
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a breakdown by firm of expenditure by his Department on (a) consultants and (b) consultancy firms in each of the last four years.
    (199392)
53
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people working in (a) HS2 Ltd and (b) his Department are (i) on secondment, (ii) on loan and (iii) paid for by another company; and in each case what the parent company or organisation of such people was.
    (199305)
54
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the costs to date has been of the preparation work for the connection of High Speed 2 to High Speed 1.
    (199307)
55
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of rail freight access and path allocation over the Welwyn Viaduct beyond January 2018; and what discussions he held with rail freight (a) operators and (b) industry groups regarding future freight access over the Welwyn Viaduct before he approved the InterCity East Coast invitation to tender.
    (199251)
56
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Government Equalities Office press release of 13 May 2014 entitled £1 million to help women start or grow their own business, whether that sum will be drawn from the budget of the Super Connected Cities programme.
    (199322)
57
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been paid from the Help and Support for Separated Families (HSSF) Innovation Fund to each of the HSSF projects which signed contracts for delivery in April 2013.
    (199449)
58
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Help and Support for Separated Families Co-ordinated Telephone Network started full operation; and which organisations are taking part.
    (199450)
59
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many organisations hold the Help and Support for Separated Families Mark; and what the total cost to his Department has been of developing, awarding and promoting the mark.
    (199451)
60
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to his Department has been of implementing and evaluating the Help and Support for Separated Families Co-ordinated Telephone Network to date; and what estimate he has made of the future costs of that initiative.
    (199452)
61
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the review of personal independence payment operational systems and problems recommended by the National Audit Office in February 2014 was undertaken; what the outcome of the review was; and when it will be published.
    (199316)
62
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions have been held with HM Treasury about changes in costs of administering the personal independence payment assessment process; what the outcomes of those discussions have been; and how they affect the current Spending Review benefits savings target and the proposed cap on benefit expenditure.
    (199317)
63
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of current performance towards achieving the target of assessing all current disability living allowance claimants for personal independence payment by 2018; and if he will estimate the potential additional costs in (a) the amount of benefit claimed and (b) the cost of processing claims if the current rate of assessments were to be maintained.
    (199318)
64
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington North constituency received universal credit at any time since the start of the Warrington pilot; and how many were in receipt of it on 1 April 2014.
    (199162)
65
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the useful life of IT assets listed in his Department's annual report and accounts; and whether these will be amortised over a five year period.
    (199310)
66
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department is able to cross-check data on housing costs within the universal credit programme in order to counter fraud.
    (199312)
67
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value of universal credit assets is; and what changes there were to this value.
    (199313)
68
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by his Department to work exclusively on universal credit in (a) total, (b) communications, (c) IT development and (d) project delivery.
    (199314)
69
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many couple claims have been made for universal credit.
    (199315)
70
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance Work Related Activity Group are currently on the Work Programme; and how many such claimants had the period before they were fit for work assessed as (a) up to three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to 12 months and (d) over 12 months.
    (199390)
71
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff will be employed in the specialist housing teams that will be established in univesral credit centres.
    (199393)
72
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of employment and support allowance referred to the Work Programme since June 2011 had an estimated period before they were fit for work of (a) up to three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to 12 months and (d) over 12 months.
    (199394)
73
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a jobcentre is permitted to require a jobseeker to attend a voluntary employment support project in receipt of no statutory funding without the consent of that project.
    (199395)
74
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people gaining work through the Work Programme have entered self-employment since the inception of that programme.
    (199396)

Notices given on Friday 6 June

1
N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the Electoral Commission's efforts to improve the conduct of elections in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
[Transferred]   (199175)
2
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Attorney General, for how many acts of violence in prisons the Crown Prosecution Service decided to (a) bring or (b) not bring a prosecution for each type of offence in each of the last four years.
    (199512)
3
 
