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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 14 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 14 July  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
 
★ 2
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What progress his Department has made on the Army 2020 programme.
    (904799)
★ 3
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What policies he is pursuing to prevent political disintegration in Afghanistan similar to that occurring in Iraq after NATO forces leave.
    (904800)
★ 4
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): What discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Middle East about the situation in Iraq.
    (904801)
★ 5
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What the Government's priorities are for the NATO Summit in Wales.
    (904802)
★ 6
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): What recent discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on the situation in the Middle East.
    (904803)
★ 7
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What progress he has made on strengthening the military covenant.
    (904804)
★ 9
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): When he expects to announce a decision on the normal pension age for workers in the Defence Fire and Rescue Service.
    (904806)
★ 10
John Glen (Salisbury): What plans he has to consult partner countries in the Middle East about a solution to the current violence in Iraq.
    (904807)
★ 11
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What steps he is taking to ensure that the commitment and sacrifice of the armed forces is recognised by the public.
    (904808)
★ 12
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What the Government's policy is on bereavement leave for parents and spouses of armed forces personnel killed during service.
    (904809)
★ 13
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What progress his Department has made on the next Strategic Defence and Security Review; and if he will make a statement.
    (904810)
★ 14
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): What recent representations he has received on future employment at MoD Donnington; and if he will make a statement.
    (904811)
★ 15
Henry Smith (Crawley): What assessment he has made of the recommendations of the Concluding Report of the Trident Commission set up by the British American Security Information Council.
    (904812)
★ 16
Priti Patel (Witham): What his policy is on the future of the UK's nuclear deterrent.
    (904813)
★ 17
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): What steps he is taking to ensure that the commitment and sacrifice of the armed forces is recognised by the public.
    (904814)
★ 18
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Middle East about the situation in Iraq.
    (904815)
★ 19
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): What plans he has to encourage public debate on the defence needs of the UK in advance of the Strategic Defence and Security Review in 2015.
    (904816)
★ 20
Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): What steps he is taking to ensure that the commitment and sacrifice of the armed forces is recognised by the public.
    (904817)
★ 21
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): What plans he has to meet his Belgian counterpart to discuss the procurement of F-35 Joint Striker Fighters by that country.
    (904818)
★ 22
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): What recent representations he has received regarding reductions in expenditure on the Army.
    (904819)
★ 23
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): What his policy is on prescribing anti-malarial prophylaxis to members of the armed forces serving overseas.
    (904820)
★ 24
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What recent discussions he has had with the defence industry on future maritime patrol craft.
    (904821)
★ 25
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What progress his Department has made on the implementation of the Army 2020 programme.
    (904822)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (904838)
★ 2
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):  
    (904839)
★ 3
Robert Jenrick (Newark):  
    (904840)
★ 4
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):  
    (904841)
★ 5
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):  
    (904842)
★ 6
John Mann (Bassetlaw):  
    (904843)
★ 7
Julie Hilling (Bolton West):  
    (904844)
★ 9
John Glen (Salisbury):  
    (904846)
★ 10
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):  
    (904847)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 7 July

1
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of levels of trust held by the British Muslim community in the Prevent strategy.
    (204223)

Notices given on Tuesday 8 July

1
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to prevent sister companies offering similar products to consumers at substantially different prices.
    (204404)
2
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on any regulatory changes in regard to the Universal Postal Service; and if he will make a statement.
    (204602)
3
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the manufacturing industry in Scotland.
    (204600)
4
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in England were registered as agricultural businesses in each of the last five years.
    (204540)
5
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the quality and consistency of youth services outsourced by local authorities.
    (204632)
6
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent from the public purse on (a) wine and (b) food served at the Best of British Creative Industries reception on 30 June 2014; what the other costs to the public purse were of hosting the event; how many catering staff were required to facilitate the event; and which Ministers attended the event.
    (204444)
7
N
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department received the business case for the meningococcal B vaccine; and when he expects to make a decision whether or not to approve the business case.
    (204485)
8
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of employees hired under the Employment Allowance Scheme are paid below the living wage as set by the Living Wage Foundation.
    (204666)
9
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current regulatory regime for dark pool trading in the UK.
    (204535)
10
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to monitor the functioning and usage of dark pool trading in the UK.
    (204536)
11
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the differences in the level of change in house prices in Scotland compared to the rest of the UK in the second quarter of 2014.
    (204544)
12
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of the Isle of Wight of the decision not to allow tonnage tax to apply to the Isle of Wight's ferry services.
    (204482)
13
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) cadet training and (b) marine employment of the decision not to allow tonnage tax to apply to the Isle of Wight's ferry services.
    (204483)
14
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for HM Revenue and Customs change of policy with regards to the imposition of tonnage tax on Isle of Wight ferries; and if he will make a statement.
    (204499)
15
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Leeds City Council Community Levy.
    (204538)
16
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the removal of recycling credits by Lancashire County Council on weekly waste collections in that county.
    (204408)
17
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the financial effect on Ribble Valley Borough Council of the withdrawal of recycling credits by Lancashire County Council.
    (204409)
18
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide support to district councils in Lancashire from which recycling credits have been withdrawn by Lancashire County Council.
    (204410)
19
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department provides to local authorities who wish to retain weekly general waste collections.
    (204411)
20
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on the provision of recycling credits by county councils to district councils.
    (204412)
21
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of community land trusts as a way of delivering affordable housing.
    (204629)
22
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the duration of his Department's lease at 2 Marsham Street is; and what break clause arrangements there are.
    (204622)
23
N
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service complaints were filed in the last five years; and how many such complaints related to allegations of bullying.
    (204443)
24
N
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service complaints went to a full board hearing in the last five years.
    (204445)
25
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future establishment, equipment and role of the Royal Armoured Corps; and if he will make a statement.
    (204541)
26
N
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to reply to the question tabled on 11 June 2014 by the hon. Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.
    (204481)
27
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what notification his Department has received from the Scottish Government on the devolution from them of further decision-making powers to local authorities in the Clyde Valley area to allow them to attract further investment as part of the City Deal for Glasgow.
    (204675)
28
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what agreement has been reached with the Scottish Government on the devolution of funding for skills and training to the relevant local authorities as part of the City Deal for Glasgow.
    (204676)
29
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what agreement has been reached with the Scottish Government on the devolution of powers to allow the relevant local authorities to better regulate or procure bus services as part of the City Deal for Glasgow.
    (204677)
30
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what meetings Ministers or officials of his Department have had with Ministers of the Scottish Government to discuss the City Deal for Glasgow in the last 12 months.
    (204678)
31
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what agreement has been reached with the Scottish Government on (a) support and (b) funding for the infrastructure plan to build a rail link between Glasgow and the airport as part of the City Deal for Glasgow.
    (204679)
32
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the £1.13 billion earmarked for the Glasgow area from the Growth Deal is dependent on the existence of shovel ready projects.
    (204598)
33
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Statement of 7 July 2014, Official Report, columns 46-7, on local growth deals, when Glasgow will receive the first tranche of the £1.13 billion allocated to it.
    (204671)
34
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what level of representation Liverpool will have on the Northern Futures Board.
    (204498)
35
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release, Deal to provide life-saving defibrillators to schools, published in April 2014, what progress has been made on securing a supplier who will offer defibrillators to all schools at a reduced price in time for autumn term.
    (204673)
36
N
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to encourage the upgrading of (a) oil and (b) liquefied petroleum gas boilers in off-gas grid areas.
    (204405)
37
N
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to ensure the delivery in rural areas of the 15 per cent proportion of the carbon saving community obligation; and if he will make a statement.
    (204406)
38
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the total land mass of the UK was classified as a marine protected area or a marine conservation area in each of the last 10 years.
    (204634)
39
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 7 July 2014, Official Report, columns 127-31, on Common Agricultural Policy, where the 10 centres for digital assistance for farmers will be located.
    (204672)
40
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many English rivers he assesses are of good ecological status.
    (204542)
41
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart drawing his attention to public support for human rights activists in Colombia.
    (204546)
42
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart about ensuring that British businesses and investors do not buy illegally obtained Colombian land before it is restored to its rightful owners.
    (204547)
43
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart about guarantees for the safety of Colombian land restitution claimants.
    (204550)
44
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the prevalence of Colombian paramilitary involvement with the police and the armed forces of that country.
    (204552)
45
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his Israeli counterpart to discuss the political situation in Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement.
    (204601)
46
N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether experts from the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative have been sent to Burma to investigate the attempted rape of an ethnic Chin woman by a soldier from the Burmese Army.
    (204480)
47
N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work has been done by experts from the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative on the reported use of sexual violence by the military in Burma.
    (204537)
48
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps HM Embassy in Bangkok is taking to retrieve the passport of Andy Hall.
    (204441)
49
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that all children's heart surgery units should be subject to the same level of scrutiny.
    (204553)
50
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 494W, on mental health services: young people, when NHS England's review of Tier 4 Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services provision will be published.
    (204667)
51
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of voluntary labelling to warn against drinking in pregnancy.
    (204668)
52
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of (a) foetal alcohol syndrome and (b) foetal alcohol syndrome disorders.
    (204669)
53
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of children who were not registered with a GP in each year since 2010.
    (204670)
54
N
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the approval of his Department's business case for the meningococcal B vaccine.
    (204486)
55
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 43W, on ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, what information the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) collects about the (a) identity of drugs used in treatment and (b) dosage used and the associated regimen for ovarian stimulation at each clinic; and what comparative assessment he has made of the collection of such data by the HFEA and by other countries that report data to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.
    (204590)
56
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that drug retailers accurately describe the operations of their products; if he will require retailers of the drug Ulipristal acetate to detail accurately its abortifacient effects; and if he will make a statement.
    (204592)
57
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has allocated to the School Fruit and Vegetable scheme for the 2015-16 school year.
    (204446)
58
N
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people have been seen in the accident and emergency department at Stafford Hospital in each year since 2009-10.
    (204593)
59
N
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people have attended the accident and emergency department at Stafford Hospital in each year since 2009-10.
    (204595)
60
N
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many total bed nights children and young people stayed overnight at Stafford Hospital in each of the years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14.
    (204596)
61
N
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people were treated as inpatients at Stafford Hospital in each of the years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14.
    (204597)
62
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 280W, on medical records: databases, for what reason the Health and Social Care Information Centre did not seek or obtain section 251 of the NHS Redress Act 2006 support for the trial survey.
    (204407)
63
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 711, on brain tumours (children), what proportion of the £450 million which the Government has committed to enable earlier diagnosis of cancer has been allocated to reduce the delay of diagnosis of brain tumours in children.
    (204635)
64
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on non-pharmaceutical dementia treatments in each year since 2004.
    (204548)
65
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications were defined as work in progress on 7 July 2014.
    (204442)
66
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 1W, on abortion, if she will withdraw her Department's policy position paper entitled Safe and Unsafe Abortion pending a free vote in the House on the use of UK aid to (a) campaign for more liberal abortion laws in other countries and (b) provide abortion services in other countries.
    (204591)
67
N
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been committed to tackling malaria in each year since 2009-10.
    (204594)
68
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if officials in her Department will meet displaced people from the Gambella region of Ethiopia to discuss forcible removal and abuse in the Ethiopian government's villagisation programme.
    (204545)
69
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last discussed the villagisation programme with the government of Ethiopia.
    (204549)
70
N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support for the Backpack Health Worker Team programme in Burma her Department will provide in the next two years.
    (204484)
71
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is providing additional funding to The Border Consortium to help reverse recent ration cuts for refugees from Burma in camps in Thailand which they supply.
    (204439)
72
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which companies and organisations are subcontracted or given grants by the World Bank to carry out projects in Burma funded by British aid.
    (204440)
73
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the EU General Data Protection Regulation on medical research; and if he will make a statement.
    (204543)
74
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims bereaved by homicide received support from Victim Support under the National Homicide Service in each region of England and in Wales in each year since 2011.
  [R] (204588)
75
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many court proceedings in England and Wales in each year since May 2010 video recording was taken to be (a) an available and (b) a not available special measure for eligible witnesses as defined in section 18 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
    (204589)
76
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, what evaluation mechanisms are included in the Grant for Coordination and Delivery of Support to those Bereaved by Homicide.
  [R] (204663)
77
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 78W, on homicide, if he will require the Legal Aid Agency to record an offence type of homicide in future.
  [R] (204664)
78
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 78W, on homicide: victim support schemes, which of the peer support groups within the original victim support bid cater specifically for those bereaved through homicide abroad.
  [R] (204665)
79
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there have been significant delays in care proceedings involving children in family courts in England and Wales since the implementation of the legal aid reforms in 2013; and if he will publish statistics of the length of such proceedings.
    (204623)
80
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on the length of care proceedings involving children in England and Wales of the reforms to legal aid since April 2013.
    (204624)
81
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applicants did not receive legal aid to pursue residency and contact cases that they would have received before the reforms to legal aid since April 2013.
    (204625)
82
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid for family matters have been refused since April 2013; and how many of these were subsequently granted under the Exceptional Funding Scheme.
    (204626)
83
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants in person have appeared before courts in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
    (204627)
84
N
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) cautioned, (c) proceeded against and (d) convicted of an offence under the provisions of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 in each year since their enactment.
    (204551)
85
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what advice he has taken from the Information Commissioner's Office about data protection and freedom of information issues arising from Sussex Police's promotion of the Operation Crackdown.
    (204604)
86
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the new trains due to be introduced during the new franchise agreement with NXET Trains Ltd for rail passenger services on the Essex Thameside line will equipped with accommodation for a train guard.
    (204583)
87
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with NXET Trains Ltd about minimum levels of (a) on-train, (b) station and (c) ticket office staffing levels in each year of the new franchise agreement for rail passenger services on the Essex Thameside line; and what current staffing levels are in each such category on the line.
    (204584)
88
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with NXET Trains Ltd over plans to make staff more visible at stations on the Essex Thameside line during the term of the new franchise agreement for rail passenger services.
    (204585)
89
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safeguards there are in the new franchise agreement on the Essex Thameside line with NXET Trains Ltd against unsafe reductions in staff over the life of the agreement.
    (204586)
90
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new (a) automatic ticket gates and (b) ticket vending machines will be introduced at stations on the Essex Thameside route under the terms of the new franchise agreement with NXET Trains Ltd for rail passenger services.
    (204587)
91
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rail connections from northern England to Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (204599)
92
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of 18 to 24 year olds who have started a work experience placement whilst claiming jobseeker's allowance (JSA) were not claiming JSA within six months of starting the placement.
    (204628)
93
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of wage incentives claimed by employers who have recruited employees aged 16-24 through the Work Programme or Jobcentre Plus in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
    (204633)
94
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the independent review of jobseeker's allowance sanctions being conducted by Matthew Oakley to be laid before Parliament.
    (204479)
95
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) minor, (b) serious and (c) fatal accidents at work have been reported in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last five years.
    (204539)

