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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 4 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 Wednesday 3 September 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 4 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.

Thursday 4 September  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
 
★ 1
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): What assessment he has made of the security of the UK's energy supply.
    (905173)
★ 2
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What assessment he has made of trends in renewable energy investment since 2010.
    (905174)
★ 3
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What his Department's policy is on promoting sustainable energy sources; what estimate he has made of future UK generating capacity from such sources; and if he will make a statement.
    (905175)
★ 4
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What plans he has to change the subsidy regime for onshore wind farms; and if he will make a statement.
    (905176)
★ 5
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What steps he is taking to increase the UK's energy security.
    (905177)
★ 6
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What assessment he has made of the security of the UK's energy supply.
    (905178)
★ 8
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (905180)
★ 9
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What steps he is taking to increase the UK's energy efficiency in comparison to that of other industrialised states.
    (905181)
★ 10
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): What steps he is taking to reduce payments to owners of windfarms which are not producing electricity.
    (905182)
★ 12
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (905184)
★ 13
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
    (905185)
★ 14
David Mowat (Warrington South): What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU member states on carbon and renewables targets.
    (905186)
★ 15
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): What steps he is taking to increase the UK's energy security.
    (905187)
★ 17
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): What steps he is taking to increase the UK's energy security.
    (905189)
★ 18
Pat Glass (North West Durham): What steps he is taking to secure a legally-binding global climate agreement.
    (905190)
★ 19
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): What steps he is taking to improve interconnections with energy markets in other European countries.
    (905191)
★ 21
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): What steps he is taking to ensure the safety of fracking.
    (905193)
★ 22
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (905194)
★ 23
Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): What assessment he has made of whether electricity generating capacity in the UK will be sufficient to meet peak demand this winter.
    (905195)
★ 24
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): What steps he is taking to secure a legally-binding global climate agreement.
    (905196)
★ 25
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): What steps he is taking to increase the UK's energy security.
    (905197)
At 10.15am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (905163)
★ 2
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):  
    (905164)
★ 3
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):  
    (905165)
★ 4
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside):  
    (905166)
★ 5
Grahame M. Morris (Easington):  
    (905167)
★ 7
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton):  
    (905169)
★ 8
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne):  
    (905170)
★ 9
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):  
    (905171)
★ 10
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):  
    (905172)

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)

