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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 23 October 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 22 October 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 23 October 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 23 October  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
 
★ 1
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): What steps he is taking to relieve congestion on roads.
    (905598)
★ 2
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What assessment he has made of the merits of granting provisional licences for small motorbikes and scooters.
    (905599)
★ 3
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What recent discussions he has had with stakeholders in the aviation industry on the use of flight paths over conflict zones.
    (905600)
★ 4
Richard Graham (Gloucester): What recent estimate he has made of the change in the number of rail passenger journeys in each of the last three years.
    (905601)
★ 6
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): What progress he has made on improvements to the A417 and A419 at Nettleton Bottom and Crickley Hill; and if he will make a statement.
    (905603)
★ 7
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What plans he has to introduce new rolling stock on the railways.
    (905604)
★ 9
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What steps he is taking to relieve congestion on roads.
    (905606)
★ 10
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): What recent changes there have been to fares and rolling stock on the Northern and TransPennine franchises.
    (905607)
★ 12
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): How many of the shortlisted bidders for the Intercity East Coast franchise are wholly or partly foreign-owned.
    (905609)
★ 13
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): What recent progress has been made on the Tram Train project.
    (905610)
★ 14
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): What recent progress his Department has made on the rail electrification programme.
    (905611)
★ 15
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): What plans he has to improve rail services in the East Midlands.
    (905612)
★ 16
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What recent discussions he has had with his Department's Quality Contract Board.
    (905613)
★ 18
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): What research he has conducted into the effect on the number of deaths and serious injuries of increasing HGV speed limits.
    (905615)
★ 19
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): What steps he is taking to improve passenger safety in taxis and private hire vehicles.
    (905616)
★ 20
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): What financial assistance he is providing to local authorities to repair potholes.
    (905617)
At 10.05am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (905618)
★ 2
Duncan Hames (Chippenham):  
    (905619)
★ 3
David Mowat (Warrington South):  
    (905620)
★ 4
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester):  
    (905621)
★ 5
Charlie Elphicke (Dover):  
    (905622)
★ 6
Mark Menzies (Fylde):  
    (905623)
★ 7
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):  
    (905624)
★ 8
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East):  
    (905625)
★ 9
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood):  
    (905626)
★ 10
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):  
    (905627)
At 10.15am
Oral Questions to the Leader of the House and the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
 
★ 1
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent progress he has made as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict.
    (905588)
★ 2
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will make it his policy that topical questions be asked in the House to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
    (905589)
★ 3
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of September sittings of the House.
    (905590)
★ 4
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps he is taking to reward staff for exceptional work in supporting hon. Members.
    (905591)
★ 5
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Leader of the House, what progress he has made on plans for changes to the devolution settlement in the UK.
    (905592)
★ 6
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent representations he has received on the case for a rescue cat being adopted to control the mouse population on the Parliamentary Estate.
    (905593)
★ 7
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to improve the system of e-petitions.
    (905594)
★ 8
Gregory Barker (Bexhill and Battle): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent progress he has made as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict.
    (905595)
★ 9
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Leader of the House, what progress he has made on plans for changes to the devolution settlement in the UK.
    (905596)
★ 10
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to improve the system of e-petitions.
    (905597)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 16 October

1
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any projects contained in the Memorandum of Understanding between his Department and the Colombian Ministry of Defence signed in January 2014 have been designed and executed; and if he will make a statement.
    (210959)
2
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had discussions with the Colombian government in the last six months on future security assistance from the UK.
    (210960)
3
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Colombia on Colombian internal security in the last 12 months.
    (210961)
4
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representatives of British armed forces and his Department travelled to Colombia during 2013 and 2014.
    (210962)

Notices given on Friday 17 October

1
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Pakistan authorities on the case of Asia Bibi.
    (210993)
2
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken to ensure better capacity building programmes in South Sudan to help address the food crisis in that country.
    (210991)
3
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will discuss food security, health and nutrition in South Sudan with the government of that country.
    (210992)
4
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on legal fees in unsuccessful attempts to avoid judicial reviews in cases concerning (a) residence tests, (b) mesothelioma compensation, (c) barrister fees, (d) criminal solicitor fees and (e) other cases since 2010.
    (210976)

