Order Book Part 2 [5 September 2014]

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)

1

N

Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what effect 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 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)

4

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)

5

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)

6

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)

7

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)

8

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)

9

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)

10

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)

11

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)

12

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)

13

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)

14

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)

15

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)

16

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)

17

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)

18

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)

19

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)

20

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)

21

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)

22

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)

23

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)

24

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)

25

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)

26

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)

27

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)

28

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)

29

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)

30

N

Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the physical care of patients in mental health facilities is safeguarded.

(207926)

31

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)

32

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)

33

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)

34

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)

35

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)

36

N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 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)

37

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)

38

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)

39

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)

40

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)

41

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)

42

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)

43

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)

44

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)

45

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)

46

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)

47

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)

48

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)

49

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)

50

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)

51

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)

52

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)

53

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)

54

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)

55

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)

56

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)

57

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)

58

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)

59

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)

60

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)

62

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)

63

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)

64

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 in each of the last three financial years; and what savings are forecast for 2014-15.

(207939)

65

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)

66

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)

67

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)

68

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)

70

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)

71

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)

72

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)

73

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)

74

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)

75

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)

76

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)

77

N

Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he plans to publish the conclusions to research into tyre-ageing on buses and coaches that he commissioned in December 2013.

(207824)

78

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)

79

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 are in arrears on rent payment.

(207867)

80

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)

81

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)

82

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)

83

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)

84

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)

1

N

Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she 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.

[Transferred] (207873)

2

N

Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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.

[Transferred] (207825)

3

N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will discuss with the Civil Aviation Authority the lessons to be learned following the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

[Transferred] (207882)

4

N

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money fraudulently claimed by Ms Janet Curtis has been recovered.

[Transferred] (207901)

5

N

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are taken against a claimant of youth rate jobseeker's allowance who leaves a traineeship before it was completed.

[Transferred] (207935)

6

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the recent trends in the number of university applications from students from disadvantaged or minority ethnic backgrounds.

(207993)

7

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations are the main occupants of his Department's properties at (a) Cannon House, Birmingham, (b) the NTI Building, Birmingham, (c) Queensway House, Billingham, (d) Stella House, Newcastle and (e) Westfield House, London; and what the value is of the total rent collected from all occupants in each of those buildings per annum.

(208022)

8

Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will permit Local Enterprise Partnership Growth Deals to fund revenue as well as capital spending; and if he will make a statement.

(207995)

9

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what issues are currently under examination by the Horizon Scanning Programme.

(208051)

10

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what work the Horizon Scanning Programme has undertaken on the implications for environmental security of (a) an accident at a nuclear facility involving a large release of radiation and (b) the sabotage of a nuclear facility or nuclear cargo in transit by a terrorist group.

(208053)

11

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the fuel discount scheme for rural communities.

(207971)

12

Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support civic and voluntary organisations that promote integration and greater multi-ethnic understanding.

(208056)

13

Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of village or neighbourhood plans; and how many have been lodged and accepted.

(207990)

14

Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what budget his Department has allocated to its Together in Service scheme.

(208021)

15

Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what activities were undertaken by participants in his Department's A Year in Service scheme in 2012.

(208023)

16

Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what activities are undertaken by participants in his Department's Together in Service scheme.

(208024)

17

Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenants exercised the right to buy in each local authority in Northumberland, Durham and Tyne and Wear in each of the last five years.

(207969)

18

Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total amount of uncollected council tax is in each London Borough in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(207967)

19

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will have discussions with UEFA and FIFA on the ebola infection risk arising from the decision to stage the Ivory Coast versus Sierra Leone football match on 6 September 2014.

(208060)

20

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear warheads have been (a) lost and (b) lost and not recovered by NATO in the last 30 years.

(208050)

21

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide details of each accident involving a nuclear weapon deployed outside of the US in support of NATO in the last 30 years.

(208054)

22

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when a decision will be taken on the long-term future of Army Reserve bases which had originally been scheduled to be closed in 2016.

(208104)

23

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department will spend in each year under the Challenger II Life Extension programme.

(208108)

24

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total budget of the Armoured Vehicles Programme has been in each year since 2010; and what estimate he has made of the budget of this programme in each year up-to 2030.

(208110)

25

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to procure a class of Future Rapid Effects System Utility vehicles as part of the Armoured Vehicles Programme.