Notices given on Monday 1 September

1
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of UK Export Finance went to companies in the North East in each year since 2010.
    (207633)
2
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the hon. Member for Wigan will receive a reply to her letter to the Cabinet Secretary of 25 July 2014.
    (207664)
3
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what restrictions there are on where G Cloud suppliers should locate their data centres; and what guidance his Department provides to those suppliers on location of their data centres.
    (207632)
4
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government will repay additional costs incurred as a result of hosting the NATO Summit by (a) the Welsh government, (b) Welsh local authorities and (c) Welsh police forces.
    (207631)
5
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 442W, on council tax benefits, what progress he has made in identifying the right data sources for an independent review into council tax support schemes; and with which local authorities his Department has been working.
    (207596)
6
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 442W, on council tax benefits, when he expects to (a) begin and (b) publish the findings of an independent review into council tax support schemes; and if he will make a statement.
    (207597)
7
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 50W, on smoke alarms, when he expects to publish the Government's response to the consultation on requirements for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in the private rented sector.
    (207598)
8
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2014, Official Report, column 531W, on housing: construction, what estimate he has made of the number of dwellings with planning permission that were classed as having started on site on each of the dates provided.
    (207599)
9
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of dwellings with planning permission that are classified as (a) progressing towards a start, (b) on hold or shelved and (c) started on site in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (207630)
11
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps can be taken to provide broadband services to residential properties in major cities where (a) commercial internet providers have deemed the street cabinets serving that commercially unviable and (b) the local authority is restricted in its ability to use public funds to build broadband networks in contravention of state aid regulations.
    (207611)
12
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in Warrington have joined the reserve forces as a result of the Government’s recent advertising campaign.
    (207618)
13
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the Cyber Reserve.
    (207634)
14
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Commercial Principles Agreement signed with BAE MNS.
    (207785)
15
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether under the Commercial Principles Agreement signed with BAE MNS the public purse bears any cost of future rationalisation of UK warship building.
    (207786)
16
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 697, what the value was of the outstanding key industrial capacity notice received by BAE MNS.
    (207787)
17
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 761W, if she will discuss the potential merits of introducing an appeals process for where there are technical problems with the skills test for prospective teachers.
    (207781)
18
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will discuss options for how to respond to technical problems with the skills test for prospective teachers other than annulling and re-siting the test with Learndirect.
    (207782)
19
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with amateur theatre and arts groups on proposed changes to the Child Performance Regulations on performance hours and breaks.
    (207600)
20
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to regulating smaller amateur theatre and arts groups under a separate class under the Child Performance Regulations.
    (207601)
21
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of matron licence fees on participation in theatre and arts groups.
    (207602)
22
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Table 12 of the Final impact assessment on the future of the Energy Company Obligation, published by his Department on 22 July 2014, by which process he calculated the change in aggregate fuel poverty gap.
    (207748)
23
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Table 12 of the Final impact assessment of the future of the Energy Company Obligation, published by his Department on 22 July 2014, how many households are forecast to be lifted from fuel poverty under the Energy Company Obligation (a) in each year between 2013 and 2017 and (b) in total between 2013 and 2017.
    (207749)
24
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Table 12 of the Final impact assessment of the future of the Energy Company Obligation, published by his Department on 22 July 2014, what estimate he has made of the change in the (a) aggregate fuel poverty gap and (b) average individual fuel poverty gap under the Energy Company Obligation in (i) each year between 2013 and 2017 and (ii) in total between 2013 and 2017.
    (207750)
25
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Table 12 of the Final impact assessment on the future of the Energy Company Obligation, published by his Department on 22 July 2014, by which process he calculated the change in the number of households in fuel poverty.
    (207758)
26
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to educate the public about the (a) health and (b) environmental effects of eating high amounts of red meat.
    (207746)
27
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the UK is taking to monitor the effect of the UK food industry on greenhouse gas emissions.
    (207747)
28
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 614W, on insects, when the Government is likely to publish its final National Pollinator Straetgy.
    (207613)
29
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance she plans to offer farmers and businesses affected by sanctions on Russia which apply to agricultural products from the EU.
    (207722)
30
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK plans to take in response to Israel's announcement that it will appropriate nearly 1,000 acres of Palestinian land in the Etzion settlement.
    (207603)
31
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what payments the Government would accrue from extending the lease for use of Diego Garcia by the United States for a further 20 years.
    (207605)
32
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential security benefits of the UK's ability to use Diego Garcia as a military base after the current lease for use of that territory by the US has expired.
    (207610)
33
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Home Office on UK efforts to support the protection of human rights in the supply chains for UK companies and products.
    (207614)
34
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on climate change-related diplomacy in each of the last five years; and what funding has been allocated for future climate change-related diplomacy.
    (207615)
35
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which trade associations or sector groupings of companies have developed guidance on human rights and due diligence over the last year; and what steps his Department is taking to support such initiatives.
    (207616)
36
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in (a) his Department in the UK and (b) British Embassies and High Commissions overseas work on climate change-related diplomacy; and what projections he has made of the future staffing requirements for such work.
    (207617)
37
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had to wait more than 28 days for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services in each of the last six years.
    (207753)
38
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish timescales and guidance on how local authorities and clinical commissioning groups should work together to meet their respective duties in relation to the provision of health visitors.
    (207793)
39
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of changes in the survival rate of babies born before 24 weeks gestation; and if he will make a statement.
    (207752)
40
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on categorising modification to genomic DNA in mitochondria through pronuclear transfer or maternal spindle transfer as genetic modification.
    (207754)
41
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that relatives of Ashya King other than his parents are being facilitated to accompany him (a) whilst in hospital in Spain and (b) on his return journey to the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (207802)
42
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of the NHS budget has been spent on (a) management pay, (b) outside consultants and (c) restructuring in each year since 2009.
    (207609)
43
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the cyber skills of police forces; and what steps she is taking to improve those skills.
    (207635)
44
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK has allocated to be spent in 2014-15 on humanitarian aid to the victims of conflict in (a) Syria and (b) Iraq; what steps her Department is taking to deliver humanitarian aid to victims in Iraq; what further steps she is planning to assist (i) people in Iraq and (ii) Iraqi refugees in neighbouring countries; what plans she has to increase UK humanitarian aid to Iraqi victims of conflict; and if she will make a statement.
    (207665)
45
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on the burial of the remains of King Richard III.
    (207745)
46
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of the Secretariat of the Independent Monitoring Board have previously been employed by the police.
    (207726)
47
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are employed by the Secretariat of the Independent Monitoring Board.
    (207790)
48
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to ensure that internet broadband operators do not default in their contractual duty to deliver telecommunication services in Northern Ireland.
    (207755)
49
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make representations to service providers regarding poor broadband coverage in rural areas of Northern Ireland.
    (207756)
50
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will increase the penalties available to be levied against internet broadband operators who fail in their contractual duty to provide telecommunication broadband service to customers in Northern Ireland.
    (207757)
51
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) acommodation, (b) travel, (c) staffing and (d) other costs of the Hallett Inquiry into the on-the-runs administrative scheme were.
    (207796)
52
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which recommendations of the Hallett Report, published on 17th July 2014, into the on-the-runs administrative scheme she plans to implement; and if she will make a statement.
    (207797)
53
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps her Department has taken in response to the Hallett Report, published on 17 July 2014, into the on-the-runs administrative scheme; and if she will make a statement.
    (207798)
54
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria were used in choosing the 10 schemes for work on the A47 which would be subject to further feasibility work by the Highways Agency.
    (207751)
55
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled, Maintaining strategic infrastructure roads, HC169, published on 6 June 2014, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on local highways of local authorities not implementing guidance from the highways of maintenance efficiency programme.
    (207783)
56
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled, Maintaining strategic infrastructure roads, HC169, published on 6 June 2014, how many IT systems the Highways Agency and its contractors plan to use for its integrated asset management system by May 2015.
    (207784)
57
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local highways authorities have not completed an asset management plan.
    (207791)
58
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date the Highways Agency plans to have a fully populated and integrated asset management system with 100 per cent coverage of its contractors.
    (207792)
59
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to increase the time for pedestrians to cross on signalised crossings.
    (207788)
60
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the eligibility criteria and terms of reference for his Department's competition for £25 million of capital funding for advanced biofuel plants in the UK will be announced.
    (207606)
61
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in HM Treasury about likely effects of the proposed methanol excise duty reduction to incentivise the increased use of methanol as a replacement for diesel in HGVs on (a) the wider fuel market and (b) the wider vehicle market.
    (207607)
62
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorway lanes were closed by the Highways Agency in each year for which figures are available.
    (207612)
63
N
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the potential merits of lowering the assumed walking speed of 1.2 metres per second used for calculating crossing times for pedestrians; and if he will publish the findings of that assessment.
    (207789)
64
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the carer's allowance so that it is equal to the national minimum wage.
    (207723)
65
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people currently claiming carer's allowance who care for more than one person.
    (207724)
66
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people claiming carer's allowance in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK in each year since May 2010.
    (207725)
67
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget is for the Help to Work scheme in 2014-15.
    (207719)
68
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many youth contract wage incentives had been (a) applied for and (b) paid by 6 August 2014.
    (207720)
69
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation was undertaken by his Department before it stopped youth contract wage incentives.
    (207727)

