Session 2014-15
Publications on the internet
The Questions Book
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 24 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 23 June 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 24 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.
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
★
1
Mr Mark Harper
(Forest of Dean):
What recent assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of the level of employment.
(904393)
★
2
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
What recent assessment he has made of the level of bank lending to businesses since May 2010.
(904394)
★
3
Sir Richard Ottaway
(Croydon South):
What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of increasing tax on businesses on public finances.
(904395)
★
4
Steve Baker
(Wycombe):
What steps he is taking to ensure future stability in the housing market.
(904396)
★
5
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
What steps he is taking to ensure that people pay the taxes for which they are liable.
(904397)
★
6
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his long-term economic plan.
(904398)
★
7
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
What recent assessment he has made of the state of the UK housing market.
(904399)
★
8
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's policies on its commitments under the Child Poverty Act 2010.
(904400)
★
9
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
What steps he is taking to promote private sector investment in the contruction industry.
(904401)
★
10
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
What recent assessment he has made of the level of child poverty.
(904402)
★
11
Nick Smith
(Blaenau Gwent):
What recent assessment he has made of the difference between the rate of inflation and the rate of growth in average earnings since May 2010.
(904403)
★
12
Chris White
(Warwick and Leamington):
What recent assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of the level of employment.
(904404)
★
13
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
What plans he has to review the effects of the Help to Buy scheme.
(904405)
★
14
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
What progress his Department has made on the Help to Buy scheme.
(904406)
★
15
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
What recent assessment he has made of the state of the UK housing market.
(904407)
★
16
Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
What steps he has taken to help families save for the future.
(904408)
★
17
Stephen Metcalfe
(South Basildon and East Thurrock):
What fiscal measures he has introduced to reduce taxes on families.
(904409)
★
18
Gordon Henderson
(Sittingbourne and Sheppey):
What assessment he has made of the effect of freezing fuel duty on the price of petrol.
(904410)
★
19
Angie Bray
(Ealing Central and Acton):
What recent assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of the level of employment.
(904411)
★
20
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
What financial modelling his Department has undertaken to determine the potential effect on the job market and take-home pay of increasing National Insurance contributions; and if he will make a statement.
(904412)
★
21
Bob Blackman
(Harrow East):
What analysis his Department has undertaken of the feasibility of further financial devolution to London and other cities.
(904413)
★
22
Chloe Smith
(Norwich North):
What steps the Government is taking to give pensioners more control over their savings.
(904414)
★
23
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his long-term economic plan.
(904415)
★
24
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
What plans he has for the future of the Money Advice Service.
(904416)
★
25
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
What fiscal steps he has taken to support small and micro-businesses in creating new jobs.
(904417)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★
1
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(904418)
★
2
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
(904419)
★
3
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
(904420)
★
4
Stephen Doughty
(Cardiff South and Penarth):
(904421)
★
5
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
(904422)
★
6
John Pugh
(Southport):
(904423)
★
7
Mike Kane
(Wythenshawe and Sale East):
(904424)
★
8
Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
(904425)
★
9
Simon Hart
(Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):
(904426)
★
10
Neil Carmichael
(Stroud):
(904427)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 19 June
1
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the penalties will be for companies which fail to properly declare their beneficial ownership on the public register.
(201577)
2
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the minutes of the Fraud, Error and Debt Taskforce are no longer on its website.
(201580)
3
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish details of the Government's proposed legislation to provide for a controlled release of non-financial VAT registration data for specific purposes.
(201571)
4
N
Charlie Elphicke
(Dover):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 394W, on Mapeley, what contingency plan HM Revenue and Customs has for dealing with a supplier which (a) becomes unprofitable and (b) is in a weak financial position.
(201574)
5
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government's proposed fiscal framework for onshore oil and gas exploration, as established within the Finance Bill 2014, has been notified to the European Commission under State Aid procedures.
(201592)
6
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to hypothecate funds received from the increased fixed-odds betting terminals levy to fund NHS gambling addiction treatment.
(201439)
7
N
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he next plans to meet the Fire Brigades Union to discuss the pensions dispute.