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what impact assessments he carried out on proposals to change disabled students' allowances.
    (199497)
4
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he has taken to promote the circular economy and sustainable use of resources.
    (199547)
5
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken through taxation to encourage the tourism industry in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
    (199536)
6
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to apply the referendum provisions regarding council tax rises to parish and town councils; and if he will make a statement.
    (199535)
7
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met the Director General of the BBC; what matters were discussed at that meeting; and if he will make a statement.
    (199539)
8
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met the BBC Trust; what matters were discussed at that meeting; and if he will make a statement.
    (199540)
9
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will estimate the potential economic benefits of the City Deal for the Greater Brighton area to that region over the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
    (199537)
10
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many hon. Members wrote to his Department on behalf of constituents about (a) steps taken to alleviate fuel poverty in the private rented sector, (b) the operation of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 and (c) the disconnection of (i) gas and (ii) electricity supplies in the last 12 months; what the average time taken to reply was; if he will place in the Library a copy of each such reply; and if he will make a statement.
    (199471)
11
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) written, (b) email and (c) telephone representations he has received on (i) his plans to alleviate fuel poverty in the private rented sector, (ii) the operation of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 and (iii) the disconnection of (A) gas and (B) electricity supplies in each month since May 2010; how many such representations were from (1) individuals and (2) organisations; if he will place in the Library copies of the responses sent to such representations; and if he will make a statement.
    (199472)
12
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of violations of (a) human rights, (b) civil rights and (c) property rights in Venezuela; what recent discussions (i) HM Ambassador, (ii) officials in his Department and (iii) Ministers in his Department have had with the government of Venezuela about human rights in that country; what responses have been received; and if he will make a statement.
    (199474)
13
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise at the United Nations the issue of violations of (a) human rights, (b) civil rights and (c) property rights in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement.
    (199475)
14
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the number of allegations of human rights violations perpetrated by the Moroccan Security Forces against Saharawi citizens has been monitored (a) since Resolution 2099 was passed on 25 April 2013 and (b) since Resolution 2152 was passed on 25 April 2014.
    (199457)
15
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many barrels of oil were exported from Libya to the UK in each of the last five years.
    (199476)
16
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of changes in the number of human rights violations committed by the Moroccan Security Forces against Saharawi citizens since the passing of (a) Resolution 2099 and (b) Resolution 2152.
    (199477)
17
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at the end of the process what assessment he has made of how many practices in (a) Tower Hamlets and (b) England will (i) lose and (ii) gain financially from the seven year reduction of the minimum practice income guarantees.
    (199459)
18
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings have taken place with the (a) OECD, (b) WHO and (c) European Commission following the G8 Dementia Summit; and what the outcome of these meetings was.
    (199458)
19
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of the conversion of HM Prison The Verne into an immigration removal centre.
    (199511)
20
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported incidents of violence inside prisons resulted in (a) an arrest and (b) a charge, by type of offence, in each of the last four years.
    (199529)
21
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid funding the UK has spent to support the construction of prisons in each country and in each year since 2008.
    (199510)
22
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many chief executives of probation services have formed a mutual; how many of those mutuals have passed the pre-qualification questionnaire in the competitiveness process of community rehabilitation companies; and if he will make a statement.
    (199473)
23
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of (a) initial and (b) on-the-job training is provided to prison (i) governors and (ii) staff on (A) diversity and equality and (B) issues relating to radicalisation of prisoners.
    (199478)
24
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) initial and (b) on-the-job training is provided to prison (i) governors and (ii) staff on (A) diversity and equality and (B) issues relating to radicalisation of prisoners.
    (199479)
25