Notices given on Tuesday 2 September

1
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contribution the UK is making to the development of fusion technology; and if he will make a statement.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]   (905183)
2
N
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
[Question Unstarred]   (905192)
3
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he intends to reply to the letter to the Prime Minister of 25 July 2014 from the hon. Member for Wigan.
[Transferred]   (207663)
4
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of sanctions on Russia on the UK agriculture industry.
[Transferred]   (207721)
5
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) the South West and (c) Bristol North West constituency are unemployed but unable to claim jobseeker's allowance because they are deemed to have a sufficient level of personal savings.
[Transferred]   (207604)
6
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many youth rate jobseeker's allowance claimants have been referred for (a) sanction while they undertake a traineeship since August 2013.
    (207912)
7
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that graduates have the right skills for the jobs available.
    (207834)
8
 
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been disbursed to oil supply companies for the repayment of duty on petrol subject to vapour recovery since January 2013.
    (207842)
9
 
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Excise Payment Security Systems have been approved for retail petrol filling stations in 2014.
    (207843)
10
 
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Excise Payment Security System has been approved for use by individual retail petrol filling stations; and if he will make a statement.
    (207850)
11
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the money accrued to the public purse through VAT paid on the repair and maintenance of protected buildings.
    (207896)
12
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the money accrued to the public purse through VAT paid on approved alterations to protected buildings in each of the last five years.
    (207897)
13
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small and medium-sized businesses have been subject to an HM Revenue and Customs tax review in each of the last three years; and in how many cases such a review has revealed significant errors in the accounts of such a business.
    (207832)
14
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs tax reviews of large companies have revealed instances of significant evasion in each of the last three years.
    (207833)
15
 
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of rent arrears accrued by each registered social landlord in (a) Liverpool and (b) Liverpool Riverside in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (207915)
16
 
