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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 2 September 2014

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 1 September 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Tuesday 2 September 2014

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

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

Tuesday 2 September  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
 
★ 1
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What progress he has made on his long-term economic plan.
    (905043)
★ 2
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): If he will take steps to allow the Office for Budget Responsibility to audit the spending plans of political parties.
    (905044)
★ 3
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of his fiscal policies on the level of child poverty.
    (905045)
★ 4
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): What plans his Department has for future funding for a new M6 South road link to the M54.
    (905046)
★ 5
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): What assessment he has made of the effect of freezing fuel duty on the price of petrol.
    (905047)
★ 6
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What recent estimate he has made of the level of employment.
    (905048)
★ 7
Steve Brine (Winchester): What measures he has introduced to reduce the level of tax paid by households.
    (905049)
★ 8
Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): What fiscal steps he is taking to help businesses to invest and export.
    (905050)
★ 9
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): What recent representations he has made to institutions of the EU on the cap on bank bonuses.
    (905051)
★ 10
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What recent representations he has made to institutions of the EU on the cap on bank bonuses.
    (905052)
★ 11
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What recent estimate he has made of the difference between the rate of inflation and the rate of growth in average earnings since May 2010.
    (905053)
★ 12
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): What estimate he has made of the number of new businesses set up in Milton Keynes in the last year.
    (905054)
★ 13
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): What fiscal steps he has taken to reduce the cost of living for those on the lowest incomes.
    (905055)
★ 14
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): What recent assessment he has made of the level of bank lending to businesses since May 2010.
    (905056)
★ 15
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What progress he has made on his long-term economic plan.
    (905057)
★ 16
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): What estimate he has made of the potential effect of a rise in national insurance on employment rates and take-home pay.
    (905058)
★ 17
Richard Harrington (Watford): What measures he has introduced to reduce the level of tax paid by households.
    (905059)
★ 18
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of his fiscal policies on the level of child poverty.
    (905060)
★ 19
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): What assessment he has made of the effect of freezing fuel duty on the price of petrol.
    (905061)
★ 20
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of his fiscal policies on the level of child poverty.
    (905062)
★ 21
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What plans he has to review the Help to Buy scheme.
    (905063)
★ 22
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What recent estimate he has made of the level of employment.
    (905064)
★ 23
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): What steps he is taking to tackle the decline in wage growth.
    (905065)
★ 24
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): What recent assessment he has made of the rate of growth of the UK economy.
    (905066)
★ 25
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What fiscal steps he is taking to help businesses to invest and export.
    (905067)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Guy Opperman (Hexham): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (905078)
★ 2
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton):  
    (905079)
★ 3
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon):  
    (905080)
★ 5
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch):  
    (905082)
★ 6
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South):  
    (905083)
★ 7
Grahame M. Morris (Easington):  
    (905084)
★ 8
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):  
    (905085)
★ 9
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields):  
    (905086)
★ 10
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle):  
    (905087)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 22 July

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has any plans to introduce minimum welfare requirements for keeping pet rabbits.
    (206868)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement notices were served under the Weeds Act 1959 in respect of ragwort in each of the last three years; and to whom they were served in each such year.
    (206870)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the code of practice on how to prevent the spread of ragwort published in July 2004.
    (206871)
4
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Iraq government to sign the Ministry of Justice's draft Prison Transfer Agreement.
    (207014)
5
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the General Dental Council on its proposal to increase the annual retention fee by 64 per cent; and what his Department's response is to that proposal.
  [R] (207011)
6
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Highways Agency is taking to remove ragwort from (a) roadsides and (b) other land for which the Highways Agency is responsible.
    (206869)

Notices given on Friday 29 August

1
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207208)
2
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Attorney General, how many self-reports from companies have been made under (a) the Bribery Act 2010 and (b) other corruption legislation in the last 12 months.
    (207305)
3
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Attorney General, how many Shawcross exercises have been conducted in relation to SFO's investigations in the last two years.
    (207315)
4
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Attorney General, if he will seek a review of the Crown Prosecution Service's decision not to prosecute the Metropolitan Police officers accused of starting sexual relationships with environmental activists.
    (207399)
5
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Attorney General, what safeguards have been put in place to prevent undercover police officers from forming sexual relationships with those they are investigating.
    (207400)
6
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Attorney General, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by the Law Officers' Departments since May 2010.
    (207252)
7
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Attorney General, what his policy is on reform of the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement.
    (207316)
8
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to encourage the growth of a space tourism industry in the the UK.
    (207535)
9
 
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Overseas Business Risk service is better shared with and promoted for businesses looking to export.
    (207306)
10
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the competitiveness of the prosthesis manufacturing industry.
    (207338)
11
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207207)
12
 
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date his Department will meet pedlar stakeholders to discuss Consultation documents BIS/12/605 and 606 on street trading and pedlar laws as proposed by his Department via email on 19 December 2013.
    (207078)
13
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many decisions on Standard Individual Export Licence applications for export to Israel were made between 8 July and 31 July 2014; and what proportion of such decisions were approved.
    (207349)
14
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for Standard Individual Export Licences for export to Israel were made between 8 July 2014 and 31 July 2014; and how many such applications were successful.
    (207350)
15
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what end of use monitoring is in place to ensure that UK weapons supplied to Saudi Arabia are used for the purposes specified.
    (207361)
16
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Government has issued export licences for unmanned aerial vehicle engines for use by the Israeli Defence Force since 2010.
    (207373)
17
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the engines used in the Israeli Defence Forces unmanned aerial vehicles have been developed or enhanced with the assistance of UK technology and-or components.
    (207381)
18
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many decisions on standard individual export licence applications for export to Israel were made between 1 and 31 August 2014; and what proportion of the decisions on such applications were successful.
    (207393)
19
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for standard individual export licences for export to Israel were made between 1 and 31 August 2014; and how many such applications were successful.
    (207394)
20
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) standard individual export licenses and (b) open individual export licences permitting exports to Israel were suspended between 8 July and 31 August 2014.
    (207395)
21
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had on (a) improving access to the EU sugar market for cane sugar suppliers and (b) removal of the CXL sugar import duty.
    (207077)
22
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial support is available from UK Trade & Investment to British companies under the Tradeshow Access Programme to attend the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris from 14-16 October 2014; and what criteria are applied in deciding what support to provide.
    (207374)
23
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the UK decided to take part in the negotiations relating to Trade in Services Agreement.
    (207174)
24
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the text of the proposed Trade in Services Agreement treaty has not been made public.
    (207175)
25
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on whether the proposed Trade in Services Agreement treaty is likely to contain provisions to allow or promote the increased privatisation of public services.
    (207176)
26
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on whether the proposed Trade in Services Agreement treaty is likely to contain provisions to prevent increased regulation of the financial services sector.
    (207177)
27
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on whether the proposed Trade in Services Agreement treaty is likely to contain provisions that would deny governments the right to require that data is held onshore.
    (207178)
28
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the proposed Trade in Services Agreement treaty is likely to contain provisions to prevent the regulation of new insurance products.
    (207179)
29
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of UK participation in a Trade in Services Agreement treaty on the Government's ability to regulate the financial services sector.
    (207180)
30
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 246W, on the national minimum wage, how many of the firms named and shamed for breach of the national minimum wage up to 8 June 2014 were issued notices of underpayments once the firm had dissolved; what the time was between each underpayment and the time of issuing of notice; how many of the employers named and shamed (a) paid their employees the underpayment and (b) paid a financial penalty to the Government; and if he will make a statement.
    (207292)
31
 
