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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 7 July 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

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.

Monday 7 July  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
 
★ 1
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What assessment she has made of the effect of serious and organised crime on communities.
    (904643)
★ 2
Pat Glass (North West Durham): What recent assessment she has made of the performance of the Passport Office.
    (904644)
★ 3
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK's counter-terrorism strategy; and if she will make a statement.
    (904645)
★ 4
Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble): What steps she is taking to further assist the police in reducing the level of crime.
    (904646)
★ 5
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): What assessment she has made of the effect of recent changes in the level of neighbourhood policing.
    (904647)
★ 6
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What she next plans to meet the Chief Executive of the Passport Office.
    (904648)
★ 7
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What steps she has taken to co-ordinate lessons learnt across Government from investigations into organised sexual abuse of children.
    (904649)
★ 8
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What recent estimate she has made of the time taken to process passport applications.
    (904650)
★ 9
Chris Evans (Islwyn): What assessment she has made of the preparedness of the police to respond to a cyber-attack.
    (904651)
★ 10
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): If she will bring forward legislative proposals to criminalise the non-reporting by family members of their reasonable suspicions of other family members travelling abroad for purposes of terrorism.
    (904652)
★ 11
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): What steps she is taking to end modern slavery.
    (904653)
★ 12
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): What assessment she has made of the effect of serious and organised crime on communities.
    (904654)
★ 13
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What steps is she taking to modernise the police service.
    (904655)
★ 14
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): What representations she has received on the potential effect on UK migration figures of further EU accessions.
    (904656)
★ 15
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What steps she is taking to combat cyber-crime; and if she will make a statement.
    (904657)
★ 16
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What steps she is taking to reduce illegal immigration.
    (904658)
★ 17
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): What assessment she has made of trends in recorded crime in (a) Thames Valley Police area and (b) Milton Keynes since 2010.
    (904659)
★ 18
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What assessment she has made of the preparedness of the police to respond to a cyber-attack.
    (904660)
★ 19
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): What steps she is taking to support the police in tackling unauthorised traveller sites.
    (904661)
★ 20
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK's counter-terrorism strategy; and if she will make a statement.
    (904662)
★ 23
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): What progress her Department has made on the reintroduction of exit controls from the UK.
    (904665)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (904668)
★ 2
Henry Smith (Crawley):  
    (904669)
★ 3
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough):  
    (904670)
★ 5
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):  
    (904672)
★ 6
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):  
    (904673)
★ 7
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West):  
    (904674)
★ 8
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South):  
    (904675)
★ 9
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon):  
    (904676)
★ 10
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central):  
    (904677)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 26 June

1
N
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 29W, on gold: prices, and to the Financial Conduct Authority's decision to fine Barclays Bank for gold fix manipulation, if he will make an assessment of the effect of (a) US regulatory authorities' interventions in the gold market and (b) such interventions on gold market-related securities in ISAs.
    (202775)
2
N
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 29W, on gold: prices, and the academic draft report of February 2014, by Professor Rosa Abrantes, Adviser to the EU and International Organisation of Securities Commission on Financial Benchmarks, entitled Gold Price Fix, and her reports of systemic manipulation of the twice daily gold fix over several years, if he will make an assessment of the effect of (a) US regulatory authorities' interventions in the gold market and (b) such interventions on gold market-related securities in ISAs.
    (202836)
3
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to make a decision on the request to authorise water cannon for use by the police in England and Wales; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the advice and business case she has received on the use of water cannon in mainland UK.
    (202717)
4
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Investigation into the Establishment of the Performance and Compliance Unit, published in May 2013, what steps have been taken in response to recommendation 1 of that report.
    (202743)
5
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Inspection into the Handling of Asylum Applications made by Unaccompanied Children, published in October 2013, what steps have been taken in response to recommendations 1, 3, 4 and 8 of that report.
    (202744)
6
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Inspection of the UK Border Agency's handling of legacy asylum and migration cases, published in November 2012, what steps have been taken in response to recommendation 1 of that report.
    (202745)

Notices given on Monday 30 June

1
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will amend treatment of ISAs in respect of spouse-to-spouse transfers after death of either person to bring such transactions into line with other spouse-to-spouse transactions.
    (203168)
2
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Homes and Communities Agency is required by its own objectives for the allocation of economic assets to consider (a) the highest financial bid only and (b) bids in conjunction with the degree of vision and strategic plans for the local economy when selecting a preferred bidder; and if he will make a statement with particular reference to the future of Hythe Marine Park in New Forest East.
    (203175)
3
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to review the terms of the requirements to purchase a television licence to better account for changes in viewing habits.
    (203167)
4
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in implementing the requirement set out in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, for 50 attack helicopters until 2030; whether any delays have been caused by the subsequent decision to extend this requirement until 2040; what estimate he has made of when the present Apache fleet will become obsolete, unless modernised; and if he will make a statement.
    (203176)
5
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it will be possible for his Department to acquire any modernised, Block III Apache helicopters before the end of 2019, unless a decision is made on which contracting route to follow before the end of 2014; what progress has been made in assessing whether to proceed through (a) a government-to-government off-the-shelf purchase and (b) a purchase directly from industry in the UK; and whether any such decision will be taken before the 2015 General Election.
    (203177)
6
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the application by EDF Energy to relax safety limits at Dungeness nuclear power station.
    (203044)
7
N
Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence examines the use of Sativex or other appropriate cannabis derivatives for treatment of spasticity due to stroke.
    (203015)
8
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the current number of female officers in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
    (203016)
9
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that women in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre on suicide watch are only supervised by female officers.
    (203017)
10
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that women detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre can obtain feminine hygiene products without contact with male guards.
    (203018)
11
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, columns 51-2W, on the Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry, what the amount was of the invoice for the hosting of the website for the Saville Inquiry; and what the totals were for any previous such invoices for that service since 2010.
    (203166)
12
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that Northern Ireland drivers can still have access to six Counties, Belfast, and Londonderry specific registration numbers.
    (203165)
13
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs (a) directly and (b) indirectly provided by UK airports; and if he will make a statement.
    (203041)
14
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise the take-up of sustainable aviation fuels; what discussions his Department held with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
    (203042)
15
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the economic and social benefits provided by UK airports; and if he will make a statement.
    (203043)
16
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide an estimate of how many people were in receipt of universal credit on 1 June 2014.
    (203169)