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will issue guidance to the Planning Inspectorate on decisions where the location of a planning appeal is within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
    (207849)
17
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ofcom have had with BT on increases in charges for line rental and broadband products.
    (207831)
18
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian staff of his Department based in the UK, (b) military personnel based in the UK, (c) civilian staff of his Department based in Saudi Arabia and (d) military personnel based in Saudi Arabia were employed by the (i) Saudi Arabian National Guard Communications Project and (ii) Ministry of Defence Saudi Armed Forces Project on 1 April 2014; and what the function is of each of those projects.
    (207819)
19
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what commercial, project management and engineering role vacancies there were in his Department (a) in March 2014 and (b) on the latest data for which date is available.
    (207918)
20
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made towards meeting the assumed savings in the (a) Complex Weapons Programme and (b) Submarine Enterprise Performance programme; and how much has been saved through each such programme to date.
    (207919)
21
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are taken to ensure that ammunition used on firing ranges is fully and properly accounted for; and what amount of ammunition has not been accounted for in each of the three services in each of the last five years.
    (207920)
22
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions there have been in England and Wales in the last five years for failure to comply with the collar and tag requirements in the Control of Dogs Order 1992.
    (207820)
23
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the level of biomass power generation in the UK located in (a) urban areas and (b) areas of above average atmospheric pollution; and if her Department will publish that information.
    (207821)
24
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect that proposed changes to tariffs for Renal Dialysis in Monitor's 2015/16 National Tariff Payments System: Engagement on national prices consultation would have on health outcomes for kidney patients.
    (207813)
25
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with patients' groups on changes to tariffs for Renal Dialysis in Monitor's 2015/16 National Tariff Payments System: Engagement on national prices consultation.
    (207814)
26
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to make stakeholders aware of its 2015/16 National Tariff Payments System: Engagement on national prices consultation.
    (207815)
27
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the quantum of premature death in the UK caused by the emission of wood smoke; and whether he plans to publish that information.
    (207855)
28
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate (a) his Department and (b) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have made of the savings to the NHS which have resulted from NICE rejecting treatments for routine use on the NHS; if he will list for each medicine which NICE has rejected for use on the NHS in the last four years the estimated cost saving which resulted from that decision; and if he will make a statement.
    (207914)
29
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Eddisbury of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 237W, on medical treatments, which appraisals conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the last four years resulted in a recommendation to use a medicine on the NHS and specified criteria for starting and stopping treatment with that medicine; which starting and stopping criteria were applied in each case; for what conditions each such treatment was recommended in each case; what the estimated eligible patient population was for each recommended treatment; and if he will make a statement.
    (207916)
30
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of Return to Practice courses by healthcare providers to address workforce supply needs and alleviate the need for the recruitment of health professional staff from overseas.
    (207816)
31
 
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the challenges experienced by NHS hospitals in recruiting consultant radiologists.
    (207830)
32
 
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of radiologists in training.
    (207854)
33
 
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to fund hearing aids for people with mild to moderate hearing loss; and if he will make a statement.
    (207841)
34
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the decrease in incidence of (a) HIV, (b) tuberculosis and (c) malaria continues.
    (207835)
35
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with professional medical bodies on the implications for the NHS of research on the effects of taking aspirin on the likelihood of heart attacks.
    (207836)
36
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 30 to 40, (b) 41 to 60 and (c) over 60 have been diagnosed with varicose veins in each of the last three years.
    (207837)
37
 
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the policy of the NHS is on providing hearing aids for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss.
    (207818)
38
 
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged over 50 were on NHS hospital waiting lists for in-patient treatment on the latest date for which figures are available.
    (207898)
39
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will adopt the latest Inflammatory Bowel Disease Standards Group standards for the care of patients with the condition.
    (207822)
40
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will fund the provision of a minimum of 1.5 specialist irritable bowel syndrome nurses per 250,000 people.
    (207847)
41
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to her dated 14 July 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Dr M. Naz.
    (207851)
42
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to her dated 22 July 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Mr Kenny Edobor Friday Ake.
    (207852)
43
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to her dated 12 June 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Mr E. M. Bendoki.
    (207853)
44
 
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether each member of the appointment advises panel for the Clerk and Chief Exeuctive of the House was required to declare previous contracts with external candidates.
    (207921)
45
 
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether expressions of interest were invited for persons to serve in the appointment advisory panel for Clerk and Chief Executive of the House; how the membership of that panel was chosen; and if the Commission will publish a list of names of those considered for membership of that panel.
    (207922)
46
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what studies his Department has commissioned on the relative efficacy of prison-based treatment as against treatment in the community for sex offenders convicted of similar offences.
    (207844)
47
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate is of sex offenders who have undergone (a) the sex offender treatment programme at HMP Northumberland (formerly Acklington) and (b) the Northumbria Sex Offender Groupwork programme in the community.
    (207845)
48
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the national reoffending rate is of sex offenders who have undergone the sex offender treatment programme (a) in prison and (b) in the community.
    (207846)
49
 
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals to implement the recommendations of the Procedure Committee in its Fifth Report of 2010-12, 2010 Elections for Positions in the House, HC 1573, paragraph 19, that the House be invited to decide whether on the first day of a new Parliament, where the Presiding Member's decision on the question that a former Speaker take the Chair is challenged, the question should be decided by secret ballot or by open division.
    (207923)
50
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he gave consideration to the human rights record of each country to which he has travelled to promote UK arms sales since 2010 before a decision was taken on whether the visit should proceed; what plans he has to travel to (a) Saudi Arabia, (b) Kuwait, (c) Qatar and (d) other countries to promote UK arms sales; and if he will make a statement.
    (207960)
51
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many residents who are (a) male, (b) female, (c) children and (d) aged over 65 suffered (i) fatal and (ii) serious injuries in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (207929)
52
 