Notices given on Monday 20 October

1
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Attorney General, in respect of how many alleged offences under section 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 proceedings are currently active in magistrates' and Crown courts in England and Wales.
    (211141)
2
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Attorney General, how many Crown Prosecution lawyers have been trained to deal with offences of stalking under sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each Crown Prosecution Service area; and if he will make a statement.
    (211142)
3
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) prosecuted under sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
    (211143)
4
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged under (a) section 2A and (b) section 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each police force in England and Wales since those sections came into force.
    (211144)
5
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many requests for pre-charge decisions the Crown Prosecution Service received from the police with regard to cases of downloading indecent images of children in each of the last five years; and how many of those were prosecuted.
    (211048)
6
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of cases of downloaded indecent images of children the Crown Prosecution Service declined to prosecute on the grounds of (a) failure to pass the evidential threshold and (b) a prosecution was not considered in the public interest in the last financial year.
    (211049)
7
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions there have been between the Director of Public Prosecutions and the head of the National Crime Agency about the capacity of both agencies to bring cases of downloading indecent images of children to justice; and what the conclusions of those discussions were.
    (211050)
8
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's policy is on reviewing export licences to a country where defence equipment supplied by UK firms has previously been used for internal repression.
    (211054)
9
N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of including the National Health Service in the negative list of exclusion for negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership.
    (211053)
10
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which social enterprise incubators outside London his Department supports.
  [R] (211134)
11
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on mutualising Jobcentre Plus.
    (211051)
12
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the UK is taking to engage in discussions at the UN on establishing a legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes.
    (211092)
13
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the UK voted against UN General Assembly Resolution A/68/L.57/Rev.1, on the establishment of a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes.
    (211093)
14
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the investigation by HM Revenue and Customs against the five firms named and shamed for breach of the National Minimum Wage by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 28 February 2014 began; and when such firms were issued with the relevant Notice of Underpayment by HM Revenue and Customs.
    (211102)
15
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 246W, in which months the investigations by HM Revenue and Customs commenced against each of the 25 firms named and shamed for breach of the National Minimum Wage by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 8 June 2014.
    (211177)
16
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers have been issued with two or more notices of underpayment of the National Minimum Wage since 7 March 2014.
    (211180)
17
N
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will consult with Natural England on plans set out in the Birmingham City Council Development Plan and in particular to build on green belt land in Sutton Coldfield.
    (211131)
18
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on consultants engaged on the disposal of the Kirton-in-Lindsey airbase.
    (211149)
19
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rules of engagement are in the current Iraq conflict for (a) unmanned aerial vehicles and (b) manned aircraft involved in air strikes which include British nationals as targets.
    (211182)
20
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any British nationals have been killed in airstrikes in his Department's operations in Iraq.
    (211187)
21
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects Ofsted to report on the role of inspection in monitoring specialist education support services for children with special educational needs.
    (211167)
22
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department’s bioenergy emissions calculator, what progress his Department has made on ensuring that (a) biomass used for power generation (i) has its transportation distances minimised and (ii) has its moisture content minimised before drying and (b) pellets should be dried using local biomass residues rather than fossil fuels.
    (211197)
23
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which bioenergy installations (a) have and (b) have not achieved greenhouse gas savings of at least 70 per cent compared to the fossil fuels comparators.
    (211198)
24
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost per tonne of carbon saved by subsidy to (a) onshore wind, (b) offshore wind, (c) dedicated biomass generation plant, (d) biomass conversion and (e) biomass generation produced by combustion of imports of biomass from the US.
    (211200)
25
N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with water companies to produce cost guidelines for those involved in the process of extending their properties.
    (211025)
26
N
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to work with water companies to produce a set of procedures for those involved in the process of extending their properties.
    (211100)
27
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on Crown Chicken Ltd's application to extend an existing hatchery at Green Farm in Kenninghall.
    (211026)
28
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long after the start of the badger culls in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset cage trapping was adopted as a method of culling.
    (211027)
29
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers had been shot in the (a) Gloucestershire pilot area and (b) Somerset pilot area by the end of the licensed culling period.
    (211045)
30
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the badgers shot during year two of the pilot badger culls in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset were (i) cage trapped and (ii) shot without being caged trapped.
    (211046)
31
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she expects an extension to the period within which year two of the pilot badger culls in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset are to take place to be (i) applied for and (ii) granted by Natural England.
    (211047)
32
N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the conclusions of the recent report by the NFU, National Solar Centre and Solar Trade Association Report on Agricultural Good Practice Guidance for Solar Farms; and if she will make a statement.
    (211194)
33
N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of restricting farm subsidy payments for land fitted with solar panels through the Common Agricultural Policy on the food and farming industry.
    (211195)
34
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2014, if she will make an estimate of social costs caused by (a) large particulates (PM10), (b) small particulates (PM2.5) and (c) nitrogen dioxide emitted to air in the UK by (i) domestic biomass generation of heat and (ii) biomass for power generation in the latest year for which figures are available.
    (211199)
35
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK manufacturing products are not used as components in North Korean produced weapons.
    (211097)
36
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the North Korean Ambassador to the UK on the North Korean government's acceptance of the recommendations of its recent Universal Periodic Review.
    (211098)
37
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with African authorities on ensuring there is no further kidnapping by Boko Haram in Nigeria.
    (211184)
38
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidelines his Department offers to UK nationals who climb and trek in the Himalayas.
    (211185)
39
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on medicines for hepatitis C treatment in each of the last three financial years.
    (211146)
40
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with (a) Public Health England and (b) NHS England on the development of a liver strategy or liver framework; and if he will make a statement.
    (211147)
41
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women in the perinatal period have (a) attempted suicide and (b) taken their own lives in each of the last four years.
    (211148)
42
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women experiencing perinatal mental illness have been accommodated on adult psychiatric wards in each of the last four years.
    (211152)
43
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his future policy towards the National Cancer Peer Review programme is.
    (211052)
44
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations his Department has received on the General Dental Council's annual retention fee.
    (211166)
45
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken in respect of paediatric audiology services which do not meet the standards set out in the quality assurance newborn hearing screening programme.
    (211168)
46
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking in respect of audiology services that have not been accredited to provide paediatric audiology services under the Improving Quality in Physiological Services programme.
    (211192)
47
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will commission a review of the innovation, evaluation and adoption of new medicines in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
    (211101)
48
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department has proposed a reduction in tariffs for kidney dialysis.
    (211193)
49
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve support for people with fibromyalgia; and what plans he has to educate the public about that condition.
    (211202)
50
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for treatment by adult mental health services for people who have suffered sexual abuse.
    (211022)
51
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will publish a response to the consultation Updating our care and support system: draft regulations and guidance, published on 6 June 2014.
    (211058)
52
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Abd al-Malik Abd al-Salam, (b) Ashraf Abd al-Salam, (c) Salim Hasen Khalifa Al Kawani, (d) Abdelrahman Imer al Jaber Al Nameh, (e) Ibrahim al-Bakr, (f) Abdullah Ghalib Mahfuz Muslim Al-Khawar and (g) al-Subaiy are subject to UK sanctions.
    (211196)
53
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners were removed from the UK in each year between 2000 and 2006.
    (211023)
54
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the (a) Chief Constable of Cheshire and (b) the Police and Crime Commissioner to discuss HM Inspector of Constabulary's finding on the recording of rape crimes; and if she will make a statement.
    (211055)
55
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police staff in each police area in England and Wales have received training in sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
    (211145)
56
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any meetings took place in her Department between 1980 and 1985 to discuss the alleged involvement of hon. Members in child abuse; and whether minutes of such meetings were given to the then Secretary of State.
    (211094)
57
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any files were taken from the journalist Don Hale, editor of the Bury Messenger in the 1980s; who authorised the seizure of such files; and whether the material seized included minutes of investigations within the Home Office concerning child abuse and hon. Members.
    (211095)
58
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether files relating to investigations by her Department of hon. Members and allegations of child abuse between 1980 and 1985 have been made available to the Wanless Review.
    (211096)
59
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what allegations of child abuse, including investigations into such allegations, were brought to her Department's attention in 1998 and 1999.
    (211176)
60
N
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2014 to Question 210481, for what reasons her Answer did not provide details of visits by Ministers to Torbay constituency.
    (211133)
61
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has offered Syrian Kurds in exile in Turkey.
    (211186)
62
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Development Tracker; and if she will make a statement.
    (211151)
63
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's (a) direct and (b) indirect spending on procurement was with companies defined as micro businesses according to the definition given by the Annex to the European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 for each of the last five years.
    (211174)
64
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's direct spending on procurement was with companies defined as small businesses according to the definition given by the Annex to the European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 for each of the last five years.
    (211175)
65
N
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's latest internal guidance for officials on the drafting of answers to Parliamentary Questions.
    (211099)
66
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2014 to Question 210593, by what date his Department plans to finalise the criteria for awarding the operational contract.
    (211169)
67
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that staff members in prisons and youth offenders institutions have sufficient information to allow inmates at risk of self-harm to be quickly identified.
    (211170)
68
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications for legal aid have been made by victims of domestic violence in each of the last 10 years.
    (211171)
69
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown court trials have been adjourned due to no judge being available in each of the last five years.
    (211056)
70
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time between a crime being committed and the trial being completed was in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date in (i) magistrates' courts, (ii) Crown courts and (iii) all courts.
    (211172)
71
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full time equivalent staff (a) in total and (b) by category of staff were employed in (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) Crown courts on 1 October in each of the last five years.
    (211173)
72
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the £4,408 million allocated to the Highways Agency renewals programme for 2015 to 2020-21 will come out of the budget for (a) strategic road enhancements and (b) maintenance.
    (211024)
73
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he plans to make to his EU counterparts about attempts to delay the revised designs of HGVs in the revision of EU Directive 96/53 until after 2025.
    (211103)
74
N
Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2014 to Question 210740, what estimate the Highways Authority has made of the date at which the surface of the M20 between Junctions eight and nine will come to the end of its serviceable life; and if he will make a statement.
    (211150)
75
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209722, how many work programme participants he expects to be surveyed in the evaluation he has commissioned; and what criteria he has set out for selecting those participants.
    (211191)