Notices given on Tuesday 1 July

1
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Attorney General, what reports he has received of bribery of foreign officials in Tanzania by African Barrack Gold plc; and whether the SFO plans to investigate those reports.
    (203352)
2
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what discussions have taken place between the Financial Conduct Authority and the Serious Fraud Office on the recent finding by that regulator that Wonga sent letters to debtors from non-existent solicitors demanding payment.
    (203475)
3
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what consideration the Serious Fraud Office has given to investigating Wonga, for fraud by false representation under section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006.
    (203476)
4
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service has been contacted for investigative advice by any police force in England and Wales with regard to the possible criminal liability following the findings by the Financial Conduct Authority that Wonga has been threatening debtors with letters from fake law firms.
    (203477)
5
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 389W, on the legal profession, what proportion of the money spent on consultancy fees by the Crown Prosecution Service was paid to which companies for what services in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
    (203402)
6
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions the Minister for Portsmouth has had with BAE Systems about the sale of the shipyard in Portsmouth; and if he will make a statement.
    (203482)
7
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions the Minister for Portsmouth has had with BAE Systems on the potential implication for Portsmouth of a yes vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.
    (203507)
8
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the statement of 7 April 2014, Official Report, columns 1-2WS, on higher education (student support), what new requirements will be put on higher education institutions; and what steps he is taking to ensure those institutions are prepared to fulfil these requirements.
    (203353)
9
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, columns 464W, on insolvency, how much the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service paid in relation to the collapse of Woolworths; and how much of that amount was paid in respect of protective awards.
    (203335)
10
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the difference is between standard security checks and developed vetting carried out in respect of officials employed in the Civil Service; how many officials in No. 10 Downing Street have been subject to (a) standard security clearance and (b) developed vetting; and what limitations are placed on officials in No. 10 Downing Street who have not undergone developed vetting.
    (203199)
11
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people over 50 years old are employed in each region and constituent part of the UK; and what proportion of people aged over 50 years old living in the region and constituent part do they represent in each such case.
    (203349)
12
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, columns 679W-80W, on unemployment: older workers, how many and what proportion of people over 50 had been out of work for over a year in each region and constituent part of the UK in each year since 1994.
    (203496)
13
N
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 9 April 2014, Official Report, column 225W, on Revenue and Customs, for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs has not made an assessment of the economic viability of the land on the western perimeter of the Priory Court site, in relation to the requirement of Network Rail for new parking facilities for Dover Priory railway station.
    (203494)
14
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that parents use their tax-free childcare accounts to pay for childcare; and what additional costs such checks will place on HM Revenue and Customs.
    (203316)
15
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average value of tax credits were paid to claimants who were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last 10 years.
    (203325)
16
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many house purchases have been funded through the Help to Buy scheme in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK.
    (203332)
17
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects his Department to publish a consultation document on withdrawing permitted development rights for bookmakers; and if he will make a statement.
    (203326)
18
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to limit the number of nuisance telephone calls being received by members of the public.
    (203497)
19
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the contracts to be signed for the three offshore patrol vessels to be built for the Royal Navy.
    (203483)
20
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to centrally record all instances of verbal or physical abuse made towards members of the Armed Forces.
    (203471)
21
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy formally to consult the residents of Marchwood, Hampshire, about the sale of the lease of land and facilities at the site of the military port; and if he will make a statement.
    (203317)
22
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account he has taken of (a) recent losses of aircraft and yachts at sea and (b) the deterioration in East-West relations resulting from events in the Ukraine; when assessing the effects on defence capability of the absence of maritime patrol aircraft; and if he will make a statement.
    (203466)
23
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long it will take to (a) acquire aircraft and (b) reinstate skills following a decision to reacquire maritime patrol aircraft.
    (203467)
24
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to answer the letter sent to him by the Rt. hon. Member for Mid Sussex dated 14 March 2014, enclosing correspondence from his constituent, Mr Douglas Denham St. Pinnock.
    (203463)
25
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contractual requirements to provide face-to-face advice will be in the contracts of providers of the National Careers Guidance; and what the current levels of provision are.
    (203479)
26
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff are currently employed in the National Careers Service; and how many staff he expects to be employed after the new contract for that service is in place.
    (203480)
27
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what quality criteria will be included in contracts for provision of the National Careers Service; and how performance against those criteria will be monitored.
    (203481)
28
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils who did not have a statement of special educational needs in each school achieved no qualifications by the end of key stage 4 in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (203334)
29
N
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's child protection legislation; and if he will make a statement.
    (203198)
30
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency received free school meals in each year since 1995-96.
    (203252)
31
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places were available in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency in each year since 1995-96.
    (203327)
32
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding was provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Warrington in (A) cash terms and (B) at 2014 prices in each year since 1995-96.
    (203329)
33
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-2031: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, what assessment his Department has made of the potential expansion of demand for educational facilities for children and young adults that would arise under Option 5 of that plan.
    (203503)
34
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all employees of his Department are required to return their departmental pass when they cease working for his Department.
    (203339)
35
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the additional costs to (a) parents and (b) childcare providers of providing childcare for disabled children.
    (203315)
36
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the level of accessibility of childcare for disabled children; how many childcare settings of all types of provision provide places for disabled children; what proportion of disabled children are able to access early years provision; and how many disabled children access the free early years entitlement at (a) three and four years old and (b) two years old.
    (203321)
37
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Childcare and Early Years has had with parents of disabled children about improving access, affordability and quality of childcare for disabled children since he was appointed.
    (203388)
38
N
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle cyber-bullying.
    (904664)
39
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 3 February 2014, Official Report, columns 133-4W, on renewable energy: heating, when he expects to publish the data on the effect on electricity bills in households using heat pumps.
    (203441)
40
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish all work undertaken by his Department to (a) define what is affordable for consumers to pay to the water industry and (b) assess whether charges made by the water industry to consumers are affordable.
    (203253)
41
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work his Department has done to assess the long term effect of investment and pricing decisions made by (a) his Department, (b) OFWAT and (c) water companies on affordability for consumers; and if he will publish all such work.
    (203319)
42
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance he has produced on how his Department, OFWAT and water companies should monitor and assess affordability for consumers when carrying out their functions.
    (203320)
43
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department gives UK nationals on purchasing or acquiring (a) abalone, (b) coral, (c) conch, (d) shark fin, (e) sea turtle meat or shells, (f) bushmeat, (g) ivory and (h) rhino horn when overseas.
    (203473)
44
N
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 256W, on counter-terrorism, which activities have ceased as a result of the reduction in the Counter-Terrorism Prevention Fund budget.
    (203492)
45
N
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 256W, on counter-terrorism, by how much the Counter-Terrorism Prevention Fund has been reduced over what period.
    (203493)
46
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the governance of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
    (203446)
47
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received expressing concern about the governance of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
    (203447)
48
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implementation of the Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009 and of the efficacy of that Order in securing democratic representation and human rights in that territory.
    (203448)
49
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of recent trends in (a) the cost of living and (b) living standards in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
    (203449)
50
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First Battle of the Marne between 5 and 12 September 2014.
    (203331)
51
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure the efficient and timely transfer of prisoners to hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983.
    (203451)
52
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS England hospitals offer free breast pumps to enable mothers to express breast milk for babies in neonatal care.
    (203452)
53
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that prisoners in England receive adequate mental health treatment and support.
    (203453)
54
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners waiting for more than 14 days for a transfer to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983.
    (203454)
55
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a survey of the prevalence of mental health problems and learning disabilities among adults and children in the prison population and in other criminal justice settings.
    (203455)
56
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, columns 156-7W, on ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the reductions in the number and proportion of severe cases of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome reported to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority between 2009 and 2010 and between 2010 and 2011.
    (203247)
57
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, columns 156-7W, on ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, in how many licensable treatment cycles at least (a) 30 and (b) 40 eggs per cycle were collected in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (203248)
58
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people being prescribed methadone or other opioid substitutes had their prescription reduced in 2013-14.
    (203391)
59
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults with autism accessed care and support under the Fair Access to Care Standards eligibility criteria in Cambridge constituency in each year since 2010.
    (203256)
60
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults with autism in England receive support because they have been identified by a local authority as being at risk of abuse or neglect.
    (203257)
61
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed by Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust and by its predecessors in each year since 1995-96.
    (203328)
62
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-2031: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, what assessment his Department has made of the potential increased demand for NHS services in Lancaster District that would arise under Option 5 of that plan.
    (203502)
63
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Family Nurse Partnership places there were in each year since 2010; and what progress the Government has made on its target of doubling the number of such places by 2015.
    (203318)
64
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Monitor spent on working with and supporting the Competition and Markets Authority on competition-related issues in 2013-14; and how much it projects it will spend on that work in 2014-15.
    (203207)
65
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on signatories of medical consent forms having access to the carbon copy of the form.
    (203254)
66
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on medical consent forms being amended after they have been signed.
    (203255)
67
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the accuracy of the forecast of an increase of 350,000 additional applications in 2014 in the Identity and Passport Service Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13.
    (203484)
68
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all her Department's special advisers have undergone developed vetting.
    (203251)
69
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to support the Government's implementation of the economic pact with the Northern Ireland Executive, Building a Prosperous and United Community.
    (203461)
70
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in receipt of Section 95 support are (a) singe adults aged between 18 and 24, (b) single adults aged over 25, (c) couples, (d) single lone parents, (e) aged 16 or 17, (f) children under 16 and (g) children under five.
    (203354)
71
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average an asylum seeker stays on Section 95 support.
    (203355)
72
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average annual salary of a UK Visas and Immigration asylum caseworker is; and how many asylum decisions such a caseworker makes on average in one year.
    (203401)
73
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 666W, on offences against children: internet, whether the intelligence packets were divided up into police authority areas based on the address of the suspected purchaser; and how many intelligence packages were sent to each police force in the UK.
    (203249)
74
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the progress on constructing the Saint Helena airport; and if he will make a statement.
    (203450)
75
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to reverse the fall in take-up of family mediation for separating and divorcing couples.
    (203498)
76
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences were committed by each offender who took car driving lessons or tests while in prisons in 2013.
    (203478)
77
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have held amnesties for needles used for drug-taking in the last year.
    (203330)
78
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) drug caches including heroin and (b) needles used for drug-taking were found in each prison during the last year for which figures are available; and how many prisoners tested positive for heroin use in each such prison in that year.
    (203390)
79
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he will enforce his lights out policy for young offenders currently accommodated in adult prisons.
    (203205)
80
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what time will be set in his lights out policy for young offenders; and what evidence was used to select that time.
    (203206)
81
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which peer support groups were included in the successful bid by Victim Support to deliver the National Homicide Service from 1 October 2014; and what value of grant has been awarded to each such organisation.
    (203469)
82
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of child abuse have been reported in youth custody environments in each of the last 10 years.
    (203470)
83
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 305W, on Homicide: victim support schemes, how many victims bereaved by homicide received support from the National Homicide Service in England and Wales in each year since May 2010.
    (203472)
84
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons Michael Wheatley was transferred from HM Prison Standford Hill in December 2013.
    (203456)
85
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been transferred to open conditions following a decision made only by the Ministry of Justice Public Protection Unit in each of the last four years.
    (203457)
86
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what role the Governor of HM Prison Standford Hill played in rescinding the decision of the parole board to send Michael Wheatley to that prison.
    (203458)
87
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which prison Michael Wheatley was transferred in December 2013.
    (203459)
88
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been transferred to open conditions without advice being sought or provided by the parole board in each of the last four years.
    (203460)
89
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been in relation to offences under section 57 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
    (203464)
90
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the residence test for civil legal aid with Article 16 of the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons.
    (203474)
91
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he gives to the courts on the disqualification of drivers who have accumulated over 12 points on their driving licence.
    (203203)
92
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will revise his decision to redact documents relating to Jimmy Savile in the PREM 19/878 file in the National Archives.
    (203322)
93
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the effect of introducing the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme in Northern Ireland.
    (203348)
94
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she plans to publish the annual update on implementation of the Government's economic pact with the Northern Ireland Executive, Building a Prosperous and United Community.
    (203462)
95
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Prime Minister, whether it is the Government's policy that decisions in Parliament relating to abortion should be subject to a free vote; and if he will instruct that the Department for International Development's practice paper, Safe and unsafe abortion, published in July 2011, should not be regarded as an expression of the Government's policy until its contents have been approved by the House in a free vote.
    (203468)
96
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to ensure that improvements in rail infrastructure in the South East are matched by improvements in the North West.
    (203333)
97
N
Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the economic and social contribution of Bristol Airport to (a) the Exchequer and (b) local communities; and if he will make a statement.
    (203250)
98
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-2031: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, what assessment his Department has made of the potential increased need for roads infrastructure that would arise under Option 5 of that plan.
    (203501)
99
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures his Department has put in place to ensure that statutory undertakers carrying out emergency works give notice to street authorities as required under section 57 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991; and if he will make a statement.
    (203465)
100
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of drivers who accumulate over 12 points on their licence are disqualified.
    (203403)
101
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to demonstrate transparency and accountability with specific regard to the level of service provided to customers claiming personal independent payments.
    (203323)
102
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the data on clearance time for personal independent payments are robust enough to be published; and what timescale he has set for implementing such steps.
    (203324)
103
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conclusions he has drawn from his small scale test bed at Wolverhampton Jobcentre for the Supervised Pilot Scheme.
    (203350)
104
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish Matthew Oakley's independent review of jobseeker's allowance sanctions.
    (203495)

Notices given on Wednesday 2 July

1
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Serious Fraud Office's incorrect reclamation of VAT on fees it paid to barristers and other contractors; and if he will make a statement.
    (203779)
2
 
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to prosecute successfully the offence of forced marriage in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England.
    (203838)
3
 
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of manufacturing activity in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last four years; and what assessment he has made of future capacity in that sector.
    (203598)
4
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to conclude his Department's consultation on the proposed changes to the disabled students' allowance; and when he expects to publish the Equality Analysis and Disabled Students' Allowances Guidance for 2015-16.
    (203719)
5
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in (a) the London Borough of Lewisham and (b) Lewisham East constituency are in receipt of disabled student's allowance.
    (203720)
6
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 649W, on disabled students' allowances, if he will publish a list of all stakeholders being consulted on the Equality Analysis and Disabled Students' Allowances Guidance for 2015-16.
    (203667)
7
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (b) Middlesbrough, (c) Stockton North, (d) Stockton South, (e) Hartlepool, (f) Redcar constituency and (g) the North East received disabled students' allowance in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
    (203732)
8
 
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to (a) amend or repeal the Pedlars Acts 1871 and 1881 and (b) amend Schedule 4 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 covering the street trading regime of England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
    (203563)
9
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department provides any guidance specifically for the creative industries.
    (203542)
10
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the Government's policy is on whether holiday pay may be calculated without reference to bonus and overtime payment; and if he will make a statement.
    (203544)
11
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department plans to intervene in the Neal v Freightliner proceedings in the Employment Appeal Tribunal in July.
    (203545)
12
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding available through the disabled student's allowance was spent on non-medical help in the last year.
    (203586)
13
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many current students in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Cumbria and (d) South Lakeland have been awarded disabled students allowance.
    (203608)
14
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number of current students who have been awarded disabled student's allowance (DSA) who would fail to be awarded DSA under the proposed revised eligibility guidelines.
    (203609)
15
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing, maintaining and updating a register of providers of disabled students' allowances (DSA) study needs assessments and DSA assistive technology service providers; and who will fund the introduction and maintenance of that register.
    (203625)
16
 
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to improve transparency in the procurement processes of university libraries.
    (203635)
17
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the British Library's Business & IP Centre national network.
    (203556)
18
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution to the economy of the British Library's Business & IP Centre national network.
    (203557)
19
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs created in partnership with the British Library's Business & IP Centre national network.
    (203558)
20
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants employed through the Human Resources graduate fast track scheme between 1 June 2004 and 1 June 2014 were educated at (a) private and (b) state schools.
    (203800)
21
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants employed through the Technology in Business graduate fast track scheme between 1 June 2004 and 1 June 2014 were educated at (a) private and (b) state schools.
    (203801)
22
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants employed through the generalist graduate fast track schemes between 1 June 2004 and 1 June 2014 were educated at (a) private and (b) state schools.
    (203802)
23
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants employed through the European graduate fast track scheme between 1 June 2004 and 1 June 2014 were educated at (a) private and (b) state schools.
    (203804)
24
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants employed through the analytical graduate fast track schemes between June 2004 and June 2014 were educated at (a) private and (b) state schools.
    (203805)
25
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there have been in the claimant count for women in Ashfield constituency aged 25 and over claiming for over 24 months since May 2010.
    (203808)
26
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there have been in the claimant count for women in Ashfield constituency aged between 18 and 24 years claiming for over 12 months since May 2010.
    (203809)
27
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there have been in the number of (a) female and (b) male part time workers in Ashfield constituency in each year since May 2010.
    (203810)
28
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there have been in the claimant count for women aged 25 years and over claiming for over 24 months since May 2010.
    (203813)
29
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there have been in the claimant count for women aged between 18 and 24 years claiming for over 12 months since May 2010.
    (203814)
30
 
