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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 27 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 26 November 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 27 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 27 November  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
 
★ 1
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): What representations he has received from secondary ticketing platforms and those working on their behalf on amendments on secondary ticketing made to the Consumer Rights Bill in the House of Lords.
    (906268)
★ 2
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): What progress he has made on ensuring that the First World War is appropriately commemorated.
    (906269)
★ 3
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Garcia Report on allegations of corruption in world football.
    (906270)
★ 4
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): What recent estimate he has made of the contribution of tourism to the economy.
    (906271)
★ 5
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What steps he is taking to provide broadband of up to 2Mbps in areas currently not served.
  [R] (906272)
★ 6
Guy Opperman (Hexham): What progress he has made on ensuring that mobile network operators and broadband providers provide adequate coverage in rural areas of Northumberland.
    (906273)
★ 8
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to bring ratings for music videos online into line with BBFC standards.
    (906275)
★ 9
John Glen (Salisbury): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
    (906276)
★ 10
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What estimate he has made of the number of people on more highly-priced mobile and broadband tariffs than are available to them.
    (906277)
★ 11
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What recent estimate he has made of the contribution of tourism to the economy.
    (906278)
★ 12
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): What recent funding his Department has provided for the fabric of cathedrals in England.
    (906279)
★ 13
Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): What assistance his Department has provided to sports bodies to encourage world-class sporting events to be held in the UK.
    (906280)
★ 14
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): When he plans to announce his decision on whether to change Ofcom's appeals process.
    (906281)
★ 15
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): What recent discussions he has had with the organisers of the 2015 Rugby World Cup on ticket touting.
    (906282)
★ 16
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of children's access to the creative arts; and if he will make a statement.
    (906283)
★ 17
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): If he will commission a review of the management and financial structures of British horse racing.
    (906284)
★ 18
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on allegations of abuse of migrant workers working on preparations for international sporting events in Qatar.
    (906285)
★ 19
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What estimate he has made of when there will be universal broadband coverage in the UK.
    (906286)
At 10.05am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 2
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (906299)
★ 3
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):  
    (906300)
★ 4
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West):  
    (906301)
★ 6
Mark Pawsey (Rugby):  
    (906303)
★ 7
John Mann (Bassetlaw):  
    (906304)
★ 8
Guy Opperman (Hexham):  
    (906305)
★ 9
Gavin Shuker (Luton South):  
    (906306)
★ 10
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):  
    (906307)
At 10.15am
Oral Questions to the Ministers for Women and Equalities
 
★ 3
Mr John Spellar (Warley): What assessment she has made of the effects of the under-occupancy penalty on disabled people.
    (906310)
★ 4
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What steps she is taking to ensure equal pay for men and women.
    (906311)
★ 5
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What discussions she has had with charities and pressure groups on a Charter for Women or a Women's Bill of Rights.
    (906312)
★ 6
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): What steps the Government has taken to support parents with childcare responsibilities.
    (906313)
★ 7
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): When she last met the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss the effects of the purchasing policies of UK retailers on the rights of women and girls.
    (906314)
★ 8
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): What assessment she has made of the effects of Government policies on domestic violence support services.
    (906315)
★ 9
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on protecting the rights of women and girls overseas.
    (906316)
★ 10
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What steps she is taking to ensure equal pay for men and women.
    (906317)

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)