(201446)
8
N
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to make a new offer to the Fire Brigades Union based on the costings by the Government Actuary's Department.
(201496)
9
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been sold to date through the Preserved Right to Buy; what steps his Department takes to ensure such homes can be replaced; and how many homes sold under Preserved Right to Buy have been replaced to date.
(201436)
10
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effect of the Preserved Right to Buy on the number of affordable homes.
(201438)
11
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes have been made to the Preserved Right to Buy since May 2010; and what consultation processes have accompanied such changes.
(201445)
12
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters there are per head of the population in (a) England and (b) Wales.
(201500)
13
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the budget to encourage people in to non-professional sport in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England.
[R]
(201429)
14
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Army Reserve returned injured from operations in the last 10 years.
(201503)
15
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to ensure that members of the Army Reserve who are injured receive appropriate support.
(201504)
16
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of provision is available for injured members of the Army Reserve.
(201505)
17
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the level and quality of post-operational support provided to injured members of the (a) Regulars and (b) Army Reserves.
(201506)
18
N
Thomas Docherty
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what he expects to make the next main gate decision for the F-35.
(201449)
19
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to help servicemen and women and veterans with psychological injuries.
[R]
(201428)
20
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget is available to help (a) active service personnel and (b) veterans with psychological injuries.
[R]
(201430)
21
N
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
(201441)
22
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received from industry on the effect of the use of land management measures on performance and productivity.
(201452)
23
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with RWE and SSE concerning a replacement partner for the development of the Galloper offshore wind farm project.
(201491)
24
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland are off the mains gas grid.
(201492)
25
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the future viability of the Galloper offshore wind farm project.
(201494)
26
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many properties were connected to the gas distribution network in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
(201495)
27
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the farming of endangered species for commercial gain.
(201502)
28
N
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
(201442)
29
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will issue guidance to the West Midlands Waterways, Canal and River Trust and other similar trusts that replies to hon. Members who have written on behalf of their constituents should be signed.
(201453)
30
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government has paid to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus in each of the last four years; and what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of that committee.
(201573)
31
N
Richard Harrington
(Watford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help the Rohingya peoples in Burma; what recent discussions he has had with the Burmese government on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
(201487)
32
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in Bangladesh since the elections in that country.
(201432)
33
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the Bangladeshi government holds free and fair elections in future.
(201433)
34
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of British Bangladeshis who visit or live in Bangladesh.
(201434)
35
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of the recent actions by the US against Bangladesh.
(201435)
36
N
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UN-led peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic is prepared to protect civilians and is fully operational as soon as possible.
(201456)
37
N
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he will take to ensure that survivors of sexual violence in the Central African Republic have access to lifesaving services that respond to the specific needs of women and girls.
(201466)
38
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the number of health visitors employed since the start of the Health Visitor Programme.
(201567)
39
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were living with cystic fibrosis in each of the last four years.
(201568)
40
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, columns 571W, on health visitors, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential change in the number of health visitors working with children as a result of the transfer of funding for health visitors from the NHS to local authorities in 2015.
(201582)
41
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on health services of an increase in the number of adult patients with cystic fibrosis.
(201591)
42
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons NICE has not recommended the treatment of abiraterone for use on the NHS; if he will place in the Library all correspondence NICE has received on the issue from (a) patient groups and (b) clinicians; and if he will make a statement.
(201499)
43
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish draft regulations on banning smoking in cars with children present.
(201431)
44
N
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women were admitted to hospital with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in each of the last five years for which figures are available; how many adverse incidents were recorded in licensed clinics in that period; and what the severity grading of each such incident was.
(201565)
45
N
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many of licensable treatment cycles at least 20 eggs were collected in the last five years for which figures are available.
(201566)
46
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on using the increased fixed-odds betting terminals levy to treat gambling addiction in the NHS.
(201437)
47
N
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
(201444)
48
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there are per head of the population in (a) England and (b) Wales.
(201501)
49
N
Thomas Docherty
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate he has made of the cost to date of introducing Office 365; what the final cost of introducing Office 365 is expected to be; and what feedback on the installation has been received so far from (a) hon. Members and (b) House staff.