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if there are any plans to widen the A65 which connects Cumbria and North Lancashire to Yorkshire.
    (207895)
53
 
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the need for extra capacity on the Crewe-Derby rail line.
    (207817)
54
 
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to sell Network Rail to the train operating companies following the failure of the signalling system on the Great Western Rail line between Hereford and London Paddington on 21 July 2014.
    (207848)
55
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the total overpayments being collected by the Financial Assistance Scheme from recalculations of annual entitlement related to services after 1997 and any changes to annuity or notional annuity income.
    (207917)
56
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues on the funding and allocation of support for deaf people in work.
    (207823)
57
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support his Department provides to deaf people in work while they await a decision on their Access to Work budget.
    (207838)
58
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what communication support his Department provides for deaf people who are (a) in work or (b) actively seeking work.
    (207839)
59
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional support his Department makes available for deaf people whose Access to Work budgets do not cover the support they require to carry out their work.
    (207913)
60
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to retain the Independent Living Fund and continue access for new claimants.
    (207893)
61
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Independent Living Fund.
    (207894)
62
 
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the inclusion of non-compulsory and non-guaranteed overtime in the calculation of holiday pay; and if he will make a statement.
    (207840)
Friday 5 September  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 1 September

1
N
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of veterans who have left the armed forces in the last 20 years have suffered mental illness.
    (207562)
2
N
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer from the Minister of State for Care and Support of 4 June 2014, Official Report, column 102W, on mental illness, what assessment she has made of the impact of these psychiatric conditions on academic attainment levels at GCSE, A levels, Degree and Post Graduate Degree level.
    (207563)
3
N
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people suffered from repeat episode depression in each year for which data is available.
    (207560)
4
N
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the number and percentage of prisoners who suffer from (a) mental illness and (b) repeat episode depression.
    (207561)
5
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the survivors of rape by the Burmese Army whose cases have been documented by the Women's League of Burma have received humanitarian and specialist support from her Department.
    (207564)