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when conducting due diligence on Jackson Square Aviation and JSA International Holdings LP, if UK Export Finance was aware that their base at Walker House is also the base of Iranian banks on the UK's blacklists.
    (207296)
32
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207251)
33
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in South Staffordshire constituency obtained places at university in each of the last five years.
    (207311)
34
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department, (b) the Prime Minister's Office and (c) the Deputy Prime Minister's Office spent on televisions in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
    (207131)
35
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people currently enrolled in the National Citizen Service.
    (207123)
36
 
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Business Appointment Rules for public servants relate to (a) appointments in (i) NGOs, (ii) charities and (iii) other non-commercial organisations and (b) unpaid positions.
    (207503)
37
 
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) self-employed, (d) casual, (e) fixed term or contract, (f) apprenticeship and (g) commission only workers there are in each local authority in Lancashire.
    (207432)
38
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister authorised the decision to refer the bids from the Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation back to the Social Investment Business.
    (207293)
39
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which grade of officials in his Department made the decision to refer the bids for grants from the Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation back to the Social Investment Business.
    (207294)
40
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Cabinet officials made the decision to refer the bids for grants from the Big Lottery Fund to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation back to the Social Investment Business.
    (207295)
41
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department had with the Big Lottery fund prior to that organisation approaching the Big Society Network to apply for a grant.
    (207303)
42
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he will take to revise the criteria for awarding grants to ensure that organisations less than two years old cannot apply for grants from the Big Lottery Fund.
    (207304)
43
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has approached (a) NESTA and (b) Big Lottery to request them to fund the Big Society Network or the Social Network Foundation.
    (207320)
44
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions his Department has had with NESTA on funding the Big Society Network.
    (207321)
45
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to recover the money spent on the Get In project.
    (207322)
46
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which official in his Department authorised the Cabinet Office's payment to the Society Network Foundation for the Get In project in October 2012.
    (207323)
47
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister authorised the Cabinet Office's payment to the Society Network Foundation for the Get In project in October 2012.
    (207324)
48
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons his Department made a second payment to the Society Network Foundation for the Get In project in October 2012.
    (207325)
49
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207253)
50
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207225)
51
 
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations working with veterans in the South West have received money under the Armed Forces Covenant Fund to date.
    (207533)
52
 
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to introduce regulation which requires payday lenders and credit reference agencies to contribute data on a real-time basis.
    (207380)
53
 
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on credit scores of increased data sharing by payday lenders.
    (207339)
54
 
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to prohibit credit reference agencies from selling payday customer details to marketing agencies and lead generators.
    (207340)
55
 
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will instruct the Financial Conduct Authority to require credit reference agencies to report their data to the authority for enforcement purposes.
    (207341)
56
 
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the number of payday firms that will be in operation and (b) the projected consumer demand for payday loans in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.
    (207342)
57
 
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department has made of the performance of credit caps on payday lending firms in operation in (a) the USA, (b) Canada and (c) Australia.
    (207343)
58
 
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the share of the payday lending market covered by (a) Experian, (b) Equifax, (c) CallCredit (d) CoreLogic and (e) FactorTrust.
    (207344)
59
 
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what HM Revenue and Customs' policy is on recovering tax on benefits in kind received by former employees of a corporation for whom legal fees have been met by that corporation.
    (207352)
60
 
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of potential tax revenue to the Exchequer from shale gas and oil products in each region and constituent part of the UK.
    (207431)
61
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207266)
62
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has met representatives of the insurance industry in the last 12 months; and what issues were discussed at those meetings.
    (207150)
63
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of works of art accepted in lieu of inheritance tax has been in each of the last five years.
    (207429)
64
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider bringing forward proposals to reduce VAT to five per cent on hotel rooms.
    (207515)
65
 
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 121W on gold prices, if he will request that the review into the operation of the gold market consider the appropriateness of allowing and encouraging gold investments within ISAs.
    (207326)
66
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how much the Church Commissioners spent on televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207143)
67
 
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department gives on the weight that should be given to a neighbourhood or village plan that has been submitted to a planning authority when considering planning applications.
    (207308)
68
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207209)
69
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an assessment of the progress of his Department's Together in Service scheme.
    (207108)
70
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds have been made available to organisations under his Department's Together in Service scheme.
    (207109)
71
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an assessment of the performance of his Department's A Year of Service scheme in 2012.
    (207110)
72
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of participants in each event of his Department's A Year of Service scheme in 2012.
    (207111)
73
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of regional variations in participation in his Department's Together in Service scheme.
    (207117)
74
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of regional variations in participation in his Department's A Year in Service scheme in 2012.
    (207118)
75
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of regional variations in participation in the National Citizen Service.
    (207119)
76
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has allocated to the National Citizen Service in the current financial year.
    (207122)
77
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that the firefighters' pension scheme is subject to a formal actuarial evaluation every three years.
    (207278)
78
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce transitional protection in the proposed 2015 pension scheme for those firefighters who joined the service and the pension scheme at age 18 years, and will have made a full contribution before the earliest age at which they could retire within the scheme.
    (207279)
79
 
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to encourage the ownership and management of park homes on a cooperative model.
    (207404)
80
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of holding council tax referenda.
    (207133)
81
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he intends to take to implement the recommendations made in the Independent Inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham from 1997 to 2013.
    (207398)
82
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207254)
83
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many town and parish councils have breached their statutory responsibility to publish minutes in the last three years.
    (207130)
84
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints his Department has received in the last five years of town and parish councils breaching their statutory responsibility to publish minutes; and which such councils have been the subject of the most complaints.
    (207161)
85
 
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what cost heading Eastbourne Pier has been granted money to help in its reconstruction.
    (207426)
86
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average (a) download and (b) upload speed in (i) the UK, (ii) the South East, (iii) Berkshire and (iv) Windsor constituency was on the latest date for which figures are available.
    (207534)
87
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207210)
88
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many requests for funding have been made to the Arts Council by brass bands in each of the last three years; and how many such requests were (a) accepted in full, (b) accepted in part and (c) rejected.
    (207353)
89
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207255)
90
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207211)
91
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of Elbit's performance in the Watchkeeper programme.
    (207383)
92
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK's security of the Saudi government's promotion of intolerant religious teachings internationally.
    (207389)
93
 
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects a decision to be made on the naming of the new Type 26 frigates.
    (207163)
94
 
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the process is for the naming of Royal Navy ships.
    (207164)
95
 
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will name one of the new Type 26 frigates HMS Plymouth.
    (207165)
96
 
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in establishing pals reservists regiments as part of Army 2020.
    (207368)
97
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers were recorded as AWOL in each of the last five years; and how many such soldiers were aged (a) 18, (b) 19 and (c) 21 at the time of going absent.
    (207407)
98
 
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will review regulations to allow unmarried partners with children to live together in service family accommodation.
    (207076)
99
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the amount of military equipment supplied to Iraq by NATO states that has been appropriated by ISIS in 2014.
    (207376)
100
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of policing the NATO summit in Newport.
    (207377)
101
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any British military personnel have been deployed to (a) Northern Iraq, (b) Iraq Kurdistan and (c) Northern Syria since June 2014.
    (207379)
102
 
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many files have been lost by TNT archieve services for each year of the existing contract.
    (207299)
103
 
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of JSP 411-Defence Records Management Policy and Procedures, version 4.3 and version 4.2.
    (207302)
104
 
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 728W, on Medical Equipment, how the equipment referenced in that note was disposed; how much was raised from any re-sale; and which such equipment was donated.
    (207408)
105
 
