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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 25 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 Monday 24 November 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Tuesday 25 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.

Tuesday 25 November  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
 
★ 1
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What steps he is taking to deliver parity of esteem for mental health services.
    (906218)
★ 2
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of student health services.
    (906219)
★ 3
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What representations he has received on exemption of the NHS from the provisions of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
    (906220)
★ 4
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): How many patient episodes there were at Kettering General Hospital in (a) 2010 and (b) the last year for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in the number of such episodes.
    (906221)
★ 5
Norman Baker (Lewes): What recent assessment he has made of the potential medicinal benefits of cannabis.
    (906222)
★ 6
Laura Sandys (South Thanet): What research his Department has commissioned on links between air pollution and ill health.
    (906223)
★ 7
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): How many patients have received treatment through the Cancer Drugs Fund since the inception of that fund.
    (906224)
★ 8
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): Whether the Government has made a final decision on whether to introduce standardised packaging of tobacco products.
    (906225)
★ 9
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What steps his Department is taking to accelerate access to innovative medicine and healthcare technology in the NHS.
    (906226)
★ 10
Mark Durkan (Foyle): What recent representations he has received on access to off-patent drugs; and if he will make a statement.
    (906227)
★ 11
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): How many (a) NHS trusts and (b) foundation trusts are forecasting a deficit.
    (906228)
★ 12
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): Whether it remains the policy of the Cancer Drugs Fund to provide drugs which NICE has rejected for general use in the NHS.
    (906229)
★ 13
Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble): What progress has been made in improving access to GPs.
    (906230)
★ 14
David Tredinnick (Bosworth): What steps he is taking to increase patient choice.
    (906231)
★ 15
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): What steps his Department has taken to measure and improve patient experience and compassionate care.
    (906232)
★ 16
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What progress his Department has made on establishing independent ratings for care homes and GP surgeries.
    (906233)
★ 17
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): What plans he has to reduce the number of patients attending A&E departments.
    (906234)
★ 18
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of child and adolescent mental health services.
    (906235)
★ 19
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): If he will commission a prevalence study on foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
    (906236)
★ 20
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What steps his Department is taking to accelerate access to innovative medicine and healthcare technology in the NHS.
    (906237)
★ 21
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): If he will take steps to reduce the use of police cells for the assessment of people who are detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
    (906238)
★ 22
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): What proportion of people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes were offered access to diabetes education courses in the last year for which figures are available.
    (906239)
★ 23
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): What plans he has to reduce the number of patients attending A&E departments.
    (906240)
★ 25
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): What steps he is taking to improve recruitment of GPs.
    (906242)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (906243)
★ 2
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth):  
    (906244)
★ 3
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):  
    (906245)
★ 4
Hugh Bayley (York Central):  
    (906246)
★ 5
Ann Coffey (Stockport):  
    (906247)
★ 6
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood):  
    (906248)
★ 7
David Rutley (Macclesfield):  
    (906249)
★ 8
Charlie Elphicke (Dover):  
    (906250)
★ 9
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):  
    (906251)
★ 10
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter):  
    (906252)

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)

Notices given on Wednesday 19 November

1
N
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to check on the health of service personnel who were wounded or hurt in the Second World War and subsequent conflicts.
    (906241)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209520, how many representations he has received on the court reform programme.
    (215300)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014 to Question 207412, if he will place in the Library the plans, blueprints and all associated documents relating to the purchase of land and the construction of a new court for Sunderland.
    (215301)
4
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2014 to Question 209524, on courts: buildings, what his Department plans to spend on the package of investment in each of the last five years from 2015-16.
    (215302)
5
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department are assigned to the court reform programme.
    (215339)

