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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 11 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 10 September 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 11 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 11 September  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
 
★ 1
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What changes there were in the number of apprenticeship starts for under-19s in academic year 2012-13 compared to the previous academic year.
    (905308)
★ 2
Richard Graham (Gloucester): What steps he is taking to reduce regulation on businesses.
    (905309)
★ 5
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): What recent assessment he has made of the competitiveness of the UK as a place to do business.
    (905312)
★ 6
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps his Department is taking to increase the number of highly-skilled workers.
    (905313)
★ 7
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): What recent assessment he has made of the availability of finance for small firms and the level of lending by banks to small businesses.
    (905314)
★ 9
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): What support he is providing to pubs.
    (905316)
★ 10
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): What steps his Department is taking to encourage investment in science.
    (905317)
★ 11
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): If he will take steps to ensure that construction workers at Hinkley Point C receive lodging allowances.
    (905318)
★ 12
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What steps the Government is taking to ensure the value of the minimum wage keeps pace with inflation and encourage firms to pay a living wage.
    (905319)
★ 14
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): What steps the Government is taking to ensure the value of the minimum wage keeps pace with inflation and encourage firms to pay a living wage.
    (905321)
★ 15
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): What steps he is taking to increase access to higher education.
    (905322)
★ 16
Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West): What recent estimate he has made of the proportion of Regional Growth Fund monies which has not yet been drawn down by businesses.
    (905323)
★ 17
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): How many registered businesses there were in May 2010; and how many such businesess there are now.
    (905324)
★ 20
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What recent progress has been made on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
    (905327)
★ 21
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): What assessment he has made of the demand for foreign language skills amongst small and medium-sized businesses.
    (905328)
★ 22
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): What steps his Department is taking to ensure that scientific advice carries appropriate weight across government.
    (905329)
At 10.15am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (905333)
★ 2
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):  
    (905334)
★ 3
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):  
    (905335)
★ 4
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):  
    (905336)
★ 5
Mark Pawsey (Rugby):  
    (905337)
★ 6
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood):  
    (905338)
★ 7
Graham Jones (Hyndburn):  
    (905339)
★ 8
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):  
    (905340)
★ 10
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish):  
    (905342)

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)