Notices given on Monday 24 November

1
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the NHS of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
    (215642)
2
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department last discussed with the European Commission dumping in the steel industry.
    (215765)
3
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he last met or spoke to representatives of the UK Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels regarding the traceability and certification of Chinese and Turkish steel products imported to the UK.
    (215766)
4
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to encourage people from ethnic minorities to apply for apprenticeships.
    (215636)
5
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations his Department has received on reducing the rate of VAT charged on the refurbishment of domestic dwellings; and if he will make a statement.
    (215709)
6
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on external legal fees relating to the case at the European Court of Justice on the cap on bankers' bonuses.
    (215715)
7
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households had reductions in (a) working tax and (b) child tax credits as a result of an apprentice aged under 18 being resident in the household in 2013-14.
    (215634)
8
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number of households in the private rented sector which have been evicted by their landlords in retaliation for asking a landlord to improve poor or dangerous conditions in 2013-14.
    (215758)
9
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to protect renters in the private rented sector from being evicted in retaliation for making complaints to landlords about their properties.
    (215759)
10
N
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
    (215710)
11
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to local and central government of industrial action in the fire service since January 2014; and if he will make a statement.
    (215653)
12
N
Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the advertising budget to support reserve recruitment campaigns has been to date; and what the overall budget is for such expenditure in the future.
    (215731)
13
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many expressions of interest in applying to join the Reserve Forces there were from applicants working in Cardiff South and Penarth constituency in each month since January 2011.
    (215762)
14
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which country uniforms for the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy, including the Royal Marines, are manufactured.
    (215763)
15
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the number of completed recruitments to the Reserve Forces was from applicants residing in Cardiff South and Penarth constituency in each month since January 2011.
    (215764)
16
N
Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the size of the armed forces after 2015.
    (215732)
17
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on each long lead item for the Successor submarine; and how much his Department has spent on the Successor submarine programme to date.
    (215788)
18
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Successor submarine will have 12 missile tubes; whether those submarines will be sent on patrol filled with 12 missiles; whether those submarines will be armed with nuclear warheads; and whether those submarines can set sail with empty missile tubes.
    (215789)
19
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the potential cost of procuring (a) 12, (b) 32 and (c) 48 Trident II D5 missile tubes for the Successor submarines.
    (215790)
20
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 5 of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, what the saving was to the public purse of reducing the number of operational launch tubes on submarines to eight during the spending review period; and whether the £3.2 billion saving in the 10 years from 2010 was contingent on each Successor submarine having eight missile tubes armed with eight Trident D5 II missiles armed with 40 warheads.
    (215791)
21
N
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of not returning VAT costs of sixth form colleges on competition in the market for education provision for 16 to 19 year olds.
    (215714)
22
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of non-domestic mammals have been imported to the UK from (a) within and (b) outside the EU in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
    (215760)
23
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to collect information on whether animals imported from (a) inside and (b) outside the EU were bred in captivity or caught from the wild.
    (215761)
24
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had (a) with his counterparts from Belgium, France and the Netherlands and (b) in EU fora about the incidence of anti-Semitic attacks in those countries.
    (215644)
25
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Mexican government on the disappearance of students from their college in Guerrero on 26 September 2014.
    (215652)
26
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Palestinian counterparts on levels of incitement to violence against Israel.
    (215756)
27
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the statements by the government of Iran that that country's nuclear activities are for exclusively civilian nuclear purposes.
    (215771)
28
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of physician associate students who go into employment within the NHS after completing their degree.
    (215637)
29
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason bursary and student loan arrangements are different for science graduates who pursue a further degree in medicine and science graduates who pursue a further degree in physician associate studies.
    (215638)
30
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many physician associate NHS posts are unfilled.
    (215639)
31
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 215281, how many financial sanctions have been imposed for failure to achieve 95 per cent compliance with Care Programme follow-up within seven days of discharge.
    (215768)
32
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of unfilled posts in the mental health workforce in the NHS.
    (215775)
33
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Care Quality Commission's risk register relating to primary care, when primary care practices were informed of their ratings; when national and local media were informed of the ratings relating to specific practices nationally or in their locality; and what rights primary care practices have to appeal against the theoretical assessments undertaken nationally without those specific practices having been inspected or given the opportunity to review the data on which the risk assessment was made.
    (215717)
34
N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213785, what the terms of reference are for the Pneumococcal sub-committee's review; if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms of reference of that review; and if he will make a statement.
    (215649)
35
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve awareness of hypoglycaemia among patients with type 2 diabetes.
    (215645)
36
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency about the prescription of oral medications for type 2 diabetes that carry an increased risk of hypoglycaemia.
    (215647)
37
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the relationship between cost savings to the NHS and improved patient safety; and if he will make a statement.
    (215712)
38
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will review the Government's funding for pancreatic cancer research following the recommendations of the report, Pancreatic Cancer Research: A roadmap to change, published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pancreatic Cancer.
    (215640)
39
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations in the report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer Research: A roadmap to change.
    (215641)
40
N
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what quality and outcome measures NHS England plans to use to ensure maintenance of clinical quality and quality of service in the proposed transition from specialised to clinical commissioning groups commissioning for dialysis.
    (215753)
41
N
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment NHS England has made of the level of need for specialist renal services to deal with the complications and emergencies associated with dialysis; and how such services will be commissioned from April 2015.
    (215754)
42
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has provided to enable access to chemoprevention drugs in the last 12 months.
    (215755)
43
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve communication support for people with motor neurone disease.
    (215757)
44
N
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS staff are eligible for incremental pay awards; and how many of those will receive at least (a) one per cent and (b) three per cent pay increases this year.
    (215716)
45
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which patient groups and patient representative organisations his Department consulted before publication of Personalised Health and Care 2020: a framework for action.
    (215651)
46
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the use of patient experience surveys in the NHS to inform patient safety initiatives; and if he will make a statement.
    (215718)
47
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission an independent inquiry into the performance of acute hospital services in North West London in response to the closure of Hammersmith and Central Middlesex accident and emergency departments.
    (215786)
48
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will suspend the implementation of his Department's Shaping a Healthier Future programme until NHS England's investigation into the performance of North West London accident and emergency departments is complete.
    (215787)
49
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers received financial support in each local authority in England and Wales in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.
    (215713)
50
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff have been employed by her Department's press office in each of the last five years; how many such staff were paid more than (a) £40,000, (b) £50,000, (c) £75,000 and (d) £100,000 in each such year; and what the total cost of her Department's press office was in those years.
    (215705)
51
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many human trafficking investigations have been commenced by the National Crime Agency in each of the last five years.
    (215706)
52
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public awareness campaigns her Department has run in each of the last five years; how much each such campaign cost; and how much her Department spent on public awareness campaigns in each of the last five years.
    (215728)
53
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2014 to Question 210147, what agencies received grants made by central government bodies under the Prevent programme; and whether those grants are included under the central government heading in that Answer.
    (215729)
54
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that British nationals living abroad are aware of visa requirements for foreign national spouses when they return to the UK.
    (215650)
55
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seasonal staff in the Border Force are employed on zero hour contracts.
    (215702)
56
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of changes in the number of seasonal staff in the Border Force on (a) queuing times and (b) customs activities.
    (215704)
57
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to carry out an equality impact assessment on the effect of the new scheme for recall adjudicators proposed in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
    (215782)
58
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the economic effect on small businesses of reforms to funding of insolvency litigation implemented by the Legal Act, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
    (215769)
59
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 215057, if he will make an estimate of the Exchequer effect of the change in the number of serious crimes that will now be dealt with by way of the Criminal Justice System rather than the prison disciplinary system.
    (215784)
60
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 215057, whether his Department made an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of the proposals in the press release entitled, Crackdown on violence in prisons before making that press release.
    (215785)
61
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reports he has received of operational difficulties arising from the Belfast Coastguard's expanded area of coverage.
    (215730)
62
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have held (i) orally and (ii) in writing with the Welsh Government about the electrification of the North Wales coast mainline.
    (215643)
63
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the operation of cross-border rail services.
    (215703)
64
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2014 to Question 212396, what the mean number is of front line work coaches involved in testing in each stage of user acceptance testing.
    (215648)
65
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation his Department has made of the Job Services Australia model for classifying jobseekers; and what consideration he has given to the introduction of that model in the UK.
    (215635)
66
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he responded to the observation of the former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in a lecture at Greenwich University on 28 November 2013 that there is room for more ambition on youth employment policies in the UK.
    (215707)
67
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is Department's policy that Jobcentre Plus officials should liaise with Health and Social Service agencies when benefit sanctions are applied to vulnerable individuals.
    (215708)

