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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 20 November 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 19 November 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 20 November 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 20 November  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
 
★ 1
John Stevenson (Carlisle): What steps he is taking to support the manufacturing sector.
    (906133)
★ 2
Robert Halfon (Harlow): What recent support he has provided to small businesses.
    (906134)
★ 3
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What estimate he has made of the contribution net trade will make to GDP over the next four years.
    (906135)
★ 4
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): If his Department will undertake an assessment of the main causes of insecurity in the workplace.
    (906136)
★ 5
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What steps the Government is taking to (a) enforce payment of the minimum wage and (b) encourage firms to pay the living wage.
    (906137)
★ 6
Henry Smith (Crawley): What steps he is taking to raise awareness among businesses of export support services.
    (906138)
★ 8
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): When he next plans to meet the Construction Industry Training Board to discuss apprenticeships.
    (906140)
★ 9
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): What recent estimate he has made of the Resource Accounting and Budgeting charge on student loans.
    (906141)
★ 10
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What steps the Government is taking to (a) enforce payment of the minimum wage and (b) encourage firms to pay the living wage.
    (906142)
★ 11
Philip Davies (Shipley): What his policy is on representation of people from ethnic minorities in boardrooms.
    (906143)
★ 12
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps he is taking to ensure that the UK's system of skills training is relevant to the changing structure of work.
    (906144)
★ 13
Andy Sawford (Corby): If his Department will undertake an assessment of the main causes of insecurity in the workplace.
    (906145)
★ 14
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): What steps he is taking to support the technology cluster in Cambridge.
    (906146)
★ 15
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What steps his Department is taking to increase the number of apprenticeships.
    (906147)
★ 16
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What progress his Department has made on facilitating projects identified in the Swindon and Wiltshire Strategic Economic Plan.
    (906148)
★ 17
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What steps the Government is taking to (a) enforce payment of the minimum wage and (b) encourage firms to pay the living wage.
    (906149)
★ 18
Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): What recent estimate he has made of the proportion of Regional Growth Fund monies which has not yet been allocated.
    (906150)
★ 19
Richard Graham (Gloucester): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of government assistance for exports.
    (906151)
★ 20
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): What steps he is taking to prevent employers deducting money from staff salaries for toilet breaks.
    (906152)
★ 21
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What progress his Department has made on supporting economic growth in Nottingham since the Rebalancing Conference on 6 June 2014.
    (906153)
★ 22
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on proposals for Machrihanish to become the site of the UK's first spaceport.
    (906154)
★ 23
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What steps the Government is taking to (a) enforce payment of the minimum wage and (b) encourage firms to pay the living wage.
    (906155)
★ 24
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): What steps he is taking to increase the number of engineers.
    (906156)
★ 25
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): What steps he is taking to increase the number of engineers.
    (906157)
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.
★ 2
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (906159)
★ 3
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle):  
    (906160)
★ 4
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):  
    (906161)
★ 5
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton):  
    (906162)
★ 6
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):  
    (906163)
★ 7
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (906164)
★ 8
Andrew Griffiths (Burton):  
    (906165)
★ 9
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East):  
    (906166)
★ 10
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester):  
    (906167)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 17 November