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what occasions prisons have used detached duty staff from other establishments since 1 September 2013.
    (199480)
26
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of each grade were used as part of the detached duty arrangements in each month since December 2013.
    (199481)
27
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of each grade were available for detached duty arrangements in each month since December 2013.
    (199482)
28
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons received how many detached duty staff of each grade in each month since December 2013.
    (199483)
29
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by Capita in relation to its contract for provision of language services since 31 October 2011.
    (199484)
30
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by G4S in relation to its contract to run HM Prison Birmingham since 13 April 2012.
    (199485)
31
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by G4S in relation to its contract to run HM Prison Oakwood since 13 April 2012.
    (199486)
32
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by G4S in relation to its contract to run the Medway Secure Training Centre since May 2010.
    (199487)
33
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by GEO/Amey in relation to its contract for the provision of prisoner escort and custody since 29 August 2011.
    (199488)
34
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by Serco in relation to its contract for running of HM Prison & Young Offenders Institution Doncaster since 13 April 2011.
    (199489)
35
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by Serco in relation to its contract for the provision of prisoner escort and custody services since 29 August 2011.
    (199490)
36
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by Serco in relation to its contract for the provision for secure escort of children and young people in secure training centres and secure children's home since 17 April 2012.
    (199491)
37
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by Serco in relation to its contract to deliver the NOMS/European Social Fund project aimed at improving employability prospects of offenders and ex-offenders in the South East region since 1 January 2011.
    (199492)
38
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by Serco in relation to its contract to run Community Payback Services in London since 31 October 2012.
    (199493)
39
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by Serco in relation to its contract to run HM Prison Dovegate since May 2010.
    (199494)
40
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by Sodexo Ltd in relation to its contract to run HM Prison Northumberland.
    (199495)
41
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties have been incurred by Serco in relation to its contract to run Hassockfield Secure Training Centre since May 2010.
    (199496)
42
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reported incidents of assault by Kevin Thakrar on (a) prison officers and (b) other prisoners there were in each of the last four years; how many of those incidents were reported to the police; and in how many of those incidents did Crown Prosecution Service decide (i) not to prosecute and (ii) to prosecute.
    (199501)
43
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on accommodation and subsistence for prison officers providing detached duty in prisons in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April 2014.
    (199502)
44
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what total amount his Department has paid in payment by results-related bonuses to Serco in relation to its contract to run HM Prison Doncaster since the beginning of that contract.
    (199503)
45
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many jobs have been created by One3One Solutions (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each Prison Service region in each of the last four years.
    (199504)
46
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were in employment provided by One3One Solutions in (a) England and Wales and (b) each Prison Service region in each of the last four years.
    (199505)
47
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries the UK is currently negotiating prisoner transfer agreements.
    (199506)
48
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Ministerial visits to foreign countries during which prisoner transfer agreements were discussed took place (a) between May 1997 and May 2010 and (b) since May 2010.
    (199507)
49
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff of his Department were working on prisoner transfer agreements on 1 April (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
    (199508)
50
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners undertook the (a) Core Sex Offender Treatment Programme, (b) Extended Sex Offender Treatment Programme, (c) Healthy Sex Programme, (d) Becoming New Me Programme, (e) New Me Coping Programme, (f) Living as New Me Programme and (g) all sex offender treatment programmes in each prison in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
    (199509)
51
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving custodial sentences for serious violent and sexual assaults were held in open prisons on 1 May (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
    (199513)
52
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released on temporary licence in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 were serving custodial sentences for serious violent and sexual assaults.