Notices given on Thursday 20 November

1
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions under legislation prohibiting alcohol sales to intoxicated persons there have been in each year since 2010.
    (215475)
2
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will list all meetings between Ministers in his Department and representatives of Qatari defence companies in each of the last four years.
    (215409)
3
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will list all meetings between Ministers in his Department and representatives of Kuwaiti defence companies in each of the last four years.
    (215411)
4
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Statement of 7 April 2014 on higher education student support: changes to Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA), what assessment he has made of the effect of the changes announced in that statement on (a) the level of non-medical support given to students in higher education and (b) decision by disabled students to enter or remain in higher education.
    (215511)
5
N
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the effect of the changes to insolvency litigation in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on the Government's ability to tackle director misconduct.
    (215435)
6
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with Bayer plc in the last five years.
    (215405)
7
N
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received form private sector mail delivery companies on delivering mail in urban areas of the UK; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such proposals on the Royal Mail's ability to deliver Universal Service Provision in rural areas.
    (215390)
8
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of the total annual expenditure of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority was spent on activities relating to the motor insurance market in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (215381)
9
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of the total annual expenditure of the Prudential Regulation Authority was spent on activities relating to the motor insurance market in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (215382)
10
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of the total annual expenditure of the Competition and Markets Authority was spent on activities relating to the motor insurance market in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (215383)
11
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of the total annual expenditure of the Financial Conduct Authority was spent on activities relating to the motor insurance market in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (215384)
12
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of the total annual expenditure of the Financial Reporting Council was spent on activities relating to the motor insurance market in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
    (215385)
13
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on measures to improve the EU's response to money laundering and terror financing.
    (215387)
14
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations into money laundering have been initiated by the Financial Conduct Authority in each of the last five years; and how many such investigations have led to enforcement action.
    (215388)
15
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Conduct Authority last reviewed the performance of banks in managing high risk money-laundering situations.
    (215484)
16
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households were subject to reductions in child benefit because of an apprentice aged under 18 being in the household in 2013-14.
    (215478)
17
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all meetings between Ministers in his Department and representatives of Kuwaiti defence companies in each of the last four years.
    (215410)
18
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many housing adaptations his Department has carried out for wounded service personnel in each year since 2010.
    (215480)
19
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to monitor the safety and performance of the UK's nuclear deterrent and weapons programme.
    (215481)
20
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which other (a) NATO and (b) non-NATO nations are investing in defence assets in the Hebrides.
    (215437)
21
N
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) junior schools in Heywood and Middleton constituency have class sizes in excess of 30 pupils.
    (215476)
22
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 890 flood defences damaged as result of the winter floods in 2013-14 have been repaired to date.
    (215512)
23
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has investigated any potential or actual cases of water contamination at onshore oil and gas drilling sites operated by Cuadrilla Resources since 2011; and if she will make a statement.
    (215514)
24
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to negotiate an agreement on the price of the vaccine for meningococcal B.
    (215474)
25
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish his response to the Law Commission Review of the Regulation of Health Care Professionals published in April 2014; and what his policy is towards the proposal that the Nursing and Midwifery Council should close the specialist public health nursing part of their register.
    (215479)
26
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues on the commissioning of novel antibiotics designed to treat life-threatening infections at a national level through NHS England's specialised commissioning system.
    (215485)
27
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Government's response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report, Ensuring access to working antimicrobials, Cm, 8919, whether his Department is working on potential alternative pricing and reimbursement mechanisms for novel antibiotics in advance of the conclusion of the O'Neill Review; and what plans he has to explore new funding mechanisms with industry in the interim.
    (215487)
28
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of prescriptions issued for paracetamol in England in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
    (215406)
29
N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions have been issued for paracetamol in England in each of the last two years.
    (215407)
30
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve mental health services for young people.
    (215408)
31
N
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) each surgery in the North Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group area and (b) each Clinical Commissioning Group area in England were unable to get a GP appointment within 48 hours in each month since 2010.
    (215434)
32
N
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of lung cancer patients in each foundation trust area received radiotherapy treatment in each year since 2005.
    (215440)
33
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made by NHS England of the specialist skills and knowledge required to commission dialysis.
    (215401)
34
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NHS England has taken to ensure a safe transition of responsibility for dialysis commissioning to clinical commissioning groups from April 2015.
    (215402)
35
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with Bayer plc in the last five years.
    (215403)
36
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training and educational support will be provided by NHS England to commissioners in clinical commissioning groups to assist them in effectively commissioning dialysis from April 2015.
    (215404)
37
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2014 to Question 213850, what estimate she has made of the total number of vehicles entering the UK which were not subject to screening by either body scanning machines or dogs in the last 12 months.
    (215376)
38
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department expects to be shown successive versions of the final report and associated documents in the historic child abuse inquiry.
    (215413)
39
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Suspicious Activity Reports relating to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 have been submitted to the National Crime Agency in each of the last five years.
    (215386)
40
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has appointed a senior disability champion for her Department.
    (215378)
41
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff worked in her Department's central disability team in (a) June 2014 and (b) November 2014.
    (215389)
42
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the future of Hindley Young Offender's Institute.
    (215510)
43
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date officials carrying out the youth offending team stock take, announced by the Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation on 17 November 2014, are to report.
    (215430)
44
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data will be recorded in the youth offending team stock take, announced by the Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation on 17 November 2014, aside from the data currently provided quarterly to the Youth Justice Board.
    (215431)
45
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria will be used to decide which youth offending teams will be assessed as part of the youth offending team stock take, announced by the Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation on 17 November 2014.
    (215432)
46
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the job titles are of the officials from his Department who will be responsible for carrying out the fieldwork for the youth offending team stock take, announced by the Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation on 17 November 2014.
    (215433)
47
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to Question 213491, how many representations he has received on the future of the winter fuel allowance claimed by UK citizens living in mainland France on a UK state pension.
    (215482)
48
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to Question 213491, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on amending the eligibility criterion derived from average winter temperatures.
    (215483)
49
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) were eligible for and (b) participated in the Work Programme in each parliamentary constituency in the East of England in each month since October 2012.
    (215442)
50
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the performance of the Work Programme for jobseekers aged over 50.
    (215477)