1
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance he plans to give to employers following the recent ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal on holiday pay.
  [R] (214507)
2
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 212650, how many permanent members of staff employed by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate were working in (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last three years.
    (214639)
3
N
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how the Government gathers data on the number of British businesses that are (a) women-owned and (b) women-led.
    (214516)
4
N
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how the Government gathers data on whether its suppliers are small and medium-sized enterprises.
    (214517)
5
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date the UK-Colombia bilateral investment treaty will be ratified; and on what date that treaty will come into force.
    (214702)
6
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the energy efficiency industry in each year since 2005.
    (214527)
7
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans the Government has to support the coke industry in the UK.
    (214809)
8
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will take steps to ensure a future for the Monckton coke plant in Barnsley.
    (214810)
9
N
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department gives to companies about doing business in (a) Morocco and (b) Western Sahara.
    (214638)
10
N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research he has commissioned into the implications for developing countries of the OECD Automatic Exchange of Tax Information.
    (214604)
11
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to answer Question 213271, tabled on 4 November 2014; and what the reason was for the time taken in replying.
    (214787)
12
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) whole-time and (b) part-time firefighters there were in (i) Northamptonshire and (ii) England in each of the last 10 years.
    (214654)
13
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what new (a) fire pumps and (b) other equipment is being provided for Northamptonshire Fire Service; what recent assessment he has made of the overall performance of that service; and if he will make a statement.
    (214655)
14
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of firefighters between the age of 55 and 60 will fail the fitness test in each of the next five years.
    (214656)
15
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made in resolving the dispute with firefighters; and if he will make a statement.
    (214657)
16
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the fire service, police service and ambulance service sharing the same buildings; and if he will make a statement.
    (214658)
17
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has set any target for the number of homes in the North Hertfordshire Local Plan.
    (214785)
18
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much additional revenue was raised by rises in council tax, including precepts by Lancashire County Council in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date.
    (214659)
19
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much additional revenue was raised by rises in council tax, including precepts by Lancaster District Council in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date.
    (214660)
20
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made on whether there is sufficient capacity to support the (a) filming and (b) post-production in the UK of all British (i) films and (ii) television dramas.
    (214788)
21
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's press release of 30 October 2014, if he will place in the Library a list of the 1,000 public buildings that will become wifi hot spots.
    (214795)
22
N
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what grounds he decided that the consultation on tackling partial not-spots in mobile telephone coverage should last for three weeks.
    (214537)
23
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operations have involved the deployment of UK armed forces personnel since 2010.
    (214601)
24
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK (a) military and (b) other personnel (i) have been and (ii) are deployed under Common Foreign and Security Policy or Common Security and Defence Policy operations since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (214602)
25
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what operations UK forces have served alongside the forces of other European counties in the last five years; and which countries participated in each operation.
    (214603)
26
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of his Department's budget was classified as official development assistance in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2013-14.
    (214479)
27
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations in Yorkshire and Humberside are currently not subject to any temporary or permanent withdrawal of approval for the sponsorship of new or additional schools by the (a) Secretary of State and (b) Regional Schools Commissioner to be academy sponsors for existing (i) primary schools, (ii) secondary schools, (iii) post-16 schools and colleges and (iv) three to 18 schools.
    (214540)
28
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria she uses when deciding to withdraw funding for a free school or university technical school which has opened since 2010.
    (214514)
29
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, through what mechanism sixth form colleges will apply for capital funding from 2015-16; and if she will make a statement.
    (214515)
30
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of disparities in grade assessments brought to light when remarking A-level papers; what steps she plans to take to reduce such disparities; and if she will make a statement.
    (214533)
31
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 number of people employed in the low carbon and environmental goods and services sector in each year since 2005.
    (214526)
32
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of how many jobs there will be in the low carbon and environmental goods and services sector in each year from 2015 to 2030.
    (214528)
33
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 number of (a) Green Deal assessments, (b) Green Deal plans in unique properties and (c) measures installed using Green Deal finance in each month since January 2013 in (i) Scotland, (ii) England and (iii) Wales.
    (214700)
34
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 number of measures installed under the Energy Companies Obligation by (a) measure and (b) obligation in (i) Scotland, (ii) England and (iii) Wales in each month since January 2013.
    (214711)
35
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the role, of coke in supplying the future energy needs of the UK.
    (214808)
36
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of reptiles have been imported to the UK from within the EU for the pet trade that were (a) wild-caught and (b) captive-bred in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
    (214596)
37
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of reptiles have been imported to the UK from outside the EU for the pet trade from 2010 that were (a) wild-caught and (b) captive-bred in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
    (214597)
38
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of mammals have been imported to the UK from within the EU for the pet trade that are (a) wild-caught and (b) captive-bred in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
    (214598)
39
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of mammals have been imported to the UK from outside the EU for the pet trade that were (a) wild-caught and (b) captive-bred in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
    (214599)
40
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring of exotic species (a) for sale and (b) which are privately-kept her Department carries out; what additional monitoring her Department carries out in respect of species considered to be invasive; and if she will make a statement.
    (214600)
41
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 213979, what steps she has taken to gather evidence to inform her Department's monitoring of the insurance market; and whether there will be an opportunity for (a) hon. Members, (b) small businesses and (c) members of the public to inform her Department's work in this area.
    (214805)
42
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to Question 213275, how many of the seven landfill operators in the North East of England to which enforcement notices have been issued in the last 12 months have owned a landfill site in that region.
    (214699)
43
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met Ministers in the Scottish Government to discuss the plans of the UK and Scottish Governments for creating marine conservation zones.
    (214510)
44
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have held (i) orally and (ii) in writing with the Scottish Government in the last six months on the creation of additional marine conservation zones.
    (214511)
45
N
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will complete the coastal footpath project by the target year of 2020; what the cost to date of that project is; and from which budgets funds have been allocated for the completion of the path.
    (214716)
46
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates he or his predecessors met the Ambassadors to the UK of the ASEAN countries in the last five years.
    (214663)
47
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations HM Ambassador to Sudan has made to the government of that country regarding (a) the alleged rape of 200 girls and women in Tabit in Darfur on 31 October and 1 November 2014 and (b) the operation of the Sudanese armed forces in Darfur.
    (214538)
48
N
John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for negotiations with Iran on its nuclear programme of recent satellite imagery indicating a possible nuclear clean-up operation at that country's Parchin facility.
  [R] (214640)
49
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to secure the release of Ghoncheh Ghavami from prison in Iran; and if he will make a statement.
    (214532)
50
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fax machines there are in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs); and how many fax machines his Department and its NDPBs have purchased and at what cost since May 2010.
    (214661)
51
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of standardised packaging of tobacco in Australia.
    (214703)
52
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were recruited to participate in a phase (a) I, (b) II, (c) III and (d) IV clinical trial in each of the last five years.
    (214789)
53
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 214322, what alternative vaccines are available that do not contain porcine gelatine for people who observe religions that restrict the consumption of pork products.
    (214790)
54
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, following the publication of the results of the ProtecT trial on localised prostate cancer diagnosis, what changes in diagnosis will be introduced for men aged between 50 and 69.
    (214793)
55
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a licence for a treatment indication makes it more likely to be prescribed for that indication in (a) off-label and (b) unlicensed indication.
    (214607)
56
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates since July 2014 he has discussed with NHS England the use of off-patent drugs for new indications; and if he will make a statement.
    (214697)
57
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to Question 213582, if he will publish the names of those members who attended each of the two focus groups on behalf of the Radiotherapy Clinical Reference Group (CRG), the Adult Neurosurgery CRG, the Brain and Central Nervous System CRG, the Neurosciences CRG and the Stereotactic Radiosurgery CRG.
    (214501)
58
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to Question 213584, which clinical trials will run over (a) three and (b) five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of patients who will take part in each such trial.
    (214502)
59
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 213358, from which of NHS England's underspent budgets amounts were taken to meet the overspend of £30,539,000; and how much was so taken in each case.
    (214503)
60
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 213360, which of the centres reviewed support the running of a seven-day service.
    (214504)
61
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 213582, what costs were identified by the Walton Centre NHS Trust for treating patients (a) surgically and (b) with stereotactic radiotherapy/stereotactic radiosurgery.