(201450)
50
N
Thomas Docherty
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, which contractors have been hired by PICT during the current financial year; and which such contractors have had their contracts terminated due to poor performance.
(201451)
51
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to support the adoption of a target to enhance global co-operation to facilitate orderly, safe, responsible migration and mobility of people, including through implementation of planned and managed migration policies that facilitate migrants' contribution to sustainable development in Open Working Group negotiations on the sustainable development goals.
(201454)
52
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to support the adoption of a target to ensure that all cities are accessible and offer opportunities to persons with disabilities by 2030 in Open Working Group negotiations on the sustainable development goals.
(201457)
53
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to support the adoption of a target to retrofit existing industries on global level based on energy and resource-efficient technologies and environmentally sound industrial processes by 2030 in Open Working Group negotiations on the sustainable development goals.
(201468)
54
N
Mr Jim Murphy
(East Renfrewshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to support the adoption of a target to reduce to five per cent or below the transaction costs of migrants' remittances, including regulatory and administrative costs in Open Working Group negotiations on the sustainable development goals.
(201469)
55
N
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the level of food insecurity in the Central African Republic; and what steps her Department is taking to promote short and long-term food security in that country.
(201455)
56
N
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department provides for services for survivors of gender-based violence in the Central African Republic and efforts to empower women and girls in that country.
(201458)
57
N
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of recent inter-communal violence in Bangui, Central African Republic on Muslims and other communities at risk in that country.
(201470)
58
N
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 her Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
(201443)
59
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings he and his Ministers have had with the Chief Inspector of Prisons; when each such meeting took place; and what was discussed at each such meeting.
(201486)
60
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions prisoners were held in (a) police station and (b) court cells in each month since January 2014.
(201489)
61
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the prison population were in overcrowded accommodation on 1 April (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012, (e) 2013 and (f) 2014.
(201490)
62
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the prison population were sharing cells on 1 April (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012, (e) 2013 and (f) 2014.
(201497)
63
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the capital investment budget was for prisons in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and what the equivalent budget allocation is for 2014-15.
(201498)
64
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will initiate an independent audit of his Department's employment tribunal statistics.
(201467)
65
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission an assessment of the effect on disabled passengers of the use of detection equipment at airports which generates random false positive alerts giving rise to the need for a full body search when nothing untoward has been detected.
(201569)
66
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the identification of disability tax exempt vehicles when no tax disc is present, to enable local authorities to continue to provide exemption from parking charges to such vehicles.
(201572)
67
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the claim by E. Stewart of Christchurch, ref POS(5)10870/552, for a personal independence payment which was received by the Glasgow benefit office on 2 October 2013 to be determined; and if he will make a statement.
(201570)
68
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants had uninterrupted work records of (a) two years and (b) five years at the start of their claim.
(201447)
69
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the date of the oldest outstanding claim for (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance at each jobcentre plus office in the UK.
(201448)
70
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of the closure of the Independent Living Fund.
(201575)
71
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) how many disabled people in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency will be affected by the closure of the Independent Living Fund and (b) how many of their personal assistants will lose their jobs because of the Fund's closure.
(201576)
72
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of Independent Living Fund recipients who will have their care and support budget (a) maintained and (b) decreased when the Fund closes.
(201578)
73
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many Independent Living Fund recipients will have to give up work as a result of the Fund's closure.
(201579)
74
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 813-4W, on social security benefits, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the community work placement and mandatory intervention regime schemes.
[R]
(201488)
75
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 813-4W, on social security benefits, what estimate he has made of the annual savings from the fewer days on benefits for participants in the community work placement and mandatory intervention regime schemes.
[R]
(201493)
76
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to merge the two IT systems being developed by his Department to deliver universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
(201459)
77
N
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
(201440)
Notices given on Friday 20 June
1
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, columns 432-3W, on death, what plans he has to address the principal causes of preventable premature mortality.
[Transferred]
(201581)
2
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the problem of the decline in the number of international students coming to the UK to study; and if he will make a statement.