Notices given on Monday 8 September

1
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions for forced labour there were in each of the last three financial years.
    (208480)
2
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Attorney General, how many times prosecutions have been brought against those who have had their licence revoked by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority in each of the last three years.
    (208482)
3
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions of offences under the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981 there have been in each year between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
    (208553)
4
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Attorney General, when the Crown Prosection Service last (a) issued and (b) reviewed guidelines for prosecutions under the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981; and whether a further review of those guidelines is planned.
    (208554)
5
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers have been issued with a Notice of Underpayment since 1 October 2013; and of those how many have been identified under the Department's National Minimum Wage naming scheme.
    (208599)
6
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many interns each Department has accepted as part of the Summer Diversity Internship Programme who were (a) from each black and minority ethnic background, (b) socio-economically disadvantaged and (c) disabled in each year since that programme started.
    (208562)
7
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what monitoring his Department carried out on the Summer Diversity Internship Programme.
    (208563)
8
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what town or city each intern on the Summer Diversity Internship Programme was from in each year since that programme started.
    (208564)
9
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many interns each department has accepted as part of the Summer Diversity Internship Programme; and how many such interns have been (a) women and (b) men in each year since that programme started.
    (208565)
10
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices each department has accepted as part of the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme; and how many such apprenticeships were taken up by (a) women and (b) men in each year since that scheme started.
    (208566)
11
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister's Office about the decision to fund the Big Society Network and its charity arm, the Society Network Foundation, by the Social Investment Business and the Big Lottery Fund.
    (208555)
12
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Investigation into grants from the Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation, HC 572, paragraph 3.13, for what reason his Department did not request details of the actual expenditure incurred on the Get In project.
    (208556)
13
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations the Social Investment Business made to his Department about its proposal to alter the criteria which ensured that the Get In project of the Society Network Foundation received funds when they already had been turned down.
    (208557)
14
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason a second payment to the Society Network Foundation for the Get In project was made when the Get In project had a surplus of £60,800 in October 2012.
    (208598)
15
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to reduce waste across Government.
    (208558)
16
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress the Permanent Secretary of his Department has made on his objective for delivery of information and transactional services to his Department's users by taking the Digital by Default approach.
    (208589)
17
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues on using the planning system to prevent concentrations of fast food outlets in deprived areas in order to reduce obesity.
    (208593)
18
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide protection to people suffering from nuisance telephone calls.
    (208547)
19
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will ensure that a single Minister in his Department is responsible for tourism.
    (208548)
20
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of homophobic incidents that have occurred in professional football in each year since 2010; and what steps he is taking to improve access to football for LGBT people.
    (208617)
21
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote competition in the provision of 4G services.
    (208600)
22
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2013, page 13, what progress has been made on the Partner Employment Project; and if he will make a statement.
    (208498)
23
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2013, page 67, what progress has been made on the review of public transport issues affecting service families living in remote areas; and if he will make a statement.
    (208502)
24
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2013, page 25, when his Department plans to publish the initial findings of its study of the causes of death of veterans of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    (208503)
25
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2013, page 7, what progress has been made on the introduction of pupil information profiles to help with the transfer of key information when service children move from one school to another; and whether he plans to introduce that programme on a nationwide basis.
    (208504)
26
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the significance is of the award of an ICT Mark to a school; and how many schools received such an award in 2013.
    (208621)
27
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Free Schools are currently open; and what the admission number of each school was planned for September 2014.
    (208473)
28
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Free Schools are pre-approved to open; and what the planned admission number is for each school in the first year of opening.
    (208474)
29
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Free Schools that had planned to open in September 2014 have had their opening delayed (a) since they were pre-approved and (b) since 1 March 2014.
    (208475)
30
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Free Schools that had planned to open in (a) September 2011, (b) September 2012, (c) September 2013 and (d) September 2014 have had their funding withdrawn between their intended day of opening and 1 March in that year.
    (208476)
31
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how may teachers in state-funded schools did not hold a degree in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
    (208477)
32
N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the National College of Teaching and Learning will publish the final initial teacher training allocations for 2014-15.
    (208627)
33
N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the final number of trainee teachers recruited in each region was in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
    (208628)
34
N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of trainee teachers required through the School Direct programme in 2014-15.
    (208629)
35
N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of trainee teachers required in each region in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
    (208630)
36
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects her Department to meet its target of all 16 year olds being in employment, education or training.
    (208596)
37
N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the statement by the Minister of State at his Department on 2 September 2014 in the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, that in winter 2013-14 average bills being paid by British Gas customers were £90 lower, what the evidential basis was for that statement.
    (208471)
38
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of Green Deal Home Improvement funding that has been allocated to deprived areas.
    (208505)
39
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library an unredacted copy of the Rural Community Policy Unit report on Shale Gas Rural Economy Impacts, published in March 2014.
    (208622)
40
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of changes to safety requirements for the 2014 badger cull on the safety of that cull.
    (208550)
41
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much a UK tourist visa costs a Chinese national.
    (208545)
42
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to enable Chinese nationals to make a single application for a UK and a Schengen visa.
    (208549)
43
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle religious persecution internationally.
    (208594)
44
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on cancer services per capita in (a) real terms and (b) cash terms in each of the last five years.
    (208470)
45
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities have (a) submitted satisfactory Statements of Assurance, (b) submitted unsatisfactory Statements of Assurance and (c) failed to submit Statements of Assurance for the Public Health Grant for 2013-14.
    (208590)
46
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed in each Agenda for Change band in (a) May 2010 and (b) May 2014.
    (208591)
47
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute, elderly and general nurses were employed in (a) each NHS region and (b) each Agenda for Change band in (i) May 2010 and (ii) May 2014.
    (208592)
48
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed in each NHS region in May (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.
    (208624)
49
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the number of children diagnosed with diabetes between 2005 and 2013.
    (208620)
50
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the findings of the recent Royal College of Midwives report, Postnatal Care Planning; and what steps he is taking to address shortages of midwives and ensure that the care received is based on clinical need of the mother.
    (208501)
51
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of Midwives 2020: Delivering Expectations, published in September 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (208595)
52
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of recent trends in annual statistics on unexplained deaths in infancy; what steps his Department is taking to encourage further reductions in the rates of such deaths; and if he will make a statement.
    (208602)
53
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people were estimated to be binge-drinkers in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (208551)
54
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Government's Public Health Responsibility Deal in reducing alcohol-related harms.
    (208561)
55
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people waiting for a (a) hip replacement, (b) cataract operation and (c) knee replacement in May (i) 2010 and (ii) 2014 were on the imcomplete waiting list or zero to one week..
    (208601)
56
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many privately-funded (a) knee replacement procedures, (b) hip replacement procedures and (c) cataract operations were conducted in NHS hospitals in England in each year since 2009-10.
    (208625)
57
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences have been revoked by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority in each of the last three years.
    (208481)
58
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time spent in detention for the purposes of immigration control by (a) women and (b) men in each category of detainee was in each of the last five years.
    (208559)
59
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum time spent in a detention centre for the purpose of immigration control by (a) women and (b) men in each category of detainee was in each of the last five years.
    (208560)
60
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 112W, what progress has been made on the review by an expert panel of the UK's response to new psychoactive substances announced on 12 December 2013.
    (208618)
61
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) thefts and (b) attempted thefts from vehicles have been (i) reported to and (ii) attended by the police in each local authority in Cumbria in each of the last five years.
    (208478)
62
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to his letter to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration of 4 August 2014 on behalf of a constituent, CTS ref M11054/14.
    (208487)
63
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa.
    (208479)
64
N
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on media monitoring in each of the last five years.
    (208568)
65
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 256W, on courts: video conferencing, if he will publish a list of the remote sites for giving evidence in England and Wales that are located away from court buildings.
    (208616)
66
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the assessment of the Major Projects Authority on his plans for the Probation Service.
    (208483)
67
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are still unallocated to either the National Probation Service or to a community rehabilitation company in (a) the North West, (b) Cheshire and (c) Warrington.
    (208484)
68
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of pedestrians who are (a) male, (b) female, (c) children and (d) over 65 suffered (i) fatal and (ii) serious injuries in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (208623)
69
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he or Ministers in his Department have had with Ministers in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the proposed reform of apprenticeships and its potential effects on his Department's projects and the work of its supply chain; and whether officials in his Department sit on programme boards managing that reform.
    (208615)
70
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether electrification of the South Wales Main Line will include electrification of the relief lines between Severn Tunnel Junction and Cardiff Central stations.
    (208485)
71
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to limit changes to rail fares for commuters in 2015; and if he will make a statement.
    (208569)
72
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for short benefit advances in 2013-14; how many such applications were successful; what average amount was awarded to successful claimants; and what reason was given for the rejection of each unsuccessful application.
    (208472)
73
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of the tools, processes and techniques used by Monster on its commercial job search website to protect users from fraudulent activity are not used on Universal Jobmatch; and what changes Monster has proposed to his Department to improve anti-fraud protection on his Department's website.
    (208500)
74
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming employment and support allowance who were previously self employed.
    (208597)
75
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to benefit offices on referrals to food banks.
    (208567)
76
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Walsall North's letters of 6 August 2014 and 20 August 2014 on behalf of a constituent.
    (208486)