    (199514)
53
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of each type were recorded on the Incident Reporting System in (a) privately and (b) publicly run prisons in each month since 1 January 2014.
    (199515)
54
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unfilled vacancies there were in (a) the National Probation Service and (b) each community rehabilitation company on 1 May 2014.
    (199516)
55
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries and on what dates the UK has (a) signed and (b) ratified prisoner transfer agreements (i) between May 1997 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.
    (199517)
56
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether EU nationals sentenced before 5 December 2011 are eligible for repatriation under the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement.
    (199518)
57
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what value of outstanding confiscation orders were written off in each year since 2010.
    (199519)
58
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials were stayed in each of the last four years.
    (199520)
59
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 623W, on procurement, what contracts his Department holds with (a) G4S, (b) Sodexo and (c) Serco for (i) HM Prison Altcourse, (ii) HM Prison/Young Offender Institution Parc, (iii) HM Prison Rye Hill, (iv) HM Prison Bronzefield, (v) HM Prison/Young Offender Institution Forest Bank, (vi) HM Prison Peterborough, (vii) HM Prison Ashfield, (viii) HM Prison Lowdham Grange and (ix) HM Prison Thameside.
    (199526)
60
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether ministerial approval is required for decisions to grant release on temporary licence for (a) all prisoners and (b) those that committed the most serious and violent crimes.
    (199527)
61
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were held in open prisons on 1 May (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
    (199528)
62
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) sex offenders and (b) sex offender treatment programme places there were in each prison in each of the last four years.
    (199530)
63
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for a sex offender treatment programme is (a) across the whole prison estate and (b) in those prisons holding sex offenders.
    (199531)
64
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, of what offences had prisoners released on temporary licence in each of the last four years been convicted.
    (199532)
65
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released on temporary licence in each of the last four years for the following reasons (a) on compassionate grounds or to receive medical treatment, (b) to engage in work, paid employment or volunatry work, (c) to receive instruction or training which is not available in prison, (d) to take part in court, tribunal or inquiry proceedings, (e) to consult with his legal adviser, where this cannot reasonably be done within the prison, (f) to help the police with their enquiries, (g) to facilitate the prisoner's transfer between prisons and (h) to help him maintain family ties or to ease the transition from prison life to freedom.
    (199533)
66
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of a judge recusing themselves there were in each of the last four years; and what the reasons were for each recusal.
    (199534)
67
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of HIV were reported in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last four years.
    (199548)
68
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidences of sexually transmitted diseases were reported in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last four years.
    (199549)
69
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-consentual sexual acts, of what type, there were in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last four years.
    (199550)
70
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) number and (b) gross tonnage was of (i) non-UK owned and (ii) non-UK registered offshore supply vessels operating on the UK Continental Shelf in each year since 2000-01.
    (199455)
71
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) number and (b) gross tonnage was of (i) UK owned and (ii) UK registered offshore supply vessels in each year since 2000-01.
    (199456)
72
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statistics his Department collects on the travel-to-work patterns of staff of airports and airlines; and if he will make a statement.
    (199538)
73
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to enable civil partnerships to be amended to marriage without recourse to a separate legal process.
    (199521)
74
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made claims for personal independence payment following a stroke in the UK since April 2013; and how many have received a decision from his Department.
    (199453)
75
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what volumetric models have been used to identify where backlogs of personal independence payments might develop in his Department's administration of claims, as recommended by the National Audit Office; and when he plans to publish those models.
    (199454)
76