Notices given on Wednesday 9 July

1
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Attorney General, how many officials in the Law Officers' Departments, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
    (204761)
2
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Attorney General, how many journeys Ministers of the Law Officers' Departments have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204931)
3
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Attorney General, how much and what proportion of the Law Officers' Departments' budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of the Law Officers' Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (204893)
4
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he had with the Director of the Services Prosecution Authority on steps to prevent (a) bullying and (b) suicide in the armed forces.
    (204881)
5
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
    (204760)
6
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204930)
7
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were created in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
    (204787)
8
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (204892)
9
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value of Northern Ireland's defence and security exports was in 2013.
    (204824)
10
 
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review the guidance his Department issues on electrical appliance recalls to reflect the consequences of recent high-profile recall actions.
    (204837)
11
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204769)
12
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of centralising local land charges registers on small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-businesses currently providing such services as local land charges searches.
    (204724)
13
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-businesses currently providing local land charges searches.
    (204725)
14
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on the effect of changes to be made in the Infrastructure Bill [Lords] on improving completion times for LLC1 local searches.
    (204750)
15
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on completion times for LLC1 local searches as a result of centralising the local land charges register in line with proposals in the Infrastructure Bill [Lords].
    (204751)
16
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the findings of Sir Jeremy Heywood's inquiry on youth unemployment.
    (204987)
17
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
    (204762)
18
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204932)
19
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Government department spent on tickets to the World Cup 2014; and for what purposes those tickets were acquired.
    (204899)
20
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Government department and its agencies spent on external legal advice and representation in each year since 2010; and for what purpose.
    (204900)
21
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Government department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) polling in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2013.
    (204901)
22
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Government department spent on participation in employment tribunals in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
    (204902)
23
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the number and value was of Instant Rewards awarded to civil servants in the last year.
    (204903)
24
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the number of copycat websites which charge fees for free Government services.
    (204723)
25
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much and what proportion of (a) his Department's budget and (b) the budget of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minster was spent for activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (204983)
26
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204770)
27
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which sectors and occupations will be excluded from the general duties of self-employed persons for the purposes of the Deregulation Bill.
    (204972)
28
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which construction occupations will be classified as prescribed for the purposes of the general duties of self-employed persons in the Deregulation Bill.
    (204973)
29
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204946)
30
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the UK of the implementation of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act in (a) the current financial year and (b) the following two financial years.
    (204849)
31
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs staff based in Northern Ireland are currently working on personal taxation matters who are scheduled to be offered voluntary redundancy terms will be given the opportunity of being redeployed to benefits and credits employment.
    (204850)
32
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs staff based in Northern Ireland who are scheduled to face voluntary redundancy in the current financial year will be considered for redeployment to work in the Passport Office.
    (204851)
33
 
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs in Germany associated with trade with the UK.
    (204733)
34
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in applying aspects of the City Deal in Wales, in accordance with the undertaking given in paragraph 1.236 of the Autumn Statement 2013.
    (204821)
35
N
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs will next issue revised, non-binding Estates Strategies to Mapeleys STEPS Contractor Limited under 10.14 of the Private Finance Initiative contract between HM Revenue and Customs and Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited.
    (204700)
36
 
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the previous revised, non-binding Estates Strategies issued by HM Revenue and Customs took account of a proposed boundary change at Priory Court, Dover, in respect to the number of available business square metres required by HM Revenue and Customs at the facility under section 10.14 (a) of the Private Finance Initiative contract between HM Revenue and Customs and Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited.
    (204728)
37
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount of money from the public purse invested in public projects in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
    (204791)
38
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met representatives of the insurance industry to discuss basic insurance products for low-income housholds in the private and social rented sectors.
    (204697)
39
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the number of households in the (a) social rented sector and (b) private rented sector in the UK which are not covered by household contents insurance.
    (204698)
40
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) UK Financial Investments and (b) the Financial Conduct Authority on circumstances in which banks in receipt of support from the public purse have sought to recover loans by sending letters purporting to be from law firms.
    (204757)
41
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of companies in Scotland which would benefit from video games tax relief.
    (204759)
42
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has spent per capita on infrastructure in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last five years.
    (204876)
43
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204781)
44
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merger or amalgamation of Nationwide and Cheshire Building Society; and what effect such a move will have on the shareholders of that institution.
  [R] (204784)
45
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many officials in the Church Commissioners, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
    (204763)
46
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how much and what proportion of the Commissioners' budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (204888)
47
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials in his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
    (204764)
48
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204933)
49
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have introduced an Article Four Direction within all or part of their geographic boundary.
  [R] (204956)
50
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to identify the barriers which prevent tenants in shared-ownership properties from staircasing up to increase the share of the property that they own.
    (204793)
51
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (204890)
52
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made in turning round families in the Troubled Families programme; how many families in each local authority area have taken advantage of the scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (204872)
53
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to assess the performance of the Troubled Families programme; and how this links to the triggering of payment to providers.
    (204873)
54
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials of his Department work on the Troubled Families programme; and what their grade and pay scale is.
    (204874)
55
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204771)
56
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on reducing vermin levels in public parks.
    (204713)
57
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
    (204765)
58
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204934)
59
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (204891)
60
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what work UK Sport is undertaking to help attract major sporting events to Northern Ireland.
    (204836)
61
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his future funding plans are for the Portable Antiquities scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (204871)
62
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204772)
63
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has made available for community sports facilities in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency.
    (204819)
64
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
    (204766)
65
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204935)
66
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to release land at South Yard as agreed under Plymouth's City Deal.
    (204957)
67
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (204887)
68
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204773)
69
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to prevent (a) bullying and (b) suicide in the armed forces.
    (204882)
70
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what level of representation Warrington will have on the Northern Futures Board.
    (204789)
71
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people who (a) had recently left local authority care, (b) were in receit of income support or universal credit in their name, (c) were disabled and in receipt of both employment and support allowance and either disability living allowance or personal independence payment in their name qualified for the 16 to 19 bursary scheme in each year since its introduction.
    (204853)
72
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people (a) applied and (b) were approved under the 16 to 19 bursary scheme for higher education in each year since 2011.
    (204854)
73
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people aged between 16 and 19 have received the maximum bursary available under the 16 to 19 bursary scheme in each year since 2011.
    (204855)
74
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in how many schools in England is lead paint present.
    (204968)
75
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
    (204768)
76
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when data on children's travel behaviour stopped being collected as part of the School Census.
    (204703)
77
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes to the numbers of teachers and teaching assistants there have been in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
    (204795)
78
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (204889)
79
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department has provided to the Family Drug and Alcohol Court to date; and what his future funding plans are for the Family Drug and Alcohol Court.
    (204870)
80
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204774)
81
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce regional variations in standards of education.
    (204711)
82
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204936)
83
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures to compensate householders who suffer faulty work under the Affordable Warmth Obligation.
    (204877)
84
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of climate change on global sea levels.
    (204914)
85
 