Notices given on Tuesday 21 October

1
N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to persuade more businesses to offer apprenticeships to 16 to 18 year olds.
[Transferred]   (211057)
2
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on investments by British companies (a) handling facilities for imports of biomass destined for combustion power generation and (b) pellet plants in the US for export of biomass to the UK for power generation.
[Transferred]   (211201)
3
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions at an international level on urgent action to prevent the extinction of northern white rhinos.
[Transferred]   (211179)
4
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the UK has not applied sanctions to all individuals on the US and UN sanction lists.
[Transferred]   (211104)
5
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Attorney General, how many judicial reviews there were involving Government departments according to records held by the (a) Treasury Solicitor and (b) Administrative Court Office on each of the last four years; and how many such reviews were upheld in whole or in part in each such year.
    (211271)
6
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Precautionary Principle on the scale of scientific innovation in the UK.
    (211393)
7
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to help workers on zero hours contracts who desire regular, contracted employment.
    (211362)
8
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to increase the participation of women in STEM fields.
    (211363)
9
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the number of people in work who are in poverty.
    (211364)
10
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received about ensuring the presence of workforce representatives on Board of Directors of companies.
    (211365)
11
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps the Government has taken to ensure continued investment into the manufacturing industry.
    (211366)
12
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase manufacturing sector exports.
    (211367)
13
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase domestic sales in the manufacturing sector.
    (211368)
14
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that economic growth occurs across the country.
    (211369)
15
 
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the UK Export Finance line of credit facility in each of the last five years have been small and medium-sized enterprises.
    (211318)
16
 
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the UK Export Finance direct lending facility in each of the last five years have been small and medium-sized enterprises.
    (211319)
17
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support British manufacturing firms with an interest in the UK steel industry given Tata Steel's recent announcement.
    (211385)
18
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking and is planning on taking to invest in training and apprenticeships in the UK steel industry given Tata Steel's recent announcement.
    (211386)
19
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking and is planning on taking to increase investment in the UK steel industry given Tata Steel's recent announcement.
    (211387)
20
 
Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of a potential equity gap in UK venture capital sector.
    (211212)
21
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to simplify the rates of Employees' National Insurance contributions.
    (211325)
22
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the potential effect of giving Part-Time Entrepreneurs a fixed definition in the Tax Code.
    (211328)
23
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total accumulative tax relief claimed by each tax band was in each of the last five years.
    (211232)
24
 
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual cost of providing the rent-a-room tax scheme if the threshold were raised (a) in line with rental inflation since 1997-98 and (b) to £7,500 per year; and if he will make a statement.
    (211222)
25
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which freedoms and flexibilities the bidders for Managed Service Providers in the Ministry of Defence DE and S have been granted.
    (211274)
26
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to encourage public sector users of the radio spectrum to share bands.
    (211326)
27
 
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people are covered by each of the three market exchange categories for broadband in (a) South Lanarkshire, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
    (211384)
28
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Northern Ireland's Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure on the future of the Ulster Orchestra.
    (211218)
29
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of Government contracts awarded to shipyards based (a) on the Clyde and (b) in Rosyth in each year since 1997.
    (211206)
30
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the MBDA Brimstone 2 missile will be ready for operational use on Typhoon aircraft; and whether this missile will be usable on all variants of the aircraft.
    (211340)
31
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether aircraft from the recently retired Tornado squadrons (a) have been put in storage, (b) destroyed and (c) used for cannibalisation.
    (211341)
32
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the unit cost is of the (a) Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and (b) Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
    (211342)
33
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual combined operating and support cost for one F-35 and one Typhoon aircraft.
    (211343)
34
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans are in place in relation to the deployment of the HMS Queen Elizabeth II and HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carriers.
    (211375)
35
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the UK's ability to respond militarily to threats to Gibraltar.
    (211376)
36
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the Colombian government on human rights in that country before it took the decision to provide military assistance in that country.
    (211346)
37
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK (a) military and (b) civilian assets are stationed in Gibraltar; and what their duties are.
    (211278)
38
 
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Veterans UK policy is on prioritising the compensation claims of armed forces veterans with more serious illnesses or injuries.
    (211313)
39
 
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what change there has been in the time taken to process War Pension and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims since 2010.
    (211315)
40
 
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where his Department has found delays in the processing of injured veteran's claims in the War Pension and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claim process.
    (211383)
41
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to encourage computer science graduates and professional programmers to become teachers.
    (211327)
42
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which academy trusts have directors of the board been (a) elected and (b) selected.
    (211234)
43
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special educational needs support staff have bid for funds from the National Scholarship Fund to date.
    (211205)
44
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 12 of Implementing a new 0 to 25 special needs system: LAs and partners, how the £45.2 million special education needs and disability implementation grant has been allocated to local authorities.
    (211276)
45
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £1 million made available for teachers and special educational needs support staff through the National Scholarship Fund has been awarded.
    (211317)
46
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many deaf pupils achieved five A* to C grades in (a) England, (b) the South West and (c) Plymouth in 2013.
    (211272)
47
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the quality of specialist education support services for children in (a) England and (b) Plymouth with low incidence needs.
    (211273)
48
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to better secure the payment of speeding fines by offenders whose vehicles is registered overseas.
    (211277)
49
 
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what forecast he has made of (a) the number of smart meters installed and (b) the cost on the consumer bill of the installation of such meters in each quarter between Q3 2014 and Q3 2018.
    (211347)
50
 
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of (a) the total cost to his Department and (b) the number of full time equivalent staff employed in administering the 14th licensing round for onshore oil and gas.
    (211391)
51
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of compliance with the Weeds Act 1959 across the UK.
    (211219)
52
 
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff employed by contractors working for her Department are paid below the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and if she will estimate the cost to the public purse of ensuring that all staff employed by contractors working for her Department are paid that wage.
    (211260)
53
 
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff employed by contractors working in her Department's central offices are paid below the London Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and what estimate she has made of the cost of ensuring that all such staff receive that wage.
    (211261)
54
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the information required to be collected under Condition 6 of the schedule to the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 is available publicly.
    (211404)
55
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been removed from their owners due to being deemed dangerous in the last year.
    (211204)
56
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions there have been for owning a dog banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in the last two years.
    (211209)
57
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dog attacks have been recorded in the last two years.
    (211275)
58
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times activity has been authorised under section 7 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994 in each year since 2010.
    (211217)
59
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 207349, what the licence type, summary, value, end use and nature of end-user for each of the export licences approved between 8 July and 31 August 2014 was.
    (211321)
60
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the disputed Senkaku or Diaoyn islands.
    (211370)
61
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the recent political unrest in Hong Kong.
    (211374)
62
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the UK's trading relationship with Taiwan.
    (211377)
63
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on recognising Crimea as the territory of Ukraine.
    (211379)
64
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Ukraine on the protests in that country.
    (211380)
65
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of protests in Ukraine on the stability of the government in that country.
    (211381)
66
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the political situation in Ukraine.
    (211382)
67
 
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of ethnic discrimination by the Bahraini government against Bahraini Shia; and what steps he is taking to condemn and to prevent such discrimination in Bahrain.
    (211314)
68
 
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representation he has made to his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr; and what steps he is taking to condemn such acts and prevent their re-occurrence.
    (211316)
69
 