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 811, on cybercrime, whether the £860 million includes the £650 million in his Department's report The UK Cyber Security Strategy: Protecting and Promoting the UK in a Digital Age published in November 2011; and how much funding from the National Cyber Security Strategy has been allocated to the Ministry of Defence.
    (203539)
31
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many teenage pregnancies there have been in each ward in the last year for which figures are available.
    (203734)
32
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last 12 months.
    (203560)
33
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the unemployment rate in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK was in each of the last 12 months.
    (203589)
34
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women have been unemployed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last 12 months.
    (203590)
35
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many men have been unemployed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last 12 months.
    (203591)
36
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been unemployed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last 12 months.
    (203592)
37
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many men have been employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last 12 months.
    (203593)
38
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women have been employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last 12 months.
    (203594)
39
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides to officials in the Northern Ireland Executive on personal security.
    (203620)
40
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to lower air passenger duty.
    (203541)
41
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the proposed closure of Irvine Tax Office.
    (203767)
42
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the tax yield generated by compliance officers working in Irvine tax office in 2013-14.
    (203795)
43
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total operating cost and (b) staffing cost other than for staff not engaged in compliance work of Irvine tax office was in 2013-14.
    (203796)
44
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of the Building Our Future workshops held for all HM Revenue and Customs staff.
    (203797)
45
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of flexible resourcing within HM Revenue and Customs in terms of lost yield from staff being moved away from their normal duties to assist with call handling during the tax credit peak.
    (203798)
46
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the level of growth in the UK economy in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015; and what change in the level of public sector employment he anticipates will take place in each region and constituent part of the UK in that time.
    (203572)
47
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203536)
48
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the sum was of unpaid wages involved in each of the cases where employers have been prosecuted for non-payment of the minimum wage since 1999.
    (203781)
49
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil enforcement actions HM Revenue and Customs has taken against employers over non-payment of the minimum wage in the last five years.
    (203782)
50
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria HM Revenue and Customs use to determine whether a case where an employer is paying one or more employees less than the minimum wage is pursued by the civil route or the criminal route.
    (203783)
51
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the 10 largest amounts of unpaid arrears were that were imposed in the last five years against employers who paid one or more employees less than the minimum wage; and whether any of those employers were prosecuted.
    (203784)
52
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new claims were paid in April 2014 for (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.
    (203727)
53
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to make formal proposals to end the ongoing dispute on firefighters' pensions based on the alternative costed options within the proposed cost ceiling which were released on 12 June 2014; and if he will make a statement on progress towards resolving that dispute.
    (203610)
54
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of individual respondents to his consultation on local authority parking agreed with the Government's proposal to abolish the use of closed circuit television cameras for parking enforcement.
    (203639)
55
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of organisations responding to his consultation on local authority parking agreed with the Government's intention to abolish the use of closed circuit television cameras for parking enforcement; and if he will make a statement.
    (203640)
56
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) sites and (b) homes where building is yet to start which have full planning permission.
    (203668)
57
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2014, Official Report, columns 151-2W, on Bellwin Scheme, which local authorities have made applications for Bellwin funding relating to flooding in winter 2013-14 since 11 June 2014; what amount each such local authority applied for; and what amount has been paid to each such local authority to date.
    (203680)
58
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing starts there were in 2013-14; and what recent forecast he has made of the likely number of housing starts in 2014-15.
    (203693)
59
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle anti-semitic attacks (a) in Greater Manchester and (b) across the UK.
    (203568)
60
 
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of vacant residential properties in each region.
    (203818)
61
 
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of vacant residential properties (a) awaiting occupation, (b) that are derelict, (c) that are for sale and (d) in other categories; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of current net additional housing demand that could be met through bringing vacant properites back into use.
    (203823)
62
 
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of development land required to meet current net additional demand for housing that could come from brownfield sites.
    (203825)
63
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203523)
64
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) individuals, (b) couples and (c) families are registered in the UK as seeking accommodation.
    (203780)
65
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, at what level his Department values the reduction of risk of death per fatal casualty prevented; and if he will give an example of a policy intervention where this evaluation was made.
    (203611)
66
 
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of the respondents to his Department's Review of Property conditions in the Private Rented Sector issued in February 2014 supported the mandatory installation of smoke alarms in privately rented housing.
  [R] (203564)
67
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department gives on the weight to be given to areas of outstanding natural beauty when calculating housing need for the purpose of drawing up local plans; and if he will make a statement.
    (203607)
68
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance his Department gives to community groups who wish to take over the running of museums and tourist attractions.
    (203559)
69
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with the sports ministers of the devolved administrations to ensure that following the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games immediate preparations will begin to ensure greater participation by people in all four constituent parts of the UK in the run-up to the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
    (203703)
70
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which media organisations in the UK have received funding from the European Parliament to promote coverage of EU-level decision-making in the last three years.
    (203566)
71
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding the UK has contributed to the European Parliament's House of European History Project to date.
    (203567)
72
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of UK citizens subject to Facebook's experiment on users' emotions in 2012.
    (203576)
73
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Facebook about the experiment they conducted on users to influence their emotions in 2012.
    (203577)
74
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the US administration about Facebook's experiment on users' emotions in 2012.
    (203578)
75
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has sought legal advice on Facebook's experiment on users' emotions in 2012.
    (203579)
76
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the regional distribution is of Arts Council England's Catalyst funds.
    (203580)
77
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 amount of foreign direct investment into the UK film industry in each year from 1997 to 2009.
    (203623)
78
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion they make up of the workforce of those contractors and sub-contractors.
    (203859)
79
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of primary pupils from each region have engaged with (a) theatre activities, (b) music activities, (c) dance and (d) other arts in each year since 2009-10.
    (203662)
80
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of primary pupils from (a) disadvantaged backgrounds and (b) non-disadvantaged backgrounds have engaged with (i) theatre activities, (ii) music activities, (iii) dance and (iv) other arts in each year since 2009-10.
    (203663)
81
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203524)
82
N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on Cornwall's additional European social funding.
    (203605)
83
 
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the decision not to proceed with a mast at Fownhope, if he will include the lack of mobile network coverage in that area in any future discussion he has with network operators.
    (203627)
84
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer Question 201291, tabled by the hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland on 18 June 2014.
    (203789)
85
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the rules governing the War Pension Scheme to allow all war widows a pension for life.
    (203702)
86
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets his Department had for the number of sponsored reserves in each year since 2010.
    (203840)
87
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what total number of sponsored reserves were agreed as part of contracts signed by companies working for his Department in each year since 2010.
    (203842)
88
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department issues guidance on protocols relating to former armed forces' personnel using their rank as a title after they have left service.
    (203843)
89
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on advertising for recruitment to the Reserves in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force in each year since 2010.
    (203844)
90
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the findings of Chavasse Report, published in spring 2014, what steps he is taking to ensure that injured soldiers receive the necessary specialist care to rebuild their lives.
    (203788)
91
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the titles of all reports on the risks of the transport of nuclear warheads (a) within the UK and (b) from or to the UK from abroad produced for his Department by (i) his Department and (ii) the Atomic Weapons Establishment and its predecessor body in the last 30 years.
    (203638)
92
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such apprentices make up of the workforce of those contractors and sub-contractors.
    (203860)
93
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change funding for existing Combined Cadet Force detachments and to communicate those changes to schools.
    (203660)
94
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203525)
95
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document D/DDOR3(AIR)(IFF)12 dated 31 October 1994.
    (203689)
96
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on a collision warning system for fast jets during the Technical Demonstration Programme between 1991 and 1998.
    (203690)
97
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration was given to purchasing the RAIDS Collision Warning System software options after difficulties were encountered with the bespoke Collision Warning System.
    (203691)
98
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the implementation of the tested bespoke Collision Warning System proposed by the Director of Operations Requirements (Air) in August 1998 was cancelled.
    (203692)
99
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the RAF's Joint Strike Fighter 35-Bs have all been grounded following an on-board fire on another Joint Strike Fighter; when the grounded aircraft are expected to fly again; and whether those aircraft will make the transatlantic flight to the UK this July.
    (203707)
100
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Illustrious will be deployed on Exercise Cougar 14; what estimate he has made of the cost of preparing that ship for the exercise; and when she will return to be decommissioned.
    (203708)
101
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the contractor is financially liable for the delay in HMS Ocean returning to service from her refit; and what estimate he has made of the costs of that delay.
    (203709)
102
 
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to encourage the funding for and implementation of the strategic economic plans submitted by the Northamptonshire LEP and the South East Midlands LEP (a) generally and (b) in regard to junction 10A on the A14 near Kettering.
    (203839)
103
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the sponsor capacity funds awarded by his Department to the Third Millennium Education Trust were returned to his Department.
    (203554)
104
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) average, (b) shortest and (c) longest time taken was to issue a direction to admit a child to an academy by the Education Funding Agency, since the creation of that agency.
    (203729)
105
 
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests for directions to admit a child to an academy were received by the Education Funding Agency in 2010; and how many such directions were issued.
    (203785)
106
 
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were permanently excluded from (a) primary, (b) middle, (c) upper and (d) secondary schools in Staffordshire in each of the last three years.
    (203786)
107
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary school pupils and (b) infant school pupils in Ashfield constituency received free school meals in each of the last five years.
    (203811)
108
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school pupils in Ashfield constituency received free school meals in each of the last five years.
    (203812)
109
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants administer medicine to children in local authority schools in England.
    (203826)
110
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary, other than small primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority area had more than three per cent of pupils in care in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (203735)
111
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) turnover and (b) wastage rate was for (i) full-time and (ii) part-time teachers in each school in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (203736)
112
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) reception, (b) year 1 and (c) year 2 in each state-funded primary school had speech and language difficulties in the latest year for which figures are available.
    (203737)
113
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such apprentices make up of the workforce of those contractors and sub-contractors.
    (203862)
114
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203526)
115
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 83W, on special educational needs, how many local authorities have provided extra funding to assist schools with a disproportionate number of pupils with special educational needs in each of the last five years.
    (203833)
116
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 83W, on special educational needs, how much local authorities have spent on providing extra funding for schools with a disproportionate number of pupils with special educational needs in each of the last five years.
    (203834)
117
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 83W, on special educational needs, how many schools in (a) England and (b) Birmingham have received extra funding from local authorities to assist them with disproportionate numbers of pupils with special educational needs in each of the last five years.
    (203835)
118
 
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of fuel poverty in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency and (c) England.
    (203596)
119
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of hydropower that started generation in May to December (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and received planning consent (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203742)
120
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of hydropower that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and began construction (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203743)
121
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of medium and large-scale solar PV that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and received planning consent (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203744)
122
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of medium and large-scale solar PV that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and began construction (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203745)
123
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of renewable energy projects that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and received planning consent (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203746)
124
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many renewable energy projects that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 began construction (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203747)
125
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many renewable energy projects that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 received planning consent (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203748)
126
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of renewable energy projects that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and began construction (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203749)
127
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many onshore wind projects that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 began construction (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203750)
128
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of offshore wind that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and began construction (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203751)
129
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of offshore wind that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and received planning consent (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203752)
130
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many onshore wind projects started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and received planning consent (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203753)
131
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of onshore wind that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and received planning consent (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203754)
132
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of onshore wind that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and began construction (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203755)
133
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many medium- and large-scale solar pv projects that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 began construction (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203756)
134
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many medium- and large-scale solar pv projects that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 received planning consent (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203757)
135
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many hydropower projects that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 began construction (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203758)
136
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many hydropower projects that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 received planning consent (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203759)
137
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many offshore wind projects that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 began construction (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203760)
138
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many offshore wind projects that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 received planning consent (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
    (203761)
139
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) new, (b) pending and (c) live non-domestic green deal plans there are.
    (203762)
140
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many green deal assessments there have been in the non-domestic sector.
    (203763)
141
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 595W, on energy: prices, at which meetings with (a) EDF, (b) E-on, (c) Npower and (d) Scottish Power he asked them to pass on the savings from changes to green levies to customers on fixed-price deals.
    (203764)
142
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such apprentices make up of the workforce of those contractors and sub-contractors.
    (203863)
143
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203527)
144
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish all (a) minutes, (b) memoranda and (c) correspondence originating between July 1984 and January 1986 relating to contacts between the Department of Energy and the Ministry of Defence about applications for licences to drill for oil in the Firth of Clyde.
    (203686)
145
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish all (a) minutes, (b) memoranda and (c) correspondence held by his Department about contact with (i) the Ministry of Defence and (ii) the Scottish Office relating to the Department of Energy's consideration of the 1981 application by British Petroleum for a licence to drill in the Firth of Clyde.
    (203687)
146
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which (a) government departments and (b) external stakeholders were consulted in the determination of the 1981 licence application made by British Petroleum to drill in the Firth of Clyde; and (i) on what date and (ii) for what reason the application was ruled unsuccessful.
    (203688)
147
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's response is to the recommendations of the Elliott Review into the Integrity and Assurance of Food Supply Networks.
    (203701)
148
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on protecting migratory birds from the effects of offshore wind turbines; and if he will make a statement.
    (203543)
149
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the Elliot Report on food crime to be published; and if he will make a statement.
    (203636)
150
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203528)
152
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the imprisonment of ethnic Rohingya people for getting married.
    (203632)
153
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he considers that the recent census in Burma meets international standards.
    (203633)
154
 