(208112)

26

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) management, (b) maintenance and (c) lost income costs of empty service accommodation were in each of the last five years; and what (i) size and (ii) type of properties have been vacant in that period.

(208036)

27

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the contract for the strategic business partnership between the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and Capita contains conditions on customer facing service and expected response times to enquiries.

(208037)

28

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what process the Royal Navy uses when deciding the names of new vessels; and whether names of UK cities can be used for the Type 26.

(208052)

29

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to let the contracts for the managed service providers (MSP) before the end of September 2014; and if he will place relationship with the services and Defence Equipment and Support.

(208062)

30

Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the adequacy of current statutory guidance on the sharing of live birth data with children's centres.

(208025)

31

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking in response to research in the NSPCC's report, Returning home from care, which found that 62 per cent who return home remain with a suspected abuser even after concerns are identified.

(208034)

32

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 disadvantaged pupils, what research her Department has commissioned into the role of special educational needs co-ordinators in decisions on how to spend the Pupil Premium; and for what reason no guidance was issued to schools on this matter.

(208026)

33

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to broaden the number of foreign language subjects available to state school students in secondary education.

(208097)

34

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in state schools secondary education obtained a GCSE in Mandarin Chinese in each year since Janaury 2011.

(208111)

35

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what further steps he plans to take to encourage the upgrade of boilers in off gas grid areas.

(208043)

36

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) she and (b) her predecessor had discussions with representatives of the agricultural and horticultural sectors on the potential effect on skills and recruitment into those sectors of the proposals to remove OCR environmental and land-based science from the curriculum; and if she will make a statement.

(207992)

37

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will instruct the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to publish the report on the investigation into the potential misuse or misapplication by the MMO of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

(208090)

38

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many confidentiality agreements the Marine Management Organisation has sought in respect of third parties in (a) 2013-14 and (b) the current year.

(208091)

39

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Saudi Arabian government over its financial and logistical support for Islamic State terrorists in Syria.

(207997)

40

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contingency plans are in place if Russia continues to place troops in Ukraine.

(208093)

41

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect staff working in HM embassies from security threats.

(208094)

42

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the situation in Lesotho; and what steps he is taking to support the reinstatement of democracy in that country.

(208095)

43

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the strength of business relations between the UK and Estonia.

(208098)

44

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the Israeli government in its campaign against Hamas.

(208099)

45

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the link between pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine and the Russian government.

(208105)

46

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on further sanctions against Russia.

(208107)

47

Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on named GPs for NHS patients under the age of 75.

(207968)

48

Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the next step is in the commissioning of a specialised service after a positive recommendation by the Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG); whether services recommended for commissioning by PSSAG in September 2014 will be funded from April 2015; when the PSSAG recommendations on the application for a specialised service for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency will be published; and if he will make a statement.

(208035)

49

Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he authorised the recent increase in the Cancer Drug Fund annual budget; and whether (a) the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group and the Direct Commissioned Service Committee and (b) the Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group were consulted.

(208020)

50

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with the insurance industry on the allocation of monies for research into the elimination of mesothelioma.

(207987)

51

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on the banning of smoking in cars and other vehicles; and if he will make a statement.

(207988)

52

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to inform the public of the risk of contracting diseases from household pets.

(208109)

53

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died in hospital from diseases contracted overseas since January 2011.

(208114)

54

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to secure UK borders against terrorists travelling from overseas.

(208096)

55

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of British citizens who have travelled to (a) Syria and (b) Iraq and returned to the UK since January 2014.

(208100)

56

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the number of cyber-attacks on Government IT systems since January 2014.

(208102)

57

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been victims of anti-Semitic abuse which was reported to the police since January 2013.

(208103)

58

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what fees were charged by Saxton Bampfylde for the recruitment of the position of Clerk of the House and Chief Executive.

(208047)

59

Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she plans to take to promote integrated healthcare structures and policy in the UN's post-2015 development agenda.

(208063)

60

Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will promote innovative medical technologies and product development partnerships as part of the post-2015 development agenda.

(208064)

61

Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has held with her international counterparts on including product development partnerships in the post-2015 development agenda.

(208065)

62

Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on the potential role of product development partnerships in the post-2015 development agenda.

(208066)

63

Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action her Department is taking to help tackle the ebola epidemic in West Africa; and if she will make a statement.

(208061)

64

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the level of UK aid in Ukraine since January 2014.