Notices given on Tuesday 25 November

1
N
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, If he will make an assessment of whether the level of tribunal fees acts as a disincentive to women bringing a sex discrimination claim.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]   (906308)
2
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
[Question Unstarred]   (906287)
3
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to meet the Chief Executive of Premiership Rugby; and if he will make a statement.
[Question Unstarred]   (906274)
4
N
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department has taken to promote the use of role models for women in business.
[Question Unstarred]   (906309)
5
N
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts of what value were signed by NHS commissioners with non-NHS providers in 2009-10.
[Transferred]   (215711)
6
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help prevent drivers with type 2 diabetes losing their licence as a result of hypoglycaemia.
[Transferred]   (215646)
7
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Attorney General, what the UK's responsibilities are in international law to identify, prevent, suppress and punish acts of genocide and crimes against humanity; and if he will make a statement.
    (215972)
8
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in the Law Officers' Departments; and if he will make a statement.
    (215953)
9
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on equality of access to postgraduate funding for full-time and part-time students.
    (215800)
10
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many postgraduate taught students commenced a course when they were aged over (a) 25, (b) 30 and (c) 40 in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14; and what proportion of such students were studying part-time in each such year.
    (215801)
11
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Student Opportunity Allocation for 2015-16 will be maintained at the same level as in 2014-15.
    (215944)
12
 
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire of 2 September 2014 regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
    (215859)
13
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will hold discussions with representatives of the fuel industry to establish the reasons why the retail price differential between petrol and diesel (a) in the UK favours petrol vehicles and (b) in the Irish Republic favours diesel drivers.
    (215876)
14
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department plans to publish on the purpose to which proceeds of the single-use plastic bag charge can be put; and when that guidance will be published.
    (215978)
15
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in each Scottish parliamentary constituency use Post Office card accounts.
    (215846)
16
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men in (i) Scotland and (ii) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who have made a statutory application to request flexible working.
    (215848)
17
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with the Leader of Shropshire Council on the technical and financial assistance that would be required to establish a new university in Shrewsbury.
    (215914)
18
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential for a new university to be established in Shrewsbury.
    (215915)
19
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to support Shropshire Council's efforts to establish a new university in Shrewsbury.
    (215916)
20
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
    (215952)
21
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the timetable for which the Government's consideration of how further targeted enforcement in the care sector can be undertaken through its annual review of HM Revenue and Customs service level agreement for national minimum wage enforcement.
    (215806)
22
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with which 10 countries UK trade has increased the most in (a) percentage and (b) absolute terms in the last 12 months.
    (215977)
23
 