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure the health and independence of UK thalidomide victims.
    (211270)
70
 
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) telephone services and (b) face-to-face services intended to relieve loneliness and isolation in elderly people.
    (211243)
71
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health has had with James Palmer, Clinical Director for Specialised Commissioning at NHS England since 1 April 2014.
    (211213)
72
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he has had with Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England since 1 April 2014.
    (211214)
73
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department issues to clinical commissioning groups; and if he will make a statement.
    (211371)
74
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his EU counterpart about their treatment strategy for those with scoliosis; and if he will make a statement.
    (211372)
75
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of each operation on a patient with scoliosis.
    (211373)
76
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with scoliosis were operated on in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (211378)
77
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many requests have been made to the Specialist Commissioning team for secure placements or beds for children with mental health issues in the last 12 months.
    (211320)
78
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to implement the recommendations in the report for the National Deaf Children's Society entitled Listen Up, published in October 2014.
    (211344)
79
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to support paediatric cardiac surgery services across England and Wales.
    (211215)
80
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices have (a) closed and (b) opened in (i) England, (ii) Greater London and (iii) Wales in each of the last five years.
    (211216)
81
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of places for medical students to undertake training in cardiac units.
    (211221)
82
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether missed or inadequate hydrocortisone administration is included in the NHS list of Never Events.
    (211233)
83
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the breadth of the uptake of the chicken pox vaccine to reduce the risk of stroke in children and young adults; and if he will make a statement.
    (211242)
84
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements there are for (a) the Government and its agencies and (b) organisations and corporations to report the loss of an individual's personal information.
    (211226)
85
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dangerous dogs have been destroyed in each month in the last two years.
    (211224)
86
 
Sir Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of changes in the rates of (a) alcohol-related crime and (b) binge drinking since the introduction of the Licensing Act 2003.
    (211227)
87
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the UK's vulnerability to cyber-terrorism.
    (211388)
88
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK aid has been allocated to Iraq in the last 12 months.
    (211262)
89
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many air drops UK aid has undertaken in the Kurdish region of Iraq during the last 12 months.
    (211264)
90
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK aid has been allocated to the Kurdish region of Iraq in the last 12 months.
    (211268)
91
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many women and girls have been assisted by UK aid programmes in the Kurdish region of Iraq in the last 12 months.
    (211269)
92
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prison Service Reserve Band 3 staff have been employed at each prison establishment in the last year.
    (211208)
93
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former members of prison staff have been appointed to the Prison Service Reserve in the last year.
    (211210)
94
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many letters have been sent to former prison staff seeking expressions of interest to join the Prison Service Reserve in the last year; and how many such letters received a positive response.
    (211211)
95
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average caseload of Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) staff in each month since the CRC was established.
    (211237)
96
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of all voluntary redundancies made in the probation service since the establishment of the Community Rehabilitation Company.
    (211238)
97
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will commission an investigation into the effect of reforms to the probation service since May 2010 on the overall efficiency of the justice system.
    (211239)
98
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of probation staff that have taken voluntary redundancy since the establishment of the Community Rehabilitation Company.
    (211240)
99
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of pending cases at the Community Rehabilitation Company in each month since it was established.
    (211241)
100
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to retrieve the outstanding balance of any unpaid fines incurred by foreign lorry drivers on UK roads.
    (211223)
101
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that the Information Commissioner has sufficient powers to enforce his rulings.
    (211203)
102
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the new Parading Panel; and when this panel will begin work.
    (211220)
103
 
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the noise impact in (a) Windsor constituency and (b) the Thames Valley of recent flight path trials from Heathrow.
    (211324)
104
 
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to protect High Speed 1 services to Ashford and other intermediate stations after the sale of the Government's shareholding; and if he will make a statement.
    (211207)
105
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines on foreign lorry drivers are unpaid.
    (211225)
106
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to require airlines to reimburse the air fares of people who cannot fly on their date of travel because of ill health.
    (211345)
107
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of speeding fines incurred by motorists whose vehicle is registered overseas were paid in the latest period for which data is available.
    (211323)
108
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2014 to Question 207337, when his Department's statisticians last assessed whether statistics on mandatory reconsideration meet the standards set out in the UK Statistics Authority's code of practice.
    (211322)
109
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014 to Question 207159, whether his Department has any recourse to sanction (a) Atos and (b) Capita in the event that individuals have to wait longer than 16 weeks by the autumn.
    (211339)
110
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation he has made of the effect on previously eligible claimants of the Independent Living Fund following its abolition.
    (211394)
111
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants rejected for eligibility for employment and support allowance and who were declared fit for work by a private assessment firm subsequently died of a pre-existing condition (a) within a week, (b) one to two weeks and (c) three to four weeks after the fit-for-work declaration to date.
    (211395)
112
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants of industrial injuries disablement benefit as a result of having contracted an asbestos-related disease were in receipt of (a) state pension credit and (b) other means tested benefits in each of the last five years.
    (211228)
113
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost of industrial injuries disablement benefit payments in respect of claimants suffering from as asbestos-related disease was in each of the last five years.
    (211229)
114
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of industrial injuries disablement benefit claimed the benefit as a result of having contracted an asbestos-related disease in each of the last five years.
    (211230)
115
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) applied for, (b) are in receipt of and (c) have been declined a payment under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments scheme; what the (i) highest, (ii) lowest and (iii) average payout is under the scheme to date; and what information he expects to publish on the future performance of the scheme.
    (211231)
116
 