    (214505)
62
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to appoint a permanent chair of Monitor.
    (214806)
63
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Health Minister in Northern Ireland regarding the implementation of the most recent National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's guidelines for genetic testing for ovarian cancer.
    (214783)
64
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's most recent guidelines for genetic testing for ovarian cancer.
    (214812)
65
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any person on the UK sanctions list has travelled to the UK in the last 12 months.
    (214518)
66
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ethiopian nationals are on the UK travel ban list.
    (214519)
67
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Malawi nationals are on the UK travel ban list.
    (214520)
68
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals on the UK sanctions list are not on the UK travel ban list.
    (214605)
69
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 100,000 further resettlement places for Syrian refugees that UNCHR estimates will be required in 2015-16 will be provided by the UK.
    (214714)
70
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from the Syrian conflict have so far been relocated to the UK under the resettlement programme.
    (214715)
71
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to opt in to the EU Internal Security Fund for the period 2014 to 2020.
    (214796)
72
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on the contract for the operation of the 101 non-emergency number.
    (214698)
73
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2014 to Question 213787, on offences against children: databases, for what reasons the Childbase database was closed in 2011; and whether that database was closed before a replacement database had been established.
    (214786)
74
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the Afghan asylum seekers found in a shipping container at Tilbury Docks in August 2014 have (a) been granted asylum, (b) been refused asylum but remain in the UK and (c) been refused asylum and removed from the UK.
    (214513)
75
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the case of Mr and Mrs Khanovych, application references Warsaw 208144 and 208145, to enable them to visit their daughter in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (214807)
76
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects in Africa with an agro-ecological component have been funded by her Department (a) directly and (b) indirectly in the last three years; and what criteria her Department uses for deciding which projects to fund under the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
    (214797)
77
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that women's rights are on the agenda for the London Conference on Afghanistan next month; and what her objectives relating to the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan are for that conference.
    (214539)
78
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take to raise awareness among public bodies, companies and communities of the powers that may be exercised under a lasting power of attorney.
    (214535)
79
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the impact assessments his Department has carried out in respect of each of the amendments to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill tabled by the Government during that Bill's passage in the House of Lords.
    (214811)
80
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 213433, what estimate he has made of the number of young people placed in segregation in young offender institutions in each year between May 2010 and October 2012.
    (214813)
81
N
Robert Jenrick (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will bring forward proposals to make public the 1921 Census records ahead of schedule to allow families to research their First World War family history.
    (214635)
82
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to answer Questions 210136, 210138 and 210139, tabled by the hon. Member for Bristol North West on 13 October 2014.
    (214512)
83
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was for private family law cases to be resolved in court where at least one party is a litigant in person in (a) the UK and (b) Wales in each year from 2009 to 2014.
    (214606)
84
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications were (a) made and (b) granted for exceptional case funding for legal aid in each year from 2009 to 2014 in (i) the UK and (ii) Wales.
    (214816)
85
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was for private family law cases to be resolved in court in each year from 2009 to 2014 in (a) the UK and (b) Wales.
    (214817)
86
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many referrals to mediation were made in private family law in (a) the UK and (b) Wales in each year from 2009 to 2014.
    (214818)
87
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were charged with a serious crime committed while they were in prison in each year since 2010.
    (214662)
88
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in reimbursable expenses to special advisers in his Department in each year since 2010.
    (214701)
89
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish all correspondence between Ministers and officials in his Department and the UK Statistics Authority since May 2010 relating to questioning or correcting of numerical information and of statements made by Ministers and officials in his Department.
    (214814)
90
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213724, how many individual courts will receive additional funding; and what proportion such courts will form of the total court estate.
    (214815)
91
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the final costs were for each of the participating legal teams and individuals involved in the Saville Inquiry; and what costs in that inquiry were incurred after 2005.
    (214792)
92
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has any plans to amend the Highway Code.
  [R] (214506)
93
N
Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce compulsory testing to ensure that drivers' eyesight meets minimum legal standards.
    (214794)
94
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it will be a requirement on bidders for the Northern and TransPennine rail franchises to provide additional staff at stations and on trains.
    (214636)
95
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are currently used in the allocation of his Department's capital spending to improve rail and surface connectivity to ports and airports.
    (214779)
96
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what priority his Department gives to increasing economic activity in the aviation and maritime sectors in the allocation of his Department's capital funding to improve rail and road connectivity.
    (214780)
97
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail on the possibility of using CP6 funding to deliver the surface access improvements to Stansted Airport recommended in the Airports Commission Interim Report, published in December 2013.
    (214781)
98
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of Stansted Airport on the surface access improvements to Stansted Airport recommended in the Airports Commission's Interim Report, published in December 2013.
    (214782)
99
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of public sector investment in transport infrastructure needed for each of the three options being considered by the Davies Commission on runway capacity in the South East.
    (214536)
100
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times cold weather payments have been made to residents of the KY13 postcode area in each of the last five years.
    (214641)
101
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times cold weather payments have been made to residents of the FK10 postcode area in each of the last five years.
    (214642)
102
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times cold weather payments have been made to residents of the FK11 postcode area in each of the last five years.
    (214643)
103
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions have been issued by jobcentres to people (a) working in part-time employment and (b) employed on zero hours contracts in each year for which figures are available.
    (214534)
104
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for personal independence payment his Department expects to receive in the present financial year and the next; and what estimate he has made of the number of decisions on claims in that period.
    (214531)
105
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average people wait for work capability assessments; and which government regions are experiencing the longest waiting times.
    (214712)
106
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment applications in Wales have waited longer than (a) one month, (b) three months and (c) six months to be assessed by Capita; what progress has been made in reducing such waiting times in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
    (214791)
107
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to Question 213576, how many cases are still being dealt by Atos; and what assessment he has made of the effect this will have on waiting times.
    (214798)
108
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to ensure that Atos and its successor provide claimants with an immediate refund on the costs incurred when travelling to that assessment.
    (214799)
109
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether local authorities and voluntary sector partners will receive the level of additional funding and support from his Department for the introduction of universal credit that was available to pathfinders.
    (214508)
110
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish a long-term plan for the full-implementation of universal credit.
    (214509)
111
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what IT system will underpin the full national roll-out of universal credit.
    (214529)
112
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure effective joint working between his Department and relevant partners before introducing universal credit in new areas.
    (214530)
113
N
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's plans are for paying pensions and benefits nto Post Office card accounts after April 2015.
    (214784)
114
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding was allocated to Harrow Council in 2014-15 to be spent on local welfare assistance schemes; and if he will make a statement.
    (214521)
115
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations for personal independence payments have been (a) requested and (b) completed in respect of (i) Parkinson's disease, (ii) multiple sclerosis and (iii) rheumatoid arthritis; and if he will make a statement.
    (214523)
116
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations for personal independence payments have been (a) requested and (b) completed since April 2013; and if he will make a statement.
    (214524)
117
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time taken is for decisions to be made on mandatory reconsiderations for personal independence payments; and if he will make a statement.
    (214525)
118
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213752, stating that plans for national roll-out of universal credit to all jobcentres and local authorities from February 2015 have been accelerated so that the bulk of the migration will be complete by 2019, and by what date the bulk of the migration was due to have been completed prior to that acceleration.
    (214800)
119
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213752, stating that plans for national roll-out of universal credit to all jobcentres and local authorities from February 2015 have been accelerated so that the bulk of the migration will be complete by 2019, whether he is now confident that all migration will be complete by 2020.
    (214801)
120
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213752, stating that plans for national roll-out of universal credit to all jobcentres and local authorities from February 2015 have been accelerated so that the bulk of the migration will be complete by 2019, in what respects that represents an acceleration compared to his previous plan.
    (214802)
121
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills about links between Work Programme providers and recruitment agencies.
    (214803)
122
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the recommendations in the independent review of jobseeker's allowance sanctions for claimants failing to take part in back-to-work schemes (a) have been implemented in full, (b) are being progressed and (c) have not yet been actioned.
    (214804)