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 722W, on armed forces: training, how many personnel have passed (a) cybp, (b) cyip and (c) cyap courses in each year of those courses operating.
    (207410)
106
 
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 637W, on travel, how much was paid to staff in receipt of excess fares allowance in each year since 2007-08.
    (207411)
107
 
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 726W, on armed forces: vehicles, how many insurance claims relating to Ministry of Defence vehicles were (a) made and (b) paid by his Department is each of the last 10 years.
    (207501)
108
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207256)
109
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the damaging effects of moving in and out of care for looked-after children.
    (207514)
110
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions in the last 12 months decision-makers within his Department have issued sanctions to teachers after disciplinary hearings that have differed from the sanctions recommended by the Professional Conduct Panel of the National College for Teaching and Leadership; and in what respects those sanctions have differed from the recommended sanctions.
    (207201)
111
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207212)
112
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure children's centres receive live birth data from local authorities.
    (207114)
113
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities require parental consent in order to share live birth data with Sure Start children's centres.
    (207115)
114
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities share live birth data with children's centres in their areas.
    (207116)
115
 
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help schools provide subject-specific continuing professional development for science teachers.
    (207364)
116
 
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will increase the funding available for bursaries for chemistry Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses.
    (207365)
117
 
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) pre-ITT and (b) post-ITT Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses were taken in (i) chemistry, (ii) biology and (iii) physics in the last five years.
    (207366)
118
 
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will to extend the provision of post-ITT Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses for chemistry teachers.
    (207367)
119
 
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to encourage more universities to provide chemistry subject knowledge enhancement courses which are 24 weeks or longer.
    (207387)
120
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 551W, on pupils: disadvantaged, whether his Department holds records on how much of the Pupil Premium is used to fund support for those pupils with special educational needs who are economically deprived, looked after by the local authority or who have left care via adoption or other routes.
    (207080)
121
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his Department's policy to collate or record the numbers of special educational needs co-ordinators in maintained and independent schools.
    (207096)
122
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to what additional vetting procedures special educational needs co-ordinators are subject.
    (207098)
123
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department conducted a financial impact assessment of the effects of the most recent Education Financial Settlement on students with special educational needs.
    (207188)
124
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many cases of female genital mutilation have been reported by teachers and staff in school in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (207194)
125
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department offers guidance to teachers and staff on the handling of cases of female genital mutilation amongst female students.
    (207195)
126
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times children have been transferred to a pupil referral unit for behavioural problems in each of the last five years.
    (207363)
127
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what average waiting times for students referred to educational psychologists were in each region of England in each of the last five years.
    (207388)
128
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he intends to take to implement the recommendations made in the Independent Inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham from 1997 to 2013.
    (207396)
129
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 551W, on pupils: disadvantaged, from which experts and organisations his Department received representations when drafting the 0-25 Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice (a) in general and (b) on its recommendation that the SENCO, headteacher and governing body or proprietor of a school should consider their strategic approach to meeting special educational needs in the context of the total resources available to the school, including any resources targeted at particular groups, such as the Pupil Premium.
    (207430)
130
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new academies and studio colleges have been closed by his Department on the basis of lack of student numbers within their first year of trading.
    (207508)
131
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies and studio colleges created from a pre-existing education institution were closed by his Department in the first year of trading.
    (207509)
132
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies and studio colleges which were entirely new businesses were closed by his Department in the first year of trading.
    (207510)
133
 
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library all assessments his Department has conducted on the planning and implementation of providing free school meals to all infants; and if he will make a statement.
    (207301)
134
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207257)
135
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207213)
136
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the policy document entitled, Helping households to cut their energy bills, supporting pages on smart meters, updated online on 24 July 2014, who incurs the costs of £10.9 billion for the installation of smart meters in homes.
    (207542)
137
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the policy document entitled, Helping households to cut their energy bills, supporting pages on smart meters, updated online on 24 July 2014, who receives the benefits of £17.1 billion for the installation of smart meters in homes; and what form do those benefits take.
    (207543)
138
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to table 4.6 of the Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics Report 2014, published by his Department on 12 June 2014, what proportion of the total fuel poverty gap is made up from (a) local authority, (b) owner-occupied, (c) private rented and (d) housing association households.
    (207537)
139
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to chart 4.6 of the Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics Report 2014, published by his Department on 12 June 2014, what proportion of the (a) local authority, (b) owner-occupied, (c) private rented and (d) housing association households are in fuel poverty.
    (207538)
140
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of households with an energy performance certificate of (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D, (e) E, (f) F and (g) G are (i) owner-occupied, (ii) private rented, (iii) local authority and (iv) housing association households.
    (207539)
141
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of (a) owner-occupied, (b) private rented, (c) local authority and (d) housing association households have an energy performance certificate rating of (i) A, (ii) B, (iii) C, (iv) D, (v) E, (vi) F and (vii) G.
    (207540)
142
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to section 4.2.4 of the Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics Report, published by his Department on 12 June 2014, what proportion of fuel-poor households live in (a) local authority, (b) owner-occupied, (c) private rented and (d) housing association housing.
    (207541)
143
 
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK economy of a cut off of the supply of gas from Russia to Europe.
    (207362)
144
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps are being taken by his Department to invest in tidal energy development in north-west England.
    (207512)
145
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207258)
146
 
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of homes in flood risk areas covered by the Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency 25 Year Insurance-backed warranty.
    (207172)
147
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207214)
148
 
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will establish a scheme to provide affordable insurance cover for leasehold dwellings and small businesses in areas at high risk of flooding modelled on the existing Flood Re scheme for freehold dwellings.
    (207550)
149
 
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission a study to assess the extent of mis-stunning at the point of animal slaughter in the UK.
    (207157)
150
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce new guidelines to protect the welfare of dogs in hot cars; and if he will make a statement.
    (207134)
151
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207259)
152
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will publish the review led by Professor Elliott into the food system and food contamination.
    (207532)
153
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Kurdistan Regional Government or its representatives in the UK on the situation in that region.
    (207428)
154
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207215)
155
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with civil society or religious groups based in the UK which have discussed the situation in Israel and Palestine since 1 July 2014; which organisations attended each such meeting; and when each such meeting took place.
    (207285)
156
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he or Ministers in his Department have had with civil society or religious groups based in the UK to discuss the situation in Israel and Palestine since the start of July 2014; and which such groups have met on what date.
    (207414)
157
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the use of components for Paveway II bombs manufactured by Raytheon in Scotland by Israeli military forces during operation Protective Edge.
    (207102)
158
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2014, Official Report, column 1050W, on the Middle East, when his Department will conduct a full assessment of whether Israeli military action during Operation Protective Edge has complied with its international legal obligations.
    (207156)
159
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of reports that the so-called Bahrain 13 were tortured during 2011.
    (207345)
160
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Saudi Government about the funding of ISIS by Saudi citizens since 2012.
    (207360)
161
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the alleged torture of Waleed Abu al-Khair while imprisoned in Saudi Arabia.
    (207390)
162
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Saudi counterpart on the imprisonment of Waleed Abu al-Khair.
    (207391)
163
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to secure the release of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014.
    (207392)
164
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of (a) British citizens, (b) British residents holding dual passports and (c) British residents holding foreign passports who left the UK in 2014 to fight for the (i) Israeli Defence Force in Gaza, (ii) Koma Komalên Kurdistan in Syria and Iraq and (iii) ISIS Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in 2014; and what his policy is in each case.
    (207355)
165
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Saudi Arabia over each of the executions by public beheading carried out in that country in August 2014.
    (207513)
166
 