(208106)

65

Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the financial contribution to humanitarian aid and reconstruction in Gaza is spent on the purchase of goods and services from Israel.

(208048)

66

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will seek to ensure that the courts' administrations when a defendant has been given a custodial sentence, do not send confidential information to an address where there is a risk it might be read by unauthorised persons such as a new tenant, but instead to a person nominated by the prisoner such as next-of-kin or to the prisoner's legal representative.

(208067)

67

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of tobacco-related fraud in (a) Medway, (b) Kent and (c) England in each of the last 10 years.

(207998)

68

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received a custodial sentence for selling illicit tobacco in (a) Medway, (b) Kent and (c) England in each of the last 10 years.

(207999)

69

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of repeat offenders for selling illicit tobacco.

(208000)

70

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the National Annual Report of Magistrate Training mentioned in the Quarter 3 performance report of the Judicial College; and whether subsequent training reports will be published.

(207996)

71

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the regulation of claims management companies for insurance purposes; and if he will make a statement.

(207972)

72

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will undertake a review of the condition of the RUC George Cross Association memorial at the National Memorial in Staffordshire; and if she will takes steps to ensure that resources are allocated for the upkeep and maintenance of that memorial.

(208057)

73

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence she has had with the Parades Commission over summer parades in North Belfast since 11 July 2014.

(207973)

74

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she had with Senator Gary Hart from the United States when he visited Northern Ireland in the last week of August 2014; and what the subjects were for discussion.

(207974)

75

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice and the Minister of Justice in Northern Ireland regarding the regulation of claims management companies in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.

(207975)

76

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Statement of 1 September 2014, Official Report, column 34, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the Saudi authorities have changed their approach on radicalisation around the world; and if he will make a statement.

(208049)

77

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Rail framework agreement published on 1 September 2014, when the National Audit Office will have access to Network Rail's accounts.

(208092)

78

Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that foreign drivers are subject to the same penalties as British drivers upon failure to produce relevant CPC documentation.

(207991)

79

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints his Department has received from Northern Ireland residents about the DVLA since July 2014.

(208059)

80

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the new Northern Franchise will take account of increased connectivity to Reddish South and Denton arising from the better use of existing infrastructure through those stations.

(208033)

81

Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the confidence of drivers in the information conveyed by dot matrix information signs on motorways and trunk roads.

(208046)

82

Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that motorway information signs convey information that is up-to-date and accurate.

(208055)

83

Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to ensure safety on Northern Rail and TransPennine Express trains running driver-only operations.

(207965)

84

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were injured as a result of staff negligence at railway stations in each year since January 2010.

(208101)

85

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were killed on unmanned rail track crossings in each year since 2011.

(208113)

86

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 278W, on personal independence payment, what progress he has made since that Answer on ensuring that no applicant for personal independence payment waits more than 16 weeks for an assessment.

(207994)

87

Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out the latest performance rating assigned to universal credit by the Major Projects Authority.

(207970)

88

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions his Department has had discussions with the Social Development Department in Northern Ireland on the implementation of the welfare reforms in Northern Ireland.

(208058)

89

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the personal independence payment application process is accessible to deafblind people who are unable to make a claim over the telephone or complete paper forms.

(207966)

90

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that it communicates with deafblind people in accessible ways, including information about preferred means of communication and sending information in the formats requested by deafblind claimants.

(207976)

91

Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the level of arrears in the social housing sector since April 2013.

(207989)

★ 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)

★ 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)

★ 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)

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 information he holds on the proportion of wood pellets imported from North America that were derived from roundwood in the latest year for which figures are available.

(207891)

3

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)

4

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)

5

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)

6

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)

7

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)

8

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)

9

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 has been 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)

10

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)

11

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; and if he will direct the Highways Agency to take steps to prevent a re-occurrence of that closure during future holiday periods.

(207812)

12

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)

1

N

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the demand for biomass for combustion in the UK is met by imports.

[Transferred] (207889)

2

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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.

[Transferred] (207945)

3

N

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 551W, on official visits, what domestic visits he and his predecessor have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

(208002)

4

N

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions of (a) cyber and (b) cyber-enabled crimes have been initiated in each the last five years; and how many such prosecutions were successful.