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of changes in real weekly earnings for (a) all workers, (b) male workers, (c) female workers, (d) part-time workers, (e) full-time workers, (f) male part-time workers, (g) male full-time workers, (h) female part-time workers and (i) female full-time workers as defined in the recent Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings in each parliamentary constituency between April 2013 and April 2014.
    (215799)
24
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff work for the National Security Council; and where those staff are based.
    (215980)
25
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) men and (ii) women in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who earn less than the living wage.
    (215864)
26
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
    (215954)
27
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2014 to Question 212539, if he will publish the guidance to local authorities on the effect of the 2014 EU Procurement Directives on procurement by local authorities of school places for children and young people with special educational needs.
    (215805)
28
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with the Financial Conduct Authority ways of ensuring that people with personal pensions becoming payable from April 2015 are aware of the potential drawbacks as well as advantages of transferring their pensions.
    (215874)
29
 
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to recover revenue currently being lost to the illicit trade in tobacco.
    (215877)
30
 
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle the illicit trade in tobacco.
    (215878)
31
 
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of standardised packaging of tobacco products on the illicit trade in tobacco.
    (215879)
32
 
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate has he made of the cost to the public purse of organised crime associated with the trade in illicit tobacco.
    (215880)
33
 
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the trade in illicit tobacco of the forthcoming ban on menthol cigarettes and 10-packs of cigarettes.
    (215881)
34
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid the (a) top rate, (b) higher rate and (c) basic rate of income tax in each Scottish parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (215843)
35
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
    (215966)
36
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
    (215955)
37
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the full report by First Class Partnerships on restoration of the Flying Scotsman conducted for the Science Museum Group and dated 27 February 2014.
    (215948)
38
 
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the UK population has taken-up super-fast broadband that has been funded or partially funded by BDUK or a local authority.
    (215911)
39
 
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the UK population has taken-up super-fast broadband, excluding cable.
    (215912)
40
 
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the UK population has access to superfast broadband.
    (215926)
41
 
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote competition in the provision of superfast broadband.
    (215927)
42
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on plans to hold events in Scotland to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.
    (215842)
43
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the Scottish Government steps to increase progress on the roll out of superfast broadband in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
    (215844)
44
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of households in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency are covered by (a) mobile telephone signal and (b) broadband.
    (215863)
45
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with ministers of the Scottish government how faster progress can be made on making broadband available to rural communities in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
    (215946)
46
 
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to meet the (a) chairman and (b) chief executive of Sianel 4 Cymru before 31 March 2015.
    (215923)
47
 
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he or his predecessor last met the (a) Chairman and (b) Chief Executive of Sianel 4 Cymru.
    (215924)
48
 
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Sianel 4 Cymru on future funding for that organisation.
    (215925)
49
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
    (215956)
50
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will have discussions with mobile telephone companies on measures to prevent victims of mobile telephone theft having to pay excessive bills on their stolen telephones.
    (215886)
51
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers made redundant under the Army 2020 programme have been evicted from family quarters.
    (215849)
52
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the progress made by NATO in training and developing Rapid Reaction Forces in response to the situation in Ukraine.
    (215850)
53
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets his Department sets for the time taken to make housing adaptations for wounded service personnel.
    (215851)
54
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on the awarding of contracts for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship.
    (215858)
55
 
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what airfields are owned by his Department; how many flights took off from each such airfield in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15 to date.
    (215979)
56
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts have been placed for launch tubes for sea-launched Trident nuclear missiles with General Dynamics Electric Boat Company in the US.
    (215809)
57
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
    (215957)
58
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Office; and if he will make a statement.
    (215958)
59
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide guidance to supply teachers on the tax and unemployment implications of working for an umbrella company.
    (215945)
60
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she had with her international counterparts in other countries on best practice for mathematics teaching; and if she will make a statement.
    (215797)
61
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of teachers in Brighton and Hove which were trained as part of the Teach First programme; and if she will make a statement.
    (215798)
62
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted in Brighton and Hove over the last five years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
    (215888)
63
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
    (215959)
64
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which of her Department's capital investment programmes have involved expenditure in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency since 2010.
    (215794)
65
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to support husbands and wives with relationship problems to enable families to stay together.
    (215885)
66
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in each council tax band are in receipt of payments under the renewable heat incentive.
    (215889)
67
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority are in receipt of payments under the renewable heat incentive.
    (215890)
68
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 214561, on the green deal scheme, what confidentiality reasons prevent that data being broken down to a lower geographical area.
    (215906)
69
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 214693, when the next Domestic Supplies Obligations annual report will be published.
    (215907)
70
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2014 to Question 214565, which proxies are used to find low income and vulnerable households at risk of fuel poverty under the Energy Company Obligation.
    (215908)
71
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 214562, on the Energy Companies Obligation, when the next quarterly official statistics will be published.
    (215909)
72
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings on the UK in the report of the Building Performance Institute Europe on Renovation strategies of selected EU countries, published in November 2014.
    (215902)
73
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's climate change strategy of the United Nations Environment Programme report, The Emissions Gap Report 2014, published in November 2014.
    (215929)
74
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
    (215960)
75
 