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people waiting for a personal independence payment decision are doing so because (a) the claimant has made the initial telephone claim but is waiting to receive, or has not yet returned, the additional information form or DS2600 for special rules for terminally ill people, (b) the claimant has returned their personal independence payment additional information form but is awaiting their face-to-face assessment appointment date, (c) the claimant had their face-to-face assessment by his Department has not yet made a decision on their claim, (d) the claimant has returned the DS1500 and his Department has not yet made a decision on their claim or (e) the claimant has informed his Department that they wish to withdraw their claim.
    (199460)
77
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what review his Department has carried out of operating assumptions and how in practice the speed and quality of personal independence payments decisions are affected.
    (199468)
78
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department has assessed whether the new personal independence payment claims, assessment and decision-making process meets obligations to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people, including terminally ill people; what mechanisms are being used for gathering feedback from claimants on the new process; and how many people have provided feedback on the process to date.
    (199469)
79
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions are made for assessing people with aphasia following stroke when claiming personal independence payments; what the exceptional criteria are for issuing personal independence payment (PIP)1 paper claim forms; and how many PIP1 paper claim forms have been (a) requested and (b) issued.
    (199470)
Wednesday 11 June  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 
★ 1
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What assessment she has made of progress made by the Northern Ireland Executive on building a shared future in Northern Ireland.
    (904128)
★ 2
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): When she expects the National Crime Agency to be operating in Northern Ireland.
    (904129)
★ 3
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): When she plans to report to the House on her Department's inquiry into the administrative scheme for on-the-runs.
    (904130)
★ 4
Jim Shannon (Strangford): What steps she has taken in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to attract jobs to Northern Ireland by promoting its film industry.
    (904131)
★ 5
Naomi Long (Belfast East): What role she plans to play in advancing a comprehensive process for dealing with the past and its legacy.
    (904132)
★ 6
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): What assessment she has made of the current security situation in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (904133)
★ 7
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): What assessment she has made of the social and economic effects of youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
    (904134)
★ 8
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What assessment she has made of the prospects for economic growth in Northern Ireland.
    (904135)
★ 9
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What recent discussions she has had with the Chief Executive of UK Trade and Investment on attracting investment to Northern Ireland.
    (904136)
★ 10
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): What assessment she has made of progress on securing foreign direct investment in Northern Ireland.
    (904137)
★ 11
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): What recent discussions she has had with (a) the First Minister and (b) the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland on following up the Haass discussions.
    (904138)
★ 12
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What assessment she has made of the prevalence of hate crime in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (904139)
★ 13
Mark Durkan (Foyle): What recent discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues and ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on the implementation of the welfare cap in Northern Ireland.
    (904140)
★ 14
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's welfare reform policies in Northern Ireland.
    (904141)
★ 15
Pat Glass (North West Durham): What steps she has taken to ensure that the Police Service of Northern Ireland has adequate resources to ensure a peaceful marching season.
    (904142)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11 June.
    (904143)
★ 2
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):  
    (904144)
★ 3
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale):  
    (904145)
★ 4
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood):  
    (904146)
★ 5
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck):  
    (904147)
★ 6
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):  
    (904148)
★ 7
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley):  
    (904149)
★ 8
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields):  
    (904150)
★ 9
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green):  
    (904151)
★ 10
Mel Stride (Central Devon):  
    (904152)
★ 11
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury):  
    (904153)
★ 12
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East):  
    (904154)
★ 13
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth):  
    (904155)
★ 14
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View):  
    (904156)
★ 15
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough):  
    (904157)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 4 June