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent violence against women in the conflict-affected states of South Sudan.
    (203766)
155
 
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 29 October 2013, Official Report, column 411W, on Zimbabwe: pension payments, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that British nationals in Zimbabwe receive their pensions.
    (203821)
156
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received about the imprisonment of the Bahrain 13.
    (203694)
157
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received about the reasons for the imprisonment of the Bahrain 13.
    (203713)
158
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with his Bahraini counterpart the release of the Bahrain 13.
    (203714)
159
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants employed through his Department's graduate fast track scheme between 1 June 2004 and 1 June 2014 were educated at (a) private and (b) state schools.
    (203803)
160
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals the UK has put to the Permanent Five members of the UN Security Council (P5) on collective participation in the Conference on the Humanitarian Effects of Nuclear Weapons being hosted in Vienna in December 2014 by the Austrian government; and what discussions were held within the P5 on participation in the predecessor conferences held in Norway and Mexico.
    (203561)
161
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department took to help secure the release of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Sha'ar and Naftali Frankel, who were abducted in the West Bank on 12 June 2014.
    (203659)
162
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the current political situation in Lesotho.
    (203738)
163
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for general practice in each region were (a) commissioned and (b) filled in each of the last five years.
    (203551)
164
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the potential long-term costs to the NHS in England of un-managed (a) coeliac disease and (b) other nutritional disorders.
  [R] (203846)
165
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost savings to the NHS of pharmacy-led gluten-free prescribing schemes; and if his Department will issue guidance on such schemes.
  [R] (203847)
166
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to encourage the roll out of pharmacy-led gluten-free prescribing schemes in England.
  [R] (203848)
167
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will establish a national register of people with coeliac disease in England.
  [R] (203849)
168
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each gender, age bracket and household income bracket had diagnosed coeliac disease in England in the most recent year for which figures are available.
  [R] (203850)
169
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding per capita NHS England has allocated to each clinical commissioning group in Yorkshire and the Humber for 2014-15.
    (203697)
170
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of adults (a) on the Care Programme Approach receiving secondary mental health services and (b) receiving secondary mental health services but who were not on the Care Programme Approach in (i) England, (ii) each mental health trust area (iii) each primary care trust area and (iv) each local authority area were in employment in 2013-14.
    (203600)
171
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to improve the diagnostic pathway for adults with autism in the autism statutory guidance.
    (203616)
172
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to maximise the use of donated organs.
    (203546)
173
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of lungs retrieved from donors are transplanted into recipients.
    (203547)
174
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of kidneys retrieved from donors are transplanted into recipients.
    (203548)
175
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hearts retrieved from donors are transplanted into recipients.
    (203549)
176
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of livers retrieved from donors are transplanted into recipients.
    (203550)
177
 
Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which facilities patients of Winterborne View were transferred on that hospital's closure; and in which facilities those patients are now.
    (203622)
178
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will institute a campaign to raise public awareness of the symptoms of a transient ischaemic attack and the need for urgent treatment; and if he will make a statement.
    (203602)
179
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned into the effect of ensuring that patients receive urgent treatment following a transient ischaemic attack on (a) reducing the risk of stroke and (b) reducing the cost to the NHS of treating strokes.
    (203603)
180
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that examples of good practice and better care pathways for the treatment of transient ischaemic attacks are disseminated throughout the NHS.
    (203604)
181
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203529)
182
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has put in place to ensure that people with ovarian cancer and their families are aware of the right to request BRCA1/2 testing at the point of diagnosis; and what steps his Department is taking to encourage greater uptake of BRCA1/2 gene testing.
    (203562)
183
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what level his Department values the reduction of risk of death per fatal casualty prevented; and if he will give an example of policy intervention where this evaluation was made.
    (203613)
184
 
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) non-patient egg donors and (b) egg-share donors were admitted to hospital for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in each year since 2009.
    (203642)
185
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any specialist trust hospitals currently have a deficit.
    (203705)
186
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the level of funding for diabetes research since 1 January 2012.
    (203555)
187
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diabetics have missed routine health checks since 1 January 2014.
    (203575)
188
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of customers using the Passport Check and Send Service had their passport application rejected due to (a) completing the application form incorrectly, (b) providing incorrect supporting documents and (c) providing the incorrect fee in the last period for which figures are available.
    (203606)
189
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers have (a) been deported and (b) voluntarily returned to Somalia in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
    (203641)
190
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department makes reasonable adjustments to require the needs of individuals with learning difficulties who want to apply for citizenship but are unable to pass the Life in the UK test.
    (203669)
191
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change was in number of (a) part-time and (b) full-time staff in passport offices between 1 May 2014 and 1 July 2014.
    (203704)
192
N
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 717W, on human trafficking, how her Department gathers information to ensure that victims are safe once they have left the support service, if the town in which they have been placed is withheld on safety grounds.
    (203853)
193
N
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 717W, on human trafficking, whether the Salvation Army shares with her Department information on the town and shelter in which each victim is placed and whether the victim has a conclusive grounds decision.
    (203854)
194
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female victims of (a) grevious bodily harm and (b) actual bodily harm there were (i) of each age and (ii) in each ward in the latest year for which figures are available.
    (203733)
195
 
Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of student visa applicants who illegally gained entry to the UK as a result of fraudulent language testing in the last 10 years; and how many of these applicants have now been removed from the UK.
    (203628)
196
 
Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the costs of identifying and removing student visa applicants who entered the country illegally as a result of fraudulent language testing.
    (203631)
197
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been returned for the UK to the last safe country they left under the Dublin II Regulation in each calendar year since May 2010.
    (203740)
198
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been sent back from the UK to their country of origin in each calendar year since May 2010.
    (203741)
199
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203530)
200
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have applied for entry clearance as (a) students and (b) family members of settled people including evidence of their knowledge of the English language through a Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) certificate obtained through Educational Testing Service and whose applications are on hold while their right to hold that qualification is tested.
    (203775)
201
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which countries her Department is investigating the Test of English for International Communication language test certificates from Educational Testing Service and the individuals who have provided them as part of the evidence in their visa applications.
    (203776)
202
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Government regulates commercial companies providing evidence required in immigration applications and that such companies are not open to corruption.
    (203777)
203
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to inform people whose entry clearance applications are on hold because of investigation into their Test of English for International Communication qualifications about (a) the fact that this is the case and (b) any action they can take to continue their entry clearance applications.
    (203778)
204
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance indicators for the renewal of existing passports were met by each passport office administrative centre in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012, (v) 2013 and (vi) 2014 to date.
    (203716)
205
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what level her Department values the reduction of risk of death per fatal casualty prevented; and if she will give an example of policy intervention where this evaluation was made.
    (203614)
206
 
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the minimum income threshold requirement on pensioners who wish to sponsor their partner's visa to settle in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (203685)
207
 
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for a UK passport have paid an upgrade fee to fast-track their application after having submitted that application at a passport office at each such office and in each of the last 12 months.
    (203852)
208
 
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure fair and efficient distribution of international aid in South Sudan.
    (203765)
209
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to promote the development of concentrated solar power in Iraq.
    (203819)
210
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to promote collaboration between UK companies and the government of Iraq on development of solar technology to power desalination plants to provide clean drinking water to areas of shortage in that country.
    (203820)
211
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 416W, on Uganda, to which human rights organisations her Department is stepping up to support; and what form that support will take.
    (203718)
212
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203531)
213
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how UK aid money to India was allocated in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
    (203569)
214
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the aid given by the UK to Yemen is spent on (a) food, (b) education, (c) housing, (d) healthcare and (e) employment.
    (203570)
215
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which 10 countries will receive the highest amount of UK aid in the post-2015 development framework; and how much each such country will receive.
    (203571)
216
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the UK has given to Yemen since 1 January 2012; and what comparative assessment she has made of the level of such spending in other EU countries.
    (203573)
217
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent specifically to reduce the number of malnourished children in the developing world; and which 10 countries are the largest recipients of such funding.
    (203574)
218
 
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people resident in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England received an award of legal aid in each of the last five years.
    (203597)
219
 
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times prison officers confiscated illegally brewed alcohol in each prison in England and Wales in each month in 2013.
    (203774)
220
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training prison officers receive to enable them to detect incidents of sexual assault inside prison.
    (203841)
221
N
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when community rehabilitation companies are planned to begin providing post-release supervision to offenders serving sentences of under 12 months in prison.
    (203845)
222
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people served as magistrates in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (203730)
223
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer from Kevin Sadler to question 147 from the Work and Pensions Committee on 7 May 2014, what the predicted cost was of (a) employment and support allowance appeals, (b) such appeals borne by the Department for Work and Pensions and (c) such appeals borne by HM Treasury in the financial year 2009-10.
    (203617)
224
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer from Kevin Sadler to question 147 from the Work and Pensions Committee on 7 May 2014, what the cost is of (a) employment and support allowance appeals, (b) such appeals borne by the Department for Work and Pensions and (c) such appeals borne by HM Treasury in each year since 2008-09.
    (203618)
225
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid were made in cases relating to homicide in each of the last three years; and how many of those applications were successful.
    (203661)
226
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 580W, on evidence in court, for what reason HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) does not hold data on the number of child witnesses summoned to give evidence in court; and if he will request HMCTS to do so in future.
    (203723)
227
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203532)
228
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the savings from a residence test for claimants of legal aid.
    (203695)
229
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals in social security tribunals in which the appellant was (a) represented and (b) not represented were successful in the most recent period for which figures are available.
    (203715)
230
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants employed through the Northern Ireland graduate fast track scheme between 1 June 2004 and 1 June 2014 were educated at (a) private and (b) state schools.
    (203799)
231
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans her Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203533)
232
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether her Department issues advice to officials on personal security; and when this advice was last updated.
    (203619)
233
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203534)
234
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent assessment the Committee has made of the adequacy of the budget of the Electoral Commission for (a) advertising and (b) the functioning of the Commission.
    (203629)
235
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what role the Electoral Commission has in promoting political engagement; and what assessment the Commission has made of the contribution of ward level data or voter turnout at general elections to monitoring political engagement.
    (203630)
236
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many electors have registered online since the introduction of online registration; and what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to encourage online registration.
    (203675)
237
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission has spent on public awareness campaigns on the change from household to individual electoral registration; and what assessment the Commission has made of the effectiveness of those campaigns.
    (203676)
238
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of public awareness of the change from household to individual electoral registration.
    (203677)
239
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, for what reason the Electoral Commission first decided to undertake research into the completeness of the electoral register; and why further work on this issue has now been commissioned.
    (203678)
240
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the effect of the removal of electors who failed to register under individual electoral registration before 1 December 2015 on the next boundary review.
    (203679)
241
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 613W, on electoral register: young people, what the EC's policy is on publishing data which it holds but has not commissioned.
    (203831)
242
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 613W, on electoral register, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the accuracy of two separate pilot schemes which data mined Student Loans Company data.
    (203837)
243
 