Notices given on Tuesday 9 September

1
N
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he issues to companies delivering publicly-funded projects on taking the national interest into account when awarding contracts and sub-contracts.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]   (905311)
2
N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what safeguards for (a) the NHS and (b) other UK public services the Government is seeking to secure within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
[Question Unstarred]   (905326)
3
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to widen access to higher education.
[Question Unstarred]   (905330)
4
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) violent and (b) other crime was attributable to alcohol in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]   (208552)
5
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on young people in (a) Wirral, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) England of devolving the duty to deliver careers guidance.
[Transferred]   (208499)
6
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of young people hospitalised as a result of legal highs in each year since May 2010.
[Transferred]   (208619)
7
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Chinese nationals visited the UK on tourist visas in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
[Transferred]   (208546)
8
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014, Official Report, column 32W, on Crown Courts, what the reasons were for the (a) Crown Prosecution Service offering no evidence and (b) judge ordering acquittals in each of the cases in the homicide category.
    (208789)
9
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2014, Official Report, column 678W, on Crown Courts, how many defendants included in the figures for each of the years from 2008 to 2013 were charged with homicide.
    (208790)
10
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the UK manufacturing sector since 2010.
    (208722)
11
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Russian-owned companies are currently located in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (208819)
12
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the letter he received in February 2014 from the law firm Hodge Jones and Allen setting out alleged breaches of law at the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair in 2013; whether any enforcement actions have been taken in response to this letter; and if he will make a statement.
    (208783)
13
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, column 348W, on arms trade: trade fairs, what consideration his Department gave to any previous breaches of arms control legislation by exhibitors during the process of agreeing the Memorandum of Understanding between his Department and Clarion; and if he will make a statement.
    (208807)
14
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the decision-making process was for the distribution of his Department's £4.2 million Innovation Fund to improve voter registration.
    (208794)
15
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will consider using powers under Section 5 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the purpose of ensuring that Electoral Registration Officers are covered by the provisions of Freedom of Information Act.
    (208795)
16
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider including information about bone marrow donation within correspondence informing people of their National Insurance number.
    (208684)
17
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the economy of the North East since 2010.
    (208721)
18
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) size and (b) potential risk posed to the economy from (i) the UK and (ii) the international shadow banking system.
    (208723)
19
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent change there has been in the average wage of UK workers.
    (208724)
20
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on ensuring adequate levels of funding for public services in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
    (208821)
21
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle the problem of excess credit card charging; and if he will make a statement.
    (208770)
22
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK Government supported the recent invitation from the Financial Action Task Force for Israel to become a member of that body.
    (208651)
23
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the UK Government's representative is on the Financial Action Task Force.
    (208652)
24
 
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Openness of Local Bodies Regulations 2014 on bureaucracy and the cost of services provided by town councils.
    (208759)
25
 