Notices given on Friday 21 November

1
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage employers to implement the living wage; and what estimate he has made of the number of employees who earn less than the living wage.
[Transferred]   (215412)
2
N
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of lung cancer patients survived for at least two years after diagnosis in each foundation trust area in each year since 2005.
[Transferred]   (215436)
3
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new jobs have been created in each parliamentary constituency in the East of England since October 2012.
[Transferred]   (215486)
4
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to publish the Macur Report before May 2015.
[Transferred]   (215377)
5
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what instances there have been of well integrity failure at onshore oil and gas drill sites operated by Cuadrilla Resources in the UK since 2011; what the nature of such instances were; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]   (215513)
6
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Attorney General, how many Suspicious Activity Report intelligence packs relating to corruption in which countries the Serious Fraud Office has received from the National Crime Agency in the last four years.
    (215599)
7
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the prosecuting authorities have offered a company the opportunity to enter into Deferred Prosecution Agreement negotiations in the last five years.
    (215607)
8
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Attorney General, how many requests the Serious Fraud Office has received for mutual legal assistance in relation to corruption, from which countries in each of the last four years.
    (215609)
9
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Attorney General, how many self-reports from companies relating to bribery the Serious Fraud Office has received since its submission to the OECD Phase 3 Report on Implementing the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, published in March 2012; and how many of those reports relate to (a) current and (b) closed investigations.
    (215614)
10
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with larger construction firms on the effect of late payments on small and medium-sized enterprises in the sector.
    (215523)
11
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2014 to Question 213960, what plans he has to meet the Minister of State for Care and Support to discuss minimum wage enforcement in the care sector.
    (215559)
12
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2014 to Question 213960, where in the Social Care Commitment reference is made to employer compliance with minimum wage legislation.
    (215560)
13
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2014 to Question 213960, when the review of HM Revenue and Customs service level agreement for national minimum wage enforcement will be concluded.
    (215561)
14
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in his Department since May 2010.
    (215564)
15
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate, based on the annual survey of hours and earnings published on 19 November 2014, the number and proportion of (a) people, (b) men and (c) women in (i) work, (ii) full-time work and (iii) part-time work in each (A) local authority area and (B) parliamentary constituency earning less than the UK living wage in 2014 to date.
    (215522)
16
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Office of National Statistics plans to publish data on the mortality rate for deaths in 2013 involving (a) C.difficile and (b) MRSA in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) by NHS trust.
    (215524)
17
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in his Department since May 2010.
    (215583)
18
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in his Department since May 2010.
    (215571)
19
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties have been listed as an asset of community value under the provisions of the Localism Act 2011 since it entered into force.
    (215565)
20
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the funding provided to local government by central government was ring-fenced in each of the last three years.
    (215612)
21
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the oral Answer of 10 November 2014, Official Report, column 1164, on firefighters' pensions, how many hours of training in firefighting the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the hon. Member for Portsmouth North, completed.
    (215585)
22
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England funding was awarded to organisations in (a) the London Borough of Hackney, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last five years.
    (215550)
23
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in his Department since May 2010.
    (215572)
24
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations his Department has received from or on behalf of Odyssey Maritime Exploration on regulations pertaining to the management of shipwrecks.