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to introduce mandatory regulation of B+E driving instructors.
    (203832)
244
 
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to make the Fleet Driver Trainer register mandatory for paid vocational driver training.
    (203836)
245
 
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of High Speed 2 to transport connectivity between communities in the East Midlands.
    (203540)
246
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential cost to the Strategic Highways Company of carrying full public liability and professional indemnity insurance as proposed in the Infrastructure Bill [Lords].
    (203601)
247
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid to PwC for its report, Analysis and advisory work on a potential property bond scheme for property owners affected by plans for HS2 dated March 2014 and published by HS2 Ltd as part of the response to the 2013 consultation on compensation.
    (203647)
248
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when discussions were held between PwC and the Law Society, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Council for Mortgages Lenders, National Association of Estate Agents and the Valuation Office Agency on the property bond prior to publication of the report, Analysis and advisory work on a potential property bond scheme for property owners affected by plans for HS2 dated March 2014 and published by HS2 Ltd as part of the response to the 2013 consultation on compensation.
    (203648)
249
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many blight notices have been (a) served on HS2 Ltd and (b) accepted in each affected postcode and constituency.
    (203649)
250
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many early access agreements have been issued in the High Speed 2 (Phase 1) process in each affected postcode and constituency since February 2014.
    (203650)
251
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many requests for additional land have been served in each affected postcode and constituency by HS2 Ltd which require additional provision to the High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill to be deposited since February 2014.
    (203651)
252
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what agricultural land in each affected postcode area and constituency has been purchased by HS2 Ltd in safeguarded areas on the route of Phase 1 or Phase 2 of High Speed 2.
    (203652)
253
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional seats his Department expects will be created on the West Coast Mainline by the conversion of one first class carriage to standard class following the award of the West Coast Mainline franchise to Virgin Trains.
    (203653)
254
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the additional capacity created by Virgin Trains converting one first class carriage to standard class on West Coast Mainline was factored into the HS2 business case issued in October 2013.
    (203654)
255
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) Ministers in his Department and (b) representatives of High Speed 2 have had with the World Health Organisation on noise and High Speed 2.
    (203655)
256
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the High Speed 2 Select Committee will have sight of the Major Project Authority's reports on High Speed 2 before it begins to hear petitions.
    (203656)
257
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to respond further to the recommendations of the 138th Report of the Environmental Audit Committee, Session 2012-13, HC 1076, on HS2 and the Environment, so as to ensure that the Hybrid Bill process delivers the requirements of the Environment Impact Assessment Directive.
    (203657)
258
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the development plans for Euston in the High Speed 2 (Phase 1) Hybrid Bill will be announced; and when the environmental statement consultation will be held.
    (203658)
259
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he or any minister approved or commented on decisions to challenge the locus standi of any petitioner against the Hybrid Bill for Phase 1 of High Speed 2.
    (203670)
260
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish before the locus standi hearings the reasons for each challenge by HS2 Ltd.
    (203671)
261
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish all the responses to the petition response documents to petitions on High Speed 2.
    (203672)
262
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish all documents exchanged between the Government and the China Development Bank mentioning or concerning High Speed 2 or associated development or works.
    (203673)
263
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) Ministers in his Department, (b) officials in his Department and (c) HS2 Ltd personnel have attended meetings with the China Development Bank.
    (203674)
264
 
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what records are kept of the concentrations of identified toxic chemicals in a fume event in each of the principal classes of civil aviation airliners operating within the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (203637)
265
 
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any UK agencies or Departments conduct or have conducted research into the long-term consequences of repeated exposure of air crews to low levels of toxic fumes within civil aviation aircraft; and if he will make a statement.
    (203644)
266
 
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he or Ministers in his Department have had with (a) airlines and (b) organisations about fume events in UK airlines; and if he will take steps to improve the monitoring of the air quality in UK airliners.
    (203645)
267
 
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fume events were recorded in (a) UK civil aviation aircraft and (b) other aircraft using UK airports operating within the UK in the last 12 months; and which agency is responsible for recording these events.
    (203646)
268
 
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the three most recent (a) traffic counts, (b) speed measurements and (c) weight-of-vehicles measurements are from the B3006 Selborne Road between the A31 at Alton and the A3 Ham Barn roundabout.
    (203829)
269
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203535)
270
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from groups supporting the development of the Brighton Mainline 2; and if he will make a statement.
    (203588)
271
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to support regional air links with Northern Ireland.
    (203621)
272
 
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contraventions of the regulations under Part 5 of the Equality Act 2010 preventing differential pay rates for seafarers from countries in the European Economic Area have been investigated by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency since 1 August 2011; and what the (a) outcome and (b) flag of each vessel was in each such investigation.
    (203768)
273
 
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what enforcement activity the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has undertaken of the regulations under Part 5 of the Equality Act 2010 to prevent differential pay rates for seafarers from countries in the European Economic Area since 1 August 2011.
    (203769)
274
 
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what awareness activities the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has undertaken among (a) UK ship owners, (b) owners of UK flagged vessels and (c) the European shipping industry on regulations under Part 5 of the Equality Act 2010 to prevent differential pay rates for seafarers from countries in the European Economic Area since 1 August 2011.
    (203770)
275
 
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what activities the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has undertaken among employers in the (a) UK, (b) European and (c) international shipping industry to ensure compliance with the regulations under Part 5 of the Equality Act 2010 to prevent differential pay rates for seafarers from countries in the European Economic Area since 1 August 2011.
    (203771)
276
 
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of vessels that have de-flagged from the Red Ensign Group where the shipowner cited the regulations under Part 5 of the Equality Act 2010 to prevent differential pay rates for seafarers from countries in the European Economic Area as the motivating factor in each year since 1 August 2011.
    (203772)
277
 
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of the regulations under Part 5 of the Equality Act 2010 to prevent differential pay rates for seafarers from countries in the European Economic Area on vessels registered under Category 1 and Category 2 Red Ensign Group registries.
    (203773)
278
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 363W, on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Fareham, what discussions he has had in the last six months with external stakeholders on the staffing and training levels required for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham to be fully operational.
    (203790)
279
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff currently employed at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham have (a) received the amount of training required and (b) attained the level of qualification required in order to carry out their duties when the centre takes on its full operational responsibiliteis in December 2015.
    (203791)
280
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what levels of staffing the Maritime and Coastguard Agency expects to be in place at Martime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham in (a) September 2014, (b) November 2014, (c) January 2015 and (d) March 2015.
    (203792)
281
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastguards have left the service since the Coastguard Reform programme began; and how many new entrants to the Coastguard service there have been in that period.
    (203793)
282
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether levels of staffing and training at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham are in line with the targets in the original proposals in the Coastguard Reform programme.
    (203794)
283
 
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what level his Department values the reduction of risk of death per fatal casualty prevented; and if he will give an example of policy intervention where this evaluation was made.
    (203615)
284
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the Green Paper on young drivers safety.
    (203581)
285
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the use of telematics to reduce car insurance premiums.
    (203582)
286
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 148W, to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East, on driving, when he plans to publish the findings from the focus groups with parents, young people and employers.
    (203851)
287
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203537)
288
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much the Government has spent on the Think, Act, Report initiative.
    (203666)
289
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what proportion of Named Day Written Questions were answered within the prescribed period in each year since 2010.
    (203815)
290
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government Equalities Office has had with LGBT mental health service providers in the last year.
    (203816)
291
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many apprentices the Department has accepted as part of the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme; and how many were (a) women and (b) men in each year since the scheme started.
    (203817)
292
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to monitor the standards of asbestos management in schools (a) under and (b) outside of local authority control.
    (203583)
293
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 126W, on gas masks, what progress he has made on preventing the continued on-line sale of Second World War gas masks containing asbestos.
    (203585)
294
 
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on housing benefit in (a) Cannock Chase and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last five years.
    (203634)
295
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to deal with backlogs in personal independence payments.
    (203681)
296
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects personal independence payment backlogs to be cleared.
    (203682)
297
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will recruit additional staff to help clear personal independence payment backlogs.
    (203683)
298
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the methods used to assess personal independence payment claims with the methods used to assess disability living allowance claims.
    (203684)
299
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who received the new enterprise allowance have since reclaimed (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) income support as a lone parent and (c) employment and support allowance; and how many of these were (i) women and (ii) men.
    (203806)
300
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets there are on increasing the number of women receiving the new enterprise allowance; and what progress has been made on these targets in the last year.
    (203807)
301
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the recipients of the new enterprise allowance who previously claimed (a) access to work benefits, (b) disability living allowance and (c) incapacity benefit were (i) male and (ii) female.
    (203822)
302
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) women's and (b) men's business plans which were approved received a weekly allowance for 26 weeks of a total of £1,274 as part of the new enterprise allowance.
    (203824)
303
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) women and (b) men are recipients of the new enterprise allowance.
    (203827)
304
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single parents have set up businesses using the new enterprise allowance scheme; and of these, what proportion are female.
    (203828)
305
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) women and (b) men have applied for the new enterprise allowance.
    (203830)
306
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants (a) received an overpayment of widowed parent's allowance and (b) were prosecuted for benefit fraud in respect of that allowance in each of the last five years.
    (203553)
307
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will bring into force section 40 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008.
    (203664)
308
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the written evidence from his Department to the Work and Pensions Committee of 20 October 2013 on child maintenance reform, when he will publish initial findings from the series of behaviour change trials undertaken by his Department to test different interventions aimed at addressing the barriers that prevent parents making regular payments of child maintenance.
    (203665)
309
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether disabled people who go into debt because of long delays in processing their personal independence payment claims will be able to receive assistance from the Government to help pay off the interest on their debts.
    (203731)
310
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty on (a) the total housing benefit bill, (b) overcrowding, (c) homelessness and (d) housing mobility.
    (203739)
311
 
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the risk of a link between the introduction of universal credit and levels of domestic violence.
    (203595)
312
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
    (203538)
313
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the universal credit system will accept claims from those who are self-employed.
    (203552)
314
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of his Department's contracts were awarded to small and medium- sized enterprises in (a) direct procurement spend and (b) indirect procurement spend in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013; and what the projected proportion is for (A) 2014, (B) 2015 and (C) 2016.
    (203717)
315
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how of his Department's contracts were awarded to small and medium sized enterprises in (a) direct procurement spend and (b) indirect procurement spend in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013; and what the projected number is for (A) 2014, (B) 2015 and (C) 2016.
    (203721)
316
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprenticeships his Department and its agencies employed in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014; and how many he expects to employ in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.
    (203722)
317
 