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from town councils regarding paragraph 7(2) of the draft Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014.
    (208760)
26
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have a policy requiring that some or all homes in their area should be built to Lifetime Homes Standards, or to a comparable standard; and if he will make a statement.
    (208792)
27
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency planning has been undertaken by his Department for any potential UK military involvement to tackle Islamic State in (a) Iraq and (b) Syria; and if he will make a statement.
    (208813)
28
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether funds have been allocated for the purchase of new F-35s for the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales; and if he will make a statement.
    (208814)
29
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of his Department's budget for Electoral Registration Transformation Programme has been spent on registering additional citizens to vote in the current financial year; and what assessment he has made of the performance of this Programme in this function.
    (208701)
30
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of his Department's Parliament and Constitution Division's budget has been spent on registering additional voters in the current financial year.
    (208703)
31
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of his Department's Election and Democracy Division budget has been spent on registering additional voters in this financial year.
    (208725)
32
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she issues to (a) maintained schools and (b) independent schools on recording instances where staff have verbally abused a special educational needs student.
    (208631)
33
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance is given by her Department to (a) maintained schools and (b) independent schools on what action to take when a students attempts suicide as a result of bullying.
    (208632)
34
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fostered children have been separated from their siblings in each of the last five years.
    (208773)
35
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reunite fostered siblings who have been separated at foster homes.
    (208774)
36
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the relationship between the construction industry and colleges in providing courses that meet the skills requirements of employers within the construction industry.
    (208668)
37
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fully qualified teachers who have completed their studies within the last three years in England have not received a permanent teaching post.
    (208690)
38
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much oil and gas the UK purchased from the Russian Federation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
    (208820)
39
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects of solar farms on nearby wildlife.
    (208643)
40
 
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will seek a derogation from the proposed prohibition on driftnet fisheries, amending Council Regulations (EC) No. 850/98, (EC) No. 812/2004, (EC) No. 2187/2005 and (EC) No. 1967/2006 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 894/97 for the purpose of preventing the elimination of local inshore herring fishery in northern Devon.
    (208758)
41
 
Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides on the determination of allowable increases in phosphate pollution levels in English rivers.
    (208635)
42
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on the future of the country sports industry in Scotland after 2014.
    (208645)
43
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on the future of deer hunting in Scotland after 2014.
    (208646)
44
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on land reform in Scotland after 2014.
    (208647)
45
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of paroxysms in puppies.
    (208769)
46
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of stray dogs in each of the last three years.
    (208771)
47
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many stray dogs were put down in each of the last three years.
    (208772)
48
 
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the likelihood of nations to which the UK exports for incineration introducing similar measures to the Dutch government's planned incineration tax.
  [R] (208718)
49
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has met representatives of the Women's League of Burma to discuss rape and sexual violence in that country.
    (208754)
50
 
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will allocate funding to support the work of UN Women UK.
    (208687)
51
 
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what future plans he has to continue engaging with non-governmental organisations concerned with gender equality and women's rights over the next year.
    (208689)
52
 
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to monitor the effectiveness of the commitments given by his Department during the Girls Summit 2014.
    (208693)
53
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure all UN member states commit not to take military action in Ira of Syria without either the consent of the governments of those countries or a supporting UNSC Resolution.
    (208633)
54
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assist persecuted Christians around the world; and if he will make a statement.
    (208812)
55
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to respond to the report by Sir John Jenkins on the Muslim Brotherhood.
    (208636)
56
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the report by Sir John Jenkins on the Muslim Brotherhood.
    (208637)
57
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his French and German counterparts about assistance to the Kurdistan regional government.
    (208638)
58
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security threat to Israel from Hamas.
    (208639)
59
 
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has put in place to protect the health of UK diplomatic staff, and their dependents in West African nations affected by the ebola outbreak; and what monitoring of their health is available to them on their return to the UK.
    (208755)
60
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Israeli authorities on the entry to Gaza of construction materials.
    (208640)
61
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to help to end the blockade of Gaza.
    (208648)
62
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the role of international observers in monitoring ceasefire arrangements in Gaza and protecting the security of Palestinians and Israelis.
    (208649)
63
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the government of Israel on implementation of the findings of the Turkel Commission.
    (208650)
64
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution his Department made to the Egyptian-mediated negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians on achieving a sustainable ceasefire.
    (208656)
65
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking (a) unilaterally and (b) multilaterally to achieve the aims set out in the Foreign Affairs Council conclusions of 15 August 2014 of (i) immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza and (ii) the lifting of the Gaza closure regime.
    (208657)
66
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timetable is for the study of options for an internationally-supervised mechanism to enable full access and movement through all Gaza ports of entry agreed at the Foreign Affairs Council of 15 August 2014.
    (208658)
67
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is giving to the efforts of the Palestinian National Unity Government to reconnect Gaza and the West Bank.
    (208659)
68
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Israeli government on an end to the blockade of Gaza.
    (208662)
69
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is giving to the UN's call for accountability from the Israeli authorities for deaths in Gaza of UNRWA personnel, medical staff, firefighters and technicians', injuries to aid workers and the damage or destruction of UN premises and hospitals and clinics.
    (208663)
70
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will work with other EU member states to address any legitimate security constraints affecting Israel that could prevent the lifting of the Gaza blockade.
    (208664)
71
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve awareness of stem cell donation among 16 and 17 year olds.
    (208683)
72
 