    (215520)
25
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in his Department since May 2010.
    (215573)
26
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 24 October 2014, whether English Heritage agreed with (a) his decision to allow the Maritime Heritage Foundation to proceed with the next phase of the Project Design and (b) the granting of permission to recover at-risk surface items from the wreck site in accordance with the Project Design.
    (215515)
27
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings he has had with Lord Lingfield since July 2014; who was present at each of those meetings; where each of those meetings was held; and what was discussed at each of those meetings.
    (215516)
28
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a list of the meetings the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Lord Astor of Hever, has had with Lord Lingfield since May 2010; who was present at each of those meetings; where each of those meetings was held; and what was discussed at each of those meetings.
    (215517)
29
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department included a provision for oversight when it transferred the deed of gift for HMS Victory.
    (215518)
30
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received from or on behalf of Odyssey Maritime Exploration about regulations pertaining to the management of shipwrecks.
    (215519)
31
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2014 to Question 213404, for what reason £14.7 million of the additional costs of the recent training programme for Libyan Armed Forces personnel remain to be negotiated between his Department and the Libyan Government.
    (215597)
32
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2014 to Question 213404, when his Department expects to conclude negotiations with the Libyan Government about repayment of the remaining £14.7 million of the additional costs of the recent training programme for Libyan Armed Forces personnel.
    (215598)
33
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Office has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in his Office since May 2010.
    (215574)
34
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to prevent and reduce Islamophobia in primary and secondary schools.
    (215544)
35
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department took to ensure that primary and secondary schools in England marked anti-bullying week; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle homophobic bullying in schools.
    (215545)
36
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in her Department since May 2010.
    (215575)
37
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding calculations for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools track demand and pupil numbers closely.
    (215586)
38
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of energy production came from micro-generation in each of the last three years.
    (215566)
39
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the size of the pig stock in the (a) Yorkshire and Humber region and (b) UK in each of the last three years.
    (215567)
40
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the size of the dairy herd in the (a) Yorkshire and Humber region and (b) UK in each of the last three years.
    (215568)
41
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in her Department since May 2010.
    (215576)
42
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in his Department since May 2010.
    (215577)
43
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made in the last 12 months of the government of the People's Republic of China on organ harvesting practices in that country.
    (215521)
44
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of radio broadcasts to North Korea are a means of engagement with ordinary North Koreans on issues such as human rights.
    (215562)
45
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement its objective of improving human rights in North Korea in addition to talks with counterparts in the North Korean government.
    (215563)
46
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Turkey about combatting ISIL.
    (215600)
47
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Turkey about (a) relations with Kurds in the region and (b) the Kurdistan Workers' Party; and if he will make a statement.
    (215601)
48
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Russia about reports of heavy weapons, ammunition and personnel entering Ukraine from Russia.
    (215602)
49
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Turkey regarding the support of the Democratic Union Party in Kobane.
    (215608)
50
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2014 to Question 210318, on what date the Embassy informed the Saudi government of the investigation; and by what means to did so.
    (215613)
51
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of international support for the Nigerian authorities in tackling Boko Haram.
    (215552)
52
 