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of his Department's procurement expenditure was awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) direct procurement and (b) indirect procurement spend in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013; and what the projected proportion is for (A) 2014, (B) 2015 and (C) 2016.
    (203787)
318
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decisions based on work capability assessments were overturned during the completion of the mandatory reconsideration period in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2012-13.
    (203624)
319
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 282W, on universal credit, how much his Department spent on IT development and implementation for universal credit in 2013-14; and how much it expects to spend on such development and implementation in 2014-15.
    (203724)
320
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 431W, on jobseeker's allowance, how many jobseekers aged (a) between 18 and 21, (b) 22 and 24 and (c) 25 years and over were assessed for potential skills needs at the beginning of their claim to jobseeker's allowance in the most recent year for which data is available; and how many jobseekers in each category were assessed as having a skills need.
    (203725)
321
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he plans to publish the revised impact assessment for universal credit.
    (203726)
322
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims were paid in April 2014 for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support, (d) housing benefit and (e) universal credit.
    (203728)
323
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to better identify personal independence payment claimaints who could be assessed solely on the basis of written evidence and without the need for face-to-face assessments.
    (203696)
324
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the effects of the time taken to resolve claims for personal independence payments on claimants.
    (203698)
325
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department took to reduce delays to personal independence payment (PIP) special rules claims; how long it took to resolve those delays; what steps he plans to take to reduce delays to PIP claims in the normal rules; and what estimate he has made of the time that will be taken to reduce those delays.
    (203699)
326
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what forecast his Department has made of the length of time each part of the claims process for personal independence payment (PIP) up to provision of accurate and targeted assessments will take; and what guidance his Department uses for a reasonable amount of time for an individual to wait for an accurate targeted assessment for PIP.
    (203706)

Notices given on Thursday 3 July

1
N
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of serious and organised crime on communities.
[Question Unstarred]   (904663)
2
 
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the median gross weekly wage of employees in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]   (203599)
3
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such apprentices make up of the workforce of those contractors and sub-contractors.
[Transferred]   (203861)
4
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to help the insurance industry to reduce the cost of car insurance for newly qualified drivers.
[Transferred]   (203643)
5
 
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what system is in place to regularly review the number of Syrian resettlement places in the UK as part of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme in order to ensure the scheme is responsive to need.
[Transferred]   (203565)
6
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a Home Office immigration refusal decision was withdrawn by the Home Office on or immediately prior to an appeal hearing date in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum chamber) in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and(e) 2014 to date.
[Transferred]   (203351)
7
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the NSPCC's Order in Court Campaign seeking changes to the way the criminal justice system treats children.
[Transferred]   (203700)
8
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to prevent the postage by retailers of Second World War gas masks containing asbestos.
[Transferred]   (203584)
9
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to prosecute payday money lenders under the Fraud Act 2006.
    (203917)
10
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of all defendants of charges of (a) rape, (b) sexual offences other than rape and (c) domestic violence have been aged (i) 18 to 24 and (ii) 14 to 17 in each of the last 10 financial years.
    (203934)
11
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of all unsuccessful outcomes in rape cases have been because of victim issues in each of the last seven financial years.
    (203935)
12
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of unsuccessful Crown Prosecution Service prosecutions have been because of victim issues in each of the last seven financial years.
    (203936)
13
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support and protection the Government provides to UK businesses experiencing cyber attacks.
    (203893)
14
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeship starts by size of workplace in each year since 2010.
    (203888)
15
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what he estimates the lifetime earning premium of those with (a) L3 apprenticeships and (b) L4+ apprenticeships will be compared to level 2 apprenticeships.
    (203892)
16
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the value of publishing the average total debt of individuals subject to individual voluntary arrangements.
    (204045)
17
 
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) consumers and (b) endorsement of consumer protection law of the hand-over of investigations from the Office of Fair Trading to the Financial Conduct Authority.
    (204046)
18
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small and medium-sized business in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England and Wales have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted loans by the British Business Bank in the last year.
    (203964)
19
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve the protection of intellectual property in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (203867)
20
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage technology-based start-ups to develop in towns and cities outside London.
    (203868)
21
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to encourage the development of intellectual property in (a) Brighton, Kemptown and (b) Brighton and Hove; and if he will make a statement.
    (203870)
22
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to increase business formation in (a) Brighton, Kemptown and (b) Lewes District; and if he will make a statement.
    (203874)
23
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what additional support he is providing to encourage businesses in Brighton, Kemptown to export to overseas markets; and if he will make a statement.
    (203879)
24
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance his Department provides to help small rural businesses to export; and if he will make a statement.
    (203921)
25
 
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) internal and (b) external complaints have been received by his Department about alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code of Conduct since 2010; and what actions his Department has taken in response to each such complaint.
    (203953)
26
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what evidence he has of attempts by foreign intelligence services to instigate cyber attacks on UK companies; and if he will make a statement.
    (203895)
27
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to bar (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) any company under investigation for serious fraud from bidding for government contracts to deliver public services; and if he will make a statement.
    (203972)
28
 
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) internal and (b) external complaints have been received by his Department about alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code of Conduct since 2010; and what actions his Department has taken in response to each such complaint.
    (203954)
29
 
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in corporation tax by businesses registered in Dover and Deal constituency in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such taxation was paid by small and medium-sized enterprises.
    (203948)
30
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that sharing of customer information collected by HM Revenue and Customs is subject to appropriate safeguards.
    (203961)
31
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider reducing VAT on hotels to encourage tourism; and if he will make a statement.
    (203878)
32
 
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) internal and (b) external complaints have been received by his Department about alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code of Conduct since 2010; and what actions his Department has taken in response to each such complaint.
    (203958)
33
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on whether the landlord or tenant is responsible for the payment of council tax on the day that a tenancy ends.
    (203889)
34
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on whether the landlord or tenant is responsible for the payment of council tax when a tenant leaves the property but fails to inform the landlord.
    (203890)
35
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library correspondence between his Department and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets relating to the frequency of publication of East End Life.
    (203996)
36
 
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will (a) review and (b) amend or provide an exemption to the five-year housing land availability test for councils who have land on the proposed High Speed 2 rail route.
    (203897)
37
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage estate agents to notify buyers and sellers of the cost guarantee and other options available to them to prevent the practice of gazumping.
    (203918)
38
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number and proportion of businesses which have access to high-speed broadband in Brighton, Kemptown constituency.
    (203866)
39
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate how much money will be raised from societal lotteries in (a) Brighton, Kemptown and (b) Brighton and Hove; and if he will make a statement.
    (203877)
40
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the total amount of money awarded to good causes by the National Lottery in (a) Brighton, Kemptown constituency and (b) Brighton and Hove.
    (203983)
41
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to promote community rights under the Localism Act 2011.
    (203922)
42
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to better protect emergency services from attacking youths.
    (203967)
43
 
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment Ofcom has made of the reasons for disputes between service providers and Openreach over (a) the provision of telephone and broadband services and (b) the service provided to James and Susan Love of Aldington, Worcestershire.
    (203865)
44
 
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) internal and (b) external complaints have been received by his Department about alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code of Conduct since 2010; and what actions his Department has taken in response to each such complaint.
    (203955)
45
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 233W, on Africa, what the current (a) rank, (b) squadron and (c) function is of each UK personnel deployed in Nigeria and Ethiopia.
  [R] (204025)
46
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 240W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, whether the US-UK Foreign Military Sales agreement will effect future basing for the Reaper fleet.
  [R] (204026)
47
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the Stimson Task Force report on his drone policy; and if he will make a statement.
  [R] (204027)
48
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 240W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, whether his Department maintains identical munitions records for those sorties of US-owned systems operated by UK personnel.
  [R] (204030)
49
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 598W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, whether any UK personnel other than RAF personnel embedded with the 432nd Wing will remain at Creech following cessation of the NATO ISAF missions in Afghanistan.
  [R] (204034)
50
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 239, on unmanned air vehicles, whether the amendment of Joint Services Publication 398 on UK Rules of Engagement makes any reference to (a) operations conducted remotely or (b) cross-border targeted operations.
  [R] (204044)
51
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 354W, on Afghanistan, how many evidence-based assessments have been carried out by his Department on the effects of lethal targeting; and if his Department will carry out or commission further assessment on use of remotely piloted air systems in Afghanistan in carrying out a post-campaign strategic review.
  [R] (204047)
52
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 95W, on the Intelligence Service, if he will take other steps to ensure that fused and shared data is not used for targeted killing by foreign states outside Afghanistan.
  [R] (204048)
53
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 99W, on unmanned air vehicles, what assessment he has made of the degree to which Reaper redeployment abroad is significant; and if he will make it his policy to receive parliamentary approval before active use of any reapers based outside Afghanistan.
  [R] (204049)
54
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason it is not possible for telephone callers to be put through to the Education Funding Agency.
    (203886)
55
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to allow academy trusts to raise capital finance based on the value of school title deeds.
    (204028)
56
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many proposed transactions relating to land sold by academy trusts he has (a) approved and (b) declined since 2010.
    (204029)
57
 
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which overseas counterparts have complained to the Government about matters relating to adoption, care proceedings or other matters relating to child protection in the UK; and what the substance of those complaints was.
    (203896)
58
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of levels of literacy and numeracy in (a) primary school leavers and (b) secondary school leavers in (i) Brighton, Kemptown constituency, (ii) East Sussex and (iii) South East England in each of the last five years.
    (203872)
59
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing for school governors during their school's transition to academy status; and if he will make a statement.
    (203977)
60
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England and Wales are currently using third party deductions to help pay their energy bills; and what steps he is taking to ensure that customer energy prices fall in line with wholesale prices.
    (203960)
61
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the implications for environmental safety in the UK hydraulic fracturing programme of studies published in 2013 by the University of Missouri on the problem of dispersal of endocrine disrupter chemicals from fluids used in the fracking process for natural gas.
    (203982)
62
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the written statement of 3 July 2014, on management of overseas owned plutonium in the UK, whether the plutonium from Germany and Sweden respectively allocated to the UK civilian stockpile will be subject to the withdrawal from safeguards option under article 14 of the tripartite UK-Euratom-IAEA Voluntary Safeguards Agreement of 1977.
    (204041)
63
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department’s solar strategy and initiative with the Department for Education to encourage the deployment of PV on schools, how many schools in England and Wales have installed solar panels to date; when he expects all schools in England and Wales to generate their own power from solar PV or other renewable sources; and if he will make a statement.
    (203947)
64
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statistics his Department holds on the use of fixed penalty notices in each local authority area.
    (203998)
65
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of outdoor-reared pigs in transmission of bovine TB; and if he will make a statement.
    (203887)
66
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the effects of the EU Sulphur Directive on (a) the shipping industry, (b) jobs and (c) the environment; and what the outcomes of these discussions were.
    (203938)
67
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the report of the Stimson Task Force on US drone policy, published on 28 June 2014; and if he will make a statement.
  [R] (204042)
68
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 641W, on the USA, if his Department will update the 1946 UK-USA agreement to take better account of developments in technology since 1946 and ensure that data shared under the agreement is not used for targeted killing by the US outside Afghanistan.
  [R] (204050)
69
 
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to request reports from those signed up to the Responsibility Deal for Public Health who have yet to submit reports.
    (203969)
70
 
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of companies who have only signed up to pledges set out in the Responsibility Deal as they refer to the health of their own workforce rather than those regarding the content of their products.
    (203970)
71
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England and Wales have been treated for a mental health problem in each of the last five years.
    (203965)
72
 
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for all (a) NHS patients classified as urgent and (b) NHS cancer patients classified as urgent.
    (203876)
73
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of living in damp homes on the health of (a) children in general and (b) asthmatic children; and if he will make a statement.
    (203871)
74
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate how many autistic children there were in the most recent five year period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
    (203875)
75
 
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the causes of trends in the number of abortion which were performed on women who had already had an abortion in the last 10 years.
    (203980)
76
 
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 611W, on abortion, what estimate he has made of the number of HSA4 forms returned to the terminating doctor pending completion as of June 2014.
    (204043)
77
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of plans by the General Dental Council to increase the Annual Retention Fee by 64 per cent on the ability of the NHS to attract new dentists from all sectors of society.
    (203883)
78
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last conducted a review of evidence concerning the long-term health effects of emergency hormonal contraception; what evidence that review took into account; and if he will commission another such review.
    (204000)
79
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effects of the use of emergency hormonal contraception on the rate of abortion in women aged under 25; and if he will make a statement.
    (204001)
80
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adults and (b) children in (i) the North West, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) East Lancashire contacted their GP because of a skin condition in each of the last five years.
    (203940)
81
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will answer Question 199498, tabled by the hon. Member for Leeds Central on 6 June 2014.
    (203976)
82
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistics her Department holds on the use of fixed penalty notices in each local authority area.
    (203999)
83
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which chief officers of territorial police forces have used the Marine Navigation Act 2013 to permit port constables to act outside their port area for policing purposes connected with the port constable's police area.
    (203891)
84
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Ashfield constituency have been on probation in each of the last five years.
    (203963)
85
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 27 May 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Mr M Nissar.
    (203920)
86
 