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the human rights situation in Iran; and if he will make a statement.
    (207297)
167
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help protect people living in ISIS-controlled areas of Iraq.
    (207202)
168
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the value of the appointment of a team of experts led by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to assist the investigation into alleged abuses in Sri Lanka.
    (207273)
169
 
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the safety of Christians in those parts of Iraq controlled by ISIL.
    (207276)
170
 
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to international organisations on the protection of Christians in those parts of Iraq controlled by ISIL.
    (207277)
171
 
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the safety of Christians in those parts of Iraq currently controlled by ISIL.
    (207424)
172
 
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to international bodies on the protection of Christians in those parts of Iraq currently controlled by ISIL.
    (207425)
173
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in St Lucia; and if he will make a statement.
    (207082)
174
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Kiribati; and if he will make a statement.
    (207083)
175
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in the Seychelles; and if he will make a statement.
    (207084)
176
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Nigeria; and if he will make a statement.
    (207085)
177
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Sierra Leone; and if he will make a statement.
    (207086)
178
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in St Vincent and the Grenadines; and if he will make a statement.
    (207087)
179
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Guyana; and if he will make a statement.
    (207093)
180
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Trinidad and Tobago; and if he will make a statement.
    (207094)
181
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in the Cook Islands; and if he will make a statement.
    (207095)
182
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Botswana; and if he will make a statement.
    (207141)
183
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Malawi; and if he will make a statement.
    (207168)
184
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Namibia; and if he will make a statement.
    (207169)
185
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in India; and if he will make a statement.
    (207170)
186
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in the Maldives; and if he will make a statement.
    (207171)
187
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Malaysia; and if he will make a statement.
    (207189)
188
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement.
    (207190)
189
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Brunei; and if he will make a statement.
    (207191)
190
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Antigua and Barbuda; and if he will make a statement.
    (207192)
191
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Belize; and if he will make a statement.
    (207205)
192
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Dominica; and if he will make a statement.
    (207206)
193
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in the Solomon Islands; and if he will make a statement.
    (207226)
194
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Tonga; and if he will make a statement.
    (207227)
195
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Tuvalu; and if he will make a statement.
    (207228)
196
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Cameroon; and if he will make a statement.
    (207229)
197
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Ghana; and if he will make a statement.
    (207230)
198
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Kenya; and if he will make a statement.
    (207231)
199
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Mauritius; and if he will make a statement.
    (207232)
200
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Swaziland; and if he will make a statement.
    (207233)
201
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Tanzania; and if he will make a statement.
    (207234)
202
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Uganda; and if he will make a statement.
    (207235)
203
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Zambia; and if he will make a statement.
    (207236)
204
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement.
    (207237)
205
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Grenada; and if he will make a statement.
    (207238)
206
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Jamaica; and if he will make a statement.
    (207239)
207
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in St Kitts and Nevis; and if he will make a statement.
    (207240)
208
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Singapore; and if he will make a statement.
    (207244)
209
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
    (207245)
210
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Barbados; and if he will make a statement.
    (207246)
211
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Nauru; and if he will make a statement.
    (207247)
212
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Papua New Guinea; and if he will make a statement.
    (207248)
213
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote LGBT rights in Samoa; and if he will make a statement.
    (207249)
214
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on exploring potential funding options for the Causeway British-Irish Exchange Programme.
    (207497)
215
 
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether anyone from his Department will attend the third international Conference on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna in December; and what discussions he has had with international counterparts about that Conference.
    (207351)
216
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the political activities of MQM in Pakistan.
    (207126)
217
 
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2014, Official Report, column 726-8W, on Conflict Resolution: Females, if he will place in the Library copies of the minutes of the inter-departmental meetings referenced in that Answer.
    (207409)
218
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207260)
219
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what fines have been levied on the UK Government for non-compliance with EU directives since November 2012.
    (207280)
220
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of whether recent Israeli military operations in Gaza are in breach of international law.
    (207151)
221
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to protect Christians in northern Iraq.
    (207401)
222
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation for Christians in northern Iraq.
    (207402)
223
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that foreign nationals pay for healthcare they receive in the UK.
    (207406)
224
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of appointments booked through the NHS Choose and Book service in each of the last 12 months.
    (207281)
225
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) NHS bodies and (b) patients' groups on the effectiveness of the NHS Choose and Book service.
    (207282)
226
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the levels of patient satisfaction with the NHS Choose and Book service.
    (207283)
227
 
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of fybromyalgia sufferers in the UK.
    (207312)
228
 
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on research into fybromyalgia in the last three years; and what guidance his Department gives on support to be given through the NHS for fybromyalgia sufferers.
    (207313)
229
 
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulances in (a) the East Midlands and (b) High Peak constituency failed to respond within their targeted response times in each of the last five years.
    (207318)
230
 
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulance calls from (a) the East Midlands and (b) High Peak constituency were responded to in each of the last five years.
    (207319)
231
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England have taken to ensure that accessible information is produced about multiple sclerosis treatment options.
    (207186)
232
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to increase the role of people with multiple sclerosis in decision-making processes relating to their treatment.
    (207193)
233
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that all people with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis are invited to talk with a specialist about potential treatment options arising from new disease-modifying drugs.
    (207203)
234
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the provision of licensed treatments for multiple sclerosis in the NHS in England; and if he will take steps to increase the availability of such treatments.
    (207242)
235
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that regular reviews of treatment and care by multiple sclerosis (MS) specialists are available for all people with MS in England.
    (207243)
236
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the practicality and safety of the recycling of prosthesis components issued by the NHS.
    (207347)
237
 
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the cost to the NHS of repairs to prostheses.
    (207348)
238
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has plans to create a nationally agreed structure for medical teachers.
    (207155)
239
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207216)
240
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress on the Cancer Strategy target of saving an additional 5,000 lives from cancer per year by 2014-15.
    (207197)
241
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Palliative Care Funding Review pilots are due to report.
    (207198)
242
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to address weaknesses in cancer patient experience and staff engagement.
    (207199)
243
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that NHS staff can access training and development on providing care with dignity and respect.
    (207200)
244
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents in which non-patient egg donors had (a) severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and (b) ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome were categorised as (i) Grade A incidents and (ii) Grade B incidents in each year since 2009 for which records are available.
    (207298)
245
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support research into neuroblastoma.
    (207129)
246
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve public awareness of neuroblastoma.
    (207162)
247
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 12 May 2014, Official Report, column 406W, on Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review, how much was spent under each cost-heading during the life of the Review.
    (207354)
248
 
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have access to oxygen therapy when travelling abroad; for what reason the NHS contractor in England no longer provides that service; and if his Department will instruct the contractor to fully inform COPD patients about the provision of oxygen therapy when they are travelling abroad.
    (207504)
249
 
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS staff were employed on administrative tasks in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014; and what proportion of the total NHS wage bill they represented in each year.
    (207369)
250
 
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many requests have been made by dental practices in England for their Unit of Dental Activity price to be increased in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many such requests have been granted.
    (207204)
251
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve compliance in (a) hospitals and (b) care homes with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines that people with Parkinson's disease should have their medication given at appropriate times and should be allowed to self-administer if necessary.
    (207493)
252
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the new NHS safety action team plans to take to reduce avoidable harm resulting from delays or omissions in medication for hospital patients with Parkinson's disease.
    (207494)
253
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the NHS trusts involved in the Sign up to safety campaign have a policy of stocking medicines for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in their emergency medications cupboards.
    (207495)
254
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cycles of IVF treatment are offered free of charge to patients by each clinical commissioning group in England.
    (207079)
255
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207261)
256
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask the Food Standards Agency to assess the level of food contamination at chicken abattoirs in Northern Ireland.
    (207147)
257
 