1
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many standard individual export licences were finalised in 2013; and what proportion of those licences were finalised within (a) 20 and (b) 60 working days.
    (199009)
2
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of export licence appeals were finalised within (a) 20 and (b) 60 working days in 2013.
    (199010)
3
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many freedom of information requests to her Department remain unanswered after (a) 20 and (b) 90 days on 1 April 2014; and which freedom of information requests to her Department on what subjects remain unanswered.
    (199011)

Notices given on Thursday 5 June

1
N
Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will provide a detailed itemised inventory of what works of art from Government collections were on loan to the British Embassy and Residence in Tehran at the time of the riots in November 2011; and what claims for compensation for loss, damage or destruction have been made by the Government to insurers in respect of those items.
    (199398)
2
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to monitor the delivery of the Mobile Infrastructure Project and to bring adequate mobile telephone coverage to people living in remote and rural areas.
    (199164)
3
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to reappoint the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland.
    (199255)

Notices given on Friday 6 June

1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 140W, on the national apprenticeship service, how many times the search function find an apprenticeship provider on the national apprenticeship website has been used.
    (199544)
2
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships starts relate to (a) existing employees of the organisation concerned and (b) new employees in the 2012-13 academic year.
    (199545)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will provide a breakdown of the Employer Ownership Pilot funding for the unified communications sector.
    (199546)
4
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement.
    (199463)
5
N
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish any advice from the Permanent Secretary of Government Communications to political parties on the use of specific terms issued in the last 12 months.
    (199522)
6
N
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many publications by Government departments have included the term long-term economic plan in the last 12 months; and how much those publications have cost.
    (199525)
7
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the costed potential changes to firefighter pensions.
    (199467)
8
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend Schedule 2 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 to make the referral to the Service Police of sexual assault, exposure and voyeurism mandatory by commanding officers; and if he will make a statement.
    (199541)
9
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress the Cabinet Secretary's review into the provision of assistance for unemployed young people has been made.
    (199542)
10
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the findings of the Cabinet Secretary's review into the provision of assistance for unemployed young people will be published.
    (199543)
11
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria will be used to determine if a property owner is eligible to access building insurance policies within Flood Re.
    (199499)
12
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of research carried out by the British Insurance Brokers Association into the difficulties that groups excluded from accessing buildings insurance within Flood Re are experiencing in accessing affordable flood insurance; and if he will make a statement.
    (199500)
13
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the causes of delays in issuing passports; and if she will make a statement.
    (199498)
14
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many German nationals have been extradited to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant in each of the last 10 years.
    (199523)
15
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited to the UK for tax offences under a European Arrest Warrant in each of the last 10 years.
    (199524)
16
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the risk of fraud in (a) the pathfinders for universal credit and (b) the roll out of the universal credit system.
    (199461)
17
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to include an automated system for cross-checking data within the universal credit system.
    (199462)
18
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the change category of spending in his Department's quarterly summary of spending data.
    (199464)
19
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues about the risk of fraud in the universal credit system.
    (199465)
20
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he expects to be claiming universal credit by the end of (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017 and (e) 2018.
    (199466)
Thursday 12 June  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 5 June

1
N
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether HM Passport Office is meeting the 2013-14 performance targets (a) to process 99.5 per cent of straightforward passport applications within 10 working days, (b) where additional information is required from customers to process 93 per cent of applications within 29 working days, (c) to process 99.5 per cent of premium and fast track applications within four hours or seven days and (d) to achieve a customer satisfaction rating of at least 90 per cent.
    (199399)
Wednesday 18 June  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 4 June

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department were in receipt of excess fare allowance in each year for which figures are available.
    (198840)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2014, Official Report, column 318W, on conflict resolution: females, if he will publish in the Library the minutes of the meetings on this matter on (a) 24 February, (b) 5 March, (c) 20 March, (d) 18 March, (e) 19 March and (f) 13 March 2014.
    (198842)
3
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential costs and benefits of bringing forward legislative proposals similar to those in the US Serviceman's Readjustment Act 1944.
    (198839)
4
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress her Department has made in promoting development relating to water sanitation and hygiene; and if she will make a statement.
    (198841)
5
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of compliance of operators with point 30 of the Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain guidance in Statutory Document 14: Local Bus Services.
    (198843)
6
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles built by Nissan are in the Government car pool.
    (198961)

Notices given on Thursday 5 June

1
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to support former armed services' personnel to readjust to civilian life by providing (a) low cost mortgages, (b) low interest loans to start a business, (c) payment of tuition fees and living expenses for university or vocational educational and (d) health care bespoke to individual needs.
    (199323)
Thursday 19 June  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 5 June

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN04-053 Declaration of obsolete-medical, central and veterinary equipments.
    (199165)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN03-010 Impact to outputs of defence electronic warfare center due to five yearly electrical testing.
    (199166)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN05-011 Claims and insurance provisions for the use of Ministry of Defence vehicles in the UK and overseas and the process for ordering new motor insurance certificates or green cards.
    (199167)
4
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN03-007 Notification of a change in CBRN policy.
    (199168)
5
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN04-056 Sea King Helicopter drawdown and disposal.
    (199169)
6
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to release the second stage of the review into the closure of surgery at Leeds Children's Heart Unit; and if he will make a statement.
    (199256)
7
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable for the new congenital heart disease review is.
    (199257)
8
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children's heart surgery units receive equal and sufficient levels of scrutiny across the country.
    (199258)

Prepared 6th June 2014