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the cost to a local authority of processing an environmental impact assessment for unconventional oil and gas extraction.
    (204827)
86
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people have been employed full-time by the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil in each month since June 2010.
    (204857)
87
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the quantity of shale gas in the Bowland reserve that is located (a) above and (b) below a depth of one kilometre from the surface.
    (204858)
88
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what forecast he has made of the price of uranium between 2023 and 2058.
    (204859)
89
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the amount of electricity that passed through interconnections from (a) England to Scotland and (b) Scotland to England in each month since January 2010.
    (204953)
90
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204775)
91
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204937)
92
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage investment in agricultural technologies to increase the efficiency of food production.
    (204794)
93
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the financial effect on hill farmers of recent changes to the CAP which takes into account the abolition of the Uplands Entry Level Stewardship and the increase in the moorlands rate and the severely disadvantaged area rate.
    (204823)
94
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the future prospects for farmlands and the pressures posed by a growing population and increased use of energy crops.
    (204831)
95
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was awarded under the Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme to (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (b) Cumbria and (c) North West England; and what the (i) type and (ii) purpose was of the funding provided in each such area.
    (204835)
96
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisations, groups and industry bodies his Department has met since 2010 to discuss lost commercial fishing gear and its effect on UK waters and marine animals.
    (204909)
97
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK-registered fishing vessels practise bottom trawling below a depth of 600 metres; and for what proportion of time spent at sea those bottom trawlers trawl below (a) 600 metres and (b) 800 metres.
    (204910)
98
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of commercial landings of fish and shellfish from UK-registered fishing vessels were taken from a depth below 800 metres in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (204911)
99
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what tonnage of fish and shellfish quota was allocated to the UK under the Deep Sea Access Regime in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (204912)
100
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is working with the fishing industry to ensure lost commercial fishing gear is reported to relevant authorities in line with requirements under (a) the Common Fisheries Policy and (b) other international agreements.
    (204913)
101
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the total commercial landings of fish and shellfish from UK registered fishing vessels was taken from a depth below 600 metres in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (204919)
102
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to quantify and mitigate the effects of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear in UK and international waters.
    (204920)
103
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 175W, on Food Supply Networks Review, how many times he has met Professor Chris Elliott since March 2014.
    (204975)
104
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204776)
105
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the inclusion of Upper Lune Valley in the (a) Cumbrian National Park and (b) Trough of Bowland area of outstanding natural beauty.
    (204798)
106
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the Palestinian Authority's policy of payment of salaries to the families of convicted terrorists; what information his Department holds on the basis and scale of such payments; and if he will make a statement.
    (204894)
107
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204938)
108
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his Chinese counterpart the case of Zhang Shaojie, a Christian leader in Henan Province, who has been jailed for 12 years.
    (204848)
109
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on (a) the number of UK citizens employed by EU institutions and (b) the proportion of the annual staff budget of the European Parliament spent on staff salaries for UK citizens.
    (204783)
110
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Colombian government on the harassment of the Patriotic March leader David Florez in Colombia on 7 July 2014.
    (204785)
111
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Chichester, Official Report, column 172W, on 8 July 2014, on Diego Garcia, for what reason records of flight occurrence logs were water damaged; in what format the records are kept; and whether that format has been changed since the damage.
    (204744)
112
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the eligibility criteria are for projects requiring Conflict Pool funding.
    (204734)
113
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many complaints of sexual harassment in his Department have been (a) formally reported and (b) upheld in each year since 2010.
    (204735)
114
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent on the GREAT campaign in each country in each year since the campaign's launch.
    (204736)
115
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many diplomatic cars have been sold by his Department in each year since 2010; how much each car was sold for; and how much was raised in total from such sales.
    (204737)
116
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many individuals in his Department have participated in (a) Disability awareness and (b) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender training in each year since 2010.
    (204738)
117
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what professional courses civil servants in his Department have attended since 2010; and how many officials attended each such course.
    (204739)
118
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much each (a) HM Embassy and (b) UK High Commission spend on hosting a party to mark the official birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth II in the last year for which figures are available.
    (204740)
119
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff of his Department have been seconded to (a) other Ministries of Foreign Affairs and (b) international organisations in each year since 2010; and to which (i) other Ministries of Foreign Affairs and (ii) international organisations such staff have been seconded.
    (204741)
120
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many secondees from which other Ministries of Foreign Affairs his Department has received in each year since 2010.
    (204742)
121
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of his Department's Black and Minority Ethnic campaign.
    (204743)
122
 
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent from the Conflict Pool in each country in each year since its launch.
    (204829)
123
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what policy statements were announced by the Government at the Our Ocean conference held on 16 and 17 June 2014; and what steps the Government plans to take to implement those proposals.
    (204954)
124
 
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to the government of Niger to assist it to tackle terrorism and organised crime.
    (204915)
125
 
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress made by Albania towards EU accession candidate status.
    (204916)
126
 
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of EU restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire.
    (204917)
127
 
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 735W, on the South Pacific, what his Department is projected to spend on the Senior Pacific Police Leadership Programme in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
    (204830)
128
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he intends to take to ensure that women are made aware of the abortifacient nature of the drug ulipristal acetate; and if he will make a statement.
    (204752)
129
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for the NHS of the decision by the General Dental Council to raise their compulsory statutory annual retention fee from £576 per annum to £945 per annum.
    (204838)
130
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether childhood exposure to lead can lead to the early onset of dementia.
    (204967)
131
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204939)
132
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged under 18 have presented at accident and emergency departments in need of treatment for self-harm at hospitals in the Greater Birmingham area in each of the last five years.
    (204952)
133
 
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve out-of-hours primary care provision and to minimise dependence on accident and emergency facilities to provide primary care.
    (204729)
134
 
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from doctors on the reforms in GP contracts needed to increase the number of GPs.
    (204730)
135
 
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase GP numbers.
    (204731)
136
 
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of GPs needed to eliminate any shortfall in primary health care.
    (204732)
137
N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will include forming and developing relationship in the eligibility criteria of the Care Act 2014 Part 1 regulations.
    (204705)
138
 
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase research funding for pancreatic cancer treatments.
    (204844)
139
 
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure earlier diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.
    (204845)
140
 
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that GPs make earlier referrals in cases of possible pancreatic cancer.
    (204846)
141
 
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve pancreatic cancer survival rates.
    (204847)
142
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of funding from the NHS's budget which goes to private sector companies and which is spent on (a) healthcare and (b) shareholder dividend.
    (204856)
143
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the targets are on waiting times for appointments within the latest GP contract.
    (204796)
144
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of GPs work taken up by administration; and what changes there have been in that proportion in the last five years.
    (204797)
145
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on overall satisfaction levels of waiting times for GP appointments; and if he will make a statement.
    (204832)
146
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will lay before Parliament the 2013-14 report on research and development work relating to assistive technology.
    (204719)
147
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department had in advance of the decision to end the independent production of the annual report to Parliament on research and development work relating to assistive technology and to reduce the scope of that report.
    (204749)
148
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the mean and median waiting time for treatment in Warrington Hospital's accident and emergency department was in 2007-08 and in each year since.
    (204864)
149
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent GPs were working in Warrington in each year since 2007-08.
    (204865)
150
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) radiographers and (b) radiologists were in practice in each of the last five years.
    (204908)
151
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204777)
152
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which neuro-oncology centres in the UK have the highest survival rates for patients with brain tumours.
    (204863)
153
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Innovation, Health and Wealth programme; and what the costs of the programme to date have been in respect of (a) the NHS and (b) external consultancies.
    (204839)
154
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's publication, The NHS as an Innovative Organisation: A Framework and Guidance on the Management of Intellectual Property in the NHS, published in 2002, which of the conclusions of that report have been adopted; and what assessment he has made of the effect on the NHS of their adoption.
    (204840)
155
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 617W, on the NHS, if he will ensure that his Department's proposals arising from the Innovation, Health and Wealth review of NHS intellectual property that was completed in Autumn 2012 will be published before the summer recess.
    (204841)
156
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the standard of care received by cancer patients and to reduce regional variations in the standard of such care.
    (204712)
157
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support the carers of people who have dementia.
    (204715)
158
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-specialist trust acute hospitals were in financial deficit at the end of the 2013-14 financial year.
    (204958)
159
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many early deaths from cancer have occurred among (a) men and (b) women in each local authority area in each year since 2001; and what proportion of those diagnosed with cancer such deaths represented.
    (204962)
160
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many journeys Ministers of her Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204940)
161
 
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle gender-based violence in gangs (a) generally and (b) in respect of sexual violence against girls and young women; and if she will make a statement.
    (204922)
162
N
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the hon. Member for Ilford South will receive a reply from the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration to the urgent representations he made on behalf of his constituents Mr and Mrs Mehta on 16 June 2014; and if she will make a statement.
    (204976)
163
N
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to UK Visas and Immigration Directorate on responding to hon. Members' representations on visit visa cases.
    (204977)
164
N
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons hon. Members' recent representations to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration were not referred to the post for a review; and if she will make a statement.
    (204978)
165
N
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken for the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration to reply to hon. Members in (a) all and (b) urgent visit visa cases was in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
    (204979)
166
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that staff of her Department alleviate distress suffered by families who are subject to questioning at border control because the children have different surnames to their parents.
    (204701)
167
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will amend the official observations section of children's passports to allow a note when a holder's parent has a different surname to that of the child.
    (204702)
168
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that appropriate information about parents is included on children's passports and collected to reduce difficulties at border control for children whose surnames differ from their parents' surnames.
    (204704)
169
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much HM Passport Office has spent on couriers to deliver passports in each month since January 2013.
    (204745)
170
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff are based at (a) its Belfast public enquiry office, (b) Belfast City Airport, (c) Belfast International Airport, (d) City of Derry Airport and (e) ports and harbours in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (204924)
171
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff employed in Northern Ireland (a) are recruited locally and (b) reside in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (204925)
172
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she had with the Scottish Government on the Butler-Sloss inquiry into child abuse.
    (204699)
173
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport renewals for people in (a) Warrington Borough and (b) Warrington North constituency were completed within three weeks of receipt in each year since 2009 and in 2014 to date.
    (204790)
174
 
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the availability of language test centres in Ukraine in response to the current security situation in parts of that country.
    (204792)
175
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Butler-Sloss Inquiry into child abuse will have scope to include public bodies and non-state institutions based in Northern Ireland.
    (204875)
176
N
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include Kincora Boys Home in East Belfast in the scope of the Butler-Sloss child abuse inquiry.
    (204811)
177
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate how much money her Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204778)
178
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of cannabis factories across the UK.
    (204714)
179
 
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, who within the House is accountable for data security.
    (204883)
180
 
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many contractors supporting PICT and other information technology projects in the House have had their contracts (a) terminated and (b) not renewed due to poor performance.
    (204884)
181
 
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the effectiveness to date of the introduction of Office 365; and on what evidence and measures the Commission based that assessment.
    (204885)
182
 