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department is providing to King's College London to assist the development of the MAP vaccine for Crohn's disease from animal testing to human trials.
    (207271)
258
 
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department is giving to King's College London to work on developing the MAP vaccine for Crohn's disease from animal testing to human trials.
    (207417)
259
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding the General Dental Council's proposed increase to the annual retention fee for dentists.
    (207132)
260
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 General Visas have been issued to international students since the withdrawal of the Tier 1 Post-Study Work Visa.
    (207120)
261
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 1 post-study work visas were issued in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012.
    (207121)
262
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many small and medium-sized enterprises in each (a) district, (b) county and (c) unitary authority hold a Tier 2 general sponsor licence.
    (207370)
263
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers in the creative industry, as defined in the Government's 2001 Creative Industries Mapping Document, hold a Tier 2 general sponsor licence.
    (207371)
264
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many University-sponsored Graduate Entrepreneur Tier 1 visas have been issued since 6 April 2013.
    (207372)
265
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of settlement were given to Tier 1 (Post Study Work) visa holders since 2009; and what the countries of origin were of those granted settlement.
    (207375)
266
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the full Standard Occupational Code groups for all international students employed under the former Tier 1 Post Study Work visa for 2011 referrred to in her Department's Impact Assessment, Reform of the Points Based Student System, published on 1 June 2011.
    (207378)
267
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's assessment of the effect of the Tier-1 Post Study Work route on domestic graduate unemployment levels; and what steps she took to ascertain the effect on employment amongst that group before her decision to close that scheme.
    (207413)
268
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207217)
269
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been deported to other European countries in each of the last four years.
    (207405)
270
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationality and gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in August 2014; in which (a) region and (b) county each of the suspected victims was found; which agency referred each person to the Scheme; in which town was the shelter to which they were placed for the relevant period; and what contact is had with each victim after they exit the shelter to ensure they are not re-trafficked.
    (207358)
271
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports her Department has commissioned into child abuse in the last 25 years; and what steps her Department took in response to the conclusions and recommendations in each such report.
    (207502)
272
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff have been transferred to HM Passport Office from other Government departments and agencies in each of the last 12 months.
    (207328)
273
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the UK Border Force is taking to reduce queuing and improve the passenger experience at Stansted Airport.
    (207268)
274
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency plans are in place to handle electronic failures at e-passport gates at Stansted Airport.
    (207269)
275
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Force personnel have been deployed at (a) Gatwick, (b) Heathrow, (c) Luton, (d) Stansted and (e) Southend airport in each year since 2008.
    (207274)
276
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has UK Border Force and its predecessor bodies has spent on infrastructure at Stansted Airport in the last five years.
    (207275)
277
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps UK Border Force took to reduce queuing and improve the passenger experience at Stansted Airport in the last summer.
    (207420)
278
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Force personnel have been deployed at (a) Gatwick, (b) Heathrow, (c) Luton, (d) Stansted and (e) Southend airports in each year since 2008.
    (207421)
279
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much UK Border Force has spent at Stansted Airport in the last five years.
    (207422)
280
 
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency plans are in place to handle electronic failures at e-passport gates at Stansted Airport.
    (207423)
281
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what analysis her Department has undertaken of the reasons for visa refusals arising from unconditional and conditional offers of student places; and if she will place this analysis in the Library.
    (207346)
282
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she intends to take to implement the recommendations made in the Independent Inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham from 1997 to 2013.
    (207397)
283
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident within the ML postcode area were (a) issued with passports for collection and (b) called for interviews at offices outside Scotland in each of the last four years for which information is available.
    (207359)
284
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will publish the review of the operation of sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales.
    (207125)
285
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that all victims of domestic violence are given equal protection irrespective of gender or sexual orientation.
    (207382)
286
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of whether the cost of acquiring the Security Industry Authority licence acts as a barrier to people entering the private investigation trade.
    (207498)
287
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides support to people with (a) disability and (b) other special needs in meeting the cost of acquiring a Security Industry Authority licence.
    (207499)
288
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to tackle the problem of companies offering bogus or limited alternatives to the Security Industry Authority licence.
    (207500)
289
 
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she proposes to take to improve the efficiency of the process of returning passports to applicants within the UK.
    (207146)
290
 
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of whether it would be cost-effective and secure to allow visa applicants within the UK the option of collecting documents from a designated office instead of relying on second class post.
    (207148)
291
 
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of paying compensation for missing passports dispatched within the UK from her Department and departmental offices in 2013-14.
    (207154)
292
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by her Department since May 2010.
    (207262)
293
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether staff answering calls to the UK Visas and Immigration MP's Hotline who are not directly employed by the Home Office receive the same training and have access to the same information as staff who are directly employed.
    (207384)
294
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff answering enquiries to the UK Visas and Immigration MP's Hotline have been directly employed by the Home Office in the last six months.
    (207385)
295
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what private companies have been contracted to answer enquiries to the UK Visas and Immigration MP's Hotline in the last six months.
    (207386)
296
 
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner by-election held on 21 August 2014.
    (207187)
297
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House of Commons Commission spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207218)
298
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207219)
299
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the UK is taking to end aid dependency in countries which receive UK aid; and if she will make a statement.
    (207088)
300
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effects on her Department's aid programme in Nepal of the formation of the new government in that country.
    (207089)
301
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to provide humanitarian assistance in Eastern Ukraine; and if she will make a statement.
    (207090)
302
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Syria.
    (207135)
303
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what policies and programmes her Department has to combat female genital mutilation and early forced marriage; and what progress has been made in this area following the Prime Minister's Girl Summit held in July 2014.
    (207136)
304
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on (a) the humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic and (b) the humanitarian implications of broader insecurity in the Sahel.
    (207137)
305
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to help the Philippines recover and build resilience after Typhoon Haiyan.
    (207138)
306
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many young people are involved in the International Citizens Service in (a) Brighton and Hove, (b) East Sussex and (c) South East England; and if she will make a statement.
    (207139)
307
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in the negotiations towards achieving a post-2015 set of millennium development goals; and if she will make a statement.
    (207140)
308
 
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian and medical support the Government is providing to the population of Gaza.
    (207241)
309
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by her Department since May 2010.
    (207263)
310
 
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure vulnerable people in Gambia are not affected by the decision of the EU to suspend aid to that country.
    (207272)
311
 
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that vulnerable people in Gambia are not affected by deteriorating conditions as a result of the suspension of aid and human rights violations.
    (207416)
312
 
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, under what timetable her Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
    (207287)
313
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207220)
314
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners in each prison in England and Wales were working in industrial activity in each year since 2010-11.
    (207329)
315
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the National Offender Management Service spent on subsidising its retail canteen service contract in each year since 2010.
    (207330)
316
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many determinate sentence prisoners with more than two years to serve to their earliest release date were moved to open prisons in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12.
    (207334)
317
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid in unemployment pay to offenders in each prison in England and Wales under paragraph 2.2.1 of Prison Service Order 4460 in the last (a) week, (b) month and (c) year for which data is available.
    (207335)
318
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in each prison in England and Wales were eligible for unemployment pay as set out in paragraph 2.2.1 of Prison Service Order 4460 in the last (a) week, (b) month and (c) year for which data is available.
    (207336)
319
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many females aged 18 and above from each ethnic group were sentenced to custody for a first offence, broken down by (a) offence type and (b) sentence length in the last two full years for which data is available.
    (207307)
320
 