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost is to the Government for each transaction for (a) pension payments and (b) benefit payments paid into a (i) Post Office card account, (ii) bank account and (iii) simple payment scheme.
    (211235)
117
 
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit payments of each type were paid into Post Office card accounts in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such recipients were (a) of working age and (b) retired.
    (211236)
118
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the working age population of Motherwell and Wishaw constituency are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
    (211263)
119
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workless households in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency.
    (211265)
120
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the working age population of Motherwell and Wishaw constituency are in receipt of disability living allowance.
    (211266)
121
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency have been in receipt of employment and support allowance payments for more than one year.
    (211267)
Friday 24 October  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 16 October

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to the Highways Agency on phasing works on motorways to reduce congestion and journey times; and if he will make a statement.
    (210898)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will investigate the reasons why the roadworks on the M18 motorway were not phased to take place after the completion of the roadworks on the M1 motorway south of junction 32.
    (210899)

Notices given on Tuesday 21 October

1
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funds distributed by the Technology Strategy Board were allocated to the video games sector in each of the last three years; and what proportion of the total funding from that Board this represented in each such year.
    (211397)
2
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the UK Export Finance export insurance scheme in each of the last five years have been small to medium sized enterprises.
    (211331)
3
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the UK Export Finance export working capital scheme in each of the last five years have been small to medium sized enterprises.
    (211332)
4
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the UK Export Finance supplier credit facility in each of the last five years have been small to medium sized enterprises.
    (211333)
5
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the UK Export Finance letter of credit guarantee scheme in each of the last five years have been small to medium sized enterprises.
    (211334)
6
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the UK Export Finance buyer credit facility of credit guarantee scheme in each of the last five years have been small to medium sized enterprises.
    (211335)
7
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to evaluate the effect of the ACAS early conciliation service on keeping workplace disputes out of court.
    (211244)
8
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2014 to Question 201383, how much was spent on national minimum wage enforcement in 2013-14.
    (211245)
9
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of local planning authorities in England have (a) not published, (b) not submitted and (c) not adopted a local plan as of 21 October 2014.
    (211286)
10
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer Question 210272, tabled on 13 October 2014 by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central.
    (211287)
11
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer Question 208912, tabled on 10 September 2014 by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central.
    (211288)
12
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer Question 207630, tabled on 1 September 2014 by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central.
    (211289)
13
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to answer Question 207599, tabled on 1 September 2014 by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central.
    (211290)
14
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications have been made to the Government Funeral Payment scheme since May 2010; and how many such applications have been rejected.
    (211293)
15
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many businesses are registered in each of the market exchange categories for broadband in (a) South Lanarkshire, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
    (211398)
16
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by local authorities on tourism development and promotion in each year since 2010; and what his estimate is of the amount that will be so spent in 2014-15.
    (211247)
17
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value of domestic tourism was in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
    (211253)
18
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met the Tourism Alliance.
    (211254)
19
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the core funding for VisitBritain and VisitEngland was in 2010 and is now.
    (211285)
20
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many apprenticeships will be created by the defence contract awarded to Faslane naval base.
    (211357)
21
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects to announce the initial teacher training: trainee number census 2014-15 for (a) school direct places and (b) provider-led places.
    (211329)
22
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which academy trusts have parent governors been (a) elected and (b) selected.
    (211249)
23
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which academy trusts have members been (a) elected and (b) selected.
    (211250)
24
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her contribution of 22 July 2014, Official Report, column 1262, what progress her Department has made on implementing the commitments made in the 2011 Prevent Strategy review; and what plans she has to publish the information on her Department's work in this area.
    (211284)
25
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the strike price for Hinkley Point C in October 2014 prices.
    (211348)
26
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the overall cost to the consumer in 2014 prices of the contract for difference for Hinkley Point C over its 35 year lifetime.
    (211349)
27
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the actual historical volatility of wholesale gas prices in each month since June 2010, given as the average deviation from the average price for each month.
    (211350)
28
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the wholesale price for electricity in each month since June 2010.
    (211352)
29
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely total allocation from the levy control framework for (a) feed in tariffs, (b) renewables obligations and (c) projects agreed under the final investment decision-enabling process in each year from 2015 to 2021.
    (211400)
30
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely transmission cost per consumer in each regional distribution network area in each year from 2014 to 2022.
    (211401)
31
N
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the conclusions of the BRE National Solar Centre Report on Biodiversity Guidance for Solar Developments published in partnership; and if she will make a statement.
    (211259)
32
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the Government plans to mark UN Day on 24 October 2014.
    (211248)
33
N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure a comprehensive arms and ammunition embargo is imposed on all parties in South Sudan.
    (211256)
34
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for commissioning perinatal mental health mother and baby units within NHS England.
    (211354)
35
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to the answer of 21 October 2014 to question 210443, how many CCGs commission foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and foetal alcohol syndrome services.
    (211389)
36
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions the Government has had with the private sector and voluntary sector health providers in relation to the Ebola crisis.
    (211390)
37
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any audits have been carried out since April 2012 which consider how many patients may have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 because a doctor had been influenced by the fact that doing so might make the provision of a bed for their patient more likely; and what were the findings of those audits.
    (211396)
38
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by each NHS Trust and NHS foundation trust on contract and agency staff in each of the last five years.
    (211294)
39
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times each Minister in his Department has visited (a) West Cumberland Hospital and (b) Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle since May 2010.
    (211280)
40
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items of correspondence his Department has received on West Cumberland Hospital.
    (211281)
41
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times he has visited (a) Frimley Park Hospital and (b) Royal Surrey County Hospital in his ministerial capacity.
    (211282)
42
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the Minister of State for Care and Support has visited Cromer and District Hospital in his ministerial capacity.
    (211283)
43
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 20 October 2014, Official Report, columns 735-6, to which hospitals he was referring when discussing transfers of care for premature babies in his constituency.
    (211330)
44
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many judicial review cases have been successfully brought against his Department in each year since 2010.
    (211303)
45
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any (a) request by the UK to participate in the activities of Frontex and (b) any offer by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available to Frontex has been refused by the Management Board of Frontex in the last five years.
    (211292)
46
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance the UK has provided to Frontex operations in each of the last five years.
    (211298)
47
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many judicial review cases have been successfully brought against her Department in each year since 2010.
    (211302)
48
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department made towards achieving the departmental digital strategy objective of becoming digital by default.
    (211258)
49
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress in digital service delivery her Department has made since setting up the Digital Advisory Panel.
    (211351)
50
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings his Department's review of veterans in the criminal justice system has held since 16 June 2014.
    (211338)
51
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2014 to Question 204963, whether the review of veterans in the criminal justice system has reported to him.
    (211353)
52
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2014 to Question 204963, when his Department's review of veterans in the criminal justice system will be published; and if he will make a statement.
    (211355)
53
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison service investigations there were into prison imams in each year since 2010; and what were the reasons for the investigations and the outcomes of such investigations.
    (211257)
54
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sentences were handed down to each employee of the Prison Service found guilty of criminal activity in the workplace in 2013.
    (211295)
55
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown courts received in each year since 2010.
    (211296)
56
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases dealt with by (a) magistrates' courts, (b) family proceedings courts, (c) county courts, (d) coroners' courts, (e) the Crown court, (f) high court, (g) the court of appeal or (h) the Supreme Court involved a party for whom there is no legal representations on the court record in each year since 2010.
    (211297)
57
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown court were awaiting trial on 1 October in each of the last five years.
    (211356)
58
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence was for people found guilty of (a) stalking and (b) harassment in 2012-13.
    (211252)
59
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judicial review cases have been successfully brought against his Department in each year since 2010.
    (211301)
60
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many judicial review cases his Department has unsuccessfully intervened since 2010.
    (211304)
61
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the High Court decision of 2 October 2014 on the effect of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) on mesothelioma sufferers, when the review of the LASPO Act and mesothelioma sufferers will begin; and what its terms of reference will be.
    (211305)
62
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the current status is of Sir Jeremy Heywood's review of provision for 16 to 24 year olds.
    (211402)
63
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total of each cost heading for transfer of the Highways Agency to a government-owned company.
    (211246)
64
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department's review of the Government Car Service will be published.
    (211251)
65
N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to encourage bus operators to install audio visual announcement systems.
    (211279)
66
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many in-work working-age households received winter fuel payments in 2013-14; what estimate he has made of how many such households will be claiming winter fuel payments in each of the next four financial years; and what assessment he has made of the effect of equalising the state pension age for men and women on the take-up of winter fuel payments.
    (211255)
67
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the support available to disabled people in the workplace.
    (211336)
68
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of workplaces in the UK which are accessible to disabled people.
    (211337)
69
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Wales and (b) Newport East constituency earning the minimum wage.
    (211291)
70
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of people earning below the living wage in (a) Wales and (b) Newport East constituency.
    (211399)
71
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209803, how many of the people undertaking work experience have since entered paid employment.
    (211299)
72
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made in commissioning the Health and Disability Assessment Service; and if he will make a statement.
    (211300)
Monday 27 October  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
 