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether members of the House of Commons Management Board require authorisation from the Chief Executive, House of Commons Commission or any other authority before undertaking external speaking engagements related to their professional role.
    (204886)
183
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to Questions 167-8 of the oral Evidence given by the Minister of State at her Department to the International Development Committee on 8 May 2014, if she will review her policy of paying money to the Palestinian Authority which may be used to pay salaries to the families of convicted terrorists.
    (204895)
184
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to Questions 167-8 of the oral Evidence given by the Minister of State at her Department to the International Development Committee on 8 May 2014, how much funding her Department gave to the Palestinian Authority in each of the last 10 years which was used (a) directly and (b) indirectly to pay salaries to the families of convicted terrorists.
    (204896)
185
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department provided (a) directly and (b) indirectly to the Palestinian Authority in each of the last 10 years.
    (204897)
186
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department provided to each country in receipt of UK development aid (a) directly and (b) indirectly per head of population in each of the last 10 years.
    (204898)
187
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many journeys Ministers of her Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204941)
188
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 592W, on developing countries, which organisations based (a) in the UK and (b) overseas, with which her Department has contracts, restrict employment in certain posts because they require a particular understanding of the faith-based values and beliefs of that organisation; and what proportion of such posts are so restricted in each such organisation.
    (204971)
189
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding the Government is providing to the World Bank to prevent deforestation; over what period such funding will be provided; and how many hectares of rainforest are being protected from such deforestation.
    (204921)
190
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of which Commonwealth countries are most at risk from rising sea levels.
    (204923)
191
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes her Department funds and operates in Papua New Guinea.
    (204950)
192
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of which countries are most at risk from deforestation.
    (204959)
193
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what rainforest projects her Department is supporting.
    (204961)
194
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of her Department's projects involve indigenous communities in (a) all and (b) Commonwealth rainforests.
    (204970)
195
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will review its decision in 2012 to end its involvement in the Bost Agri project; and if she will make an assessment of any lessons to be learned from that decision and its consequences.
    (204834)
196
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 181W, on Afghanistan, on what date in November 2013 her Department completed its move at Bost airfield; and under whose control that airfield now is.
    (204879)
197
 
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on advising other countries on the use of private finance initiative-type financing models to low-income countries either directly or through the International Finance Corporation.
    (204825)
198
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what conditions her Department has imposed on the release of development aid for Iraq; and what arrangements she has made for oversight of the distribution of such aid.
    (204880)
199
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has made in providing humanitarian aid to the Kurdistan Regional Government in response to the influx of refugees to that area.
    (204720)
200
 
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions took place between officials in his Department, the Home Office and STERIA before the decision to privatise Ministry of Justice shared services was taken.
    (204926)
201
 
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the potential effect of the privatisation of Ministry of Justice shared services on jobs in Bootle constituency.
    (204927)
202
 
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason his Department did not consult the Public and Commercial Services Union on an in-house bid for the Ministry of Justice shared services contract.
    (204928)
203
 
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to protect personal data held by Ministry of Justice Shared Services when that data is off-shored to countries with less robust data protection than the UK.
    (204929)
204
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204942)
205
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners liable to be deported were released from prison on resettlement licence in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (204718)
206
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners who were given a life sentence (a) applied for and (b) were refused a resettlement licence in each of the last five years.
    (204726)
207
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners who were given a life sentence (a) applied for and (b) were refused Category D prison status in each of the last five years.
    (204727)
208
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners who were given an indeterminate sentence for public protection (a) applied for and (b) were refused Category D prison status in each of the last five years.
    (204753)
209
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners who were given an indeterminate sentence for public protection (a) applied for and (b) were refused a resettlement licence in each of the last five years.
    (204754)
210
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners who were liable for deportation (a) applied for and (b) were refused Category D prison status in each of the last five years.
    (204755)
211
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners who were liable for deportation (a) applied for and (b) were refused a resettlement licence in each of the last five years.
    (204756)
212
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will extend the role of registered intermediaries to include participation in all court proceedings involving children.
  [R] (204949)
213
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children in the child protection system entered the youth justice system in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
  [R] (204951)
214
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department's review of veterans in the criminal justice system will be published.
  [R] (204963)
215
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases involving adults and children jointly charged, the child co-defendants were tried together with the adults in (a) an adult magistrates' court and (b) a Crown Court.
  [R] (204969)
216
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to implement Schedule 1, paragraph 35 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 on reviewing youth rehablitation orders in each court since May 2010.
  [R] (204985)
217
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of former prison staff who will be members of Her Majesty's Prison Service Reserve.
    (204693)
218
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to how many former prison staff his Department has written on the formation of Her Majesty's Prison Service Reserve.
    (204694)
219
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether spaces in segregation units and in hospital or medical wings count towards a prison's certified normal accommodation.
    (204695)
220
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether former prison staff recruited to Her Majesty's Prison Service Reserve will be liable to return all or part of any severance or redundancy packages they received.
    (204696)
221
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the status is of each prison building and site for prisons closed since May 2010.
    (204708)
222
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints were received by his Department of judges having undeclared (a) financial, (b) family or (c) political interests in particular trials in each of the last four years.
    (204716)
223
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many extra places will be created in public sector prisons; from what date; and for how long.
    (204721)
224
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what budget has been set aside for funding HM Prison Service Reserve.
    (204746)
225
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many off-payroll engagements for more than £220 a day and for a period of longer than six months were established in each of the last four years; and what the total cost of such payments has been.
    (204748)
226
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204779)
227
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential use of mindfulness in prisons to (a) reduce violence in prisons, (b) improve the mental health of prisoners and (c) reduce reoffending.
    (204828)
228
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Leader of the House, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by his Office in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (204800)
229
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by her Department in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (204801)
230
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many journeys Ministers of her Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204943)
231
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 269-74W, on electoral register, what the registration rates were in each ward listed.
    (204747)
232
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by the National Audit Office in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (204807)
233
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by his Department in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (204803)
234
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204944)
235
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (204809)
236
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by the Electoral Commission in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (204808)
237
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which wards, by town, county and parliamentary constituency had a postal vote turnout greater than 80 per cent at the last local elections for which figures are available.
    (204710)
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 the 100 local authority wards with the lowest turnout for voting at polling stations are; and what the proportion of the total turnout for postal voting in these wards is.
    (204717)
239
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by his Department in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (204804)
240
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204945)
241
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for the Home Department the posibility of redeploying staff at the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency offices in Northern Ireland who are currently facing redundancy to carry out urgent work on processing passport applications across the UK.
    (204852)
242
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Northern Rail has pledged to invest in station upgrades under the franchise extension announced on 27 March 2014.
    (204862)
243
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has allocated for road repairs in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
    (204867)
244
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of driving licences were withdrawn from people ordinarily resident in Scotland on the basis of alcohol abuse (a) following road accidents and (b) at the request of medical practitioners in each of the last five years.
    (204722)
245
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204780)
246
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which governmental body will make funds available to fund a feasibility study into the reinstatement of platforms at Carnforth Station on the West Coast Main Line.
    (204810)
247
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on services to Carnforth Station when High Speed 2 is completed.
    (204817)
248
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which governmental body will make funds available for a feasibility study on developing a highway road tunnel under Morcambe Bay from Heysham M6 Link Road to Barrow-in-Furness.
    (204818)
249
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the relevant local authority is to fund or reinstate Carnforth Station rail platforms on the West Coast mainline following their removal in error in the 1970s.
    (204868)
250
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on upgrading Carnforth Railway Station for additional future services.
    (204869)
251
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions traffic commissioners have (a) revoked a bus or coach operator's licence and (b) curtailed the number of vehicles which an operator is allowed to run under its licence for failing to meet safety standards since 2000.
    (204706)
252
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions traffic commissioners have sanctioned (a) bus operators and (b) coach operators for failing to meet safety standards since 2000.
    (204707)
253
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met the traffic commissioners to discuss safety standard adherence by bus or coach companies.
    (204709)
254
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of part-worn tyres sold in the UK in each of the last five years.
    (204878)
255
 
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vessels with valid licences to operate from the UK in the short sea freight sector are registered under (a) the UK flag or (b) Red Ensign Group registries; and what proportion of those are qualifying vessels under the Tonnage Tax scheme.
    (204833)
256
 
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vessels with valid licences to operate from the UK in the short sea passenger ferry sector are registered under (a) the UK flag or (b) Red Ensign Group registries; and what proportion of those vessels are qualifying vessels under the Tonnage Tax scheme.
    (204842)
257
 
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new training roles for UK seafarers were created under the approved core training commitments submitted by company groups that qualified for the Tonnage Tax scheme between October 2012 and September 2013; how many such roles he expects to be created between October 2013 and September 2014; and what the cumulative training commitment is of companies qualifying for that scheme in 2013-14.
    (204843)
258
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by his Department in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (204805)
259
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204947)
260
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made on the potential effect of universal credit on the education maintenance allowance in Wales.
    (204812)
261
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by the Government Equalities Office in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (204799)
262
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have disclosed an intention to commit suicide while (a) on the telephone to employees of his Department and (b) in person in his Department's premises or offices in each year since 2010.
    (204964)
263
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training employees of his Department receive about how to engage with people who (a) have mental health problems and (b) exhibit suicidal behaviour.
    (204966)
264
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by his Department in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (204806)
265
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
    (204948)
266
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of housing benefit have moved to smaller properties since the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty in (a) 2014 to date and (b) 2013.
    (204813)
267
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) accommodation, (b) taxis or private cars and (c) alcoholic beverages in the last year.
    (204861)
268
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) mobile telephones, (b) tablet computers and (c) office furniture in the last year.
    (204974)
269
 
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 disability living allowance for parents, guardians or representatives of disabled children under 16 years of age was in each of the last five years.
    (204918)
270
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
    (204782)
271
 
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will classify motor neurone disease as a terminal illness which qualifies for a fast-track assessment for welfare claims.
    (204826)
272
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what forecast his Department made of total IT spending in (a) the full business case for universal credit currently being considered by HM Treasury and (b) the business case previously approved for universal credit.
    (204986)
273
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which claimants will be exempt from participating in the supervised jobsearch pilot scheme.
    (204988)
274
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently waiting for an assessment for personal independence payment in the Halton local authority area; and what the average waiting time for an assessment is in that area.
    (204960)
275
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 110W, on personal independence payment, what the average clearance times were for claims from terminally ill people at (a) 31 January 2014 and (b) 30 June 2014.
    (204989)

Notices given on Thursday 10 July

1
N
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the service complaints system.
[Question Unstarred]   (904805)
2
 