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on small-scale wind turbine development of the removal of 15kw Fee-in-Tariff bracket in December 2012.
    (215973)
76
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
    (215961)
77
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of her Department's capital investment programmes have involved expenditure in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency since 2010.
    (215795)
78
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Russian Federation on that country's increased patrols near NATO airspace; and if he will make a statement.
    (215796)
79
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
    (215962)
80
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS provides fair access for all to life-extending drugs; and if he will make a statement.
    (215834)
81
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve counselling services in the NHS for people under the age of 25 who have a mental illness.
    (215904)
82
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve public knowledge of mental health conditions.
    (215969)
83
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for treatments for mental health conditions.
    (215970)
84
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he and officials in his Department will meet with members of the British Dupuytrens Society to discuss treatments for that condition currently not available on the NHS.
    (215971)
85
 
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints per 100,000 people were received by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) from (a) members of the public and (b) staff about CQC- regulated services in each social services authority area in England in (i) the last year and (ii) the last five years.
    (215812)
86
 
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage the uptake of the influenza vaccine by people with learning disabilities.
    (215811)
87
 
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle inequalities in mental health services in the black and minority ethnic community.
    (215813)
88
 
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications of recent research on the effect of pre-exposure prophylaxis for reducing the spread of HIV.
    (215835)
89
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on financial support for victims of thalidomide.
    (215976)
90
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of his Department's capital investment programmes have involved expenditure in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency since 2010.
    (215792)
91
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions for (a) hypoglycaemia and (b) diabetic ketoacidosis there were in each local commissioning area of people aged (i) 17 and under, (ii) between 17 and 65 and (iii) 65 and over in each of the last 10 years.
    (215808)
92
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of meningitis in children there have been in each of the last five years.
    (215882)
93
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the levels of sugar in children's drinks.
    (215884)
94
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had to have implants replaced within five years in each of the last five years.
    (215887)
95
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will include in the Social Care Commitment, a statement about employer compliance with minimum wage legislation.
    (215814)
96
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on adjudication of disputes over who is responsible for the care of an individual.
    (215807)
97
 
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the findings of the friends and family test are being used to improve patient safety in the NHS.
    (215852)
98
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to diabetes research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
    (215919)
99
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to heart disease research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
    (215920)
100
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to prostate cancer research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
    (215921)
101
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to ovarian cancer research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
    (215922)
102
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-European Economic Area students were granted visa extensions under the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland route in each year since 2005.
    (215802)
103
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-European Economic Area students were granted visa extensions under the International Graduates Scheme in each year since 2007.
    (215803)
104
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many graduate entrepreneur visa holders switched to a skilled workers visa under the new rules announced by her Department on 6 September 2013.
    (215804)
105
 
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female officers were employed by Serco at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre in each year from 2010 to 2014 to date.
    (215860)
106
 
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints about Yarl's Wood Detention Centre her Department has received regarding (a) access to healthcare and (b) mental health provision in the last 12 months.
    (215861)
107
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the Scottish Refugee Council; and when the next meeting is planned.
    (215845)
108
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have settled in Scotland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (215847)
109
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
    (215963)
110
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from campaign groups on reducing violence against women and young girls; and if she will make a statement.
    (215968)
111
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what direct assistance her Department is providing to refugees from Syrian Kurdistan who are now living in the South East Anatolia region of Turkey.
    (215928)
112
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian needs of refugees from Syrian Kurdistan living in Turkey.
    (215947)
113
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
    (215965)
114
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the work of Tawanmandi.
    (215857)
115
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether transmission x-rays are likely to be used in normal search procedures in prisons in the next 12 months.
    (215875)
116
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse arising from the closure of prisons since 2010.
    (215917)
117
 
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse which will accrue from the closure of prisons in the UK in the next three years.
    (215918)
118
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on the implementation of the proposed change in the law to prevent 17 year olds being held in custody overnight.
    (215883)
119
 
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether requests for assistance have been made to her Department in the last 12 months by people, now living under protection schemes as a result of their membership of illegal organisations in the past, who have offered information and assistance in the upholding of the law in Northern Ireland.
    (215873)
120
 
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government has spent on sustainable transport in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last three years.
    (215810)
121
 
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of his Department's capital investment programmes have involved expenditure in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency since 2010.
    (215793)
122
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available for people with a mental illness at work.
    (215903)
123
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who had been waiting more than 90 days to be assessed for employment and support allowance in each of the last 12 months.
    (215905)
124
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area in Scotland are subject to benefit cap.
    (215862)
125
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): 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 Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each month since October 2012.
    (215865)
126
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much benefit was withheld from claimants in benefit sanctions in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (215866)
127
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in employment who are (a) 50 to 59, (b) 60 to 69 and (c) over 70.
    (215975)
128
 
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 215334 and the Answer of 4 July 2013, Official Report, column 736W, (a) on what date and (b) for what reason his Department stopped estimating the amount of benefit withheld as a result of the application of sanctions.
    (215974)
Friday 28 November  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 24 November

1
N
Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what investment in regeneration projects the Regeneration Investment Organisation has secured in the last six months.
    (215654)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214230, which courts he believes to be over 100 years old.
    (215767)