Notices given on Tuesday 18 November

1
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the ease of opening bank accounts for small businesses.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]   (906139)
2
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of how local authorities will be able to support the most vulnerable residents when its dedicated funding for local welfare assistance schemes ends in April 2015; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]   (214522)
3
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received from the Scottish Government on the provisions in the Infrastructure Bill [Lords] relating to decisions on an application for fracking.
[Transferred]   (214696)
4
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK will send a delegation to attend the UNCHR conference on resettling Syrian refugees to be held in Geneva on 9 December 2014.
[Transferred]   (214713)
5
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects that the Macur Review will report.
[Transferred]   (214637)
6
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce a right of appeal against a charging decision of the Crown Prosecution Service on the grounds that it is unduly lenient.
    (214940)
7
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) men and (b) women were prosecuted for offences covering sexual activity with a child in each of the last 10 years.
    (215015)
8
 
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when a decision will be made on the location of the new nuclear engineering college.
    (214886)
9
 
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the Scottish Government on the living wage; and if he will place any correspondence between his Department and the Scottish Government in the Library.
    (214844)
10
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government requesting the exemption of the Welsh National Health Service from negotiations on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership.
    (214882)
11
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on negotiations on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership.
    (214884)
12
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214978)
13
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many expressions of interest in Portsmouth Shipyard have been received.
    (214841)
14
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any company which expressed interest in Portsmouth Shipyard has ship-building capability.
    (214842)
15
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he made of the level of the support given by (a) the Northern Ireland Assembly and (b) other organisations in Northern Ireland for the British Business Bank; and if he will make a statement.
    (214956)
16
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the Network Transformation programme on rural communities; and if he will make a statement.
    (215118)
17
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many rural sub post offices existed in (a) 2010 and (b) 2013.
    (215119)
18
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses the Textiles Growth Programme has supported in (a) Lancashire and (b) Pendle in each of the last three years.
    (214867)
19
 
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to collate statistics relating to the total number of crimes involving online fraud.
    (215099)
20
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214979)
21
 
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the recent strike by members of the FBU was discussed by COBRA; and if he will make a statement.
    (214977)
22
 
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Na h-Eileanan an lar constituency paid the top rate of income tax in each of the last five years.
    (214976)
23
 
Mr Andrew Robathan (South Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has issued on the provision of advice to investors by self-invested personal pensions providers.
    (214845)
24
 
Mr Andrew Robathan (South Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Ombudsmen and (b) other staff the Financial Ombudsman Service employs; and what the total staffing cost of this body is.
    (214895)
25
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214980)
26
 
Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the continued exemption of local authorities that have established an objectively-assessed need for more office accommodation through their local plan, and demonstrated a low level of vacancy in the office market, from proposed planning changes to allow offices to be converted to housing; and if he will make a statement.
    (214865)
27
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on the activities of the Parking Eye and its treatment of old and vulnerable motorists.
    (214890)
28
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014 to Question 198864, when he anticipates that his Department will be able to introduce major policies informed by the Government's wellbeing indicators.
    (215023)
29
 
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his future policy is on the Local Welfare Assistance Fund.
    (214868)
30
 
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received about the Local Welfare Provision fund from (a) local authorities and (b) relevant third sector organisations.
    (215096)
31
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214981)
32
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the density of population in Oxfordshire compared to the North York Moors allows residents in Oxfordshire to have better mobile telephone signal coverage and broadband provision; and if he will make a statement.
    (215115)
33
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will undertake an assessment of the potential lessons that can be learned from Scandanavia in delivering (a) mobile telephone signal coverage and (b) faster broadband speeds; and if he will make a statement.
    (215117)
34
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage local stakeholders to invest in sport.
    (214831)
35
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214982)
36
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time is that veterans of the Normandy landings are waiting for their application to receive the Legion d'Honneur to be processed.
    (215042)
37
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans of the Normandy landings have applied to his Department to receive the Legion d'Honneur.
    (215043)
38
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to work with the French government on the provision of the Legion d'Honneur medals for veterans of the Normandy landings.
    (215044)
39
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many awards of the Legion d'Honneur have been made to veterans of the Normandy campaign in each month since June 2014.
    (215045)
40
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full time equivalent officials are working on the delivery of the Legion d'Honneur medals to veterans of the Normandy campaign.
    (215046)
41
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with veterans' organisations about the distribution of the Legion d'Honneur to veterans of the Normandy campaign.
    (215047)
42
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which month his Department first discussed with veterans' organisations the distribution of the Legion d'Honneur to veterans of the Normandy campaign.
    (215048)
43
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to raise the recruitment age for members of the (a) Royal Navy Reserve, (b) Royal Air Force Reserve and (c) regular forces.
    (215098)
44
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent in the (a) assessment phase and (b) demonstration and manufacture phase of the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability Tanker project.
    (215120)
45
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 February 2012, on Armed Forces MARS Tankers, by the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Official Report, columns 77-9WS, and pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 213893, what the reason is for the difference in the projected cost.
    (215121)
46
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by her Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214983)
47
 
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many university technical colleges have (a) closed and (b) changed their intake from 14 to 18 year olds to 16 to 18 year olds since 2010.
    (214896)
48
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce variations in standards of education.
    (214830)
49
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to encourage initiatives to promote science, engineering and maths in local primary schools.
    (214834)
50
 
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department made of the implications for his decision to pay subcontracted staff in his Department the living wage of the EU public procurement regime as set out in Directive 2004/18/EC and 2004/17/EC.
    (214971)
51
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214984)
52
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with (a) Saudi authorities and (b) EDF Energy on the possibility of Saudi Arabian investment in the Hinkley Point C nuclear power project.
    (215114)
53
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make additional funds available to allow the Northern Ireland Executive to extend the Warm Home Discount Scheme to Northern Ireland; what recent steps he has taken to encourage the setting up of the Warm Home Discount Scheme in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
    (214950)
54
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of (a) chemicals and (b) toxic metal being sprayed into the atmosphere above the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (214954)
55
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he made of the volumes of (a) chemicals and (b) toxic metals sprayed annually into the atmosphere above the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (214955)
56
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what limits he is setting on capacity market payments made through the Levy Control Framework.
    (214893)
57
 