Notices given on Tuesday 2 September

1
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what effects the introduction of 24 Plus Advanced Learning Loans has had on student participation levels.
    (207828)
2
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made in carrying out an equality analysis on proposals to change the disabled students' allowance.
    (207902)
3
N
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the possibility of use by Israeli forces of equipment containing UK components in breaches of international humanitarian law in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; and if he will make a statement.
    (207825)
4
N
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps are taken against a claimant of youth rate jobseekers' allowance who leaves a traineeship before it was completed.
    (207935)
5
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with small and medium-sized enterprises on the planned changes to the funding of the apprenticeship scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (207865)
6
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications are made on average before (a) a white and (b) an ethnic minority applicant secures an apprenticeship.
    (207941)
7
N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of cigarettes on which tax has not been paid in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (b) Kent and (c) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (207961)
8
N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many arrests HM Revenue and Customs has made in (a) Medway and (b) Kent for offences relating to the sale of illicit cigarettes in each of the last 10 years.
    (207962)
9
N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions a lottery retailing licence has been removed for selling illicit (a) cigarettes and (b) alcohol in each of the last 10 years.
    (207963)
10
N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions HM Revenue and Customs has formally objected to the renewal of a retailer's alcohol licence for selling illicit tobacco in each of the last 10 years.
    (207964)
11
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether households comprising (a) one disabled parent unable to work and another parent in work and (b) a single disabled parent will be entitled to receive help through tax free childcare.
    (207930)
12
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many expressions of interest were (a) received and (b) considered by his Department in response to the locally-led Garden Cities Prospectus before 1 September 2014.
    (207857)
13
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons his Department's work with local areas to understand barriers to building new locally-led garden cities as set out in the Garden Cities Prospectus is overdue in starting.
    (207858)
14
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how frequently the information on the current status of actions in his Department's business plan shown on www.transparency.number10.gov.uk/business-plan/2 is updated; and when that information was most recently updated.
    (207861)
15
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that all councils review their procedures for dealing with the sexual exploitation of children following the report on Rotherham Council; and if he will make a statement.
    (207872)
16
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review the way in which local authorities carry out their responsibilities for corporate parenting and take any steps needed to ensure that training for councillors involved in that role is both adequate and up-to-date.
    (207873)
17
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish detailed information on what work her Department has undertaken to implement paragraphs 10.49 and 10.55 of the Government's Review of the Prevent Agenda, published in June 2011; and if she will publish any assessments conducted into the effectiveness of that work.
    (207953)
18
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Education Act 2011 in achieving the aims set out in paragraph 10.53 of the Government's Review of the Prevent Agenda, published in June 2011.
    (207954)
19
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children who have been looked after because of abuse or neglect receive appropriate support and monitoring to prevent further abuse when they return home.
    (207911)
20
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the large nursery chains offer funded places for two year olds as part of the Government's free 15 hours of early education for disadvantaged two year olds; and how many such places are offered in England.
    (207942)
21
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the results of the report on her Department's childminder agency pilots.
    (207947)
22
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press notice of 16 July 2014 on pupil premium reform, to which 87 local authorities where performance of disadvantaged pupils is a concern the Minister of State for Schools wrote.
    (207950)
23
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) childminders and (b) parents responded to the IPSOS Mori and Ecorys survey on childminder agencies; when the results of the survey will be published; and how likely (i) childminders and (ii) parents who responded to the survey were to use a childminder agency.
    (207951)
24
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the internal review by her Department which upheld an appeal against the use of regulation 12(5)(c) for the protection of intellectual property to prevent the release of the results of the post-mortems carried out on badgers killed during the pilot culls.
    (207952)
25
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the internal review by her Department which upheld an appeal against the use of regulation 12(5)(c) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 in relation to the results of the post-mortems carried out on badgers killed during the pilot culls.
    (207957)
26
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that laws relating to the export of live animals are adhered to at ports; and if she will make a statement.
    (207829)
27
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assist in the maintenance of peace and stability in Lesotho.
    (207877)
28
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UN is taking to highlight the ongoing persecution of Christian communities in the Middle East and assist those so persecuted.
    (207878)
29
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of his Department's work on climate change; and what future steps his Department plans to take to support international action on climate change.
    (207805)
30
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs (a) excluding retainers and registrars and (b) including retainers but excluding registrars there were in the financial year (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (207856)
31
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to section 17 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service handbook, amendment number 33, what assessment he has made of the effects of the change in the fuel allowance to 20 pence per mile on retention of nurses in the NHS.
    (207860)
32
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups currently commission specialised multiple sclerosis centres.
    (207925)
33
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the physicals care of patients in mental health facilities is safeguarded.
    (207926)
34
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will have discussions with the travel insurance industry about including cover for mental health problems as standard in travel insurance policies.
    (207927)
35
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in what age group have been funded for proton beam therapy in each of the last five years; and in what location each person was so treated.
    (207871)
36
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has refused asylum to any Iraqis who have fled from persecution by the Islamic State in Iraq.
    (207859)
37
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with the Civil Aviation Authority the lessons to be learned following the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
    (207882)
38
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date section 65 of the Immigration Act 2014 will be brought into force.
    (207807)
39
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in the last year powers under the Regulation of Investigators Powers Act 2000 have been used to access telephone records of journalists.
    (207910)
40
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many partner organisations have received funding from her Department to deliver the Channel programme in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the programmes delivered by each such organisation.
    (207904)
41
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been referred to the Channel strand of the Prevent programme in each of the last five years; how many people completed the programme to which they were referred in each of those years; how many of those people were referred to the Channel programme because they were feared to have been radicalised abroad or taken part in terrorist-related activity abroad; what the (a) gender and (b) age was of those referred to the Channel programme; and how many people from each region were so referred.
    (207905)
42
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount spent on the Prevent programme was in each of the last five years; and how much of that was allocated via local authorities in each such year.
    (207956)
43
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of rape on university campuses were reported to the police in each year since 2004; and how many reported cases led to successful prosecutions.
    (207936)
44
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission with make available to the right hon. Member for Chelmsford all the records of all the discussions of the panel considering the appointment of the new Clerk of the House and Chief Executive.
    (207883)
45
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the status is of the letter that Mr Speaker sent to the Prime Minister recommending Ms Mills' appointment as the new Clerk of the House and Chief Executive.
    (207884)
46
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the letter that Mr Speaker sent to the Prime Minister recommending Ms Mills' appointment as the next Clerk of the House and Chief Executive will be recalled.
    (207885)
47
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether (a) Mr Speaker and (b) other members of the panel were informed by the headhunters, Saxton Bampfylde, of the potential problem surrounding Ms Mills in the Australian Parliament before the decision was taken to recommend Ms Mills' appointment as the next Clerk of the House and Chief Executive.
    (207886)
48
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, columns 607-8W, on Clerk of the House, what percentage of the first year’s salary of any candidate recommended for appointment Saxton Bampfylde is contracted to receive.
    (207887)
49
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to combat the spread of Ebola in the last four months.
    (207880)
50
N
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of courtrooms do not have induction loops installed.
    (207804)
51
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days each of the offenders who absconded from open conditions in 2014 had served there before they absconded.
    (207931)
52
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many years left to serve has each determinate sentence prisoner who absconded from open conditions in the last year.
    (207932)
53
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners re-categorised as suitable for Category D who were over two years from their earliest release date were sent to open conditions in the last year.
    (207933)
54
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Category D long-sentenced prisoners who have more than two years left to serve to earliest release date are currently in open conditions.
    (207934)
55
N
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much fraudulently claimed by Ms Janet Curtis has been recovered.
    (207901)
56
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer grade staff were employed in each private sector prison in (a) March and (b) June 2014.
    (207881)
57
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of incidents of bullying in youth custody institutions in each year since May 2010.
    (207903)
58
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of children detained in police custody under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year since May 2010.
    (207906)
59
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to prevent bullying in the youth custody environment.
    (207907)
60
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of incidents of bullying in adult prisons in each year since May 2010.
    (207908)
61
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of victims of bullying in youth custody institutions who suffer from mental health issues.
    (207909)
62
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are held in HM Prison Belmarsh awaiting categorisation.
    (207874)
63
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the waiting time is for a prisoner to be categorised at HM Prison Belmarsh.
    (207875)
64
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of days was that a prisoner was held in HM Prison Belmarsh after being categorised as Category D before being moved to another prison in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (207876)
65
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the (a) Home Secretary and (b) the Secretary of State for Defence on protection from terrorism in northern cities following the most recent rise in the terrorism threat level.
    (207924)
66
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for (a) the Home Department and (b) Defence on protection from terrorism in northern cities following the recent rise in the terrorism threat level.
    (207958)
67
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local highways authorities are not members of maintenance alliances.
    (207937)
68
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local highways authorities do not use the pothole repair methods recommended the highways maintenance efficiency programme report, Prevention and a Better Cure: Potholes Review, published in April 2012.
    (207938)
69
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Audit Office report, maintaining strategic infrastructure: roads, what savings, under what headings, the Highways Agency has made from £102 million in each of the last three financial years; and what savings are forecast for 2014-15.
    (207939)
70
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the scope for the Highways Agency and local highways authorities to share departments, plant and staff and other resources used by their contractors; and what estimate he has made of the savings arising from such integration of resources.
    (207940)
71
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many segregated bicycle lanes have been constructed in England in each of the last 20 years.
    (207899)
72
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he gives on procedures to be followed by highways authorities and police forces with respect to the identification of deceased animals on the road network.
    (207900)
73
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many segregated bicycle lanes have been constructed in England in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (207928)
74
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost of proposals to turn the Highways Agency into a public company.
    (207827)
75
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the recommendations contained in the report, A review of pedestrian walking speeds and time needed to cross the road, published by Living Streets and Transport Research Laboratory on 1 September 2014.
    (207955)
76
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make an announcement on improvements to the Nottingham to Lincoln line.
    (207826)
77
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there is a mechanism to enable the transfer of Network Rail's Control Period 6 funding into Control Period 5; and whether such a mechanism has been used.
    (207862)
78
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he expects to introduce legislation to make Network Rail subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (207863)
79
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total mobilisation costs have been incurred by each franchise operated by Directly Operated Railways since 6 May 2010.
    (207864)
80
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with rolling stock companies on the replacement or refurbishment of Pacer units as part of the Northern/TPE franchise consultation.
    (207866)
81
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether Merseyrail has an appropriate emergency response plan to deal with a terrorist attack on the rail network; and on what date the last Merseyrail emergency response drill was carried out.
    (207806)
82
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he plans to publish the conclusions to government research into tyre-ageing on buses and coaches that he commissioned in December 2013.
    (207824)
83
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in the implementation of his overall welfare reforms in the last six months; and what progress he expects to be made in the next six months.
    (207879)
84
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claimants who have a housing cost element in their payment (a) in total and (b) in each local authority area is in arrears on rent payment.
    (207867)
85
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants (a) in total and (b) in each local authority are in arrears on rent payments.
    (207868)
86
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants (a) in total and (b) in each local authority area have a housing cost element in their payment.
    (207869)
87
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments to universal credit claimants have been made direct to a landlord (a) in total and (b) in each local authority area to date.
    (207870)
88
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process a mandatory re-consideration of an employment and support allowance is; and if he will make a statement.
    (207948)
89
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State for Employment of 1 September 2014, Official Report, column 16, on youth employment (support) how much funding from the youth contract wage incentive scheme has been re-allocated; and to which other areas.
    (207949)
Monday 8 September  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
 