★ 1
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): What recent progress her Department has made on increasing the number and quality of apprenticeships.
    (905628)
★ 2
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What recent steps her Department has taken to improve schools which have been placed in special measures.
    (905629)
★ 3
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What assessment she has made of the effect of her Department's policy on qualified teacher status on educational outcomes.
    (905630)
★ 4
John Pugh (Southport): What assessment she has made of the effect of pension changes on school budgets; and if she will make a statement.
    (905631)
★ 5
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of primary school places in a) Kingswood constituency and b) England.
    (905632)
★ 6
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): What progress she has made on introducing the Technical Baccalaureate.
    (905633)
★ 7
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): What steps the Government has taken to improve participation rates of female pupils taking STEM subjects.
    (905634)
★ 8
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What steps her Department is taking to improve school buildings where most needed.
    (905635)
★ 9
Stephen Timms (East Ham): What plans she has to increase the number of apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year olds; and if she will make a statement.
    (905636)
★ 10
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): What assessment she has made of the effect of her Department's policy on qualified teacher status on educational outcomes.
    (905637)
★ 11
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What steps her Department is taking to improve school buildings where most needed.
    (905638)
★ 12
David Rutley (Macclesfield): What steps she is taking to equip young people with the skills they need to succeed in the work place.
    (905639)
★ 13
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): What plans she has to reform careers advice.
    (905640)
★ 14
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): What steps she is taking to ensure there is an adequate number of school places; and if she will make a statement.
    (905641)
★ 15
John Mann (Bassetlaw): If she will bring forward legislative proposals to allow failed academies to return to local authority control.
    (905642)
★ 16
Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the system of academy sponsorship; and if she will make a statement.
    (905643)
★ 17
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): What steps she is taking to help schools deliver free school meals to all infant pupils.
    (905644)
★ 18
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): What plans she has for Sure Start children's centres.
    (905645)
★ 19
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): How many free schools for 16 to 18 year olds have opened in the last four years.
    (905646)
★ 20
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): What steps she is taking to ensure that parents wishing to send their children to faith schools can do so.
    (905647)
★ 21
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What her policy is on future funding of sixth form colleges.
    (905648)
★ 22
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): What steps she is taking to ensure sixth form colleges can attract able maths teachers.
    (905649)
★ 23
Steve Brine (Winchester): What support her Department has given to primary schools to ensure that they can provide sufficient places.
    (905650)
★ 24
David Mowat (Warrington South): What progress her Department has made on the roll-out of Studio Schools.
    (905651)
★ 25
Simon Wright (Norwich South): What steps she is taking to support young carers in school.
    (905652)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (905653)
★ 2
Hugh Bayley (York Central):  
    (905654)
★ 3
Duncan Hames (Chippenham):  
    (905655)
★ 4
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East):  
    (905656)
★ 5
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe):  
    (905657)
★ 6
Julie Hilling (Bolton West):  
    (905658)
★ 7
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):  
    (905659)
★ 8
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):  
    (905660)
★ 9
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton):  
    (905661)
★ 10
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):  
    (905662)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 16 October