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014, Official Report, column 382W, on General Practitioners, for what reason the figure for financial year 2009-10 (the figure as at September 2009) was not included in that answer.
    (208788)
73
 
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the role of mitrochondrial DNA in addition to energy-related functions.
    (208700)
74
 
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has paid out for wrongful birth claims in each year between 2003 and 2013; how many successful claims for wrongful birth were made in each year between 2008 and 2012.
    (208750)
75
 
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the neonatal conditions were that accounted for successful wrongful birth claims between 2003 and 2013.
    (208751)
76
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings Ministers or officials in his Department have had with individuals or groups representing intersex people about NHS services for and the needs of intersex people.
    (208810)
77
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve recruitment and retention in NHS community and district nursing.
    (208748)
78
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate staffing levels and skill mix within NHS community-nursing teams.
    (208749)
79
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the additional 10,000 primary and community health and care professionals which his Department plans to make available by 2020 will be (a) existing NHS staff and (b) new starters.
    (208752)
80
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to set national recruitment targets for NHS community and district nurses.
    (208753)
81
 
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which clinical commissioning groups have awarded contracts to provide community services to non-NHS providers or consortia that include non-NHS providers; and what the estimated or confirmed lifetime value of each of those contracts is.
    (208791)
82
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with carpel tunnel syndrome in each of the last three years.
    (208761)
83
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of carpel tunnel syndrome (a) to the NHS and (b) in terms of employee days lost.
    (208762)
84
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with gout in each of the last five years.
    (208763)
85
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of drug treatments for gout in each of the last five years.
    (208764)
86
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many people with gout subsequently develop arthritis in their joints.
    (208765)
87
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the NHS has to introduce stem-cell treatment as a substitute for hip and knee replacements.
    (208766)
88
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have suffered sporting injuries that have led to cartilage problems in each of the last five years.
    (208767)
89
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on plans to develop a new prevalence survey for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
    (208642)
90
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on interpreters in England and Wales in the last three years.
    (208666)
91
 