★ 1
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): What progress has been made in negotiations to settle the Fire Service pensions dispute.
    (905198)
★ 2
Pat Glass (North West Durham): What steps he is taking to improve stability and affordability in the private rented sector.
    (905199)
★ 3
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What steps he is taking to (a) encourage development on brownfield land and (b) bring empty buildings back into use.
    (905200)
★ 4
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): How many shops in Bury North constituency have benefitted from the reduction in business rates.
    (905201)
★ 5
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): How many shops in (a) England and (b) Stevenage constituency have benefitted from the reduction in business rates.
    (905202)
★ 6
Chloe Smith (Norwich North): How many shops in (a) England, (b) Norwich local authority area and (c) Broadland local authority area have benefitted from the reduction in business rates.
    (905203)
★ 7
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): What steps he is taking to increase the building of affordable homes.
    (905204)
★ 8
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What steps his Department is taking to support community pubs; and if he will make a statement.
    (905205)
★ 9
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): What assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes to Right to Buy on the viability of maintaining and increasing the stock of social housing in England.
    (905206)
★ 10
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): What assessment he has made of the effect to date on household budgets of the council tax freeze.
    (905207)
★ 11
Margot James (Stourbridge): How many shops in (a) England and (b) Stourbridge constituency have benefitted from the reduction in business rates.
    (905208)
★ 12
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the discretion given to local authority officers in the National Planning Policy Framework.
    (905209)
★ 13
John Mann (Bassetlaw): What recent assessment he has made of local enterprise partnership boundaries.
    (905210)
★ 14
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): What steps he is taking to increase the building of affordable homes.
    (905211)
★ 15
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): What steps he is taking to ensure that the infrastructure needed to support new homes is provided.
    (905212)
★ 16
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of equipment available to fire and rescue services for flood rescue.
    (905213)
★ 17
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): When he plans to publish the outcome of the 2011 review of the use of restrictive covenants in the pub sector.
    (905214)
★ 18
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): What his policy is on whether planning inspectors at appeal or local authority planning committees should determine what constitutes cumulative impact on the landscape from large-scale solar arrays.
    (905215)
★ 19
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): What assessment he has made of the extent of take-up of the Help to Buy scheme in (a) England and (b) Swindon.
    (905216)
★ 20
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): What steps his Department is taking to support coastal communities.
    (905217)
★ 21
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): What assessment he has made of the effect of the local government finance settlement on the provision of services by Liverpool City Council.
    (905218)
★ 22
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What steps his Department is taking to prevent unfair parking enforcement practices.
    (905219)
★ 23
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What steps his Department is taking to help encourage integration in local communities.
    (905220)
★ 24
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): What steps his Department is taking to prevent unfair parking enforcement practices.
    (905221)
★ 25
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What assessment he has made of the effect of the local government finance settlement on communities with the highest levels of need.
    (905222)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (905223)
★ 2
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):  
    (905224)
★ 3
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes):  
    (905225)
★ 4
Julie Hilling (Bolton West):  
    (905226)
★ 5
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood):  
    (905227)
★ 6
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East):  
    (905228)
★ 7
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport):  
    (905229)
★ 8
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse):  
    (905230)
★ 9
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (905231)
★ 10
Charlie Elphicke (Dover):  
    (905232)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 2 September