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Marine Maritime Organisation has sufficient resources accurately to measure fishing stocks.
    (215002)
58
 
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to provide financial assistance to the North Devon fishing community affected by the recent Appledore fishery closure; and if she will take steps to end the ray and skate quota in that area.
    (215003)
59
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by her Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214985)
60
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports her Department has received of cruelty to animals in the trafficking of dogs from Eastern Europe to the UK.
    (214826)
61
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when funding decisions for the year beginning January 2015 for the North Pennines Dales LEADER will be announced.
    (214827)
62
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to make the principles of the Kennel Club Assured Breeder Scheme mandatory for anyone breeding dogs.
    (214839)
63
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will encourage local authorities to use Kennel Club Assured Breeder Scheme inspectors (a) to conduct inspections on behalf of local authorities and (b) to train local authority inspectors.
    (214840)
64
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department issues to members of the public about where to buy a puppy.
    (214843)
65
 
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made since 11 November 2014 in sourcing additional rays and skate quotas through international swaps.
    (215049)
66
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the latest information is on cattle restrictions in the area north of Helmsley, North Yorkshire; and if she will make a statement.
    (215116)
67
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking in response to bird flu.
    (214829)
68
 
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 214210, what the cost to his Department was of providing support to the Scottish Minister for Environment and Climate Change on his visit to Chile in October 2014.
    (215104)
69
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of Chevening scholarships in each of the last three years.
    (214964)
70
 
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in (a) the government of Israel and (b) the Palestinian authority following the recent vote in the House on Palestinian statehood.
    (214888)
71
 
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts about future relations with Ukraine.
    (215103)
72
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214986)
73
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the government of Bahrain on political rights in that country.
    (215050)
74
 
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the income ISIL receives from oil fields; what steps he is taking to restrict this income; and whether this oil can find its way into the UK market.
    (215102)
75
 
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to publish the implementation plan for the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
    (215105)
76
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on the use of the word Rohingya in communications with the government of Burma.
    (214863)
77
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with his Burmese counterpart on the Rohingya in Burma forming a political party in that country.
    (214864)
78
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Thailand on sex tourism; and what steps he is taking to stop (a) paedophiles and (b) others from the UK using Thailand as such a destination.
    (214820)
79
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to address the persecution of Christians in the Sudan region.
    (214894)
80
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 15 of Mitochondrial Donation: Government response to the consultation on draft regulations to permit the use of new treatment techniques to prevent the transmission of a serious mitochondrial disease from mother to child, published in July 2014, what the evidential basis is for the statement that donated mitochondrial DNA will not affect personal characteristics.
    (215106)
81
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the comments of the Chief Medical Officer of 10 November 2014 that children born through mitochondrial transfer techniques will only have the characteristics any other child would have in that family accord with the view of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
    (215107)
82
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to improve the performance of the North East Ambulance Service.
    (215065)
83
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) trusts and (b) foundation trusts recorded a deficit in each of the last three years.
    (215066)
84
 
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs were in practice in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
    (215067)
85
 
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent officials in his Department work on the availability of off-patent drugs to be used in new indications.
    (215052)
86
 
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the scale of the problems associated with excessive consumption of alcohol among students.
    (214887)
87
 
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to advertise alternatives to smoking tobacco on cigarette packaging.
    (214898)
88
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214987)
89
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of increased Nursing and Midwifery Council registration fees on the number of nurses and midwives in England.
    (214828)
90
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) Monitor, (b) Public Health England and (c) NHS England spent on Christmas decorations in 2013-14; and how much each body is planning to spend on such decorations in 2014-15.
    (214866)
91
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to discuss with the National Advisory Council of the Thalidomide Trust a contribution by his Department towards the health costs of British Thalidomide survivors; and if he will make a statement.
    (214952)
92
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the government of Germany makes an appropriate financial contributions to British victims of Thalidomide; and if he will make a statement.
    (214953)
93
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people historically registered with (a) MFET and (b) the Skipton Fund have been (i) non-hemophiliacs infected following NHS treatment with whole blood transfusions and (ii) haemophiliacs infected following NHS treatment with blood concentrate or cryoprecipitate.
    (214885)
94
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new registrations there (a) have been with MFET Ltd and (b) were with MSPT 1 and MSPT 2 since those organisations were first established; whether new registrants are entitled to any lump sum payments; and when the most recent new registrant was registered with those bodies.
    (214975)
95
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 213661, what estimate he has made of how many Stage 2 HCV infectees who contracted the virus following treatment with NHS blood products who were (a) registered and (b) not registered with the Skipton Fund who have not yet accessed ongoing payments from the Skipton Fund.
    (215020)
96
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 28 November 2012 to Question 129969 and pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 213610, what the reason is for the different figures for the number of people eligible for £25,000 top-ups to their Skipton Fund lump sum payments; and what steps his Department took to contact those people to inform them of their eligibility.
    (215021)
97
 
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Second Reading of the Off-patent Drugs Bill on 7 November 2014, Official Report, column 1120, in what ways the Secretary of State's proposed duties in the Bill could create a conflict of interest; and what assessment he has made of whether such a conflict could be mitigated by delegating the Secretary of State's duties to a separate body.
    (215022)
98
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the vacancy rate for medical practitioners in the NHS.
    (214837)
99
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of how much was spent on locum doctors in the NHS in each of the last five years.
    (214838)
100
 
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average remuneration for (a) part-time and (b) full-time GPs in each Clinical Commissioning Group area was in the last three years.
    (214899)
101
 
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average distanced travelled for an out-of-hours GP appointment was in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each of the last 10 years; and what the average waiting time for an out-of-hours GP appointment was in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire and (vi) Norfolk in each of the last 10 years.
    (214902)
102
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with (a) fractured neck of femur, (b) appendectomy, (c) drainage of abscess, (d) essential hypertension (diabetes related), (e) chronic ischaemic heart disease (diabetes related), (f) acute myocardial infarction (diabetes related), (g) stroke (diabetes related), (h) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (i) asthma, (k) congestive heart failure (diabetes related), (l) peripheral vascular disease (diabetes related), (m) chronic kidney failure (diabetes related), (n) lower limb amputation (but excluding patients with malignancies or injury/trauma) (diabetes related) were readmitted to hospital within 28 days in each NHS commissioner area in each of the last five years.
  [R] (215005)
103
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of emergency hospital admissions was for people with (a) fractured neck of femur, (b) appendectomy, (c) drainage of abscess, (d) essential hypertension (diabetes related), (e) chronic ischaemic heart (disease diabetes related), (f) acute myocardial infarction (diabetes related), (g) stroke (diabetes related), (h) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (i) asthma, (k) congestive heart failure (diabetes related), (l) peripheral vascular disease (diabetes related), (m) chronic kidney failure (diabetes related), (n) lower limb amputation (but excluding patients with malignancies or injury/trauma) (diabetes related) were readmitted to hospital within 28 days in each NHS commissioner area in each of the last five years.
  [R] (215006)
104
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of stay in hospital was for people with (a) fractured neck of femur, (b) appendectomy, (c) drainage of abscess, (d) essential hypertension (diabetes related), (e) chronic ischaemic heart disease (diabetes related), (f) acute myocardial infarction (diabetes related), (g) stroke (diabetes related), (h) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (i) asthma, (k) congestive heart failure (diabetes related), (l) peripheral vascular disease (diabetes related), (m) chronic kidney failure (diabetes related), (n) lower limb amputation (but excluding patients with malignancies or injury/trauma) (diabetes related) were readmitted to hospital within 28 days in each NHS commissioner area in each of the last five years.
  [R] (215007)
105
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the standardised ratio for mortality in hospital within 30 days of admission was for people with (a) fractured neck of femur, (b) appendectomy, (c) drainage of abscess, (d) essential hypertension (diabetes related), (e) chronic ischaemic heart disease (diabetes related), (f) acute myocardial infarction (diabetes related), (g) stroke (diabetes related), (h) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (i) asthma, (k) congestive heart failure (diabetes related), (l) peripheral vascular disease (diabetes related), (m) chronic kidney failure (diabetes related), (n) lower limb amputation (but excluding patients with malignancies or injury/trauma) (diabetes related) in each NHS commissioner area in each of the last five years.
  [R] (215008)
106
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had their feet amputated as a result of diabetes in each NHS commissioning area in each of the last five years.
  [R] (215009)
107
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adult patients on insulin therapy have been offered an Insulin Passport in each NHS commissioning area in each of the last five years.
  [R] (215010)
108
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions has he had with NHS England on the future funding of the Patient Experience of Diabetes Survey.
  [R] (215011)
109
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the results of the pilot Patient Experience of Diabetes Services survey published in June 2014; and if he will make a statement.
  [R] (215012)
110
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to make use of the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation Scheme to improve coverage of (a) clinical audits and (b) patient experience surveys.
  [R] (215013)
111
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 11WH, on Melbourne Declaration on diabetes, when NHS England plans to roll out the diabetes patient experience survey across all NHS services in England.
  [R] (215094)
112
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 111WH, on Melbourne Declaration on diabetes, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) Officials in his Department have had with NHS England on plans to roll out the diabetes patient experience survey across all NHS services in England.
  [R] (215095)
113
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned on the use of on-the-spot testing for infections and the effect of this on the use of antibiotics.
    (214819)
114
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the effect on the food industry of the Food Information Regulations 2014; and if he will make a statement.
    (214821)
115
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Department is doing to deal with the increasing levels of youth suicide across the UK.
    (214835)
116
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made on vaccination for Meningitis B.
    (214836)
117
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to encourage and enhance research and development within the NHS.
    (214869)
118
 