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) internal and (b) external complaints have been received by her Department about alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code of Conduct since 2010; and what actions her Department has taken in response to each such complaint.
    (203956)
87
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cannabis factories have been discovered and abolished in the last three years.
    (203968)
88
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, column 730W, on British nationality, how many orders stripping people of citizenship have been made since 4 March 2014 and what the nationality of each person so effected was and what the grounds of the decision were in each additional case.
  [R] (204031)
89
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, columns 181-2W, on Afghanistan, if she will place in the Library all official agreements reached between her Department and USAID on the transfer of the Bost Agripark in 2009.
    (203971)
90
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 183W, on Yemen, if she will make an assessment of the effects on security in Yemen of remotely piloted air systems.
  [R] (204032)
91
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice, for failure to produce waste documents in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
    (203984)
92
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice, for depositing litter in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
    (203985)
93
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice, for failure to remove dog faeces in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
    (203986)
94
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice, for smoking in a smoke-free place in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
    (203987)
95
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice, for fly posting in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
    (203988)
96
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice, for unauthorised distribution of printed matter in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
    (203989)
97
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice, for failure to comply with a waste receptacles notice in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
    (203990)
98
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice, for failure to produce authority to transport waste in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
    (203991)
99
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice for failure to comply with a street litter clearing notice in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
    (203992)
100
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice for graffiti in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each local authority area in each such year.
    (203993)
101
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice for repairing vehicles on the road in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each local authority area in each such year.
    (203994)
102
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice for abandonment of a vehicle in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each local authority area in each such year.
    (203995)
103
 
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what statistics his Department holds on the use of fixed penalty notices in each local authority area and in each category.
    (203997)
104
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire have been arrested for possession of (i) Class A drugs, (ii) Class B drugs and (iii) Class C drugs in the last year; and what steps his Department is taking to rehabilitate people convicted of drug-related crimes.
    (203962)
105
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases remained unprocessed by the Parole Board on 1 (a) January, (b) April, (c) July and (d) October in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
    (203975)
106
 
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Bar Standards Board on requiring advocates who handle sexual abuse cases to undertake appropriate specialist training.
    (203978)
107
 
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the number and availability of remote sites for video conferencing with courtrooms.
    (203979)
108
 
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what body is responsible for holding data on the number and availability of remote sites for video conferencing with courtrooms.
    (203981)
109
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions for (a) postal, not proxy,vote fraud and (b) electoral registration fraud there have been in each of the last 15 years.
    (203974)
110
 
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance he has given to his ministerial colleagues about providing substantive answers to written questions.
    (203894)
111
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is on hon. Members of the Sinn Fein Party formally taking their seat in the House.
    (203966)
112
 
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) internal and (b) external complaints have been received by his Department about alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code of Conduct since 2010; and what actions his Department has taken in response to each such complaint.
    (203957)
113
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will produce a list of significant cases of electoral fraud resulting in custodial sentences since 1998; and what political party was involved in each case.
    (203973)
114
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether rolling stock to be delivered to Northern Rail and TransPennine Express over the next six years will be configured to allow the option of retaining the operational role of the guard.
    (203919)
115
 
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from Somerset County Council on the re-opening of railway stations in Somerset.
    (203864)
116
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what improvements to Coastway East and the Brighton-Ashford Line have been proposed in the TSGN franchise to improve services between Brighton and Ashford International; and if he will make a statement.
    (203869)
117
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has considered funding in the 2019 to 2024 spending review for the Brighton Mainline 2; and if he will make a statement.
    (203873)
118
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if it is his policy to retain the capping of rail fares at the rate of RPI + 1, beyond 2015; and if he will make a statement.
    (203880)
119
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the effect of the EU Sulphur Directive on (a) the shipping industry, (b) jobs and (c) the environment; and what the outcome of the conversations has been.
    (203939)
120
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, on what dates she has met Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender mental health service providers.
    (203898)
121
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the contribution of women to the economy; and if she will make a statement.
    (203923)
122
 
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether debt accrued by non-resident parents transfers automatically to the Child Maintenance Service for enforcement when the Child Support Agency is abolished.
    (203899)
123
 
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will review the rate for Social Fund funeral expenses payments.
    (203946)
124
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people whose main disability is cystic fibrosis, are in receipt of the mobility award for personal independence payment at the (a) standard and (b) enhanced rate.
    (203884)
125
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people whose main disability is cystic fibrosis are in receipt of the daily living award for personal independence payment at the (a) standard and (b) enhanced rate.
    (203885)
126
 
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) internal and (b) external complaints have been received by his Department about alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code of Conduct since 2010; and what actions his Department has taken in response to each such complaint.
    (203959)
Tuesday 8 July  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
 
★ 1
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): What steps the Government plans to take to increase the number of people registered to vote?
    (904708)
★ 2
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What recent assessment he has made of the integrity of the electoral register?
    (904709)
★ 3
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What steps he plans to take to improve the functioning of the Coalition Government.
    (904710)
★ 4
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the Government's policy on devolution and decentralisation.
    (904711)
★ 5
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What plans he has to discuss constituency boundaries with the Boundary Commission; and if he will make a statement.
    (904712)
★ 6
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What steps the Government is taking to avoid a fall in the number of people registered to vote as a result of the introduction of individual voter registration?
    (904713)
★ 7
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What discussions he has had with local enterprise partnerships on devolving powers and responsibilities from central government.
    (904714)
★ 8
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): When he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the recall of hon. Members.
    (904715)
★ 9
Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What discussions has he had with the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership on devolving powers and responsibilities from central government.
    (904716)
★ 10
Robert Jenrick (Newark): What support the Government is giving to business growth opportunities in Newark.
    (904717)
★ 11
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What support the Government is giving to business growth opportunities in Medway.
    (904718)
★ 12
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): What discussions he has had with the Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership on devolving powers and responsibilities from central government.
    (904719)
★ 13
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on further devolution of power from Westminster and Whitehall to the Humber region?
    (904720)
★ 14
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What steps the Government plans to take to increase the number of people registered to vote?
    (904721)
★ 15
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): What recent assessment he has made of how City Deals are working.
    (904722)
At 11.50am
Topical Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (904693)
★ 2
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South):  
    (904694)
★ 3
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West):  
    (904695)
★ 4
Nia Griffith (Llanelli):  
    (904696)
★ 5
Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe):  
    (904697)
★ 6
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes):  
    (904698)
★ 7
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):  
    (904699)
★ 8
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):  
    (904700)
★ 9
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham):  
    (904701)
★ 10
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon):  
    (904702)
★ 11
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields):  
    (904703)
★ 12
Steve Brine (Winchester):  
    (904704)
★ 13
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South):  
    (904705)
★ 14
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):  
    (904706)
★ 15
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):  
    (904707)
At 12.10pm
Oral Questions to the Attorney General
 
★ 3
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): What recent discussions he had with the Director of Public Prosecutions about tackling regional variations in conviction rates.
    (904725)
★ 4
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): On how many occasions he has referred a criminal sentence to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient in the last 12 months.
    (904726)
★ 5
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What recent discussions he has had with the Director of the Services Prosecution Authority about its effectiveness in prosecuting rape and other sexual offences in the armed forces in the UK and overseas.
    (904727)
★ 6
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What steps he plans to take to ensure that child abuse offences are prosecuted successfully.
    (904728)
★ 7
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): What recent discussions he had with the Director of Public Prosecutions about tackling regional variations in conviction rates.
    (904729)
★ 8
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What steps he is taking to ensure that offences against bribery laws are prosecuted successfully.
    (904730)
★ 9
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What recent estimate he has made of the total value of criminal assets subject to Serious Fraud Office confiscation orders that are hidden overseas.
    (904731)
★ 10
Robert Jenrick (Newark): What the Crown Prosecution Service is doing to ensure that adequate support is given to vulnerable witnesses in cases of sexual abuse or domestic violence.
    (904732)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 1 July

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any fracking, or explorative work relating to fracking (a) is currently taking place and (b) has recently taken place in East Yorkshire, and where; and if he will make a statement.
    (203258)
2
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons Question 198304, tabled by the hon. Member for Chichester on 9 May 2014 was not answered by his Department.
    (203499)
3
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Government Department or Office keeps a list of flights which passed through Diego Garcia from January 2002 to January 2009.
    (203500)
4
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that UK citizens only vote in one EU state in European elections.
    (203260)
5
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pedal cyclists were prosecuted for road traffic offences in the last 12 months.
    (203262)
6
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the gantry cameras on the M1 motorway in Nottinghamshire and Hertfordshire are only used to police the variable speed limit when operational in those areas and for no other purpose.
    (203259)
7
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the road safety behaviour of pedal cyclists; what steps he is taking to make it more likely that those cyclists who ride through red traffic lights are prosecuted; and if he will make a statement.
    (203261)

Notices given on Wednesday 2 July

1
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all (a) reports, (b) studies and (c) impact assessments held by Ministers in the Department for Energy and prepared or considered by Ministers or officials between July 1984 and January 1986 which detail (i) the potential economic benefits of oil exploration in the Firth of Clyde or (ii) the defence implications of granting applications for licences to drill oil in that sector.
    (203710)
2
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings took place between Ministers and officials of his Department and Ministers and officials of (a) the Department for Energy and (b) the Scottish Office between July 1984 and January 1986 at which oil exploration in the Firth of Clyde was discussed.
    (203711)
3
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all correspondence between his Department and (a) the Department for Energy and (b) the Scottish Office originating between July 1984 and January 1986 concerning applications for licences to drill for oil in the Firth of Clyde.
    (203712)
4
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated to Public Health England and NHS England for promotion of early detection for rare cancers in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
    (203855)
5
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Public Health England and NHS England on measures to ensure early diagnosis of rare cancers in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
    (203856)
6
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the Bradley Report five years on, published in June 2014.
    (203857)
7
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of obesity-related liver disease among adults was in the most recent period for which figures are available in each clinical commissioning group area.
    (203858)