(201621)
3
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the proposed beneficial ownership registry will properly identify the real controlling parties of all companies listed.
(201641)
4
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any buildings owned or used by his Department contain asbestos.
(201597)
5
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether all buildings owned or used by his Department have been allotted a responsible person as a duty holder in line with Health and Safety Executive guidance.
(201598)
6
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships his Department has created during the last four years.
(201599)
7
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether all buildings owned or used by his Department have been inspected to identify any asbestos materials within them.
(201627)
8
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether staff in his Department are able to access the reports reviewing the buildings owned or used by his Department on asbestos within its buildings.
(201628)
9
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many front-line firefighters are female; and how many of such firefighters still active in front-line service are over the age of 55 years.
(201620)
10
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of library users reported success in obtaining a specific book in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
(201600)
11
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of requests for books were met within (a) seven, (b) 15 and (c) 30 days in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
(201601)
12
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the aggregate opening hours per 1,000 population were for all libraries in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
(201602)
13
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish the consultation document on remediation work at Dalgety Bay, Fife.
(201650)
14
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will allocate funding for the removal of radiation particles and the repair of the beach area at Dalgety Bay, Fife.
(201651)
15
Mr Gordon Brown
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long the period of consultation he proposes is for the review of remediation work at Dalgety Bay, Fife.
(201652)
16
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of NVQ qualifications for learners aged 24 and over of (a) entry level, (b) level 1 (excluding English or mathematics) and (c) level 2 for each of the last three years.
(201593)
17
Michael Dugher
(Barnsley East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department, (c) special advisers in his Department and (d) officials in his Department have had with Dominic Cummings in an official capacity in 2014 to date; and if he will publish minutes of each such meeting.
(201624)
18
Michael Dugher
(Barnsley East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on which official visits Dominic Cummings accompanied him in 2014.
(201625)
19
Michael Dugher
(Barnsley East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions Dominic Cummings was granted a visitor pass to his Department in 2014.
(201649)
20
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many creditors remained unpaid by his Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45 days, (b) 60 days, (c) 75 days and (d) 76 days and over.
(201594)
21
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of (a) the extent to which the future use of shale gas could reduce carbon emissions and (b) how this could contribute to the Government's target for an 80 per cent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
(201622)
22
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of how much renewables subsidies (a) added to industrial electricity bills in 2012-13 and (b) affected the wholesale price of energy.
(201623)
23
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official report, columns 763-4, on the renewables obligation, when he intends to introduce price competitions for Contracts for Difference; and what assessment he has made of whether the economics of onshore wind will change once this new system is introduced.
(201642)
24
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much was spent on subsidies for renewable energy over the last three years; and what proportion of that amount was paid for by (a) domestic and (b) industrial electricity bills.
(201643)
25
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 841W, on wind power, what the equivalent figures for spending on subsidies for onshore and offshore wind were for (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and whether he expects to see an increase or decrease in the level of spending in each category in 2013-14.
(201645)
26
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average proportion of time is that (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind turbines produce energy.
(201647)
27
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, column 764W, on wind power, whether the Government's decision that there will be no further review of the Renewables Obligation scheme before it closes to new generation on 31 March 2017 would stand it were found that (a) wind turbines and (b) other particular renewables could be competitive without subsidies.
(201648)
28
Zac Goldsmith
(Richmond Park):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral evidence of the Parliamentary Secretary of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment to the Science and Technology Committee of 12 March 2014, HC 848, question 327, what the evidential basis is for his statement that antibiotics tend to be used in the veterinary world, more sparingly than in the medical world.
(201646)
29
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 947, on Diego Garcia, what factors the Government will take into account when deciding on future plans for British Indian Ocean Territory.
(201664)
30
Zac Goldsmith
(Richmond Park):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications have been made to the (a) National Institute for Health Research and (b) Medical Research Council for funding to research medicinal cannabis products since 2010; and how many such applications have been accepted.
(201653)
31
Zac Goldsmith
(Richmond Park):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, columns 703-4W, on influenza, whether the same experiment would be allowed to take place in the UK.