(208123)

5

N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) direct employees, (b) outsourced workers and (c) agency workers in executive agencies which report to his Department are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

(208010)

6

N

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 688W, on official visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

(208004)

7

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish all the responses received to the Future of Apprenticeships in England: Funding Reform Technical Consultation, published in March 2014.

(208118)

8

N

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's priorities are in relation to the Digital Government Strategy in the individual performance objectives for 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.

(208124)

9

N

Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support the National Nuclear Laboratory's commercial opportunities abroad.

(208039)

10

N

Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent on developing skills through training programmes and apprenticeships in the nuclear industry in each region of the UK in each of the last five years.

(208040)

11

N

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 359W, on domestic visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

(208003)

12

N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, under what criteria the Big Society Network was contracted to run the Giving Summits.

(208125)

13

N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Big Society Network has received for administering the Big Society Awards in each of the last three years.

(208126)

14

N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, under what criteria the Big Society Network was awarded the contract for running the Big Society Awards.

(208127)

15

N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been given to the Big Society Network for the purpose of running the Giving Summit in each of the last three years.

(208128)

16

N

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the Government Digital Service issues to department on minimum requirements for IT systems reliability and availability.

(208089)

17

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people over 50 years old in each region and constituent part of the UK have been unemployed for over 12 months.

(208076)

18

N

Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the ratio of average house prices to average wages was in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency in each year since 2008.

(208073)

19

N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the HMRC review into Simplified Import VAT Accounts.

(207981)

20

N

Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent fiscal steps he has taken to support small and micro-sized businesses in Scotland.

(208129)

21

N

Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on tackling tax avoidance in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(208142)

22

N

Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in receipt of (a) war disablement pension, (b) war widows pension, (c) war widowers pension, (d) guaranteed income payments, (e) survivor's guaranteed income payments he estimates pay increased council tax bills as a result of recent changes to council tax support in England.

(208028)

23

N

Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average standard assessment procedure energy rating score of new build homes was in each quarter for which figures are available since April 2010.

(208029)

24

N

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 618W, on official visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

(208006)

25

N

Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the rent arrears accrued by each registered social landlord in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency in each year since 2010.

(208072)

26

N

Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) flats, (b) houses and (c) houses of multiple occupancy in the private rented sector in Warrington in each year since 2008; and what the cost was of privately renting a (a) one bedroom flat, (b) two bedroomed house and (c) room in a house of multiple occupancy in each such year.

(208082)

27

N

Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications to develop urban green space have been approved in each of the last five years.

(208074)

28

N

Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many developments on designated urban green space have been approved under the National Planning Policy Framework, for which a local planning authority has not to set aside a five year supply of housing.

(208081)

29

N

Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local planning authorities do not have an adopted local development framework in place.

(208137)

30

N

Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local planning authorities do not have an adopted local development framework in place.

(208138)

31

N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) direct employees, (b) outsourced workers and (c) agency workers in executive agencies which report to his Department are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

(208011)

32

N

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 13W, on domestic visits, what domestic visits he and his predecessor has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

(208005)

33

N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what current assessment he has made of the relevance of unreleased historical documents relating to Northern Ireland held at Swadlincote to the work of the Historical Enquiries Team in investigating cases from the past; and whether he plans to release these records to the National Archive under the Public Records Act 1958.

(207980)

34

N

Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Regular Army Reserve of Officers will play any role in his plans for an expanded Territorial Army; and if he will make a statement.

(208083)

35

N

Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members the Regular Army Reserve of Officers has.

(208084)

36

N

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the Rural Community Broadband Fund initiative; and if she will make a statement.

(208116)

37

N

Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ban the use of snares across the UK.

(208115)

38

N

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the effect of climate change on human rights in countries particularly affected by climate change.

(208075)

39

N

Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he met the Secretary General of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy; and what plans he has for future meetings.

(208009)

40

N

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate potential savings to the NHS from more widespread use of e-cigarettes.

(208086)

41

N

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has assessed or commissioned on whether e-cigarette vapour carries health risks to bystanders.

(208087)

42

N

Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on the regulation of mitochondrial replacement techniques of the conclusion of the public hearing of the US Food and Drugs Administration's Cellular, Tissues and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee on oocyte modification in assisted reproduction for the prevention of transmission of mitochondrial disease.

(208088)

43

N

Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Health Protection Agency study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.

(208139)

44

N

Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the support given to the Cardiff Prevent priority area by the Office of Security and Counter Terrorism.