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 10 October 2013, Official Report, column 377W, on courts: Sunderland, what progress has been made on plans to rebuild Sunderland court.
    (207412)
321
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207264)
322
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on building, refurbishment and maintenance in Crawley Magistrates' Court in each year since 2009-10.
    (207403)
323
 
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what timetable his Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
    (207291)
324
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many repeat offenders in (a) South Staffordshire constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) Wolverhampton were cautioned or sentenced for recordable offences in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of total offences were attributable to such offenders in that period.
    (207309)
325
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many repeat juvenile offenders in (a) South Staffordshire constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) Wolverhampton were cautioned or sentenced for recordable offences in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of total offences were attributable to such offenders in that period.
    (207310)
326
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Leader of the House, how much his Office spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207221)
327
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207222)
328
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on extending the Warm Homes Discount Scheme to Northern Ireland.
    (207152)
329
 
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, under what timetable her Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
    (207290)
330
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with civil society or religious groups based in the UK which have discussed the situation in Israel and Palestine since 1 July 2014; which organisations he has met; and when each such meeting took place.
    (207286)
331
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he had with civil society or religious groups based in the UK to discuss the situation in Israel and Palestine since the start of July 2014; and what the name of each such group and the date of each meeting was.
    (207415)
332
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how much the Public Accounts Commission spent on televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207145)
333
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207223)
334
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how much the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority spent on televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207142)
335
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission spent on televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207144)
336
 
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the process is for the review of the National Rail Conditions of Carriage; when that review will be completed; and whether there will be consultation with (a) consumer groups and (b) the general public about the outcome of that review.
    (207166)
337
 
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
    (207224)
338
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's (MCA) annual budget was for promoting the UK Shipping Register internationally to encourage ship owners to register their ships in the UK in each year since 2009-10; and what the MCA's budget is for such work in 2015-16.
    (207097)
339
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials from the UK Chamber of Shipping have been seconded to work in his Department since May 2010; and in what areas of maritime policy each such member of staff has been so employed.
    (207103)
340
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many overseas visit trips (a) Ministers, (b) officials in his Department and (c) officials from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency have undertaken in each year since 2009-10 to promote the UK Shipping Register to ship owners; and what the (i) destination and (ii) cost was of each such trip.
    (207104)
341
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's (MCA) annual budget for promoting seafarer safety to ship owners operating in the UK was in each year since 2009-10; and what the MCA's budget for such work is in 2015-16.
    (207105)
342
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current level of compliance is with the (a) Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) Regulations 1988, (b) Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and (c) Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Application to non-UK Ships) Regulations 1989 at each UK port licensed to operate passenger ferry services.
    (207124)
343
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current level of compliance is with the Merchant Shipping (Emergency Equipment Lockers for Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) Regulations 1988 amongst ship owners operating licensed passenger ferry services from UK ports; what the penalties are for non-compliance; and if he will publish a list of all instances of non-compliance with these regulations recorded by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency since 1988.
    (207127)
344
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licence (a) applications and (b) renewals breached the target timeframe for processing in each of the last five years; and in how many such cases the breach arose as a result of delays in medical assessments.
    (207167)
345
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licence (a) applications and (b) renewals the DVLA has received in each of the last five years.
    (207184)
346
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current target timeframe is for processing of driving licence (a) applications and (b) renewals; and whether the same timeframe applies in the case of licences that have a medical test as part of the application.
    (207185)
347
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a charge of killing or injuring someone through a hit and run.
    (207099)
348
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fixed penalty notices were issued in each region and constituent part of the UK for use of hand-held mobile telephones whilst driving in each of the last five years.
    (207100)
349
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic police officers were employed in each police force area in each of the last five years.
    (207101)
350
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recorded hit and run incidents where the driver was (a) caught and (b) not caught there have been in each of the last five years.
    (207106)
351
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recorded hit and run incidents involving (a) injury and (b) death there have been in each of the last five years.
    (207107)
352
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers charged with dangerous driving offences were made to surrender their licence as a condition of bail in the last year.
    (207113)
353
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department's Review of Motoring Offences will be published.
    (207433)
354
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 of 10 February 2014, reference F0001198, for what reasons the Maritime and Coastguard Agency cannot attribute incidents to any particular Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre.
    (207419)
355
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the request to his Department under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 of 10 February 2014, ref. F0001198, for what reasons the Maritime and Coastguard Agency cannot attribute incidents to any particular Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre.
    (207536)
356
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207265)
357
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions he has met representatives of the insurance industry in the last 12 months; and what issues were discussed at those meetings.
    (207149)
358
 
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what timetable his Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
    (207289)
359
 
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to each local authority in the West Midlands for road improvement in each of the last five years.
    (207314)
360
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for personal independence payments assessments in each of the last 12 months.
    (207356)
361
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of applicants for personal independence payments who have waited longer than 26 weeks for an assessment in each of the last 12 months.
    (207357)
362
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) individuals and (b) organisations on employment and support allowance and eligibility for free dental care, eye care and prescriptions.
    (207505)
363
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to assist employment and support allowance claimants with medical costs including dental care, eye care and prescriptions.
    (207506)
364
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has taken steps to inform people moving to contribution-based employment and support allowance that they may no longer be entitled to free dental care, eye care and prescriptions.
    (207507)
365
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been moved to contribution-based employment and support allowance (ESA) from a combination of incapacity benefit and income support since ESA was introduced.
    (207511)
366
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made against the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in the last three years; and how many such complaints have been upheld.
    (207284)
367
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been (a) made and (b) upheld against the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in the last three years.
    (207300)
368
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 180W, on social security benefits, if he will conduct an estimate of the saving to the public purse generated by the reduction of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) incapacity benefit for individuals in receipt of a pension income of more than £85 per week in 2013-14.
    (207081)
369
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received a reduced rate of employment and support allowance as a result of receiving a pension income of more than £85 in 2013-14.
    (207181)
370
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received a reduced rate of incapacity benefit as a result of receiving a pension income of more than £85 in 2013-14.
    (207182)
371
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mean length of time between a personal independence payment claim being registered and a decision being made was on (a) claims not made under special rules for terminally ill people and (b) claims made under special rules for terminally ill people where the decision was taken between April 2013 and March 2014.
    (207331)
372
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the comparative performance of Capita and Atos in conducting personal independence payment assessments.
    (207332)
373
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment (a) registrations and (b) decisions were made in the (i) KA & (ii) PA postcode areas between April 2013 and March 2014.
    (207333)
374
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on making statistics on mandatory reconsiderations for jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance publicly available.
    (207337)
375
 
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of (a) the amount saved to the public purse through penalties incurred on housing benefit arising from the under occupancy penalty to date and (b) the amount paid in discretionary housing payments in that time.
    (207317)
376
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure his Department allocated to Universal Credit (a) between April 2013 and May 2014 and (b) to date.
    (207112)
377
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is which a caller to a Department for Work and Pensions telephone line which is not free to call is made to wait while on hold, when listening to a pre-recorded message or selecting options at the start of a telephone call; and what the financial gain is to his Department from the charge levied for a call of that length.
    (207173)
378
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial gain his Department has made arising from the use of telephone lines which are not free to call in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (207183)
379
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's policy to permit jobseeker's allownce claimants who follow their advisor's instructions to attend a jobcentre course instead of signing on to be sanctioned or have their claim stopped because they did not sign on.
    (207548)
380
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department monitors the number of employment and support allowance claims which are awaiting action by (a) a work capability assessment provider and (b) his Department.
    (207549)
381
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) work capability assessments and (b) personal independence payment assessments has been undertaken by Atos in (i) the South West, (ii) Gloucestershire and (iii) Gloucester in the last 12 months; and how many assessments resulted in the claimant being found fit for work.
    (207128)
382
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what performance targets his Department has set for Atos's contract under the work capability assessment; and whether such targets have been met.
    (207158)
383
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of Atos' performance in carrying out personal independence payment assessments.
    (207159)
384
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many medically qualified staff have been employed by Atos in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Gloucester in each of the last five years.
    (207160)
385
 