(201666)
32
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether all clinical staff working at abortion clinics are trained to level three of the intercollegiate framework; and if he will publish the evidence upon which that assessment is based.
(201626)
33
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student midwives were in receipt of a bursary in each of the last three years for which figures are available; what the average bursary paid to a student midwife was in each of those years; and what the total cost of those bursaries was to his Department in each of those years.
(201615)
34
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total number of student midwives has been in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(201616)
35
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for student midwives were commissioned in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(201617)
36
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the age profile of midwives working for the NHS was in each year since 2001.
(201644)
37
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many creditors had remained unpaid by her Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45 days, (b) 60 days, (c) 75 days and (d) 76 days and over.
(201596)
38
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account her Department takes of the level of distress caused to four week old puppies by separating them from their mothers in formulating policy on animal experimentation.
(201640)
39
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to tackle (a) unemployment and (b) youth unemployment in the Brighton, Kemptown constituency; and if he will make a statement.
(201618)
40
Simon Kirby
(Brighton, Kemptown):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when universal credit will be rolled out to (a) Brighton, Kemptown constituency and (b) the South East; and if he will make a statement.
(201619)
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
★
1
Alec Shelbrooke
(Elmet and Rothwell):
What recent progress he has made on reform of trades union facility time in government departments.
(904453)
★
2
Nick Smith
(Blaenau Gwent):
What recent progress he has made on the Government's efficiency agenda.
(904454)
★
3
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
What steps he is taking to ensure the accuracy of Government statistics.
(904455)
★
4
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
Which departments have responded to his cross-departmental review of check-off deductions of union subscriptions.
(904456)
★
5
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
What progress he has made on his programme of savings through efficiency and reform of central government.
(904457)
★
6
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
What steps he is taking to maintain the level of youth services provision.
(904458)
★
8
Charlie Elphicke
(Dover):
What estimate he has made of the savings arising from measures to increase departmental efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
(904460)
★
9
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
What recent progress his Department has made on supporting social enterprises.
(904461)
★
10
Mike Kane
(Wythenshawe and Sale East):
What steps he is taking to maintain the level of youth services provision.
(904462)
★
11
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
What recent progress he has made on reform of trades union facility time in government departments.
(904463)
★
12
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
What recent steps he has taken to address barriers to small and medium-sized enterprises participating in government procurement.
(904464)
★
13
James Morris
(Halesowen and Rowley Regis):
What progress his Department has made on supporting public sector mutuals.
(904465)
★
14
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
Which National Citizen Service programmes are scheduled to take place in summer 2014.
(904466)
★
15
Peter Aldous
(Waveney):
What progress his Department has made on supporting social enterprises.
(904467)
At 11.53am
Topical Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★
1
Peter Aldous
(Waveney):
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(904443)
★
2
Stephen Metcalfe
(South Basildon and East Thurrock):
(904444)
★
3
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
(904445)
★
4
Julian Smith
(Skipton and Ripon):
(904446)
★
5
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
(904447)
★
6
Steve Rotheram
(Liverpool, Walton):
(904448)
★
7
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
(904449)
★
8
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
(904450)
★
9
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
(904451)
★
10
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
(904452)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★
1
Damian Collins
(Folkestone and Hythe):
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25 June.
(904428)
★
2
Jake Berry
(Rossendale and Darwen):
(904429)
★
3
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
(904430)
★
4
Mr Ronnie Campbell
(Blyth Valley):
(904431)
★
5
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
(904432)
★
6
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
(904433)
★
7
Meg Hillier
(Hackney South and Shoreditch):
(904434)
★
8
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
(904435)
★
9
Guy Opperman
(Hexham):
(904436)
★
10
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
(904437)
★
11
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
(904438)
★
12
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
(904439)
★
14
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
(Bradford South):
(904441)
★
15
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
(904442)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 18 June
1
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes to safety checks in slaughterhouses on the risk of diseased meat entering the food chain undetected; and if he will make a statement.
(201310)
Notices given on Thursday 19 June
1
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what change there was in the number of (a) sea cadets and (b) army cadets in Northern Ireland between January 2004 and 2014.