Notices given on Tuesday 25 November

1
N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many skills shortage vacancies are expected in each employment sector in each of the next 10 years.
    (215817)
2
N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of undergraduates studying in universities are of each social grade.
    (215818)
3
N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of students in further education colleges aged (a) 19 to 24 and (b) 25 and over are of each social grade.
    (215819)
4
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 27 of his Department's Research Strategy 2014-15, when the outcome of the survey of small businesses to assess the impact of the Bribery Act 2010 on small and medium-sized enterprises will be published.
    (215901)
5
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses eligible for compensation for the indirect costs of (a) the EU ETS and (b) the carbon price floor.
    (215932)
6
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have been compensated to date for the indirect costs of (a) the EU ETS and (b) the carbon price floor; what the average award per eligible business was; and what the total monetary value of such compensation was.
    (215933)
7
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the level of compensation available for eligible companies for the indirect costs of (a) the EU ETS and (b) the carbon price floor in each year from 2016-17 to 2019-20.
    (215934)
8
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on attracting companies that develop bitcoin technology to locate in the UK.
    (215985)
9
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 37 of the Government Communication Service Propriety Guidance, published in April 2014, what rules govern the use of government slogans by political parties.
    (215869)
10
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 37 of the Government Communication Service Propriety Guidance, published in April 2014, what assessment he has made of the propriety of the use of the phrase long-term economic plan by organisations outside government.
    (215870)
11
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the term long-term economic plan as a description of government economic poicy was developed by civil servants.
    (215871)
12
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he issues to government departments on best practice to adopt when approaching (a) independent charities and (b) non-departmental public bodies for funding for departmental programmes or policies.
    (215831)
13
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the internal review by Geoff Mulgan published on 21 August 2014 on NESTA support for the Big Society Network, if he will publish all correspondence between (a) Lord Wei and NESTA and (b) Paul Twivy, Steve Moore, Giles Gibbons and Martyn Rose and his Department on NESTA funding for (i) the Big Society Network, (ii) Big Society Capital and (iii) any other project NESTA has been requested by his Department to support since May 2010.
    (215996)
14
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the internal review by Geoff Mulgan published on 21 August 2014 on NESTA support for the Big Society Network, under what criteria it was decided to make a request to NESTA to support (a) the Big Society Network and (b) other similar requests.
    (215997)
15
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the internal review by Geoff Mulgan published on 21 August 2014 on NESTA support for the Big Society Network, who authorised the approach by Lord Wei to NESTA on the funding of the Your Local Budget project; and which other bodies Lord Wei approached on funding of that project.
    (215998)
16
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies and procedures of the internal review by Geoff Mulgan published on 21 August 2014 on NESTA support for the Big Society Network; and what changes he plans to make to his Department's procedures and processes as a result.
    (215999)
17
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance and best practice is available for government departments on feeding back to small and medium-sized enterprises on failed submissions to government invitations to tender.
    (215854)
18
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 20 February 2012 to Question 95617, what estimate he has made of the proportion of income tax relief on contributions accruing to individuals with an annual income of (a) up to £19,999, (b) between £20,000 and £44,999, (c) between £45,000 and £74,999, (d) between £75,000 and £99,999, (e) between £100,000 and £149,999 and (f) over £150,000 in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15.
    (215992)
19
N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time taken to answer calls to tax credit helplines was in the last 12 months.
    (215872)
20
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the banking industry on full account number portability.
    (215855)
21
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of printing and distributing personal tax summaries; on what criteria it was determined who would receive such summaries; what representations he has received on the wording used in those documents; and if he will make a statement.
    (215891)
22
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the ability of companies dealing with bitcoin to open a bank account in the UK.
    (215986)
23
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department (a) spends directly on and (b) allocates to local authorities for integration work.
    (215987)
24
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to propose to the BBC, as part of the forthcoming negotiations on renewal of its Royal Charter, that under a renewed Charter the BBC should be required to demonstrate more transparency about fees, expenses and salaries paid to all staff or employees of the Corporation who earn more than £100,000 per annum.
    (215893)
25
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will commission, in conjunction with the devolved administrations, research into the penetration of high-speed broadband services in rural areas.
    (215896)
26
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made in ensuring that the First World War is appropriately commemorated.
    (215838)
27
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) land and (b) premises owned by his Department are not in operational use; and what the estimated value of those assets is.
    (215931)
28
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) land and (b) buildings outside the UK are owned by his Department; and what the estimated value of those assets is.
    (215950)
29
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the running cost was of MOD Main Building in 2013-14; and what the estimated value of that building is.
    (215981)
30
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what storage facilities are owned by his Department; and what the estimated value of those facilities is.
    (215982)
31
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what timeframe her Department has set for schools in special measures to improve their performance before it takes action.
    (215892)
32
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount of VAT paid each year by sixth form colleges in the UK in each of the last three years.
    (215913)
33
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on VAT paid by sixth form colleges.
    (215930)
34
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the access provided to local authorities to registration information from academies, free schools and independent schools in order for them to discharge their obligation, to monitor children who may be missing education.
    (215856)
35
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much energy investment of each type was made by energy companies in each year since 1984.
    (215898)
36
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the major supermarkets on measures to reduce the practice of suppressing retail milk price as a loss leader, designed to increase footfall in the premises for other purchases.
    (215894)
37
N
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to balance the environmental damage caused to agricultural land by solar farm developments with the need to mitigate the effects of climate change when considering whether farm subsidies should be paid on farm land occupied by solar farms.
    (215967)
38
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of press freedom in Iran.
    (215935)
39
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of restriction of access to the internet in Iran.
    (215936)
40
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of religious freedom in Iran.