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what annual funding per head of population was provided to the South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group in each of the last five years; and what the average such spend was on all Clinical Commissioning Groups in England.
    (208786)
92
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister in her Department took the decision to terminate the contract with Raytheon to build an immigration computer system; and if she will make a statement.
    (208634)
93
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representation her Department will have on the On-The-Runs Oversight Board established after the publication of the Hallett Report on 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
    (208815)
94
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investor visas have been granted by the UK Government to Russian citizens since May 2010; and how many of those visas were issued after January 2014; and if she will make a statement.
    (208816)
95
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve security between the UK and the Republic of Ireland to prevent the return through Ireland of British-born jihadists; and if she will make a statement.
    (208817)
96
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process is for setting remuneration for police and crime commissioners; and if she will make a statement..
    (208818)
97
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an assessment of the effect on civil liberties of current statutory definitions of terrorism and the proportionality and necessity of the range of those definitions.
    (208686)
98
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department provides to ethnic Chin refugees in India who are victims of sexual violence.
    (208756)
99
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will raise with her Somali counterpart allegations of sexual exploitation and rape including against young children by African Union soldiers who were on peace keeping duties during 2013.
    (208782)
100
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department’s funding is spent on providing adequate housing; and how much such funding is available to be spent in Sierra Leone.
    (208747)
101
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to the public purse was of the Girl Effect Art Installation in her Departmental offices.
    (208704)
102
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on projects solely for the benefit of (a) males and (b) females in each of the last five years.
    (208716)
103
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, UIN 206962, on Afghanistan, what memoranda of understanding have been signed between her Department and the Afghan Investment Support Agency in regards to the Bost Agri and Bost Airfield projects covering the period 2009 to present; and if she will place in the Library copies of such memoranda.
    (208787)
104
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects funded by her Department in Gaza have been (a) damaged and (b) destroyed as a result of Israeli military action during Operation Protective Edge.
    (208653)
105
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution her Department will offer at the donors' conference on the reconstruction of Gaza.
    (208654)
106
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the importance to a sustainable economy in Gaza of the re-opening of (a) Gaza airport and (b) the sea-port.
    (208655)
107
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the increase in UK aid to Gaza (a) directly and (b) through contributions to UK non-governmental organisations and to international organisations has been since the start of Operation Protective Edge.
    (208660)
108
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the Israeli government on reparations for the damage caused by Operation Protective Edge to UN and civilian facilities in Gaza.
    (208661)
109
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve conditions for prisoners with mental health problems in prisons in England; and if he will make a statement.
    (208641)
110
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in victim surcharge has been (a) imposed and (b) collected on all Crown Court sentences (i) since 1 October 2012 and (ii) for the equivalent period up to that date.
    (208705)
111
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in HMP Brixton for what offences were (a) over 70, (b) in a wheelchair, (c) using a walking frame and (d) recorded as having hernia problems from 9 January 2014 to 7 February 2014.
    (208706)
112
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) age and (b) offence type of prisoners held in HMP Belmarsh who were under the age of 21 from 23 December 2013 to 9 January 2014 is.
    (208707)
113
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in HMP Belmarsh for what offences were first time offenders from 23 December 2013 to 9 January 2014.
    (208708)
114
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in HMP Belmarsh for what offences were (a) over 70, (b) in a wheelchair, (c) using a walking frame and (d) recorded as having hernia problems from 23 December 2013 to 9 January 2014.
    (208709)
115
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received a caution for the possession of (a) class A, (b) class B and (c) class C drugs in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (208710)
116
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners sentenced for what offence have been released from prison in error while (a) being held on remand and (b) serving a custodial sentence in each of the last five years; and what the nature of the error was in each case.
    (208711)
117
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in victim surcharge has been (a) imposed and (b) collected in cases involving Crown Court sentences of imprisonment since 1 October 2012.
    (208712)
118
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many previous convictions at the time of sentence each offender sentenced to immediate custody for a single offence of possession of (a) class A, (b) class B and (c) class C drugs had in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (208713)
119
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of what offence and with what period of sentence left to serve who were released from prison in error (a) have and (b) have not been returned to custody in each of the last five years.
    (208714)
120
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders convicted of a single offence of possession of class C drugs received (a) a discharge, (b) a fine, (c) a community order, (d) a suspended prison sentence and (e) an immediate prison sentence in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (208715)
121
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) sentenced and (b) remand prisoners were held in HMP Belmarsh for the offence of criminal damage from 23 December 2013 to 9 January 2014.
    (208717)
122
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what grounds offenders who received the maximum prison sentences for the possession of (a) class A and (b) class B drugs received those sentences in 2012.
    (208719)
123
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders convicted of a single offence of possession of class B drugs received (a) a discharge, (b) a fine, (c) a community order, (d) a suspended prison sentence and (e) an immediate prison sentence in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (208720)
124
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to encourage more people to make a will.
    (208644)
125
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answers of 4 September 2014, to UIN numbers 207794, 207797 and 207798, who the individual members of the On-The-Runs Policy Oversight Board will be; and if she will make a statement.
    (208822)
126
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive about measures to bring the level of car insurance premiums in Northern Ireland in line with those in the rest of the UK.
    (208768)
127
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of potential direct consequences for the Northern Ireland economy of a Scottish vote in favour of independence.
    (208665)
128
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will have discussions with religious groups on reintroducing a National Day of Prayer to reflect on the terrorist threats the UK faces.
    (208699)
129
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's publication entitled Appointments to Boards and Equality Law, published in August 2014.
    (208793)
130
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have had with individuals or groups representing intersex people.
    (208685)
131
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessments have been made since 2010 of the potential merits of establishing the Government Equalities Office within a permanent parent department or as a standalone department.
    (208811)
132
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of (a) capital cost and (b) maintenance and upgrading costs of a new IT system which would be required by the Northern Ireland Assembly's Department of Social Development to administer welfare-related matters in the event of Northern Ireland not proceeding with the current UK wide welfare reform programme.
    (208781)
133
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people are using Access to Work support for a (a) work trial, (b) work experience opportunity under the Youth contract, (c) supported internship, (d) traineeship and (e) pre-employment training work placement.
    (208692)
134
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people have received new support from the Access to Work scheme to participate in internships, traineeships and work placements in each month since September 2013.
    (208695)
135
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new beneficiaries of the Access to Work scheme had (a) mental health conditions, (b) physical impairments and (c) sensory impairments as the main disabling condition recorded by his Department in each of the last 24 months.
    (208696)
136
 
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of assessing the eligibility of (a) people with learning disabilities, (b) deaf people, (c) blind people, (d) people with primary or secondary MS, (e) people with Alzheimer's, (f) people with Motor Neurone Disease, (g) people with muscular dystrophy and (h) Deafblind people who are in receipt of disability living allowance for the personal independence payment (PIP); and how often each will be expected to be reassessed for continued eligibility for PIP.
    (208667)
137
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to release work programme provider performance data according to the age of participant.
    (208688)
138
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow early entry to the work programme for unemployed older people.
    (208691)
139
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals for a new Work Programme payment group for older jobseekers.
    (208694)
140
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to prioritise funding for second qualifications for those with the lowest levels of work experience and skills.
    (208697)
141
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support older jobseekers in going through online recruitment processes.
    (208698)
142
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help Jobcentre Plus, Work Programme and voluntary providers to tackle age discrimination.
    (208702)
143
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Flexible Support Fund in supporting older jobseekers.
    (208757)
Friday 12 September  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 3 September