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how his Department is supporting manufacturers to improve their performance on the recall of electrical appliances.
[Transferred]   (204822)
3
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the number of people aged between 16 and 24 who are not in employment or training and are not claiming jobseeker's allowance.
[Transferred]   (204630)
4
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of young people who left and subsequently returned to claiming jobseeker's allowance within six months in each year since 2010.
[Transferred]   (204631)
5
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many unemployed young people have been out of work for more than (a) four, (b) six, (c) 12 and (d) 24 months.
[Transferred]   (204860)
6
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
[Transferred]   (204767)
7
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by No. 10 Downing Street in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
[Transferred]   (204802)
8
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there have been in the unemployment rate in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
[Transferred]   (204788)
9
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change in employment levels there has been in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
[Transferred]   (204866)
10
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many babies have been born at Warrington Hospital in each year since 2008.
[Transferred]   (204786)
11
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Money Advice Service has made on launching a price comparison website for short term loans.
[Transferred]   (204984)
12
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed by the Environment Agency in a full-time capacity in each month since June 2010.
[Transferred]   (204990)
13
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding will be allocated to the Lune Valley in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency as part of the recently announced badger vaccination project.
[Transferred]   (204820)
14
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on standardised packaging of tobacco; and if he will conduct a separate consultation on the potential intellectual property implications of such a policy being introduced in the UK.
[Transferred]   (204758)
15
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the remedies available to people who are the subjects of erroneous or malicious reports to Sussex Police in respect of the Operation Crackdown online mechanism.
[Transferred]   (204603)
16
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason people who have received letters from Sussex Police about alleged incidents within the remit of Operation Crackdown are advised that subject access requests under section 7 of the Data Protection Act are redundant.
[Transferred]   (204605)
17
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of online reports made to Sussex Police in respect of the Operation Crackdown online mechanism which are (a) malicious and (b) erroneous.
[Transferred]   (204606)
18
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been employed in web development and related roles in each year since the establishment of Operation Crackdown by Sussex Police; and what key performance indicators apply to them.
[Transferred]   (204607)
19
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to speed up the appeals process for people whose benefits have been sanctioned.
[Transferred]   (204674)
20
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library (a) the number of Freedom of Information requests received by each Government Department in each of the last four years, (b) the number and proportion of such requests that received a full answer from each Department and (c) the number and proportion of such requests which did not receive a full answer in each category of reason for refusal in each Department.
[Transferred]   (204955)
21
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the economy of days lost owing to stress in (a) manual and (b) non-manual jobs in each year since 2010.
[Transferred]   (204965)
22
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been convicted by the Serious Fraud Office in 2013-14 and each of the previous five years.
    (205065)
23
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has carried out for (a) dog-fighting and (b) badger persecution in each of the last five financial years.
    (205066)
24
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of charging decisions made by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2013-14 and each of the previous five financial years were made by CPS Direct.
    (205067)
25
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been completed by the Serious Fraud Office in 2013-14 and each of the previous five years.
    (205092)
26
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of judicial orders and instructions were complied with by the Crown Prosecution Service (a) on time, (b) late and (c) not at all in each of the last 15 years.
    (205093)
27
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how much the (a) Serious Fraud Office and (b) Crown Prosecution Service spent on (i) travel, (ii) furniture and fittings and (iii) any dilapidation claims arising from the quitting of premises in each year since 2008.
    (205094)
28
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office spent on civil claims in which it was the respondent in 2013-14.
    (205095)
29
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of all (a) Crown Prosecution Service and (b)Serious Fraud Office cases were prosecuted by external counsel in 2013-14 and each of the five preceding years; and what the cost to each agency was of such counsel in each such year.
    (205096)
30
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of sick days per staff member was at the (a) Crown Prosecution Service and (b) Serious Fraud Office in 2013-14 and each of the five preceding years.
    (205133)
31
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the value is of outstanding debt under confiscation orders obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service; and what recent estimate he has made of how much such debt is realistically recoverable.
    (205134)
32
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many Crown Prosecution Service (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) decisions to take no further action, (c) decisions to caution and (d) prosecutions there were in cases of (i) rape, (ii) domestic violence and (iii) child abuse in each police force area in each of the last six years; and what the conviction rate for each such offence in each such area was in that period.
    (205151)
33
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, in how many and what proportion of CPS Direct-charged cases the charge was subsequently (a) varied, (b) dropped pre-trial, (c) subject to a prosecution decision to offer no evidence at trial and (d) dismissed by the court in 2013-14 and each of the three preceding years.
    (205153)
34
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, in how many Crown Prosecution Service prosecutions of prostitution offences in 2013-14 the accused was an (a) alleged prostitute, (b) alleged pimp or brothel-keeper and (c) individual accused of seeking or using the services of a prostitute.
    (205178)
35
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library the reports by Peter Mason and Alan Wood on data loss at the Serious Fraud Office published in June 2013; and which recommendations of those reports have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
    (205179)
36
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions in 2013-14 the Serious Fraud Office either referred or recommended that a complainant refer a case of alleged fraud, bribery or money-laundering by a UK company to (a) another police force, (b) another UK regulator, (c) an agency in the US and (d) an agency in an overseas jurisdiction other than the US.
    (205180)
37
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, in what proportion of criminal cases of each type of offence charging decisions were made by the police in each of the last five years.
    (205181)
38
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of cases were charged by (a) the police, (b) the Crown Prosecution Service and (c) another agency in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) each of the previous three financial years.
    (205182)
39
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many wasted cost orders were made (a) in favour and (b) against the Crown Prosecution Service in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) each of the previous three financial years.
    (205183)
40
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of police-charged cases in each of the last three financial years were subsequently subject to a (a) decision by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to vary the charge, (b) decision by the CPS to drop the charge, (c) decision by the CPS to offer no evidence, (d) dismissal by the court on grounds of no-case to answer and (e) dismissal by the court after trial.
    (205184)
41
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of cases at the magistrates' court in (a) 2013-14 and (b) each of the previous five financial years were subject to a (i) decision by the prosecution to discontinue the case, (ii) decision in committal proceedings to discharge the defendant, (iii) decision by the magistrate to dismiss the case on grounds of no case to answer and (iv) dismissal after trial.
    (205185)
42
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of cases at the Crown Court in (a) 2013-14 and (b) each of the previous five financial years were subject to (i) a decision by the prosecution to offer no evidence, (ii) a judge-ordered acquittal, (iii) a judge-directed acquittal and (iv) an acquittal after trial.
    (205186)
43
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the conviction rates were in the magistrates' courts for cases prosecuted by (a) Crown prosecutors and (b) paralegals in each of the last five years.
    (205187)
44
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of Crown Prosecution Service cases in the magistrates' courts were prosecuted by (a) Crown prosecutors and (b) paralegals in each of the last five years.
    (205188)
45
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of those who accepted a university place to study (a) engineering, (b) technology, (c) mathematics and computer science, (d) architecture and (e) physical science were female in each of the last five years.
    (205154)
46
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small and medium-sized enterprises have been started in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years; and what proportion are still trading.
    (205156)
47
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 128W, on disabled students' allowances, how much money his Department will save as a result of the proposed changes to the disabled students' allowance.
    (205028)
48
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 128W, on disabled students' allowances, whether his Department will provide supplemental funding to higher education institutions to support students likely to require extra reasonable adjustments as a result of changes to disabled students allowance.
    (205046)
49
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new businesses (a) have been registered in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency since 2010 and (b) were registered between 2005 and 2010.
    (205053)
50
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2014, Official Report, columns 286-7W, on Grant Thornton, how many of the 70 recorded complaints about insolvency practitioners from Grant Thornton in respect to formal insolvency procedures were successful.
    (205256)
51
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many desks there were in the Leeds Official Receiver's Office on 30 June 2014; and how many are unoccupied.
    (205077)
52
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how long the lease for the Leeds Official Receiver's Office has left to run; and when it was signed.
    (205078)
53
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many disqualification reports were submitted by the Leeds, Sheffield and Hull Official Receiver’s offices in the year ending 31 March 2014; and what the target is for the combined Leeds office for the year ending 31 March 2015.
    (205079)
54
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many directors have been disqualified in the first quarter of the current financial year.
    (205080)
55
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many disqualification reports have been submitted by Official Receiver's offices in the first quarter of the current financial year.
    (205081)
56
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, to which offices in the Insolvency Service he plans to recruit administrative staff over the next 18 months.
    (205082)
57
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on refurbishing the entrance hall in his Department in the last year.
    (205052)
58
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many contracts (a) let since 2010 and (b) about to be let by his Department and its agencies are worth (i) between £1 million and £3 million and (ii) over £3 million; how much has been spent on monitoring each contract let by his Department since 2010; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract let since 2010 by his Department since 2010.
    (205195)
59
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many away days his Department has held for its officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost of each such event has been.
    (205075)
60
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on refurbishing (a) gym and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration (i) in his Department and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
    (205076)
61
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money his Department has spent on each course of (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) Ministers in his Department since May 2010.
    (205083)
62
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost is of each subscription to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds.
    (205084)
63
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's policy is on alcohol consumption on the premises (a) in general and (b) during parties being held in his Private Office.
    (205085)
64
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government officials were members of the Reserve Forces in each year since 2010; and how many such officials have joined the Reserve Forces since 25 October 2013.
    (205111)
65
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2014, Official Report, columns 298-9W, to the hon. Member for South West Devon representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on electoral register, which of the local authorities which failed Performance Standard Three in more than one year (a) were and (b) were not granted additional central government funding to increase registration.
    (205138)
66
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed in Yorkshire and the Humber in (a) part-time, (b) full-time and (c) temporary jobs.
    (205106)
67
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cross-governmental guidance his Department has issued on new European procurement directives.
    (205108)
68
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts (a) let since 2010 and (b) about to be let by his Department and its agencies are worth (i) between £1 million and £3 million and (ii) over £3 million; how much has been spent on monitoring each contract let by his Department since 2010; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract let since 2010 by his Department since 2010.
    (205196)
69
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency have paid less in income tax since the changes to the income tax threshold since 2010.
    (205050)
70
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent fiscal steps he has taken to encourage an improvement in living standards; and if he will make a statement.
    (205098)
71
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to allow child tax credit awards to continue for children over the age of 19 where their school education has been delayed by ill health.
    (204997)
72
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities currently operate restrictions on the display of to-let boards in all or part of their areas; how many applications he has received from local authorities for the removal of deemed consent to to-let boards since 2010; and how many of these applications he has approved.
    (205069)
73
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce a final decision on the Regulation 7 application by Newcastle City Council for the removal of deemed consent to to-let boards.
    (205070)
74
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of council-owned homes in England which are affected by damp; and if he will make a statement.
    (205010)
75
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities complete and publish local development plans as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement.
    (205022)
76
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to increase council powers to evict unauthorised traveller encampments; and if he will make a statement.
    (205023)
77
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department provides to local authorities which cannot repay their loans to the Public Works Loan Board; and if he will make a statement.
    (205025)
78
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): 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) Brighton, Kemptown constituency, (b) Sussex and (c) South East England to date.
    (205245)
79
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on (a) the number of times grass verges should be cut and (b) the quality of the cut; and if he will make a statement.
    (205248)
80
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Department has made of the number of private sector vacancies in London.
    (205068)
81
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times the Community Right to Challenge has been used since it came into force on 27 June 2012; how many such challenges have been against a private contractor; and what proportion of all claims have been unsuccessful.
    (205103)
82
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been awarded to the Coalfields Regeneration Trust in each year since 2010.
    (205109)
83
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts (a) let since 2010 and (b) about to be let by his Department and its agencies are worth (i) between £1 million and £3 million and (ii) over £3 million; how much has been spent on monitoring each contract let by his Department since 2010; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract let since 2010 by his Department since 2010.
    (205197)
84
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will make an assessment of the implications for its policies of the conclusions and recommendations of the recent report from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust entitled The State of the Coalfields; and whether his Department provides or plans to provide funding for the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
    (205254)
85
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the total number of books currently held in public libraries.
    (205012)
86
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Superfast West Yorkshire will be (a) finished and (b) ready to use by businesses in Green Lane Industrial Estate, in Featherstone; and what assessment he has made of the length of time taken to complete this work.
    (205110)
87
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many contracts (a) let since 2010 and (b) about to be let by his Department and its agencies are worth (i) between £1 million and £3 million and (ii) over £3 million; how much has been spent on monitoring each contract let by his Department since 2010; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract let since 2010 by his Department since 2010.
    (205198)
88
 