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with the Malaysia authorities with the aim of preventing inappropriate activity on wrecks of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales.
    (215526)
53
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of cancer survival is in hospitals in (a) East London NHS Foundation Trust, (b) London and (c) England.
    (215546)
54
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in his Department since May 2010.
    (215578)
55
 
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to address difficulties of access to off-patent drugs.
    (215525)
56
 
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders about the future of the National Cancer Peer Review programme.
    (215527)
57
 
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Health and Social Care Information Centre to lease further procedure data on waiting times for hip and knees treatments; and what the reason for the time taken to re-lease that data is.
    (215529)
58
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses (i) began and (ii) completed their qualifications in each of the last 20 years.
    (215610)
59
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK citizens who trained to be nurses left the profession before their retirement age in each of the last 20 years.
    (215611)
60
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons prescriptions for blood-testing strips are being refused or restricted for individuals with diabetes.
    (215555)
61
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to GPs to remind them that prescriptions for blood-testing strips should not be restricted for other than clinical reasons.
    (215556)
62
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of diabetics who have had prescriptions for blood-testing strips withdrawn or restricted.
    (215557)
63
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to make blood-testing strips more widely available for individuals with diabetes.
    (215558)
64
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests and prosecutions there have been for Islamophobic hate crime in (a) Greater London, (b) Hackney and (c) England in the last 10 years.
    (215541)
65
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of Islamophobic hate crime were recorded by the police in (a) Greater London, (b) Hackney and (c) England in the last 10 years.
    (215542)
66
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce Islamophobic hate crime; and if she will make a statement.
    (215543)
67
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce homophobic hate crime; and if she will make a statement.
    (215547)
68
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests and prosecutions related to homophobic hate crime there have been in (a) Greater London, (b) the London Borough of Hackney and (c) England since 2004.
    (215548)
69
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of homophobic hate crime have been recorded by the Metropolitan Police in (a) Greater London, (b) the London Borough of Hackney and (c) England since 2004.
    (215549)
70
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in her Department since May 2010.
    (215579)
71
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in her Department since May 2010.
    (215580)
72
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answers of 21 October 2014 to Questions 210509 and 23 October 2014 to Question 211186, what measures are in place for oversight of her Department's aid allocation.
    (215615)
73
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in his Department since May 2010.
    (215581)
74
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the announcement of 2 September 2014 on armed forces learning, what the cost was to (a) the public purse and (b) 10 Downing Street of (i) commissioning and (ii) producing the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.
    (215551)
75
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in his Department since May 2010.
    (215582)
76
 
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how each new grade on which new entrants to the Coastguard Service are employed compares with the mainstream, non-maritime Civil Service equivalents.
    (215588)
77
 
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency on sharing citizens' data with (a) insurance companies and (b) other organisations which are outside government.
    (215592)
78
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce poverty among adults and children in (a) London and (b) the London Borough of Hackney.
    (215587)
79
 
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in his Department since May 2010.
    (215584)
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)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 26 November.
    (906253)
★ 2
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South):  
    (906254)
★ 3
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):  
    (906255)
★ 4
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):  
    (906256)
★ 5
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):  
    (906257)
★ 6
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole):  
    (906258)
★ 7
Norman Baker (Lewes):  
    (906259)
★ 8
Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon):  
    (906260)
★ 9
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):  
    (906261)
★ 10
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):  
    (906262)
★ 11
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East):  
    (906263)
★ 12
Mark Menzies (Fylde):  
    (906264)
★ 13
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):  
    (906265)
★ 14
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):  
    (906266)
★ 15
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith):  
    (906267)

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)

Notices given on Wednesday 19 November

1
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of (a) men and (b) women in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time work in each (A) local authority area and (B) parliamentary constituency earning less than the living wage.
    (215175)