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-Semitic 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-Semitism; and if she will make a statement.
    (208041)

Notices given on Monday 8 September

1
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what savings the Efficiency and Reform Group has identified in each year since 2010.
    (208570)
2
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to ensure that licence holders not local authorities pay costs arising from fires at waste disposal sites.
    (208571)

Notices given on Tuesday 9 September

1
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of pupils from each ethnic group were admitted to (a) the University of Oxford, (b) the University of Cambridge and (c) other Russell Group universities in the last six years for which figures are available.
    (208742)
2
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students from each ethnic group were (a) working, (b) studying and (c) unemployed six months after leaving higher education.
    (208743)
3
N
Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what UK Trade and Industry's most recent (a) estimate and (b) target is for business generated for UK companies as a result of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
    (208831)
4
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many construction workers claimed subsistence allowances in each of the last five years.
    (208733)
5
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of births that will take place in England in each of the next 10 years.
    (208775)
6
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the forecast cost is of tax relief arising from Decommissioning Relief Deeds provided to companies operating in the UK and UK Continental Shelf by year.
    (208800)
7
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the forecast cost is of tax relief arising from the (a) petroleum revenue tax oil allowance, (b) petroleum revenue tax tariff receipts allowance and (c) Ring Fence Expenditure Supplement and (i) ultra-heavy oil field, (ii) ultra-high pressure/high temperature field, (iii) small or gas field, (iv) deep water gas field, (v) large-deep water oil field, (vi) large-shallow water gas field, (vii) brownfield and (viii) remote deep-water gas field allowances in each year from 2014-15 to 2017-18.
    (208801)
8
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost of tax relief from the (a) petroleum revenue tax oil allowance, (b) petroleum revenue tax tariff receipts allowance and (c) Ring Fence Expenditure Supplement and (i) ultra-heavy oil field, (ii) ultra-high pressure/high temperature field, (iii) small or gas field, (iv) deep water gas field, (v) large-deep water oil field, (vi) large-shallow water gas field, (vii) brownfield and (viii) remote deep-water gas field allowances in each year from 2014-15 to 2017-18.
    (208802)
9
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government spent on bringing a legal challenge against the European Council on the decision to establish enhanced cooperation to implement a Financial Transaction Tax and what proportion of the total cost is (a) costs the UK will have to pay as a result of having lost the legal challenge, (b) staff time, (c) transport to and from Brussels, (d) legal fees and (e) other costs; what the names are of any external lawyers employed on this case; and if he will make a statement.
    (208809)
10
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue loss from tobacco smuggling has been prevented as a result of increasing assessments and civil penalties in each year since 2010-11; and what operational targets were set for this activity in each of those years.
    (208670)
11
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue loss has has been prevented as a result of targeting and disrupting criminal gangs behind tobacco fraud; and what operational targets were set for this activity in each year since 2010-11.
    (208671)
12
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what operational targets were set for the seizure of illicit (a) cigarettes and (b) hand-rolling tobacco in each year since 2010-11; and whether those targets were met in each of those years.
    (208672)
13
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what operational targets were set for reducing the supply of genuine tobacco products for fraud in each year since 2010-11; and whether those targets were met in each of those years.
    (208673)
14
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the full-year expenditure in each identified category of the Ring-fenced Public Health Grant was for (a) each local authority and (b) England in 2013-14.
    (208799)
15
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many shops in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency have benefited from the reduction in business rates.
    (208777)
16
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has any plans to strengthen local democratic oversight of planning decisions; and if he will make a statement.
    (208798)
17
N
Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his most recent estimate is for tourist (a) numbers and (b) spend delivered as a result of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
    (208830)
18
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to increase military aid being sent to Kurdish fighters in Iraq.
    (208740)
19
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time between completing online application forms and successful applicants starting training is for each of the reserve forces.
    (208824)
20
N
Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2014, UIN 208084, on Army Reserve, what the current size of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers (RARO) is; if he will encourage RARO to join the Army Reserve as part of the plans to increase the strength of the reserve; and if he will make a statement.
    (208829)
21
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on increasing the use of digital engagement in the development and implementation of policy.
    (208680)
22
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether case trapping is being used in (a) the Gloucestershire badger cull and (b) the Somerset badger cull.
    (208808)
23
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the incidence of myxomatosis in Britain; what change there has been in such levels in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
    (208745)
24
N
Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to institute infraction proceedings where Water Framework Directive river quality standards are not met.
    (208674)
25
N
Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides on (a) the future funding of catchment management partnerships and (b) the role of water companies; and if she will make a statement.
    (208675)
26
N
Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides on the level of phosphate discharge allowable from sewage treatment works under the Water Framework Directive; and what plans she has to review this guidance.
    (208676)
27
N
Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that the best available technology is used to reduce phosphate discharges into rivers at sewage treatment works in England.
    (208678)
28
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 Russia's ban on EU fish products on the pelagic industry in Northern Ireland.
    (208737)
29
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which states he has discussed the future of US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe since the Chicago NATO Summit.
    (208729)
30
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the renewal of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement was agreed.
    (208730)
31
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role the implementation of Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty has had in any negotiation on the renewal of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement.
    (208731)
32