(208017)

45

N

Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last discussed steps to tackle extremism with Ministers in the Welsh Government; and when the next such meeting is planned.

(208018)

46

N

Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) the All Wales Prevent Board and (b) the Wales CONTEST Board.

(208019)

47

N

Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last discussed with the head of the UK Border Force the effectiveness of exit and entry checks in disrupting flows of those who are believed to be travelling to or returning from committing acts of terrorism overseas.

(208027)

48

N

Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had UK passports issued to them or renewed less than six months before they are known to have travelled to commit terrorist offences abroad in the last five years.

(208045)

49

N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) direct employees, (b) outsourced workers and (c) agency workers in executive agencies which report to her Department are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

(208012)

50

N

Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained at border points of entry for (a) having a false passport, (b) having incorrect visa authorisation and (c) any other reason in each of the last three years.

(208119)

51

N

Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people absconded from ports of entry after being stopped by UK Border Force staff in each of the last three years.

(208120)

52

N

Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who absconded after apprehension by UK Border Force staff at ports of entry in each of the last three years were subsequently captured.

(208121)

53

N

Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people detained at border ports of entry in each of the last three years were granted temporary admission.

(208122)

54

N

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of reforms proposed by her Department to the Riot (Damages) Act 1986 on the level of compensation paid to businesses.

(208001)

55

N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many (a) direct, (b) outsourced and (c) agency employees on the Parliamentary estate are (i) paid less than the London living wage and (ii) employed on a zero-hours contract.

(208038)

56

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent support she has provided to countries in West Africa to help them with the recent ebola outbreak.

(208068)

57

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to provide further support to West African countries to deal with the ebola outbreak.

(208069)

58

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the briefing given by Médecins Sans Frontières at the UN on 2 September 2014.

(208070)

59

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Médecins Sans Frontières on the recent ebola outbreak.

(208071)

60

N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is giving to (a) Sierra Leone and (b) other countries in West Africa, to them help counter the outbreak of Ebola; and if she will make a statement.

(208085)

61

N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence since 16 October 2013 regarding the release of documents relating to Northern Ireland held at Swadlincote under the 30 year rule.

(207977)

62

N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the First and Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland; and what issues were discussed.

(207978)

63

N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the First and Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland regarding the killings in Ballymurphy in West Belfast in August 1971.

(207979)

64

N

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Rail framework agreement published on 1 September 2014, when the draft regulations to make Network Rail subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 will be laid; and under what parliamentary procedure the House will be asked to approve them.

(208117)

65

N

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the time taken to lay regulations to make Network Rail subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

(208131)

66

N

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the benefit-cost ratios for each of the schemes funded in the £1.5 billion works commissioned to improve the A14.

(208132)

67

N

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what weighting was given to environmental benefits when calculating the benefit-cost ratio for each of the schemes funded in the £1.5 billion works commissioned to improve the A14.

(208133)

68

N

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the methodology behind the benefit-cost ratios calculated for each of the schemes funded in the £1.5 billion works commissioned to improve the A14.

(208134)

69

N

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of (a) men, (b) women and (c) child cyclists suffered (i) fatal and (ii) serious injuries in each of the last 10 years.

(208079)

70

N

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Highways Agency has been subject to legal challenge by a local authority in each of the last 10 years.

(208080)

71

N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) direct employees, (b) outsourced workers and (c) agency workers in executive agencies which report to his Department are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

(208013)

72

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish in full the public responses to the consultation on the future franchise proposals covering routes currently served by Northern and Transpennine Express trains; and if he will publish, either in summary or full, the responses to that consultation before any decision on the award of the new franchises.

(208135)

73

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials in his Department have had with Network Rail on the timetable for temporary closure of Blackpool North station in relation to the electrification of line track in the last two months.

(208140)

74

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials in his Department have had with Network Rail on the implications of the works at and around Blackpool North station for (a) capacity, (b) flexibility and (c) frequency of services in and out of Blackpool North station.

(208141)

75

N

Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) land and (b) buildings of what value belonging to the Coastguard Service have been sold since May 2010.

(208130)

76

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement.

(208015)

77

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that a person in receipt of carer's allowance may claim that allowance for each person cared for.

(208016)

78

N

Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of payments made directly to landlords for universal credit claimants in (a) total and (b) each local authority.

(208007)

79

N

Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claimants have had a payment made directly to their landlord.