1
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much central Government funding has been allocated to the College of Social Work from each Department in the 2014-15 financial year.
    (210862)

Notices given on Tuesday 21 October

1
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to simplify the provision and commissioning of secondary care; and if he will make a statement.
    (211309)
2
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's benchmark waiting time is to see a General Practitioner for a routine appointment and how that benchmark was set.
    (211311)
3
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the effectiveness of National Health Service purchasing and promote procurement on a regional or national scale.
    (211312)
4
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the signature authorising Individual Funding Requests made to NHS England for Gamma Knife treatment by University College Hospital London, Queen Square, is that of a senior clinician employed by University College Hospital London.
    (211310)
5
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders were issued by the courts under the provisions of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013; and how many of those restraining orders were (i) breached or (ii) enforced.
    (211306)
6
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons thus far have been charged under sections (a) 2A and (b) 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 who could not have been charged using sections (i) 2 and (ii) 4.
    (211307)
7
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, of the people who have been charged under (a) section 2A and (b) section 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, how many have so far (a) received a custodial sentence, (b) received a non-custodial sentence, (c) not proceeded with and (d) still pending.
    (211308)
Tuesday 28 October  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 21 October

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount that will be saved by the non-issuing of vehicle excise discs.
    (211358)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason it is his Department's policy to collect vehicle excise duty from both the vendor and the purchaser of a motor vehicle for the full month in which that motor vehicle is sold.
    (211359)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of additional revenue will be raised by the recent change to the law that results in both the vendor and the purchaser of a motor vehicle paying vehicle excise duty on that vehicle for the whole month in which it is sold.
    (211360)
4
N
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases currently under investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission have been live for more than 11 months.
    (211361)
Wednesday 29 October  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 
★ 1
David Mowat (Warrington South): What assessment she has made of the value for money of the Saville Inquiry.
    (905663)
★ 2
Pat Glass (North West Durham): What discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on ensuring the Police Service of Northern Ireland is adequately resourced.
    (905664)
★ 3
David Simpson (Upper Bann): What the geographical remit will be of the recently announced panel to discuss parading disputes in Northern Ireland.
    (905665)
★ 4
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What steps the Government is taking to strengthen the Northern Ireland economy.
    (905666)
★ 5
Chris Evans (Islwyn): What steps she is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
    (905667)
★ 6
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the non-implementation of welfare reform on the Northern Ireland Executive's budget.
    (905668)
★ 7
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What steps she is taking to promote economic growth in Northern Ireland.
    (905669)
★ 8
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): When she expects the National Crime Agency to be fully operational in Northern Ireland.
    (905670)
★ 9
Jim Shannon (Strangford): What steps she is taking to ensure that the change in Northern Ireland's unemployment rates is similar to that of the rest of the UK.
    (905671)
★ 10
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What steps she is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
    (905672)
★ 11
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): What the cost to her Department was of the Parades Commission in each of the last five years.
    (905673)
★ 12
Naomi Long (Belfast East): What lessons have been learnt from the previous talks processess and what outcomes she expects from the current round of talks.
    (905674)
★ 13
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What progress she has made on cross-party talks in Northern Ireland.
    (905675)
★ 14
Mr Andrew Robathan (South Leicestershire): What assessment she has made of the prevalence of serious and organised crime in Northern Ireland.
    (905676)
★ 15
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): What discussions she has ahd with (a) the Northern ireland Assembly and (b) the Northern Ireland Executive on ways of ending the impasse on the appointment of a Speaker of the Assembly.
    (905677)
Thursday 30 October  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 21 October

1
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will state the names and the organisations they represent of the current members of the Gatwick Airport Consultative Committee.
    (211392)
Monday 3 November  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 20 October

1
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the Government of Pakistan about security threats and terrorism in the Quetta region.
    (211132)
Monday 17 November  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 21 October

1
N
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the conditions of the recent report of the Dangers of Returning Home by Waging Peace on the monitoring of Sudanese nationals by Sudanese intelligence and security staff within UK borders and the use of the evidence gathered during detention and torture in Sudan; if the Government will reassess the appropriateness of the use of Detained Fast Track in Sudanese asylum cases.
    (211403)

Prepared 22nd October 2014