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial information is sent to his Department from individual local authorities on the administrative costs incurred in the preparation for, and the processing of, the under-occupancy penalty; and if he will make a statement.
    (207327)
386
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effects of the benefits cap on reducing unemployment in Brighton, Kemptown constituency; and if he will make a statement.
    (207091)
387
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effects of the abolition of the spare room subsidy on social housing tenants in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) East Sussex; and if he will make a statement.
    (207092)
388
 
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to work with HM Treasury to ensure that, where future savings in the attendance allowance budget result from greater numbers of care home residents starting to qualify for local authority-funded care, those savings could be used to help local authorities with their wider responsibilities to meet care and support needs.
    (207196)
389
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson's disease (a) have applied for personal independence payments (PIPs), (b) are receiving PIPs and (c) have been refused PIPs.
    (207496)
390
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current claimant rate is for jobseeker's allowance in Thirsk and Malton constituency.
    (207427)
391
 
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
    (207267)
392
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what right of appeal claimants will have against reports and decisions made through doorstep interviews where their benefits are affected; and by what legislative means that system of appeals will be introduced.
    (207153)
393
 
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when applications for Personal Independent Payment will be available online.
    (207270)
394
 
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when applications for personal independence payment will be able to be made online.
    (207418)
395
 
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what timetable his Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
    (207288)
Wednesday 3 September  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
 
★ 1
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): What steps her Department is taking to address the treatment of workers in Qatar during the construction of World Cup 2022 venues.
    (905123)
★ 2
Paul Flynn (Newport West): What recent assessment her Department has made of the needs of people affected by the humanitarian situation in northern Iraq; what steps her Department is taking to help people affected by that situation; and if she will make a statement.
    (905124)
★ 3
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): What her Department's role is in the relief effort for people affected by the situation in Gaza.
    (905125)
★ 4
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): What her Department's role is in the relief effort for people affected by the situation in Gaza.
    (905126)
★ 5
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): What recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in South Sudan.
    (905127)
★ 6
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What her Department's role is in the relief effort for people affected by the situation in Gaza.
    (905128)
★ 7
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What recent work has been undertaken through programmes of her Department in Gaza.
    (905129)
★ 8
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What humanitarian relief efforts the UK is undertaking in connection with the Ebola epidemic.
    (905130)
★ 9
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What help she plans to give to children in Gaza who require support to deal with trauma related to bombing.
    (905131)
★ 10
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): For what reasons she decided to end her Department's role in the Bost Agricultural Business Park project in Afghanistan in 2012.
    (905132)
★ 11
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): What recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
    (905133)
★ 12
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): What recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in South Sudan.
    (905134)
★ 13
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): What assessment she has made of the extent of recent damage to basic infrastructure and housing in Gaza; and what estimate she has made of the likely cost of repairing such infrastructure.
    (905135)
★ 14
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What discussions the Government has had with Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy on the safety and wellbeing of migrant workers preparing that country for the 2022 World Cup.
    (905136)
★ 15
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): What recent work has been undertaken through programmes of her Department in Gaza.
    (905137)
At 11.53am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Richard Graham (Gloucester): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (905138)
★ 2
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):  
    (905139)
★ 3
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge):  
    (905140)
★ 4
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth):  
    (905141)
★ 5
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):  
    (905142)
★ 6
Henry Smith (Crawley):  
    (905143)
★ 7
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):  
    (905144)
★ 8
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth):  
    (905145)
★ 9
John Robertson (Glasgow North West):  
    (905146)
★ 10
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley):  
    (905147)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Eric Joyce (Falkirk): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 3 September.
    (905148)
★ 2
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):  
    (905149)
★ 3
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock):  
    (905150)
★ 4
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):  
    (905151)
★ 5
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):  
    (905152)
★ 6
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington):  
    (905153)
★ 7
Richard Drax (South Dorset):  
    (905154)
★ 8
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon):  
    (905155)
★ 9
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):  
    (905156)
★ 10
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes):  
    (905157)
★ 11
Jim Shannon (Strangford):  
    (905158)
★ 12
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East):  
    (905159)
★ 13
Mark Menzies (Fylde):  
    (905160)
★ 14
Chris Kelly (Dudley South):  
    (905161)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 29 August