Notices given on Thursday 20 November

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department has conducted or reviewed into the effect of military naval sonar on the navigation of whales and other cetaceans since 2004.
    (215488)
2
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve daytime and overnight facilities for road freight drivers.
    (215438)
3
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to bring scooters and motorcycles under present regulations on low emission zones.
    (215439)
4
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assistance the Government is providing to port companies and shipping operatives in responding to the introduction of the EU low-sulphur fuel regulation.
    (215489)

Notices given on Friday 21 November

1
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 212005, what assessment he has made of the effect of the length of time for which grants are awarded on the diversity of their recipients.
    (215537)
2
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how he plans to keep the people who lost money following the failure of firms involved in Scottish Power's cashback warranty scheme updated on progress with the review of whether there will be further investigations of the matter.
    (215591)
3
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the proportion is of (a) generalist and (b) technical employees and contract staff in the Government Digital Service who are (i) Black and minority ethnic and (ii) female.
    (215569)
4
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2014 to Question 214915, who the representatives from religious and non-religious communities were that she consulted about proposed content for the new religious studies GCSE.
    (215570)
5
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to develop a long-term replacement for the Cancer Drugs Fund.
    (215535)
6
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to regulate the Physicians' Associate profession.
    (215605)
7
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to regulate health visitors and entry to that profession.
    (215606)
8
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of accidents caused by hypoglycaemia annually and (b) cost to the NHS of those accidents.
    (215536)
9
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence about improving clinical guidelines on managing hypoglycaemia among patients with type 2 diabetes.
    (215539)
10
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulance calls outs there have been that involved patients with type 2 diabetes suffering hypoglycaemia in each of the last five years.
    (215540)
11
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of emerging novel antibiotics in order to prove their value and inform the appropriate adoption of such products within the parameters of local and national NHS antibiotic stewardship programmes.
    (215553)
12
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will assess the effect that the creation of a centrally maintained list of priority pathogens would have on encouraging innovation within the field of antibiotic research and development.
    (215593)
13
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2014 to Question 212409, whether any clinical policies developed in the last three years have not followed this process.
    (215616)
14
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when it was decided to delay the publication of winter pressure weekly reports.
    (215603)
15
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any NHS and Foundation Trusts have submitted data to NHS England for winter pressure weekly reports.
    (215604)
16
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) the budget and (b) staffing is for the Police ICT Company in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
    (215531)
17
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills about the effect of the reforms to insolvency litigation in Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on tackling director misconduct and the return of money owed to small businesses.
    (215538)
18
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency on driving and hypoglycaemia.
    (215533)
19
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency about oral medication for type 2 diabetes and the risk of hypoglycaemia.
    (215534)
20
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastguards have left the service since the Coastguard Reform programme began; and how many entrants to the Coastguard service there have been in that period.
    (215589)
21
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff currently employed at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham (a) received the amount of training required and (b) attained the level of qualification required in order to carry out their duties when the centre takes on its full operational responsibilities in December 2015.
    (215590)
22
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the employment grades are of (a) coastguards who have left the service since the Coastguard Reform programme began and (b) new entrants to the Coastguard service in that same period at the time of thier first employment.
    (215594)
23
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hours of shift time were staffed below risk-assessed level at (a) Humber, (b) Belfast, (c) Liverpool, (d) Swansea and (e) Dover maritime rescue coordination centres in October 2014.
    (215595)
24
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what levels of staffing the Maritime and Coastguard Agency had in place at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham on 1 November 2014; and what levels of staffing the Agency expects to be in place at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham in (i) January 2015 and (ii) March 2015.
    (215596)
25
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 213231, what Digital by Default Service his Department has developed; and what Assisted Digital support is in place for each.
    (215530)
26
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to enable people to request that data referring to them held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is not shared with organisations outside government.
    (215532)
27
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209437, what the limit is on the transfer fee included in the procurement agreement; and what the costs of that fee are.
    (215554)
28
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage recipients of universal credit to use jam jar accounts.
    (215528)
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)

Notices given on Thursday 20 November

1
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to create a powerhouse for Birmingham and the West Midlands.
    (215379)
2
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the findings of the recent report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on HMP Hewell.
    (215380)

Prepared 21st November 2014