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Annual Report on Reserve Forces as submitted by the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association.
    (205060)
89
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) males and (b) females have applied for the DE&S apprenticeship in each year since 2010; and what proportion of such applications have been successful.
    (205045)
90
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals in his Department have participated in (a) disability awareness and (b) LGBT awareness training in each year since 2010.
    (205047)
91
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the budget for the Cadet Expansion Programme has been spent to date.
    (205048)
92
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on ministerial portrait photographs in each year since 2010.
    (205054)
93
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on recruitment advertising (a) on television and (b) on printed materials in 2013-14.
    (205056)
94
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what type of medals have been issued by the Medal Office in each year since 2010; and what the annual cost of such medals has been.
    (205057)
95
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) entertainment and (b) the purchase of alcohol in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14; and what estimate he has made of such spending in 2014-15.
    (205058)
96
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have been attached to the Royal Household in each year since 2010; and what the cost of such attachments has been.
    (205059)
97
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many away days his Department has held for its officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; and what the cost of each such event has been.
    (205086)
98
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gym and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration within (i) his Department and (ii) his Department-owned buidlings in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
    (205087)
99
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on what (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) Ministers in his Department.
    (205088)
100
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on alcohol consumption (a) in general on the premises and (b) during parties in his Private Office.
    (205089)
101
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Ministry of Defence equipment of what value was recorded as lost or stolen in 2013-14.
    (205091)
102
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost is of each subscription to (a) magazines and (b) television channels held by his Department.
    (205136)
103
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 14 November 2011, Official Report, column 526W, on disclosure of information, if he will publish the findings of the inquiry into the unauthorised disclosure of the letter between the former Secretary of State and the Prime Minister which appeared in the Daily Telegraph on 28 September 2010.
    (205160)
104
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent in each country from the Conflict Pool in each year since its launch.
    (205191)
105
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what professional courses officials in his Department have attended since 2010; and how many officials have attended each course.
    (205192)
106
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many research experiments his Department has performed on animals since May 2010; and for what purpose and on which types of animal such experiments have been performed.
    (205234)
107
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dogs owned by his Department were subject to euthnasia in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14; and what the reason was for euthanasia in each case.
    (205235)
108
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many horses owned by his Department were subject to euthanasia in (a) 2012-13 and 2013-14; and what the reason was for euthanasia in each case.
    (205236)
109
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of running and maintaining each grace and favour residence provided by his Department to senior figures from the armed forces in each year since 2010.
    (205237)
110
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary and secondary schools have had their Ofsted rating lowered since the last assessment in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the UK.
    (205146)
111
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many infant school children in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency were eligible for free school meals during the 2010-11 school year.
    (205049)
112
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many more infant school children in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency will be eligible for free school meals as a result of the extension of free school meals to all infant school children.
    (205051)
113
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued for teachers on identifying girls at risk of female genital mutilation; and if he will make a statement.
    (205021)
114
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding has been provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Brighton and Hove (A) in cash terms and (B) at 2014 prices in each year since 2010.
    (205044)
115
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) Brighton, Kemptown constituency have received free school meals in each year since 2010.
    (205137)
116
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places were available in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) Brighton, Kemptown constituency in each year since 2010.
    (205244)
117
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, columns 757-8W, on children: daycare, who the five providers are who have registered with Ofsted as performing childcare services on behalf of local authorities excluding fostering and adoption.
    (205026)
118
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, columns 757-8W, on children: daycare, which local authorities use external contractors to assist with the delivery of childcare services, other than fostering and adoption.
    (205027)
119
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1July 2014, Official Report, columns 550-1W, on local government services: children, in relation to meetings on the Social Care Innovation Programme at which Ministers were present, how many meetings involved people other than staff of his Department; and if he will list those people.
    (205099)
120
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1July 2014, Official Report, columns 550-1W, on local government services: children, how many meetings on the Social Care Innovation Programme at which Ministers were present have taken place since May 2010.
    (205100)
121
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance the Government is offering rural communities to connect to mains gas supplies where no such infrastructure currently exists.
    (204996)
122
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of how many low income households in each constituency in Nottinghamshire will not have home insulation in 2015.
    (205148)
123
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many wind turbines are planned for development in each constituency in Nottinghamshire.
    (205149)
124
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many low income households have received home insulation support in the Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
    (205159)
125
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Energy Company Obligation on (a) the numbers of households in fuel poverty, (b) the aggregate fuel poverty gap and (c) the average fuel poverty gap.
    (205001)
126
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual energy bill for a property in EPC (a) Band E, (b) Band F and (c) Band G.
    (205003)
127
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 738W, on private rented housing: energy, what system his Department has put in place to ensure that landlords comply with provisions within the Energy Act 2014.
    (205061)
128
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 66W, on fuel poverty, when his Department intends to publish its response and final assessment of the impact of the consultation on the future of the Energy Company Obligation.
    (205062)
129
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to paragraph 4.17 of, the future of energy company obligation: assessment of impacts, published by his Department on 5 March 2014, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the change in the number of households in fuel poverty and (b) the (i) total and (ii) average change in the fuel poverty gap under option two of the Energy Company Obligation.
    (205064)
130
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households in fuel poverty that are eligible for assistance under the affordable warmth component of the Energy Company Obligation.
    (205072)
131
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of carbon dioxide emissions accounted for by households.
    (205073)
132
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the future of the public forest estate and on ways of putting this on a sustainable footing for the future; and whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to achieve those policy objectives.
    (205008)
133
 
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on making the full amount of flood funds available to local communities.
    (204999)
134
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the fishing industry.
    (205011)
135
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many awaydays his Department has held for (a) senior and (b) other civil servants in (i) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and how much each such awayday cost.
    (205238)
136
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on refurbishing (a) gym and leisure facilities, (b) cafeterias and (c) interior decoration within buildings (i) used and (ii) owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
    (205239)
137
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the consumption of alcohol during social occasions held in his private office.
    (205240)
138
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) other Ministers in his Department; and what specific training was provided in each such case.
    (205242)
139
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds; and what the annual cost is of each of those subscriptions.
    (205258)
140
 
Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to visit the Middle East to assist in de-escalating the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
    (205249)
141
 
Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to decrease violence between Israel and Palestine.
    (205251)
142
 
Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the UN Secretary General on measures by the UN to de-escalate the tension between Israel and Palestine.
    (205252)
143
 
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the human rights situation in Bahrain.
    (205253)
144
 
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he discussed the extradition proceedings of Raymond Varley on his recent trip to India; and if he will continue to monitor the case.
    (205190)
145
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Burmese government on a ceasefire in conflict zones and the withdrawal of military forces.
    (204998)
146
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in Northern Ireland on how best to ensure that babies in Northern Ireland are not at risk from contamination of privately manufactured batches of drip food.
    (205018)
147
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205217)
148
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Brighton Kemptown constituency, (b) Brighton and Hove and (c) Sussex have gained access to cancer drugs through the Cancer Drugs Fund in each year of that Fund's operation.
    (205020)
149
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to reduce obesity; and if he will make a statement.
    (205097)
150
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on the role of community hospitals.
    (204995)
151
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients from Scotland have been admitted for (a) emergency and (b) planned procedures in England in each of the last 10 years.
    (205250)
152
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Hemsworth constituency are currently being treated for prostate cancer, what the average waiting time for treatment of such people is; and what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of prostate cancer.
    (205102)
153
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) staff to patient ratio and (b) nurse to bed ratio is in all hospitals serving Wakefield.
    (205107)
154
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) GPs and (b) accident and emergency departments serving Wakefield have closed since 2010.
    (205139)
155
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed in Wakefield in (a) 2010 and (b) the latest date for which data is available.
    (205140)
156
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support provisions are in place for children and adolescents with mental health problems in Yorkshire; what the average time in Yorkshire is from referral by a GP of a child or adolescent with mental health problems until they are seen by a specialist; and how much funding was allocated to children and adolescents with mental health problems in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.
    (205200)
157
 
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of a potential link between nuclear power and the prevalence of cancer; and what estimate he has made of proportion of the NHS budget spent on treating patients suffering from cancer caused by nuclear power generation.
    (205246)
158
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the wearing of (a) the niqab and (b) the burka by individuals during any official interaction with (i) police officers and (ii) immigration officers.
    (205063)
159
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that people deported or extradited from the UK and who pose a threat to national security are unable to return to the UK.
    (205002)
160
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of the National Crime Agency; and what discussions officials in her Department have had with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive on extending the scope of that agency to operate in Northern Ireland.
    (205016)
161
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many international migrants have entered Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.
    (205017)
162
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to address the concerns of the employees of HM Revenue and Customs in Northern Ireland who have recently taken part in industrial action.
    (205024)
163
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes there have been in the numbers of (a) police officers, (b) special constables, (c) police community support officers and (d) police staff in (i) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency and (ii) Cumbria Constabulary force area since 2010.
    (205055)
164
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons for detention of women who have sought asylum have been in the last three years, as set out in form IS91R.
    (205090)
165
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcomes of detention by length of detention for women asylum seekers detained by her Department were in each of the last three years.
    (205112)
166
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of her Department's budget she expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205218)
167
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what residential facilities are available in Northern Ireland for asylum applicants; and when those facilities were last inspected.
    (205142)
168
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training her Department provides to immigration officials in Northern Ireland to identify victims of human trafficking.
    (205143)
169
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what facilities are available for unaccompanied children applying for asylum in Northern Ireland.
    (205144)
170
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the consistency of information issued by HM Passport Office staff.
    (205104)
171
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people who urgently need to travel within seven days are charged for upgrading their passport application.
    (205199)
172
 
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether members of the Management Board must seek authorisation for the contents of their remarks or lines to take during oral question and answer sessions at external speaking engagements related to their professional role.
    (205004)
173
 
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many occasions each member of the Management Board has undertaken an external speaking engagement in each of the last four financial years.
    (205005)
174
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how much and what proportion of the House of Commons Commission's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of the House of Commons Commission's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205219)
175
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration within (i) her Department and (ii) buildings owned by her Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
    (205071)
176
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many away days her Department has held for its officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost of each such event has been.
    (205074)
177
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's policy is on the consumption of alcohol during social occasions held in her private office.
    (205241)
178
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) her and (ii) other Ministers in her Department; and what specific training was provided in each such case.
    (205243)
179
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels her Department funds; and what the annual cost is of each of those subscriptions.
    (205257)
180
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of her Department's budget she expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205220)
181
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 181W, on Afghanistan, for what reason her Department did not engage with the Afghan Investment Support Agency on the Bost airfield project.
    (205006)
182
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what costs his Department incurred in relation to each stage of the judicial proceedings of the cases of (a) Christopher Huhne and (b) Vasiliki Pryce.
    (205007)
183
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has commissioned on the effect of the gender of (a) the judge and (b) the defendant on sentencing outcomes in Crown Courts.
    (205013)
184
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many indeterminate sentence prisoners have spent time in open prisons in the year ending 31 March (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
    (205145)
185
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average, (b) maximum and (c) minimum time spent in an open prison was for indeterminate sentence prisoners before their release in each of the last five years.
    (205150)
186
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the least amount of time spent in an open prison by a prisoner was before (a) absconding and (b) breaching prison regulations in each of the last five years.
    (205158)
187
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received legal aid in each constituency in Nottinghamshire in each of the last five years.
    (205152)
188
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205221)
189
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consultations he has undertaken with representatives of the legal profession regarding changes to legal aid; and if he will make a statement.
    (205019)
190
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the level of overcrowding was on the Prison Estate in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
    (205255)
191
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to publish revised prison population projections.
    (205259)
192
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the certified normal accommodation and operational capacity is planned to be for each prison establishment on 29 August 2014.
    (205260)
193
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has allocated additional financial resources to the New Offender Management Service to provide safe conditions for offenders following the recent increase in the prison population.
    (205261)
194
 