1
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of late payments on small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs); and whether his Department plans to bring forward any further measures to assist in SMEs with cash flow.
    (207890)
2
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the demand for biomass for combustion in the UK is met be imports.
    (207889)
3
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information he holds on the proportion of wood pellets imported from North America that is derived from roundwood in the latest year for which figures are available.
    (207891)
4
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information he holds on the level of wood pellet imports from (a) the USA and (b) Canada in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
    (207892)
5
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which employers use self-employed staff to avoid paying national insurance contributions.
    (207809)
6
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the level of variation of health and safety regulations between local authorities and of the effect of such variation on small and medium-sized enterprises.
    (207810)
7
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the threat to the safety of British seafarers and others from piracy (a) in the Gulf of Guinea and (b) elsewhere; and what his strategy is for reducing that threat.
    (207946)
8
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in the Maldives.
    (207944)
9
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of regulation of the comestic industry; and whether he plans to propose further regulations relating to that industry.
    (207808)
10
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the penalties available for people convicted of wildlife crime; and if she will make a statement.
    (207945)
11
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what reassessment he has made of the security of files and emails containing sensitive material relating to constituents being stored by PICT in a cloud system in the light of the recent security breach of the iCloud system.
    (207888)
12
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the roadworks on the M1 motorway north of junction 28 to be completed and the stretch of the M1 between that junction and the M18 to be totally devoid of roadworks.
    (207811)
13
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Highways Agency closed the M180 in August 2014 causing severe delays to business travellers and holidaymakers; and if he will direct the Highways Agency to take steps to prevent a re-occurrence of that closure during future holiday periods.
    (207812)
14
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the transfer and retention of cherished vehicle numbers to be a transaction that is available to complete online.
    (207943)
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, whether her 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 3rd September 2014