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspicious activity reports received in the year ending September 2013 that related to Politically Exposed Persons and required consent were filed by (a) solicitors, (b) accountants, (c) banks and (d) each other category of profession for which records are kept.
    (215108)
119
 
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspicious activity reports received in the year ending September 2013 that related to Politically Exposed Persons were filed by (a) solicitors, (b) accountants, (c) banks and (d) each other category of profession for which records are kept.
    (215109)
120
 
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspicious activity reports received in the year ending September 2013 were filed by (a) solicitors, (b) accountants, (c) banks and (d) each other category of profession for which records are kept.
    (215110)
121
 
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the suspicious activity reports received in the year ending September 2013 relating to Politically Exposed Persons required consent before being filed.
    (215111)
122
 
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspicious activity reports received in the year ending September 2013 related to Politically Exposed Persons.
    (215112)
123
 
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the written evidence from the Crown Prosecution Service, Home Office and National Crime Agency to the Committee of Public Accounts, published in its forty-ninth report of 2013-14, on Confiscation Orders, HC 942, ev24, how many of the suspicious activity reports received in the year ending September 2013 required consent to be filed.
    (215113)
124
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 5 post-study work visas were issued in-country in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012 and (v) 2013.
    (215097)
125
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women were (i) arrested, (ii) charged and (iii) cautioned for sexual activity with a child in each of the last five years.
    (214825)
126
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants from what countries of origin were granted asylum in each year since 2010; what the nature of their illegal status was before they were granted asylum; for what reason they were granted asylum; whether they entered the UK illegally; whether their cases involved a claim under the Human Rights Act 1998; and if she will make a statement.
    (214949)
127
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by her Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214988)
128
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women held in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre were on constant observation to prevent self-harm in each year since 2010.
    (214892)
129
 
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers left the police service in each police fore area in (a) Suffolk, (b) England and (c) Wales (i) within two to five years, (ii) within five to 10 years and (iii) after more than 10 years on joining the service in each year since 2004.
    (214900)
130
 
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of vandalism were reported in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 2005.
    (214901)
131
 
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) charges, (b) prosecutions, (c) fines and (d) cautions there have been for breaches of the Hunting Act 2004 in each police force area in England and Wales since 2010.
    (214903)
132
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with police forces on steps to tackle cannabis cultivation across the UK.
    (214833)
133
 
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of G4S Care and Justice Service Ltd's compliance with housing standards for asylum seekers across the West Midlands.
    (215014)
134
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by her Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214989)
135
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the New Alliance for Food and Security and Nutrition programmes on small-scale food producers in areas supported by that programme.
    (214891)
136
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the figure in the Global Slavery Index of 0.5 per cent of the worlds population living as slaves.
    (215051)
137
 
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received a (a) custodial sentence, (b) community penalty, (c) financial penalty and (d) other disposal for offences related to class (i) A, (ii) B and (iii) C drugs in the most recent year for which figure are available.
    (214897)
138
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners who were not born in the UK in each of the last three years.
    (214858)
139
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners from each country were convicted of each offence type in the last year for which figures are available.
    (214859)
140
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offence each of the prisoners held in open prisons on 31 May 2014 who had previously (a) absconded or escaped from prison and (b) breached a licence condition while released on temporary licence had committed; and how long each such prisoner's original prison sentence was.
    (214860)
141
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) age and (b) sex of the (i) offender and (ii) victim was in each case where an offender was given a caution for the offence of sexual activity with a child under 13 in the last five years.
    (214936)
142
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in open prisons have absconded or escaped on more than one occasion.
    (214937)
143
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who escaped or absconded from prison in the last year for which figures are available had previously escaped or absconded from prison.
    (214939)
144
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours were spent in cells on average each day by (a) male and (b) female prisoners for the latest period for which information is available.
    (214941)
145
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours were spent in cells on average on Saturdays and Sundays by (a) male and (b) female prisoners for the latest period for which information is available.
    (214942)
146
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of terrorist-related offences have been released on temporary licence in each of the last five years.
    (214943)
147
 
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 on 31 December 2013.
    (214944)
148
 
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 on 31 December 2013.
    (214945)
149
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) age and (b) offence type was of prisoners held in HM Prison Belmarsh who were under the age of 21 on 31 December 2013.
    (214946)
150
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been sentenced via video link in each of the last three years.
    (214947)
151
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with (a) judges and (b) the legal profession over the use of prison video links.
    (214948)
152
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2014 to Questions 208711 and 208714, for what reason there were releases in error where the offence is listed as Unknown in Table 1.
    (214959)
153
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer opf 21 October 2014 to Questions 208711 and 208714, what the offences listed under the category Other in Table 1 were.
    (214960)
154
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer opf 21 October 2014 to Questions 208711 and 208714, how many offenders in each offence category in 2013-14 in Table 1 have not been returned to custody; and how much of each such offender's sentence was left to serve.
    (214961)
155
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners escaped from custody whilst on special purpose licence in each of the last 10 years.
    (214962)
156
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of all sentences handed down for (a) knife possession and (b) aggravated knife possession at (i) Keighley Magistrates' Court and (ii) Bradford Crown Court were custodial sentences in the last year for which figures are available.
    (214963)
157
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which criteria are used to assess whether a case is suitable for a prison video link.
    (214965)
158
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on dealing with different (a) types of offences, (b) types of hearings and (c) individuals via prison video links.
    (214966)
159
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2014 to Questions 208711 and 208714, how many of the outstanding absconders in Table 3 who were released from prison in error were returned to custody.
    (214967)
160
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were transferred from open conditions to closed conditions who had previously (a) absconded or escaped from prison and (b) breached a licence condition whilst released on temporary licence following the recent review of release on temporary licence.
    (214968)
161
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in open prisons have previously breached a licence condition whilst released on temporary licence on more than one occasion.
    (214969)
162
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 208509, what amount of surety monies was not collected when defendants breached their bail conditions and surety had been given on their behalf before bail was granted in each of the last three years.
    (215016)
163
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209535, at which court each such violent incident took place; what the nature of each such incident was; and who the victim was of each such incident.
    (215017)
164
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2014 to Question 204644, in the case of the person who re-offended by committing a further terrorist-related offence after being released from prison for a previous terrorist-related offence, if he will list (a) the offence that person was originally convicted of, (b) the length of the original prison sentence, (c) how much of that sentence had been served, (d) what the new offence was, (e) what the licence recall position is and (f) what sentence the court handed down for the new offence.
    (215018)
165
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2014 to Question 204644, in the case of the four people who re-offended by committing non terrorist-related offences after being released from prison for terrorist-related offences, if he will list (a) the offence originally they had been convicted of, (b) the length of the original prison sentence, (c) how much of that sentence had been served, (d) what the circumstances of the new offences were, (e) what the licence recall position is and (f) what sentence the court handed down for the new offences.
    (215019)
166
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214990)
167
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make additional funds available to allow the Northern Ireland Executive to extend the Warm Home Discount Scheme to Northern Ireland; what recent steps she has taken to encourage the setting up of the Warm Home Discount Scheme in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (214951)
168
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214991)
169
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment he has made of the proportion of taxis in London and the UK that are zero emission capable; and if he will make a statement.
    (214861)
170
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment he has made of the proportion of buses in London and the UK that are hybrid electric; and if he will make a statement.
    (214862)
171
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214992)
172
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the data sharing arrangements between the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and Parking Eye.
    (214889)
173
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government requesting the exemption of the Welsh National Health Service from negotiations on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership.
    (214881)
174
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on negotiations on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership.
    (214883)
175
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214993)
176
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's consultation, child maintenance: closing cases in Segments 3 and 4 simultaneously, published on 27 October 2014, whether such simultaneous closure will affect the contract between G4S and his Department on the anticipated level of call demands to the Child Maintenance Options Service for the years 2015 and 2016.
    (215100)
177
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's consultation, child maintenance: closing cases in Segments 3 and 4 simultaneously, published on 27 October 2014, what effect such simultaneous closure will have on (a) forecast volumes and the cost of calls demands to the Child Maintenance Options Service, (b) forecast volumes and cost of recruitment and training of new staff for the Child Maintenance Options Service and (c) forecast staff numbers and costs associated with the validation of child maintenance arrears in closed cases in the year from April 2015.
    (215101)
178
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of nationals of each EU country who are in the UK and claiming benefits.
    (214938)
179
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
    (214994)
180
 