(201471)
Notices given on Friday 20 June
1
N
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle cyber-crime.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]
(904459)
2
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start up loans have been approved by his Department for participants on the new enterprise allowance scheme in each year since that scheme began.
(201606)
3
N
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each case.
(201603)
4
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many creditors had remained unpaid by his Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 75 and (d) 76 days and over.
(201612)
5
N
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
(201604)
6
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has invested in national infrastructure as a percentage share of gross domestic product in each year since 2000.
(201660)
7
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to offer a stamp duty holiday to people who will be required to sell their property and purchase another as a result of High Speed 2.
(201629)
8
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to hold a further formal public consultation on firefighters' pensions.
(201654)
9
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many creditors had remained unpaid by his Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 75 and (d) 76 days and over.
(201614)
10
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of investment from overseas sources in film production in the UK in each year since 2010.
(201595)
11
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the level of investment in British-produced films in each year since 2010 with budgets of (a) under and (b) over £500,000.
(201637)
12
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the total number of cinemas in operation in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
(201638)
13
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many creditors had remained unpaid by his Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 75 and (d) 76 days and over.
(201610)
14
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made if the success if his troops to teachers initiative.
(201636)
15
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many creditors had remained unpaid by his Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 75 and (d) 76 days and over.
(201611)
16
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department issues guidance about the protocol of former armed forces personnel using their rank as a title after they have left service.
(201635)
17
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of his Department's consumption of (a) gas and (b) electricity in KWH in each month since June 2010.
(201634)
18
N
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on (a) gas and (b) electricity bills in each year since 2010.
(201659)
19
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to call for the release of Mariam Ibrahim and her son from prison in Sudan and for her death sentence to be revoked.
(201657)
20
N
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on sexual assault of ethnic Chin women and children from Burma in New Delhi, India; and if he will make a statement.
(201663)
21
N
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of the report of 9 May 2014 by the James Martin Center for Non-proliferation Studies that a military factory in Pauk Township of the central Magwe Division, Burma, has some features that are consistent with a chemical plant.
(201667)
22
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many creditors had remained unpaid by his Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 75 and (d) 76 days and over.
(201613)
23
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will offer asylum to Mariam Ibrahim.
(201658)
24
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of lessons to be learned from the police offer of immunity to witnesses in the case involving the deaths of Haroon Jahan, Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir in Birmingham during the civil disturbances in that city in 2011.
(201665)
25
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many self-inflicted deaths there have been in each month since January 2014.
(201655)
26
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaths in custody there have been in each month since January 2014.
(201656)
27
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were in overcrowded cells on 1 April (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012, (e) 2013 and (f) 2014.
(201661)
28
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in capital receipts has been generated by the disposal of each prison closed since May 2010.
(201662)
29
N
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
(Huntingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motor vehicle accidents occurred on the A14 in each of the last 12 months.
(201630)
30
N
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
(Huntingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of how many motor vehicles have used the A428 in each of the last three years.
(201631)
31
N
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
(Huntingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of how many motor vehicles have used the A14 in each of the last three years.
(201632)
32
N
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
(Huntingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motor vehicles accidents have occurred on the A428 in each of the last 12 months.
(201633)
33
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of employment and support allowance have been admitted to the new enterprise allowance scheme in each year since that scheme began.
(201605)
34
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he expects the Health and Work Service to start operations.
(201607)
35
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the additional annual cost of introducing a taper on (a) an occupational pension and (b) other unearned income into universal credit set at 95 per cent.
(201608)
36
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the new enterprise allowance in each year since the scheme began.
(201609)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 19 June
1
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many different stretches of road works are currently taking place on the M1 between London and junction 32 with the M18; and for what reasons such works have not been phased to take place consecutively rather than concurrently.
(201460)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations the UK has made at a European level on the introduction of more rounded front designs of HGV lorry cabs to increase fuel efficiency.
(201461)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Friday 20 June
1
N
Chris Williamson
(Derby North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to carry out further consultations on changes to firefighter pensions in order to reach a settlement to the dispute on this issue.
(201639)