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he last intervened in a decision taken by a parole board; and if he will make a statement.
    (204994)
195
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Leader of the House, how much and what proportion of his Office's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Office's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205222)
196
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much and what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of her Department's budget she expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205223)
197
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times the Joint Ministerial Task Force on Banking and Access to Finance has met since its formation in 2013; and what actions this body has taken.
    (205101)
198
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Prime Minister, how much and what proportion of No. 10 Downing Street's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of No. 10 Downing Street's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205224)
199
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how much and what proportion of the National Audit Office's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of the National Audit Office's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205193)
200
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205225)
201
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how much and what proportion of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's (IPSA) budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of IPSA's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205194)
202
 
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 9 July 2014, Official Report, column 299W, on electoral register, how many periodic reports on the accuracy and completeness of the electoral registers there have been since 2001.
    (205135)
203
 
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 9 June 2014, Official Report, column 301W, on the electoral register, if he will list the electoral registration officers who responded to the Electoral Commission survey on the importance of data matching and who considered that local data matching was (a) important and (b) unimportant during the live run confirmation.
    (205247)
204
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to assist the Northern Ireland Executive to encourage investment through both regional and international routes to Northern Ireland.
    (205009)
205
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205226)
206
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what central funds are available for the maintenance of the A64; and if he will make a statement.
    (204993)
207
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205227)
208
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent meetings she has had with ministerial colleagues on the gender pay gap.
    (205141)
209
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken to encourage flexible working in the Government Equalities Office.
    (205147)
210
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many women have made a statutory application to request flexible working in the Government Equalities Office; and how many of those applications have been granted.
    (205155)
211
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what the average salary was of (a) male and (b) female employees of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (i) of each ethnicity and (ii) at each grade for the latest period for which figures are available.
    (205157)
212
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much and what proportion of the Government Equalities Office's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of the Government Equalities Office's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205216)
213
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that children kinship carers are caring for are considered as children in need and prioritised accordingly.
    (205229)
214
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of kinship carers who are (a) affected by the under-occupancy penalty and (b) in receipt of discretionary housing payments.
    (205230)
215
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that kinship carers with children aged under 18 are exempted from conditionality requirements; and if he will make a statement.
    (205231)
216
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of kinship carers who are subject to conditionality requirements under job seeker's allowance.
    (205232)
217
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of kinship carers in receipt of employment support allowance.
    (205233)
218
 
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to move vulnerable people without the capability for work from jobseeker's allowance onto a more permanent form of benefit.
    (205000)
219
 
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205228)
220
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for personal independence payments submitted by individuals in Hemsworth in 2013 are still yet to be determined; and what steps his Department has taken to reduce delays in processing personal independence payment claims.
    (205105)
Tuesday 15 July  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
 
★ 1
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): What progress his Department has made on improving primary care for frail older people.
    (904848)
★ 2
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): What steps his Department is taking to tackle the issue of antimicrobial resistance.
    (904849)
★ 3
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources made available by local authorities for the regulation of food safety.
    (904850)
★ 4
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): What plans he has for hospitals in West London and their A&E services.
    (904851)
★ 5
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): What steps he plans to take to improve standards in general practice.
    (904852)
★ 6
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): What steps his Department is taking to support carers.
    (904853)
★ 7
Philip Davies (Shipley): What lessons his Department has learned from the Born In Bradford research study.
    (904854)
★ 8
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): What the new deadline will be for moving people with a learning disability out of assessment and treatment units and into community provision.
    (904855)
★ 10
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): What assessment he has made of progress towards achieving parity of esteem for mental health.
    (904857)
★ 11
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What assessment he has made of the effects of trends in food prices on public health.
    (904858)
★ 12
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): What progress his Department is making on improving the performance of failing hospitals.
    (904859)
★ 13
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): What recent advice he has received on NHS trust deficits in England.
    (904860)
★ 14
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What steps he is taking to improve care for people affected by stroke.
    (904861)
★ 15
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): What the timetable is for publication of a successor to the current National Dementia Strategy.
    (904862)
★ 16
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What steps he is taking to secure long-term investment in mesothelioma research.
    (904863)
★ 17
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): What assessment he has made of the adherence by NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups to the Healthy Child Programme (a) in general and (b) in respect of the provision of perinatal mental health services.
    (904864)
★ 18
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What discussions he has had with Ministers of the Welsh Government on the operation of the new Welsh law on presumed consent for organ donation for English residents who are patients in Wales and Welsh residents who are patients in England.
    (904865)
★ 19
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): What steps his Department has taken to act on the recommendations made by the Health and Care Professions Council to extend statutory regulation to new groups of healthcare professionals.
    (904866)
★ 20
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): What recent assessment he has made of the importance of community hospitals.
    (904867)
★ 21
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): What steps he is taking as a result of the June 2014 deadline for moving all people with a learning disability who were inappropriately placed in hospital in-patient units into community provision having been missed.
    (904868)
★ 22
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): What assessment he has made of the importance of Active B12 in testing for pernicious anaemia.
    (904869)
★ 23
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What discussions he has had with NHS England and local authorities on the deadline of June 2014 for moving all people with a learning disability who were inappropriately placed in hospital in-patient units into community provision having been missed; what plans are in place now to achieve that goal; and if he will make a statement.
    (904870)
★ 24
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What progress his Department is making on improving the performance of failing hospitals.
    (904871)
★ 25
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What progress his Department is making on improving the performance of failing hospitals.
    (904872)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (904873)
★ 2
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):  
    (904874)
★ 3
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow):  
    (904875)
★ 4
Margot James (Stourbridge):  
    (904876)
★ 5
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):  
    (904877)
★ 6
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South):  
    (904878)
★ 7
Mr George Mudie (Leeds East):  
    (904879)
★ 8
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon):  
    (904880)
★ 9
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):  
    (904881)
★ 10
Robert Halfon (Harlow):  
    (904882)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 8 July

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) the UK and (b) East Yorkshire constituency no longer pay income tax as a result of changes in the personal income tax threshold introduced since 2010.
    (204487)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require service stations to advertise their fuel prices so that they are visible from the highway so that motorists know them before leaving the public carriageway.
    (204488)

Notices given on Wednesday 9 July

1
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the work of the Human Brain project; and if he will make a statement.
    (204685)
2
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the UK's financial contribution to the Human Brain project is in addition to the contribution of the EU Commission.
    (204686)
3
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that online theft is punishable in line with traditional theft of items of the same monetary value.
    (204684)
4
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has been made of the financial benefit of the Tour de France to Yorkshire and the South-East.
    (204687)
5
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the guidelines for classifying Tornado collision risk are the same as those set out by Haddon-Cave BP 1201 and the Civil Aviation Authority.
    (204980)
6
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado aircrew were actively involved in flying during (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (204981)
7
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the net cost of supported living in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK.
    (204689)
8
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the net cost of intentional communities in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK.
    (204690)
9
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intentional communities have closed in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK since 2005; and how many remain open in each area.
    (204691)
10
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were in supported living or intentional communities in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK in 2005.
    (204692)
11
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask NHS England to establish a Clinical Reference Group for Robotic Assisted Surgery to consider the use of technology across the full range of specialties where the Da Vinci system can be used; and if he will make a statement.
    (204683)
12
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask NHS England to amend Specialised Services Circular 1407 to allow NHS trusts to continue to train surgeons on the use of robotic assisted surgery in the absence of a national commissioning policy.
    (204688)
13
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies have been awarded contracts for electronic tagging in respect of the next nine years; how much each such company will be paid; what services each such company will provide; and for how long each such company will provide services.
    (204814)
14
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value of the new electronic tagging contract is for each of the next nine financial years.
    (204815)
15
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the procurement process for the electronic tagging contract complied with Cabinet Office procedures on openness and transparency.
    (204816)
16
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the new electronic tagging system was not subject to a pilot before the decision to implement it was taken.
    (204991)
17
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the purpose is of the new electronic tagging system; and what evidence his Department analysed or collected on the potential effect of that system on crime and reconviction rates.
    (204992)