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Dundee East constituency have had income support capped since the introduction of the benefit cap.
    (215068)
181
 
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency have had income support capped since the introduction of the benefit cap.
    (215069)
182
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Moray constituency have had income support capped since the introduction of the benefit cap.
    (215070)
183
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help people who plan to work beyond pension age.
    (214832)
184
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Banff and Buchan constituency have had income support capped since the introduction of the benefit cap.
    (215072)
185
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Perth and North Perthshire constituency have had income support capped since the introduction of the benefit cap.
    (215071)
Friday 21 November  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 11 November

1
N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will pilot a scheme on automatic information exchange with a developing country.
    (214410)

Notices given on Monday 17 November

1
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to attend the UNHCR Global Resettlement Pledging Conference on 9 December 2014.
    (214608)
2
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on the resettlement of Syrian refugees in (a) the UK and (b) Europe.
    (214610)
3
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid the Director of Legal Aid Casework has (a) granted and (b) refused for adoption cases in (i) Wales and (ii) Newport East constituency.
    (214609)

Notices given on Tuesday 18 November

1
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what additional support he plans to give small and medium-sized businesses in the UK.
    (215037)
2
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure harmonisation of the approaches of the UK, the US and the EU in freezing assets of people suspected of funding international terrorism.
    (214875)
3
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for overseeing investigations into freezing assets of people suspected of funding international terrorism.
    (214876)
4
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the Financial Conduct Authority's decision to extend the settlement negotiation period to January 2015; and if he will make a statement.
    (214850)
5
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the devolution of corporation tax in 2014.
    (215036)
6
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reason is for the difference in the number of projects and programmes listed in the infrastructure pipeline data published by his Department in 2013 and 2014.
    (215093)
7
N
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) preparing, (b) printing and (c) posting the personalised annual tax statements in 2014.
    (214854)
8
N
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of families in Bury North constituency who will be eligible for support under the Childcare Payments Bill.
    (214928)
9
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received which make a case for more funding to be allocated to the NHS in the autumn statement.
    (215080)
10
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce child poverty in Bradford.
    (214973)
11
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when a Minister in his Department last visited Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service; and who was met on that visit.
    (214905)
12
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Fire Brigades Union on firefighters' pensions.
    (214906)
13
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with the devolved administrations on the firefighters' dispute; and if he will make a statement.
    (215062)
14
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he informed local authorities that dedicated funding for local welfare assistance schemes would no longer be available from April 2015 before the publication of the provisional local government finance settlement; and if he will make a statement.
    (214879)
15
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign in the First World War.
    (214917)
16
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that any proposals from the European Commission for reform of the European copyright framework do not undermine the incentive to invest in film and television content in the UK.
    (214930)
17
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with his Scottish counterpart the roll-out of superfast broadband for the West Coast of Scotland and those parts of central Scotland which do not yet have access to superfast broadband; and if he will make a statement.
    (214880)
18
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on constructing mobile masts under the Mobile Infrastructure Project.
    (215081)
19
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what impact assessment his Department conducted on the duration of its consultation on tackling partial not-spots in mobile phone coverage.
    (215090)
20
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average age is for (a) privates, (b) junior NCOs, (c) senior NCOs, (d) junior officers and (e) senior officers (i) in the Army Reserve and (ii) recruited into the Army Reserve since the commencement of Operation Fortify.
    (214877)
21
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average age is of all ranks in the (a) Army Reserve and (b) Army Reserve infantry.
    (214878)
22
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what change there has been in the latest projected cost of the Army Reserve reforms when compared to the initial cost estimates.
    (215078)
23
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to whom honours for courage and gallantry have been posthumously awarded since 1984; and when (a) the incident to which each award relates occurred and (b) each such honour was granted.
    (215024)
24
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on providing support or assistance for film or television projects.
    (215025)
25
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support and assistance his Department has offered to the makers of the film Kajaki.
    (215026)
26
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce a medal for service personnel and medical staff deployed to West Africa as part of the fight against Ebola.
    (215004)
27
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 33 of the Service Complaints Commissioner's Annual Report 2013, if he will place the results of the sexual harassment survey undertaken by the Army between March and April 2014 in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
    (215063)
28
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will investigate whether EU citizens are being wrongly recorded on the electoral roll as being able to vote in all elections in (a) Wellingborough, (b) Kettering and (c) Corby.
    (214870)
29
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many EU citizens are on the electoral roll and noted as not being able to vote in general elections in (a) Wellingborough, (b) Kettering, (c) Corby and (d) England.
    (214871)
30
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many EU citizens of voting age are living in (a) Wellingborough, (b) Kettering, (c) Corby and (d) England.
    (214872)
31
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent estimate he has made of the number of EU citizens in (a) Wellingborough, (b) Kettering, (c) Corby and (d) England who are on the electoral roll but incorrectly designated as being able to vote in all elections.
    (214873)
32
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of nursery care for children with disabilities.
    (214874)
33
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places have been available in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, (b) Tower Hamlets, (c) London and (d) England in each year since 2010.
    (214908)
34
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what resources her Department has provided to Academy chains for the development of teaching resources since May 2010.
    (214913)
35
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what arrangements she has in place to reclaim funds paid from the public purse which have been used to help develop teaching resources subsequently sold commercially.
    (214914)
36
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received on proposed content for the new religious studies GCSE.
    (214915)
37
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received on the teaching of British values as they relate to same sex marriage and relationships; and if she will make a statement.
    (214916)
38
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department uses to decide whether to approve an application to set up a university technical college; and whether such criteria includes the number of (a) students already recruited and (b) surplus secondary places available in the local authority area.
    (214904)
39
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) median and (b) mean wage was for childcare workers in each of the last five years.
    (215075)
40
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of workers in the childcare sector who are employed on zero-hour contracts.
    (215076)
41
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which official in his Department has lead responsibility for solid biomass fuel classifications.
    (214972)
42
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether (a) straw, (b) grass pellets and (c) other non-wood biomass fuels are included in the biomass suppliers list as approved fuels.
    (215074)
43
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to reduce the effects of coastal erosion; and if she will make a statement.
    (214824)
44
N
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the disposal of commercial dog waste from breeding establishments and other places dogs may be kept.
    (215031)
45
N
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that commercial dog waste from breeding establishments is not reaching the human or animal food chains and water supply.
    (215032)
46
N
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department issues to commercial dog breeding establishments on the disposal of faeces, bedding, dog carcasses and other waste.
    (215033)
47
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage Iran to clarify issues relating to possible military dimensions of its nuclear material and implement the additional protocol.
    (214849)
48
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2014 to Question 211909, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Pakistani government and (b) his EU counterparts on the case of Aasia Bibi.
    (214851)
49
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 214210, what the cost to his Department was of providing support to the Scottish Minister for External Affairs and International Development on his visits to (a) Geneva in November 2014, (b) Brussels in July 2014, (c) Brussels in June 2014, (d) Vancouver and San Francisco in April 2014, (e) Vienna in February 2014, (f) UAE and Qatar in November 2013, (g) Pakistan in October 2013, (h) India, Delhi and Mumbai in October 2013, (i) Geneva in September 2013, (j) Latvia in July 2013, (k) China and Hong Kong in June 2013 and (l) Hanover in May 2013.
    (215082)
50
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 214210, what the cost to his Department was of providing support to the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs on his visits to (a) Dublin in October 2014, (b) Brussels in October 2014, (c) Italy in October 2014, (d) Ireland in May 2014, (e) Poland in May 2014, (f) Paris in April 2014, (g) Helsinki in March 2013, (h) Paris in December 2013, (i) Denmark and Sweden in December 2014, (j) Brussels in November 2013, (k) Rome in October 2013, (l) Philadelphia in July 2013, (m) Venice in May 2013, (n) Dublin in May 2013 and (o) Berlin in April 2013.
    (215083)
51
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of developments in the peace process in Colombia; and if he will make a statement.
    (215058)
52
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with the government of Zimbabwe on the (a) democratic process and (b) siezure of land.
    (214823)
53
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the ability of people to access Sativex in the NHS.
    (214957)
54
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were given an opiate-based treatment (a) within a hospital, (b) on prescription and (c) otherwise in the last 12 months.
    (214958)
55
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people died from the effects of (a) tobacco, (b) alcohol and (c) cannabis in the last year for which figures are available.
    (215053)
56
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who in his Department is responsible for implementation of the Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England.
    (215084)
57
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the consequences for public health of prostitution and sex trafficking; and what steps he is taking to minimise those consequences.
    (215085)
58
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to tackle the stigma around HIV and AIDS.
    (215086)
59
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects home testing HIV kits to become available for use throughout the UK.
    (215087)
60
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Public Health England review of sexual health services.
    (215089)
61
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals have been rated poor with regards to infection control and cleanliness in each month since May 2010.
    (214924)
62
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals have not met their staffing requirements for registered nurse day hours in each month since May 2010.
    (214925)
63
N
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many veterans have been referred for priority NHS treatment since May 2010.
    (214931)
64
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will collect information on the number and occupations of agency and contract workers employed by NHS foundation trusts.
    (214926)
65
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts possess (a) an arts for health and (b) a music for health team.
    (214932)
66
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinicians not affiliated with his Department and NHS England his Department consulted on the Off-patent Drugs Bill.
    (214852)
67
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2013 to Question 158873, which 28 NHS front-line services, and which seven accident and emergency departments, he has visited since September 2012.
    (215027)
68
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 41 of section 1.5.1 of Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy Services Needs Assessment and Service Review, published by NHS England on 3 November 2014, what the supportive literature is verifying the clinical efficiency of all three delivery systems.
    (215038)
69
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 42 of section 1.5.1 of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Radiotherapy (SRT) Services Needs Assessment and Service Review, published by NHS England on 3 November 2014, which hospitals deliver SRS and SRT to tumours in the brain without the use of a frame.
    (215039)
70
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 43 of section 1.5.1 of Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy Services Needs Assessment and Service Review, published by NHS England on 3 November 2014, what the evidence is that there are no significant differences between the machines delivering its treatments.
    (215040)
71
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has commissioned into the health benefits of fish oils.
    (214822)
72
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ethiopian nationals are on the UK travel exclusion list.
    (215059)
73
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the Metropolitan Police Service review on criminal finances that was produced in 2012.
    (215060)
74
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Malawi nationals are on the UK travel exclusion list.
    (215061)
75
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a copy of the business case for extending the electronic visa waiver scheme to Kuwait in the Library.
    (215091)
76
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a copy of the impact assessment for extending the electronic visa waiver scheme to Kuwait in the Library.
    (215092)
77
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been received from asylum seekers temporarily resident in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many such applications have been successful.
    (214918)
78
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 17 November 2014 to Question 213402 and of 11 November 2014 to Question 213405, how many of the Libyan service personnel who were in receipt of military training in the UK since June 2014 have been returned to Libya.
    (215064)
79
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the Refugee Council to discuss the number of Syrian refugees that have been settled in the UK.
    (214922)
80
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will represent the UK in the UN High Commissioner for Refugees meeting on resettling Syria's refugees in December 2014.
    (214923)
81
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from Syria have been settled in the UK in each of the last 24 months; and if she will make a statement.
    (215041)
82
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian nationals have been returned under the Dublin Regulation to (a) Bulgaria, (b) Italy and (c) Greece in each of the last five years.
    (214846)
83
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will halt any expansion of the immigration detention estate until the report from the inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration has been published.
    (214847)
84
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual running costs of the immigration detention estate are.
    (214848)
85
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation her Department has paid for unlawfully detaining individuals under immigration powers in each of the last five years.
    (214974)
86
N
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reviews his Department has commissioned on the longevity of prison officers once they have retired from service in the last five years.
    (214919)
87
N
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how long on average a retired prison officer draws their pension.
    (214920)
88
N
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how long on average a prison officer lives following retirement from the prison service.
    (214921)
89
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of offering non-contact boxing programmes to violent offenders.
    (214927)
90
N
Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to mobile telephone companies on their legal obligations in respect of the sending and storing of nude and sexually explicit images of people under the age of 18 by their customers.
    (214929)
91
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release of 16 November 2014 entitled Crackdown on violence in prisons, how his Department plans to (a) measure and (b) monitor the effect of the new joint protocol on violence in prisons on the number of assaults on prison staff.
    (215054)
92
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release of 16 November 2014 entitled Crackdown on violence in prisons, what consultations his Department carried out with unions and professional associations on policy options to reduce violence in prisons before implementing the joint protocol on violence in prisons.
    (215055)
93
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release of 16 November 2014 entitled Crackdown on violence in prisons, what estimate he has made of the number of additional court appearances which will result from the implementation of the joint protocol on violence in prisons.
    (215056)
94
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release of 16 November 2014 entitled Crackdown on violence in prisons, what estimate he has made of the aggregate increase in days of imprisonment which will result from convictions for criminal offences conducted in prison under the joint protocol on violence in prisons; and what estimate he has made of the additional prison places required to accommodate that increase.
    (215057)
95
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice on the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights on the investigation of historic cases linked to the Troubles; and if she will make a statement.
    (215073)
96
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the relative pay of men and women among staff of his Department.
    (215034)
97
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many 18 to 24 year olds in Scotland had been unemployed for 12 months or more in each year since 2007.
    (215035)
98
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the savings to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency generated by the abolition of the tax disc will be returned to the Treasury.
    (214856)
99
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the European Commission's draft Regulation supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 with regard to the classification of serious infringements of the Union rules, which may lead to the loss of good repute by the road transport operator; and what his policy is on the proposals in that draft Regulation.
    (214970)
100
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a person using a mobility scooter without a number plate is required to pay vehicle excise duty.
    (215079)
101
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provision is made for rail passengers under the Think Autism strategy; what steps he has taken to raise awareness of the needs of rail passengers with learning and developmental disabilities; and what recent discussions he has held with train operating companies and Network Rail about the structure and effectiveness of their disability awareness training courses.
    (215088)
102
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what predictions are made by the National Transport Model from 2015 onwards for the (a) average number of trips and stages made annually per person in England and (b) average length of trips by transport mode in the (i) low, (ii) medium and (iii) high growth scenarios.
    (214853)
103
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individual visits there were to the Transport Direct website in each of the last five years.
    (215077)
104
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of housing costs on levels of child poverty.
    (214907)
105
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether responsibility for designating a bedroom for housing benefit purpose lies with his Department or with the social landlord.
    (214855)
106
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants are able to telephone Access to Work programme offices (a) in general and (b) to discuss late payment of monthly wages for their support workers.
    (215028)
107
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what communication options are offered for claimants to contact Access to Work programme offices.
    (215029)
108
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken by a local Access to Work office to process monthly claims from registered disabled persons for wages for their support workers was over the last 12 months.
    (215030)
109
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Jobcentre Plus key performance indicators in ensuring jobseekers secure sustainable employment.
    (214909)
110
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU countries on the role of people aged over 50 in the EU labour market.
    (214910)
111
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on the weekly allowance element of the new enterprise allowance in each month since that scheme's inception.
    (214911)
112
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Work Programme providers have achieved an excellent accreditation through the Merlin Standards since 2012.
    (214912)
Monday 24 November  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
 