    (215937)
41
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the detention of journalists in Iran.
    (215938)
42
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions he has met Prince Nasser bin Hamad of Bahrain in an official capacity; and when the next such meeting is planned.
    (215826)
43
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the National Clinical Director of Work and Health post was deleted; for what reasons that post was deleted; and what plans his Department has to replace that post.
    (215993)
44
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he is making on implementing seven day working for mental health care.
    (215994)
45
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of arthritis patients receive their first treatment within three months of diagnosis.
    (215995)
46
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will have discussions with his counterparts in the devolved administrations with the aim of replicating best practice in extending survival rates for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.
    (215895)
47
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is to the NHS of emergency hospital admissions for urinary tract infections amongst people over 65 in each of the last five years.
    (215868)
48
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when a revised Nursing and Midwifery Code will be published.
    (215899)
49
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the revised Nursing and Midwifery Code will include provisions on bowel and bladder care to take account of the findings of the Francis Report on poor continence care.
    (215900)
50
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to improve early diagnosis of cancer for patients aged over 75.
    (215939)
51
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions NHS England has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Advisory Committee on introducing an indicator measuring over-75 mortality rates from cancer in the 2015-16 Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set.
    (215942)
52
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that emerging treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy which receive conditional approval are available through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme as early as possible; what steps he is taking to encourage flexible approaches to the licensing process for potential new treatments for rare conditions; what progress NHS England has made on development of a commissioning policy for the Translarna treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement.
    (215820)
53
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will add VLCAD deficiency to his Department's newborn screening programme.
    (215836)
54
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS England's policy is on testing family members of known carriers for VLCAD deficiency.
    (215840)
55
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born with VLCAD deficiency in the UK in the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion of those died within the first seven days.
    (215841)
56
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has given to hospital trusts on the timing and manner of publication of agendas for board meetings; and if he will make a statement.
    (215839)
57
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 213582, what the costs already identified by the Walton Centre NHS Trust are for treating patients (a) surgically and (b) with stereotactic radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery.
    (215943)
58
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that penalties for speeding are enforced against drivers from overseas; and what her policy is on the introduction of on-the-spot fines for speeding.
    (215815)
59
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding that was previously allocated to the Prevent agenda is now allocated to integration projects.
    (215988)
60
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions (a) she, (b) the current Minister for Crime Prevention and (c) the previous Minister for Crime Prevention has met survivors of child sexual abuse or representatives of the survivors of child abuse.
    (215989)
61
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount her Department spent on (a) advertisements placed on social media websites, (b) other promotional activities on social media, (c) social media consultants and (d) other activity related to social media in each of the last five years.
    (215990)
62
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) her Department, (b) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) and (c) Cheshire Police have taken in responce to the recent HMIC report on Cheshire Police's handling of rape cases; and if she will make a statement.
    (215991)
63
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Independent Monitor for the Disclosure and Barring Service has overturned decisions made by the police since 1 December 2012.
    (215824)
64
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 16 have been the victim of a sexual offence in each police authority area in the last year for which data is available.
    (215821)
65
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consult HM Courts and Tribunal Service, the prison service, groups representing prisoners and other relevant stakeholders on the new scheme for recall adjudicators proposed in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
    (215853)
66
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 215244, what proportion of the overall number of offenders in youth custody in each year since May 2010 came from each of the ethnic groups listed in that Answer.
    (215983)
67
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects his Department's review of penalties for driving offences, announced on 6 May 2014, to report.
    (215940)
68
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase prisoner safety at HM Prison Altcourse.
    (215825)
69
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the numbers of Heavy Goods Vehicles drivers in the UK.
    (215867)
70
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for a driving test was in each month of 2014 to date.
    (215941)
71
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2014 to Question 213147, if he will take steps to reflect the percentage journey share for cycling in the proportion of his Department's spending that is made on cycling.
    (215910)
72
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what estimate her Department has made of the overall change in female representation in boardrooms in the private sector in the UK between 1984 and 2014.
    (215897)
73
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on protecting the rights of women and girls overseas.
    (215837)
74
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an Access to Work claimant has to be paying class 2 national insurance contributions in order to qualify for the scheme as a self-employed person.
    (215832)
75
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority in Scotland have had their income support capped since the introduction of the benefits cap.
    (215949)
76
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) single people, (b) couples without children and (c) couples with children in Warrington are currently in receipt of universal credit.
    (215816)
77
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of Remploy in Wrexham made redundant in the last four years are currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
    (215827)
78
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of Remploy in Wrexham made redundant in the last four years are now self-employed.
    (215828)
79
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former employees of Remploy in Wrexham were made redundant in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
    (215829)
80
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former employees of Remploy in Wrexham made redundant in the last four years are now in (a) part-time and (b) full-time employment.
    (215830)
81
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what external organisations he has consulted on access to universal credit for jobseekers coming from within the EEA.
    (215822)
82
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when non-UK citizens in pathfinder areas will be able to claim universal credit.
    (215823)
83
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been engaged on community work placements in each month since April 2014.
    (215984)
Monday 1 December  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
 