(208008)

80

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he will take to ensure that evaluations of the Work Programme look at its performance for ethnic minority jobseekers.

(208014)

81

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses have been created with help from the New Enterprise Allowance; and how many of those businesses have sustained operations for more than 52 weeks.

(208044)

82

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on the Flexible Support Fund in each region of the UK in each year since it was introduced.

(208077)

83

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which recommendations made by the Work Programme Best Practice Group have been (a) fully implemented, (b) partially implemented and (c) not implemented; and if he will make a statement.

(208078)

★ 1

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): Whether he has any plans for further court closures.

(905233)

★ 2

Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Youth Engagement Fund on youth offending.

(905234)

★ 3

Philip Davies (Shipley): What assessment he has made of the availability of books to prisoners.

(905235)

★ 4

Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What steps he plans to take to enforce the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.

(905236)

★ 5

Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of governance and security at HMP Northumberland.

(905237)

★ 6

Graham Jones (Hyndburn): What estimate he has made of the number of offenders given a non-custodial sentence in the last three years who had more than 100 previous convictions.

(905238)

★ 7

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): Whether the offence of treason is available for use by prosecuting authorities against UK citizens participating in jihad in the Middle East.

(905239)

★ 8

Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): What steps he plans to take to enforce the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.

(905240)

★ 9

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What steps his Department has taken to prevent insurance fraud.

(905241)

★ 10

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What steps he is taking to reduce re-offending.

(905242)

★ 11

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): What progress his Department has made on the Transforming Rehabilitation programme.

(905243)

★ 12

Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What progress his Department has made on its courts rebuilding programme.

(905244)

★ 13

Richard Graham (Gloucester): What plans he has for the completion of the National Justice Review.

(905245)

★ 14

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What progress his Department has made on increasing the provision of restorative justice programmes for offenders.

(905246)

★ 15

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What assessment he has made of the potential merits of joint working between probation trusts and police forces to reduce re-offending.

(905247)

★ 16

Andrew Griffiths (Burton): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of open prisons.

(905248)

★ 17

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): What steps he is taking to reduce the level of violence in prisons.

(905249)

★ 18

Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Probation Service.

(905250)

★ 19

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of recent changes to legal aid.

(905251)

★ 20

Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): What forecasts the Government has made of future trends in the prison population.

(905252)

★ 21

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): What steps his Department is taking to ensure that there will be sufficient prison places available for those offenders given custodial sentences over the next 10 years.

(905253)

★ 22

Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of his plans for youth custody on (a) young children and (b) girls.

(905254)

★ 23

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): What the Government's strategy is on the future of the Probation Service.

(905255)

★ 24

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): What steps he is taking to ensure access to justice regardless of ability to pay.

(905256)

★ 25

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What steps his Department is taking to promote access to justice.

(905257)

★ 1

Mr David Hanson (Delyn): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

(905258)

★ 2

Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden):

(905259)

★ 3

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk):

(905260)

★ 4

Philip Davies (Shipley):

(905261)

★ 5

John Mann (Bassetlaw):

(905262)

★ 6

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes):

(905263)

★ 7

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston):

(905264)

★ 8

Paul Flynn (Newport West):

(905265)

★ 9

Stella Creasy (Walthamstow):

(905266)

★ 10

Lorely Burt (Solihull):

(905267)

1

N

Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the role of schools in encouraging pupils to consider apprenticeships post-16.

(207983)

2

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to publish the official report examining the causes of the 2013 horse meat scandal; and what the reason is for the delay in publication.

(208030)

3

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many quadcopters or similar remote controlled devices her Department has purchased; for what purpose; and at what cost to the public purse.

(208032)

4

N

Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the reconfiguration of health services in Worcestershire and any effects on Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.

(207986)

5

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many quadcopters or similar remote controlled devices her Department has purchased; for what purpose; and at what cost to the public purse.

(208031)

6

N

Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what she anticipates will be achieved by the trial of the new stop and search scheme by West Mercia Police.

(207982)

7

N

Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the closure and hours reductions of public counters at police stations.

(207984)

8

N

Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the role of crime agencies in caring for and supporting people with mental health problems.

(207985)

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)

1

N

Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to promote community cohesion following the recent anti-Semetistic incidents; and if he will make a statement.

(208042)

2

N

Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to address the recent increase in anti-Semetism; and if she will make a statement.

(208041)

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