★ 1
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): What recent progress he has made on reserve recruitment; and if he will make a statement.
    (906178)
★ 2
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What steps he is taking to protect the pensions of war widows who subsequently remarry or cohabit.
    (906179)
★ 3
David Rutley (Macclesfield): What recent discussions he has had with his Middle East counterparts on steps to counter ISIL.
    (906180)
★ 4
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): What recent discussions he has had with his Libyan counterpart on bilateral training programmes.
    (906181)
★ 5
Paul Flynn (Newport West): What recent progress has been made on the armed forces drawdown from Afghanistan.
    (906182)
★ 6
Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): What progress he has made on strengthening the Armed Forces Covenant.
    (906183)
★ 7
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What steps he is taking to promote service in the Army Reserve.
    (906184)
★ 8
Ian Austin (Dudley North): What recent assessment he has made of the level of recruitment to the Army Reserve; and if he will make a statement.
    (906185)
★ 9
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): What recent steps the UK has taken against ISIL in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
    (906186)
★ 10
Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): When (a) HMS Queen Elizabeth and (b) HMS Prince of Wales will set out to sea under their own power for the first time.
    (906187)
★ 11
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What recent assessment he has made of the quality of NHS care for veterans.
    (906188)
★ 12
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What progress he has made on meeting the objectives of the Army 2020 programme; and if he will make a statement.
    (906189)
★ 13
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): What recent investment he has made in next generation equipment for the armed forces.
    (906190)
★ 14
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What steps his Department is taking to assist those affected by the Ebola outbreak.
    (906191)
★ 15
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources available to process compensation claims for injured armed forces veterans.
    (906192)
★ 16
Robert Jenrick (Newark): What steps he is taking to protect the pensions of war widows who subsequently remarry or cohabit.
    (906193)
★ 17
Alok Sharma (Reading West): What steps he is taking to promote service in the Army Reserve.
    (906194)
★ 18
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): What steps his Department is taking to assist those affected by the Ebola outbreak.
    (906195)
★ 19
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What recent assessment he has made of the situation in Libya and the effects of the Allied military intervention in that country.
    (906196)
★ 20
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What progress he has made on strengthening the Armed Forces Covenant.
    (906197)
★ 21
Pat Glass (North West Durham): What assessment he has made of the UK's performance in efforts to tackle ISIL; and if he will make a statement.
    (906198)
★ 22
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What recent progress he has made on reserve recruitment; and if he will make a statement.
    (906199)
★ 23
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): What steps he is taking to assist the Iraqi armed forces in countering ISIL.
    (906200)
★ 24
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What steps he is taking to improve the Service complaints system.
    (906201)
★ 25
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): What change there has been in the overall cost of the reforms to the Army Reserve against the initial cost estimate of that programme.
    (906202)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (906168)
★ 2
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester):  
    (906169)
★ 3
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth):  
    (906170)
★ 5
David Mowat (Warrington South):  
    (906172)
★ 6
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):  
    (906173)
★ 7
John Glen (Salisbury):  
    (906174)
★ 8
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (906175)
★ 9
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay):  
    (906176)
★ 10
Nick de Bois (Enfield North):  
    (906177)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 10 November

1
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department plans to give to the removal of unexploded remnants of war in civilian areas in Gaza.
    (214023)
2
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what help her Department plans to give to children in Gaza requiring specialised psychosocial support as a result of recent conflict.
    (214024)
3
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance she plans to provide for the reconstruction or repair of schools destroyed or badly damaged in the Gaza conflict.
    (214025)
4
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
    (214061)

Notices given on Tuesday 11 November

1
N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to respond to the OECD's proposals on involvement of low income countries in development of the automatic exchange of tax payer information.
    (214411)
2
N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the Base Erosion and Profit Sharing process; and if he will make a statement.
    (214412)

Notices given on Monday 17 November

1
N
Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of how many small firms and shops in (a) England and (b) the Northumberland County Council area have been affected by the recent reduction in business rates.
    (214717)
2
N
Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with North East Local Enterprise Partnership on the timing and size of the second phase of Local Growth Deals.
    (214612)
3
N
Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on long-term commercial forestry.
    (214611)

Notices given on Tuesday 18 November

1
N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the amount of carbon emitted to the UK atmosphere by subsidised generation of (a) heat by biomass boilers and (b) electricity by biomass power stations in the last 30 years.
    (214933)
2
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in training every GP and GP nurse in child physical and mental health.
    (214998)
3
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to introduce a named doctor or health professional for every child with a long-term condition.
    (214999)
4
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will extend the patient survey of young people in inpatient settings to cover outpatient and community settings.
    (215000)
5
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will develop a Mortality Plan aimed at reducing the number of preventable child deaths in England.
    (215001)
6
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations or reports his Department has received from the (a) Caxton Foundation, (b) Macfarlane Trust and (c) Eileen Trust or those organisations' trustees on (i) the needs of their beneficiaries, (ii) the support available to trust beneficiaries and (iii) the take-up of discretionary and non-discretionary support.
    (214995)
7
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many lump sum payments of £43,500 (a) have been made by MFET Ltd and (b) were made by MSPT1 and MSPT2 to the estates of people who contracted HIV following treatment with NHS blood products but who died before the lump sum payments scheme was established.
    (214996)
8
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, before what date a person infected with HIV has to have received treatment with NHS blood products in order to qualify for registration with (a) MFET Ltd and (b) the Eileen Trust.
    (214997)
Tuesday 25 November  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 17 November

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the level of salaries paid to local authority chief executives; what guidance his Department gives to local councils on that matter; what measures are in place to prevent excessive salaries being paid by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
    (214718)
2
N
Robert Jenrick (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the Arts Council funding allocated to Nottinghamshire has been spent in each of the last five years.
    (214719)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Arts Council funding has been allocated to East Yorkshire constituency in each of the last five years; and for what projects such funding was allocated.
    (214666)
4
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's announcement of 8 November 2014, on pensions of surviving spouses and civil partners of personnel, whether the widows of military personnel killed on duty who have previously lost their military pensions as a result of cohabiting will have such pensions restored if they cease cohabiting; and if he will make a statement.
    (214644)
5
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's announcement of 8 November 2014, on pensions of surviving spouses and civil partners of personnel, whether war widows who have had their military pensions restored on ceasing to cohabit will retain their restored pensions if they then begin cohabiting (a) with a new partner and (b) with a previous partner; and if he will make a statement.
    (214645)
6
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to install lighting on further sections of the M1 motorway; and if he will make a statement.
    (214664)
7
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reason is for the current roadworks on the M1 motorway south of junction 19; and when he expects those works to be completed and all carriageways open.
    (214665)
Wednesday 26 November  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
 
★ 1
Guy Opperman (Hexham): If he will give guidance to the Smith Commission on ensuring that its proposals do not hamper cross-border trade with the North of England.
    (906203)
★ 2
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on shipbuilding on the Clyde.
    (906204)
★ 3
Jim McGovern (Dundee West): What steps he is taking to encourage firms in Scotland to pay the living wage.
    (906205)
★ 4
John Stevenson (Carlisle): When he expects the Smith Commission to publish its report; and what steps are planned to implement its findings.
    (906206)
★ 5
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of superfast broadband services in Scotland.
    (906207)
★ 6
Mark Menzies (Fylde): When he expects the Smith Commission to publish its report; and what steps are planned to implement its findings.
    (906208)
★ 7
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What progress has been made on the implementation of a Scottish rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement.
    (906209)
★ 8
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): What recent discussions he has has with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the benefits to Scotland of migrant workers.
    (906210)
★ 9
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What steps he is taking to encourage firms in Scotland to pay the living wage.
    (906211)
★ 10
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What recent discussions he has had on the potential effect on England of further devolution in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (906212)
★ 11
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): If he will take steps to encourage cross-border co-operation in health services.
    (906213)
★ 12
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): If he will bring forward proposals for secondary legislation to devolve further powers on road traffic matters to the Scottish Government.
    (906214)
★ 13
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on devolution of powers of consent for fracking.
    (906215)
★ 14
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): What estimate he has made of likely changes in the number of workless households in Scotland in the next five years.
    (906216)
★ 15
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the effect on island communities of Road Equivalent Tariffs on ferry services.
    (906217)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 18 November

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the scope and range of the business interests and landholdings of local authorities; and if he will introduce restrictions on the scope of acquisition, expenditure and activity by local authorities in areas which bear no relation to their functions.
    (214934)
2
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had about democratic reform in the United Arab Emirates.
    (214857)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of pedal cyclists ignoring traffic lights and committing other road offences; and if he will make a statement.
    (214935)
Thursday 27 November  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 17 November

1
N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that off-patent bisphosphonate drugs are made routinely available for the new indication of preventing breast cancer spreading to the bone.
    (214720)

Prepared 19th November 2014