Notices given on Thursday 3 July

1
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to review sentences given for (a) murder and (b) manslaughter where the offence was a one-punch killing.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]   (904724)
2
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Attorney General, what progress the Crown Prosecution Service has made in reducing costs.
[Question Unstarred]   (904723)
3
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence between his Department and (a) the Home Office and (b) Lord Brittan of Spennithorne in relation to child abuse in (a) 1984 and (b) 1985; and if he will make a statement.
    (203925)
4
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library copies of papers from Lord Brittan of Spennithorne in relation to child abuse in 1983 and 1984 were referred to his Department by the Home Office; and if he will make a statement.
    (204036)
5
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women received support from the Care to Learn scheme in each of the last two academic years; what the total cost of the Care to Learn scheme was in each such year; and what the projected cost of the scheme will be in 2014-15.
    (204006)
6
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women have applied for Advanced Learner loans since the start of the scheme.
    (204007)
7
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in further education or training in the last academic year were (a) parents and (b) single parents.
    (204008)
8
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women in further education received funding for childcare through the Discretionary Learner Support scheme in the last academic year; and what the total amount spent on such support was.
    (204009)
9
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of households who will be eligible for tax-free childcare who currently spend more than (a) £7,000, (b) £8,000, (c) £9,000 and (d) £10,000 on childcare.
    (203904)
10
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the level of bank lending to small and medium-sized businesses since May 2010.
    (203916)
11
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it the policy of the Government to prevent nursing homes and residential rest homes charging lower fees for residents funded by local authorities than for residents who are self-funding; and if he will make a statement.
    (204017)
12
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Local Government Transparency Code 2014 requires publication of the names of union representatives who spend over 50 per cent of their time on union duties, in addition to the number of such representatives and estimates of their cost as a percentage of the total pay bill; and if he will bring forward proposals to amend the code so that the identity of individuals is not published.
    (203951)
13
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 538W, on academies, if he will disaggregate the data to identify payments under the Sponsor Capacity Fund detailing (a) when any such grant was awarded, (b) how much was awarded, (c) whether each organisation subsequently sponsored any academies and (d) the date on which any monies were returned to the Department by those who did not.
    (203913)
14
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people who entered care at each age and who left care at 16 or older and who did not return to their birth parents had been taken into care because of (a) abuse or neglect, (b) child's disability, (c) parents' illness or disability, (d) family in acute stress, (e) family dysfunction, (f) socially unacceptable behaviour, (g) low income, (h) absent parenting and (i) any other reason in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (203905)
15
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which secondary schools which were not girls' schools had fewer than 10 per cent of their qualified full-time teachers as males in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (203907)
16
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many boys who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals attended a primary school at which there were (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three male full-time equivalent teachers in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (203909)
17
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools offer all-through provision to pupils from reception to year 13.
    (203937)
18
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding each school received per pupil in the latest year for which figures are available.
    (204019)
19
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many members of staff have been employed on a full-time basis at the Office of Carbon Capture and Storage in each month since June 2010.
    (203882)
20
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much public funding is being provided in 2014-15 for research and development projects examining industrial carbon capture and storage.
    (204016)
21
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 137W, on forests: Christchurch, how many areas of woodland and heathland in Hurn Forest will be affected by the cable route; and what steps have been taken to consult local people about the environmental effect.
    (204015)
22
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinary surgeons are qualified to undertake bovine tuberculosis testing in each NUTS-1 region of England.
    (204003)
23
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing annual testing for bovine tuberculosis.
    (204013)
24
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on implementing a ban on pesticide neonictinoids; and if he will make a statement.
    (203903)
25
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss the coverage of the situation in Eastern Ukraine by the BBC Russian Service with that Service; and if he will make a statement.
    (204020)
26
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what commitments the government of Burma has made to implement the declaration on preventing sexual violence in conflict.
    (203910)
27
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Bahrain about the treatment of the democracy movement in that country; and if he will make a statement.
    (203906)
28
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts offer a screening programme for osteoporosis.
    (204002)
29
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) people, (b) people under 18, (c) people under 16 and (d) people under 12 (i) attended and (ii) were admitted via accident and emergency departments for excessive consumption of alcohol in each year since 2010.
    (204021)
30
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged (a) under 10 and (b) 10 and over were admitted to hospital with a (i) primary and (ii) secondary diagnosis of viral hepatitis in each year since 1997.
    (204022)
31
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the housing needs of people who have mental health conditions who are (a) released from prison, (b) discharged from secure hospitals to the community and (c) on community sentences; and what steps he is taking to address those needs.
    (204023)
32
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) financial and (b) human resource his Department has made available to develop policies to tackle obesity in each year since 2010.
    (204024)
33
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 504W, on tobacco packaging, whether he plans to publish draft regulations to outlaw smoking in cars with children present in time for them to be made law before the end of March 2015.
    (203950)
34
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to enable surgeries to end contracts to use 0844 numbers early.
    (203952)
35
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the application form for Section 251 support made by the Health and Social Care Information Centre to the Confidentiality Advisory Group following completion of the pilot scheme on the main study of the What About Youth?.
    (204011)
36
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the request by Rupert Ogwuezor dated 13 June 2011 for reconsideration of his case (HO reference: 01085860/2) will be determined; and what the reasons are for the time taken to process this case.
    (204014)
37
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 128W, on Didier Pierre Paulet, for what reasons her Department commented on the case of Abu Qatada.
    (204018)
38
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse was of overtime worked in HM Passport Office in each month between May 2011 and December 2012.
    (203941)
39
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse was of overtime worked in HM Passport Office in June 2014.
    (203942)
40
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of (a) the number of immigrants in the UK without legitimate immigration status and (b) the top three countries from which such people originate.
    (203931)
41
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward proposals for reform of the firearms licensing fees system.
    (203943)
42
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish (a) all submissions and memos to Ministers and (b) correspondence with other government departments relating to the review by officials of the Geoffrey Dickens dossiers.
    (203924)
43
N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 134W, on computer software, what feedback has been received on the mechanics of the implementation of Microsoft 365 from (a) members of the Administration Committee and (b) other hon. Members.
    (203932)
44
N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 134W, on computer software, how many calls the PICT Service Desk has received from hon. Members and their staff relating to problems resulting from the migration of their mailboxes to Microsoft 365.
    (203933)
45
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the Israeli government on its plans to liaise with the new Palestinian government to bring about improvements in the humanitarian situation in the border areas; and if she will make a statement.
    (203949)
46
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent people from publishing explicit photos online sent to them in trust by their former partners.
    (204005)
47
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were brought against people for distribution of explicit photographs when the permission of the photograph's subject had not been obtained in the last year for which figures are available.
    (204012)
48
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the proportion of (a) judges, (b) magistrates and (c) prosecutors currently working in courts who have undergone specialist training on working with children in a court environment.
  [R] (203944)
49
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of child witnesses who had given evidence in court by video recording rather than by live video link in each of the last 10 years.
  [R] (203945)
50
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2014, Official Report, column 671W, on courts: video conference, if he will publish a list of the remote sites for giving evidence in England and Wales.
  [R] (204004)
51
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total (a) population and (b) number of foreign nationals of each nationality was in each jail in London on 1 July (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (iv) 2014.
    (204035)
52
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals in jails in London on 1 July (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 (i) were on remand and (ii) have been found guilty of a criminal offence.
    (204037)
53
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what crimes foreign nationals in jails in London on 1 July (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 have been found guilty of committing.
    (204038)
54
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals of each nationality were deported from jails in London to complete their sentences in their home countries in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
    (204039)
55
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of (a) staff morale, (b) sickness rates, (c) turnover and (d) training in prisons; and if he will make a statement.
    (203911)
56
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contribution his Department is making to the preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
    (203915)
57
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 295W, on cycling: children, what criteria his Department uses to measure whether a mode of transport is safe and secure.
    (204040)
58
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints have been received from members of the public about employees of (a) HS2 Ltd, (b) his Department or (c) any member of staff seconded to either HS2 Ltd or his Department in relation to the High Speed 2 project; what the grade was of the person against whom the complaint was made; and what the (i) substance and (ii) result was of each such complaint.
    (204010)
59
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Framework Agreement between his Department and Network Rail on the reclassification of Network Rail will ensure that the Freedom of Information Act 2000 applies to Network Rail.
  [R] (203914)
60
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his contribution of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 642, on DWP: performance, what level of service his Department expects to provide to meet his aim of providing a personal independence payment system that works for those most in need; and how he will measure success.
    (203900)
61
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his contribution of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 647, on DWP: performance, how his Department will demonstrate that no claimant is waiting more than 16 weeks for their personal independence payment by the end of 2014.
    (203901)
62
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter of 6 March 2014 from the Minister for Disabled People to Macmillan Cancer Support, for what reason his Department does not consider data on clearance times of personal independence payment normal and special rules claims to be robust enough to be included in the published quarterly statistics.
    (203902)
63
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the times taken to decide claims, measured by actual average clarance time, were for (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance, for the longest and shortest deciles of claims, processed in each financial year since 2008-09.
    (203912)
64
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between claim and a decision on attendance allowance was in each of the last five years.
    (203926)
65
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between claim and a decision on attendance disabled living allowance for parents of children aged under 16 years was in each of the last five years.
    (203927)
66
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between claim and a decision on carer's allowance was in each of the last five years.
    (203928)
67
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department has recorded as the main disabling condition of people under employment and support allowance and jobseekers' allowance benefit sanctions.
    (203929)
68
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the contracts for personal independence payment assessment providers include performance related incentives or penalties; whether such measures have been used; and what the financial value of those measure is.
    (203930)
69
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in respect of Child Support Agency child maintenance owed to parents with care, how many arrears-only cases there are (a) where money is flowing and (b) where no money is flowing.
    (203881)
70
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made in helping people with disabilities to access work through the employment and support allowance programme; and if he will make a statement.
    (203908)
Wednesday 9 July  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
 
★ 2
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What assessment he has made of the effects on the economy in Wales of fiscal measures taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer since May 2010.
    (904679)
★ 3
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues and others on devolving fiscal responsibility to the Welsh Government.
    (904680)
★ 4
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): If he will estimate the average change in disposable income for families in Wales since May 2010.
    (904681)
★ 5
Mel Stride (Central Devon): What recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues and Ministers of the Welsh Government on healthcare provision in Wales and the English borders.
    (904682)
★ 6
David Mowat (Warrington South): What the timescale is for the construction of a new nuclear power station at Wylfa.
    (904683)
★ 7
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): What assessment he has made of the progress of the broadband rollout programme and the effects of that programme on the tourism industry in Wales.
    (904684)
★ 8
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): What steps the Government is taking to improve infrastructure connectivity between North Wales and England.
    (904685)
★ 9
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What recent assessment he has made of trends in levels of employment in Wales.
    (904686)
★ 10
Paul Flynn (Newport West): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential privatisation of Ministry of Justice Shared Services and the effect on that body's offices in Newport.
    (904687)
★ 11
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues and Ministers of the Welsh Government on healthcare provision in Wales and the English borders.
    (904688)
★ 12
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): What recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the aerospace industry to the economy in Wales.
    (904689)
★ 13
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): What assessment he has made of the potential benefits of the 2014 NATO Summit to Wales.
    (904690)
★ 14
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): What recent discussions he has had with Ministers of the Welsh Government on the performance of Jobs Growth Wales.
    (904691)
★ 15
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential effects of trends in public spending in England on the Welsh budget settlement.
    (904692)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 9 July.
    (904733)
★ 2
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):  
    (904734)
★ 3
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):  
    (904735)
★ 4
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East):  
    (904736)
★ 5
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):  
    (904737)
★ 6
Andrew Bingham (High Peak):  
    (904738)
★ 7
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):  
    (904739)
★ 8
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):  
    (904740)
★ 9
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):  
    (904741)
★ 10
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham):  
    (904742)
★ 11
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):  
    (904743)
★ 12
Andy Sawford (Corby):  
    (904744)
★ 13
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn):  
    (904745)
★ 14
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): If he will meet the Chair of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership to discuss economic development in Birmingham and Lichfield District; and if he will make a statement.
    (904746)
★ 15
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton):  
    (904747)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 1 July

1
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of levels of occupancy in prisons in Wales.
    (904678)

Notices given on Wednesday 2 July

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether requests from Syria for visitor visas are dealt with on merit on a case-by-case basis; and if she will make a statement.
    (203626)
2
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the proposed funding model for residential training colleges will be announced.
    (203587)
Thursday 10 July  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 27 June

1
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Care Act 2014 and the care and support statutory guidance, whether self-funders and those with personalised care budgets are under an obligation to show that they are paying social care firms enough to pay their staff at least the minimum wage, including remuneration for travel time between appointments.
    (202967)
2
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Care Act 2014 and the care and support statutory guidance, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on the action they should take if they receive evidence that self-funders and those with personalised care budgets are not paying social care firms enough to pay their staff at least the minimum wage, including remuneration for travel time between appointments.
    (202968)

Notices given on Thursday 3 July

1
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the economic and social contribution of airports to (a) the public purse and (b) local communities.
    (204033)

Prepared 4th July 2014