1
N
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Attorney General, who the non-police prosecuting agencies are in England and Wales; and what each body's status and powers in law are as a prosecutor.
    (207545)
2
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Attorney General, what reasons the Crown Prosecution Service gave for its decision not to prosecute undercover police officers accused of starting sexual relationships with environmental activists.
    (207455)
3
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the new Anglia LEP has received an extension on its loan facility but the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP was refused a similar request.
    (207492)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a ban on the sales of UK arms to Israel.
    (207521)
5
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to implement stronger checks to ensure no rogue batches of e-cigarettes and liquid are reaching the UK.
    (207463)
6
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to announce the implementation of industry standards for those e-cigarettes regulated as consumer products.
    (207465)
7
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, under what timetable his Department plans to phase-out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
    (207450)
8
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase textile manufacturing in the UK.
    (207527)
9
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which projects have received how much funding under the Textile Growth Programme to date.
    (207546)
10
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the key objectives are of the Textile Growth Programme.
    (207547)
11
N
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of central Government procurement spend was with small and medium-sized enterprises on 21 August 2014.
    (207479)
12
N
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the protection of personal data held by private companies operating Government-shared services.
    (207435)
13
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the saving to the public purse will be from the removal of child benefit for households where one parent earns £50,000; and what estimate he has made of the increase in administration costs arising from such a policy.
    (207461)
14
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of premises on the rating list have a rateable value of less than £50,000.
    (207516)
15
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much of the Government receipt from business rates forecast for 2014-15 will be contributed by businesses with a rateable value lower than £18,000.
    (207517)
16
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much of the Government receipt from business rates forecast for 2014-15 will be contributed by food and drink business with a rateable value lower than £50,000.
    (207518)
17
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much of the Government receipt from business rates forecast for 2014-15 will be contributed by businesses with a rateable value lower than £50,000.
    (207519)
18
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria were used to determine the location of new posts within the HM Revenue and Customs Debt Management Directorate.
    (207480)
19
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will confirm why HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff currently employed in the Personal Tax Operations Directorate office in Glasgow and who wish to be transferred to HMRC Debt Management Directorate are not allowed to continue to work in HMRC Glasgow offices.
    (207481)
20
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the work of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Debt Management Directorate can be carried out at any (a) HMRC office and (b) HMRC office currently used for the work of the Personal Tax Operations Directorate.
    (207482)
21
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the European Commission to make a decision on the Aggregate Credit Levy scheme.
    (207469)
22
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has held with European Commission officials on the Aggregate Credit Levy scheme.
    (207470)
23
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to boost textile manufacturing in the UK.
    (207526)
24
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the threat to the UK posed by IS.
    (207523)
25
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to address the threat of IS to the UK.
    (207524)
26
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what timetable his Department plans to phase-out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
    (207451)
27
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much pupil premium funding has been allocated to each borough in Lancashire in each year since that scheme's introduction.
    (207529)
28
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much under the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund was allocated in each Lancashire borough.
    (207443)
29
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much under the Green Deal home improvement fund has been allocated to each local authority area.
    (207444)
30
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to refund people who paid for a Green Deal assessment prior to the exhaustion of the fund.
    (207445)
31
N
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many fracking project licences the Government has issued.
    (207434)
32
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Rooker of 11 August 2014, HC1378, on the food supply networks review, for what reasons Professor Elliott's final report on horsemeat fraud and the food supply networks review has not yet been published; and if he will make a statement.
    (207528)
33
N
Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Cumbria which received payments under the (a) Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance, (b) Sheep Annual Premium Scheme, (c) Hill Farm Allowance and (d) Uplands Entry Level Stewardship Scheme in each of the last 30 years; and what aggregate local payments were made under each scheme in each such year.
    (207462)
34
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what timetable his Department plans to phase-out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
    (207453)
35
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the Foreign Affairs Committee's recommendation in the Fifth Report of Session 2013-14, The UK's Relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, HC 88, paragraph 214, that Bahrain should be designated as a country of concern if no significant progress had been made by the start of 2014.
    (207489)
36
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the proposals for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza.
    (207522)
37
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which HM embassies and high commissions have a designated contact for strategy for supporting human rights defenders working on issues related to business and human rights.
    (207472)
38
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which companies (a) Ministers in his Department and (b) HM embassies and high commissions have discussed the UK Action Plan on Business and Human Rights in the last year.
    (207473)
39
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Government's Action Plan on Business and Human Rights in the last year on the (a) conduct, planning and composition of Ministerial-led trade delegations and (b) operations overseas of British businesses.
    (207474)
40
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to improve access to remedies for victims of human rights abuses involving UK business operating overseas.
    (207475)
41
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department has provided to help UK businesses uphold their responsibilities to international human rights in the last year.
    (207476)
42
N
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the UK abstained from voting on the motion entitled, Ensuring respect for international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem at the 21st Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
    (207437)
43
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether payments mechanisms to medical schools in the form of SIFT funding are resulting in general practices being underpaid.
    (207441)
44
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to create an effective national mechanism for payment for the academic development of medical teachers.
    (207442)
45
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the definition of e-cigarettes as tobacco products under the terms of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
    (207464)
46
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on making it easier for licensed medication drugs to be used for off-patent treatments.
    (207483)
47
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his Department's consultation into standardised tobacco packaging impact assessment in a wider range of languages.
    (207457)
48
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department is giving to clinical commissioning groups to process retrospective continuing care claims.
    (207458)
49
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress clinical commissioning groups have made in (a) processing retrospective continuing care claims and (b) the payment of compensation to affected families.
    (207531)
50
N
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries which receive income from the minimum price income guarantee are in areas which are high on the deprivation index.
    (207477)
51
N
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse is of freezing the withdrawal of the minimum price income guarantee from GP practices which receive it as of 1 August 2014.
    (207478)
52
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training and guidance on the Ebola virus has been issued to staff at airports and ports in Northern Ireland.
    (207466)
53
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on precautionary measures to protect against the spread of the Ebola virus.
    (207467)
54
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent reports he has received of food contamination at chicken abattoirs in Northern Ireland.
    (207468)
55
N
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of avoidable deaths from breast cancer and to improve survival rates for that disease.
    (207436)
56
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what timetable his Department plans to phase-out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
    (207452)
57
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been granted limited leave to remain with no recourse to public funds in each year since 2003.
    (207459)
58
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent UK nationals joining IS.
    (207525)
59
N
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many joint search warrants have been applied for by the police and another applicant and issued by the courts in England and Wales in the last five years; and who the other applicant was in each such case.
    (207544)
60
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal costs have been incurred by her Department for costs associated with the recent Raytheon e-borders arbitration tribunal.
    (207485)
61
N
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings the Minister for Security and Immigration has had with the Chief Executive and senior officials of HM Passport Service since November 2013.
    (207490)
62
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what timetable her Department plans to phase-out the use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
    (207454)
63
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which companies in Tanzania have received how much in funding from her Department since 2010.
    (207440)
64
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department will publish the review of all driving offences and penalties announced on 6 May 2014.
    (207530)
65
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions since May 2010 a Rule 43 ruling has been used in coronial verdicts.
    (207456)
66
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether an impact assessment has been carried out on the amount of reduced income that creditors will receive as a result of the proposed end of the temporary exemption for insolvency litigation under the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act which is planned for April 2015.
    (207438)
67
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what type of statutory instrument he plans to introduce to bring the temporary exemption for insolvency litigation under the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act to an end in April 2015.
    (207439)
68
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what sanctions have been imposed on Network Rail as a result of engineering works overrunning and causing disruption to the rail service on the London Liverpool Street - Chelmsford - Colchester - Ipswich railway line in the last five years.
    (207446)
69
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions engineering works carried out by Network Rail on the London Liverpool Street - Chelmsford - Colchester - Ipswich railway line have overrun causing disruption to the service in each of the last five years.
    (207447)
70
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what sanctions are taken against Network Rail when engineering works overrun causing disruption to the rail network.
    (207448)
71
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to minimise the overrunning of engineering works on the London Liverpool Street - Chelmsford - Colchester - Ipswich railway line.
    (207449)
72
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 220W, on the Work Programme, what the cost is of paying a second attachment fee for persons transferred from Newcastle College to new providers; and what other additional costs his Department incurs as a result of that transfer.
    (207491)
73
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsideration periods for employment and support allowance his Department has conducted to date; what the outcomes were of each case; and what the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest periods were.
    (207486)
74
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average length of time his Department takes to process applications for hardship payments; and what targets he has set for the processing of such claims.
    (207487)
75
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many computers have been installed for use in Jobcentre Plus offices in the UK in 2014-15; and what estimate he has made of the number of computers so installed by the end of the current financial year.
    (207488)
76
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was between (a) an employment and support allowance applicant submitting an ESA 50 questionnaire and undergoing a work capability assessment, (b) an employment and support allowance applicant undergoing a work capability assessment and advice being submitted to a decision-maker and (c) advice being submitted to a decision-maker and a decision being issued to an employment and support allowance applicant in each year since 2008.
    (207460)
77
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people with mental health conditions may be refused disability benefits on the grounds that their condition does not require the use of aides.
    (207471)
78
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will undertake a separate impact assessment of the closure of the Independent Living Fund on demand for (a) NHS and (b) social care services.
    (207484)
Thursday 4 September  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 21 July

1
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to life for murder in each year since 2004 were released from prison at the time of the minimum period imposed by the courts.
    (206714)

Notices given on Tuesday 22 July

1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements his Department has put in place for the public recognition of acts of heroism by private citizens; if he will make it his policy to apply these to the women who confronted the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby and who sought to help the attacked soldier; and if he will make a statement.
    (206872)
2
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the RAF Air Show at RAF Waddington on (a) the public profile of the RAF, (b) public interest in the RAF and (c) money raised for RAF charities; and what plans he has for the future of the air show at RAF Waddington.
    (207015)
3
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many serious health events have been recorded per thousand (a) e-cigarette users, (b) users of nicotine replacement therapies and (c) users of the Champix form of varenicline in the last year.
    (206979)
Thursday 11 September  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 29 August

1
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department's response to the consultation on Looked-after children: improving permanence, will include undertaking to strengthen regulations to provide that a robust assessment takes place to ensure that children only return home from care when it is safe to do so.
    (207520)

Prepared 29th August 2014