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received an invitation to attend the third conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons in Vienna on 8 to 9 December 2014; and what representation the UK plans to send.
    (208732)
33
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the UK has drawn down from the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived to date.
    (208734)
34
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was the UK was entitled to draw down from the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived.
    (208735)
35
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authority about reconstruction in Gaza.
    (208679)
36
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made on improving the quality and transparency of management information across frontline services within his Department's Digital Service's Performance Platform tool.
    (208681)
37
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made following the recent reports of further illegal settlement building by the government of Israel in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement.
    (208803)
38
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations following the ceasefire for an easing of the blockades of Gaza; and if he will make a statement.
    (208804)
39
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the national Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services' budget is for the present financial year.
    (208785)
40
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to address the shortage of junior doctors at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
    (208823)
41
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times his Department has received applications for (a) additional funding or (b) other support from the funds and trusts which provide support to people with contaminated blood in each of the last five years.
    (208727)
42
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which locations mental health patients have been sent for out-of-area treatments since May 2010.
    (208736)
43
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her contribution of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 168, on Modern Slavery Bill, if she will publish the interim review of the National Referral Mechanism before the Committee stage of that Bill is completed; and when she will publish the final review.
    (208780)
44
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number, region and countries of origin of male and female victims of modern slavery and human trafficking, who have been referred to the Salvation Army in the past 10 years; if she will publish the data in a medium which hon. Members can readily access; and if she will make a statement.
    (208741)
45
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to her Answers of 8 September 2014, Official Report, column 467W and 22 July 2014, Official Report, column 1105W, if she will make available the number of victims referred to the Salvation Army in May and August 2014 in a format which can be downloaded and printed.
    (208744)
46
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many domestic violence incidents have been reported to the police in the last 12 months; and in how many such cases the police (a) took no further action, (b) charged perpetrators with a criminal offence and (c) secured a prosecution.
    (208825)
47
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she gives to UK police forces on using the European Arrest Warrant in respect of people against whom there is no evidence an offence has been committed under UK law; and if she will make a statement.
    (208746)
48
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the national youth justice budget was in each of the last three years.
    (208784)
49
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 711W, on official visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
    (208682)
50
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects on Victim Impact Statements on sentencing decisions made by judges in the criminal justice system.
    (208826)
51
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what domestic violence training programmes are available for probation staff; and how many probation staff have undertaken domestic violence training in the last 12 months.
    (208827)
52
N
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for a domestic violence protection order were made to the Bury and Rochdale Magistrates' Court in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.
    (208677)
53
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason she has declined to disclose the number of recipients of On-The-Run comfort letters who have fled the jurisdiction of the UK since her statement following the Hallett Report on 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
    (208832)
54
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 53W, on official visits, what domestic visits he and his predecessor have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
    (208669)
55
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Blue Badges were issued annually in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK.
    (208776)
56
N
Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign HGV lorries entered the UK in the last period for which figures are available; and how much revenue has been raised through the HGV Road Levy User since its introduction.
    (208828)
57
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 409W, on domestic visits, what domestic visits (a) she and (b) her predecessors have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
    (208779)
58
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State for Disabled People, Official Report, columns 554-64W, if he will publish the evidential basis for the statement that implementation of the Affordable Homes Bill would cost £1 billion; when those calculations were made; and by whom they were calculated.
    (208796)
59
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost of a PIP decision, including assessment costs and departmental administration.
    (208738)
60
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the costs of administering and providing PIP decisions are monitored and value for money reviewed for improvement.
    (208739)
61
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made at least one claim for out of work benefits, in each region and constituent part of the UK since May 2010.
    (208778)
62
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time Health and Safety Executive officers were employed to monitor asbestos removal in each month since May 2010.
    (208726)
63
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what records his Department holds on the number of occasions on which Health and Safety Executive asbestos removal inspectors have undertaken visits to sites outside normal business working hours.
    (208728)
64
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a claimant refused Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by a DWP decision maker on the grounds that their health had improve by the time of the decision, having obtained sufficient points to receive ESA in an earlier Work Capability Assessment, should be paid ESA in arrears for the period of their ill health; and if he will make a statement.
    (208797)
65
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of local authority involvement in the work programme; and if he will make a statement.
    (208805)
66
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Contract Wage Incentive scheme in the 20 Hotspot areas and in other areas.
    (208806)
Wednesday 15 October  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 4 September

1
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the progress made by local authorities in increasing the provision of audio visual next stop and final destination on-board announcements on local buses through the Better Bus Area fund.
    (208367)

Prepared 10th September 2014