Notices given on Thursday 10 July

1
N
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next plans to meet representatives of NHS foundation trusts plans to discuss measures to address deficits.
[Question Unstarred]   (904856)
2
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what steps he plans to take in response to the finding of HM Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Inspector in his annual report 2013-14, page 12, that there was a considerable decline in performance of the CPS in that year in relation to how it handled its disclosure obligations.
    (205209)
3
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on what grounds the Serious Fraud Office declined to investigate reports referred to it by the Department for International Development that UK aid may have been channelled via CDC Group and Energy Capital Partners into companies linked to James Ibori; and if he will make a statement.
    (205210)
4
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what steps he plans to take in response to the funding of HM Chief Inspectorate of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in his annual report 2013-14, page 4 that the background of continuing resource reductions is now having an impact on the ability of the CPS to deliver effectively across the whole range of its activity.
    (205211)
5
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, in what proportion of cases in the (a) Crown Court and (b) Magistrates Court the Crown Prosecution Service complied with its disclosure obligations (i) on time, (ii) late and (iii) not at all in each of the last three years.
    (205212)
6
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women who benefited from free early education were in training or further education in each of the last five years.
    (205034)
7
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 128W, on disabled students' allowances, for what reason the fact that many disabled students receive more than one type of support makes it not possible to make an accurate estimate of the number of students who would qualify for disabled students' allowance under the proposed changes to that allowance.
    (205040)
8
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 128W, on disabled students' allowances, for what reason his Department did not make an estimate of the number of students who will no longer be eligible for disabled students' allowance before deciding to implement the proposed changes.
    (205042)
9
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what support the Government will provide to promote National Voter Registration Day in 2015.
    (205113)
10
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205215)
11
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances the use of European Investment Bank loans by the Northern Ireland Executive would lead to a reduction in the block grant from his Department.
    (205168)
12
N
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2014 by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the Urgent Question, Official Report, columns 245-6, on extremism, what assessment he has made of the nature and extent of the wider counter-extremist and integration work co-ordinated by his Department; what this co-ordination will entail; and what budgets are available for this work.
    (205039)
13
N
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many community integration projects or organisations are funded by his Department.
    (205041)
14
N
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what community (a) integration projects and (b) organisations are currently funded by his Department.
    (205262)
15
N
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds his Department has allocated to community integration or cohesion in each year since 2010-11.
    (205263)
16
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from local authorities regarding the barriers to removing telephone boxes; and if he will take steps to remove such barriers.
    (205015)
17
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings with approved planning applications remain to be developed.
    (205264)
18
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government will publish its response to the Law Commission's recommendations for reform of the Electronic Communications Code.
    (205121)
19
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how his Department is monitoring the roll-out of 4G telephone coverage; and who is conducting that monitoring.
    (205122)
20
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the progress of the Mobile Infrastructure Project.
    (205123)
21
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what spot data Ofcom holds for Cambridgeshire.
    (205124)
22
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of mobile telephone coverage in Cambridgeshire.
    (205125)
23
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been (a) formally reported and (b) upheld in each service and his Department's Civil Service in each year since 2010.
    (205161)
24
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2013, what steps his Department has taken to improve the sharing of service facilities with civilians.
    (205164)
25
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Army Reserve who returned injured from operations have accessed rehabilitation support.
    (205165)
26
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met Lord Clanwilliam in the last three years.
    (205166)
27
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists are signed up to offer security support to the Police Service of Scotland and other civil and Commonwealth Games authorities for this summer's Commonwealth Games.
    (205203)
28
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reasons Liverpool has not been represented on the Northern Futures Board.
    (205163)
29
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to prevent contractors offering insulation under the Affordable Warmth Obligation presenting this as a Government scheme.
    (205035)
30
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205189)
31
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of (a) water, (b) electricity and (c) gas companies is owned by (i) private equity and (ii) hedge funds.
    (205116)
32
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of (a) water, (b) electricity and (c) gas utility companies operating in each region and constituent part of the UK are owned or part-owned by firms registered outside the UK.
    (205117)
33
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many companies registered outside the UK generate (a) coal, (b) gas, (c) nuclear and (d) renewable energy in the UK; and what proportion of each sector such companies are.
    (205126)
34
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of ownership of domestic utilities by companies registered overseas are companies that are (a) state owned or partially owned, (b) public limited companies, (c) private, (d) private equity, (e) hedge fund, (f) unit trust and (g) any other ownership model.
    (205162)
35
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205213)
36
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the status is of the monthly flight logs of flights which have passed through Diego Garcia from January 2002 to January 2009.
    (205172)
37
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
    (205214)
38
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners (a) excluding retainers and registrars, (b) including retainers but excluding registrars there were in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (205201)
39
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 704W, on general practitioners, what estimate he has made of the effect of projected population growth from overseas immigration on the demand for GP services over the next 10 years.
    (205120)
40
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each local authority with public health responsibilities in England spent on (a) drug treatment, (b) alcohol treatment and (c) in total in each of the last three financial years; and how much each body is expected to spend in each of the next two years.
    (205119)
41
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a GP surgery on an Alternative Provider Medical Services contract can transfer onto a General Medical Services contract without a tendering exercise.
    (205128)
42
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency are on (i) an Alternative Provider Medical Services contracts and (ii) General Medical Services contracts.
    (205129)
43
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency have transferred from an Alternative Provider Medical Services contract to a General Medical Services contract since 2010.
    (205130)
44
N
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to clinical commissioning groups on the provision of hearing aids free at the point of delivery for patients with mild to moderate hearing loss.
    (205037)
45
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure the exercise of local discretion in the use of the Better Care Fund.
    (205265)
46
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money of independent sector treatment centres.
    (205114)
47
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in the UK Border Agency were assigned to implementing the tackling tobacco smuggling strategy in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and how many such staff were engaged in (i) detection, (ii) intelligence gathering and analysis, (iii) investigations and (iv) the provision of legal advice.
    (205202)
48
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of salaries for staff allocated to the tackling tobacco smuggling strategy for those staff (a) engaged in detection, (b) engaged in investigations, (c) working on intelligence matters and (d) in total in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13.
    (205204)
49
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serious crimes were solved by communications data since 2010; what the classification of those crimes was; and how many serious crimes there were in that period.
    (205171)
50
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect on operations at border control of trends in the number of women having different surnames to their children.
    (205014)
51
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2013, Official Report, column 65W, on young offenders, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to redefine juveniles to include those older than 16.
    (205267)
52
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken fully to comply with the High Court judgment in the Hughes Chang case.
    (205268)
53
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 17 year olds were held in police custody in each of the last five years.
    (205269)
54
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were received in Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
    (205167)
55
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mutuals have indicated to him that they will bid for work under the Transforming Rehabilitation programme; and how many such organisations have withdrawn from the process.
    (205036)
56
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the contracts for work under the Transforming Rehabilitation programme will (a) be signed and (b) become operational.
    (205038)
57
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on increasing the number of people tagged as a condition of a court order and supervised by community rehabilitation companies or successor bodies.
    (205127)
58
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to launch his consultation on guardianship for missing people.
    (205266)
59
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the agreement recently reached with the Criminal Bar on the future role of the Public Defender Service.
    (205115)
60
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the total value of compensation for damage to cars by poorly conditioned local roads paid out of the public purse in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
    (205031)
61
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made in securing rolling-stock to serve cross-Pennine routes post-electrification; and whether he plans to use new rolling stock or a redeployment of current stock.
    (205118)
62
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the PricewaterhouseCoopers' report on the HS2 property bond scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (205032)
63
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the change in value of properties within 500 metres of the proposed route of High Speed 2 through Rixton and Culcheth; and to what extent and on what basis his calculation of that change included an estimated local benefit from that line.
    (205033)
64
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of drivers who accumulated over 12 points on their licence were disqualified in each of the last five years.
    (205029)
65
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers have accumulated more than 12 points in each year from 2010.
    (205030)
66
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what the fee will be to convert civil partnerships to marriage; and on what basis that fee was calculated.
    (205169)
67
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when the Government will issue guidance to local authorities on the procedure for converting civil partnerships to marriage.
    (205170)
68
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has committed to the Local Support Services Framework for (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
    (205205)
69
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the capacity of local authorities to co-ordinate local agencies to deliver the aims of the Local Support Services Framework; and if he will make a statement.
    (205206)
70
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the contribution of 5 September 2013, Official Report, column 471, when he expects that jobseeker's allowance and tax credits will be closed down.
    (205207)
71
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the contribution of 5 September 2013, Official Report, column 471, what his policy is on closing down jobseeker's allowance and tax credits before the 2015 General Election.
    (205208)
Wednesday 16 July  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 
★ 1
David Mowat (Warrington South): What assessment she has made of the value for money of the Savile Inquiry.
    (904823)
★ 2
Mel Stride (Central Devon): What recent assessment she has made of the outlook for the Northern Ireland economy.
    (904824)
★ 3
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What recent assessment she has made of the outlook for the Northern Ireland economy.
    (904825)
★ 4
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): What recent discussions she has had about the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (904826)
★ 5
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What recent discussions she has had about the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (904827)
★ 6
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What steps the Government is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
    (904828)
★ 7
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): What recent discussions she has had about parades in Northern Ireland.
    (904829)
★ 8
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What recent representations she has received on levels of inward investment into Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (904830)
★ 9
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What recent discussions she has had with the Minister for Education in the Northern Ireland Executive on shared education.
    (904831)
★ 10
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): What recent progress the Government has made on reducing youth unemployment levels in Northern Ireland.
    (904832)
★ 11
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What role her Department is taking in commemorations to mark the centenary of the First World War.
    (904833)
★ 12
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): What recent assessment she has made of the current political situation in Northern Ireland.
    (904834)
★ 13
Mark Durkan (Foyle): What recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future management and monitoring of annually managed expenditure and the welfare cap in Northern Ireland.
    (904835)
★ 14
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland.
    (904836)
★ 15
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): What recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland.
    (904837)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 16 July.
    (904883)
★ 2
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde):  
    (904884)
★ 3
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan):  
    (904885)
★ 4
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West):  
    (904886)
★ 5
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North):  
    (904887)
★ 6
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):  
    (904888)
★ 7
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough):  
    (904889)
★ 8
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon):  
    (904890)
★ 9
Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East):  
    (904891)
★ 10
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central):  
    (904892)
★ 11
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):  
    (904893)
★ 12
Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot):  
    (904894)
★ 13
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central):  
    (904895)
★ 14
Julian Sturdy (York Outer):  
    (904896)
★ 15
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):  
    (904897)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 9 July

1
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employment tribunals in which the appellant had a terminal condition and was contesting a dismissal that occurred because of their diagnosis took place in each of the last five years.
    (204907)
2
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were dismissed from employment on incapacity grounds following diagnosis of a terminal health condition in each of the last five years.
    (204904)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what analysis his Department has carried out of (a) mobile telephone network coverage and (b) high speed broadband coverage in East Yorkshire; and what steps his Department is taking and on what timescale to improve that coverage.
    (204982)
4
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS England on Specialised Services Circular 1407 and its potential effect on the use of robotic assisted surgery; and if he will make a statement.
    (204682)
5
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England on end-of-life registers were in work for each of the last five years.
    (204905)

Notices given on Thursday 10 July

1
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many working-age people in England were diagnosed with a terminal illness in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]   (204906)
2
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has taken steps to protect videogame developers and publishers who have products that are specifically based online from cyber-crime attacks.
    (205270)
3
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK businesses are protected from cyber-crime.
    (205271)
4
N
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to deter and punish the perpetrators of cyber-crime attacks on UK businesses.
    (205272)
5
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the funding allocated in the Defence and Equipment Plan 2013 for the procurement of new equipment will be spent on the successor nuclear deterrent programme and any redesign of the nuclear warhead.
    (205173)
6
N
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterparts on protecting the rights of religious minorities in that country.
    (205273)
7
N
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department intends to take to support the investigation of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights into alleged abuses in Sri Lanka.
    (205274)
8
N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure the UK complies with the undertakings agreed to in the Geneva Agreements with Iran on the sale of civil aerospace parts to Iran.
    (205131)
9
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what funding the Commission allocated for payment of travel, hotel and subsistence expenses of candidates interviewed for the role of Clerk of the House and Chief Executive; what the actual cost was of paying those expenses; and from which budget those expenses will be paid.
    (205043)
Thursday 17 July  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 10 July

1
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential cost to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of a failure of investment products which are traded on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange.
    (205276)
2
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential risks of the recognised status of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange to investors in the UK.
    (205277)
3
N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) the Guernsey Financial Services Commission on the recognised status of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange.
    (205278)
4
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people without a bank account in (a) Hounslow, (b) London and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.
    (205275)
5
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance is given by his Department on safety of havans in Hindu community, cultural and religious events and the compatibility of such instruments with existing fire regulations.
    (205132)
Monday 21 July  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 10 July

1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 142, on military aircraft, what the main capabilities are which any future military patrol aircraft will need to possess; whether such capabilities will include (a) surveillance capabilities, against (i) sub-surface, (ii) surface and (iii) land targets, (b) attack capabilities against each of those types of targets, (c) command, control and intelligence-gathering capabilities and (d) maritime rescue capabilities; and when a final decision will be taken on the mix of capabilities which will be required on a future maritime patrol aircraft.
    (205174)
2
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what different roles a multi-function maritime patrol aircraft will be required to perform.
    (205175)
3
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a maritime patrol aircraft capability will be available for carrier taskforce protection duties by the time that HMS Queen Elizabeth joins the Fleet; and if he will make a statement.
    (205176)
4
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the UK's ability to mount persistent and enduring aerial surveillance of strategically important areas, east of the Suez Canal, after UK withdrawal from Afghanistan; what assets will be required for this purpose after 2015; and if he will make a statement.
    (205177)

Prepared 11th July 2014