★ 1
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): What steps the Government is taking to (a) highlight to young people the benefits of working in the logistics sector and (b) provide teaching in the necessary skills for work in that sector.
    (906328)
★ 2
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): What plans her Department has to increase capital expenditure on schools in Halifax.
    (906329)
★ 3
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): What progress she has made on reducing pupil absence from schools.
    (906330)
★ 4
Stephen Timms (East Ham): What recent discussions she has had with the CBI on careers education in schools.
    (906331)
★ 5
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): What support her Department is providing to the Your Life campaign promoting take-up of maths and science subjects.
    (906332)
★ 6
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What steps she is taking to promote the study of STEM subjects at school.
    (906333)
★ 7
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What steps her Department is taking to help more schools offer nursery classes.
    (906334)
★ 8
Ann Coffey (Stockport): What recent assessment she has made of the vulnerability of children missing from school and home to child sexual exploitation.
    (906335)
★ 9
Simon Wright (Norwich South): What steps she has taken to ensure that the best school leaders are recruited to work in the most challenging schools.
    (906336)
★ 10
Ian Austin (Dudley North): What steps she is taking to ensure that more apprenticeships are available for 16 to 18-year-olds.
    (906337)
★ 11
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): What assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing nursery schools to become academies.
    (906338)
★ 12
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): If she will make an assessment of the public benefit contributed by schools in the private sector.
    (906339)
★ 13
Andrew George (St Ives): When she plans to announce the outcome of the next phase of the Priority School Building Programme.
    (906340)
★ 14
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What recent assessment she has made of the performance of free schools.
    (906341)
★ 15
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): When she plans to announce the successful applicants for the Priority Schools Building Programme 2.
    (906342)
★ 16
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What steps she is taking to ensure that local authorities recruit and retain an adequate number of qualified children and families social workers.
    (906343)
★ 17
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): What steps her Department is taking to make additional resources available to schools in areas that experience high levels of in-year admissions.
    (906344)
★ 18
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): What progress she has made on reducing pupil absence from schools.
    (906345)
★ 19
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): What progress her Department has made on ensuring that children's centres have access to live birth data for their catchment areas.
    (906346)
★ 20
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): What recent representations she has received on the National Audit Office's report Academies and maintained schools: oversight and intervention, published on 30th October 2014, HC 721; and if she will make a statement.
    (906347)
★ 21
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What additional capital funding she plans to make available to help schools provide free hot meals to all infant pupils.
    (906348)
★ 22
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): What support her Department has made available to small primary schools for providing free school meals.
    (906349)
★ 23
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): What steps she is taking to ensure that schools have policies in place for identifying and supporting young carers.
    (906350)
★ 24
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What recent assessment she has made of trends in the cost of nursery care.
    (906351)
★ 25
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): What recent assessment she has made of the performance of free schools.
    (906352)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (906318)
★ 2
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East):  
    (906319)
★ 3
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire):  
    (906320)
★ 4
Nick de Bois (Enfield North):  
    (906321)
★ 5
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):  
    (906322)
★ 6
Julie Hilling (Bolton West):  
    (906323)
★ 7
David Mowat (Warrington South):  
    (906324)
★ 8
Andrew Griffiths (Burton):  
    (906325)
★ 9
Stephen Timms (East Ham):  
    (906326)
★ 10
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):  
    (906327)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 25 November

1
N
Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department expects the £3.3 million refurbishment of Ovingham Bridge in Hexham constituency to be finished; and if he will publish a stage by stage assessment of likely progress points.
    (215833)
Wednesday 3 December  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
 
★ 1
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): What recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the provision of free childcare places for three and four year olds in Wales.
    (906353)
★ 2
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What discussions he is having with the Welsh Government on waiting times for cross-border health treatment in Montgomeryshire and Shropshire.
    (906354)
★ 3
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): What assessment he has made of the level of infrastructure investment in Wales since 2010.
    (906355)
★ 4
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What recent discussions he has ahd with the Welsh Government on investment in transport infrastructure in Wales.
    (906356)
★ 5
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What steps he is taking to improve transport infrastructure links between Wales and England.
    (906357)
★ 6
Jessica Morden (Newport East): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on cross-border rail services.
    (906358)
★ 7
Chris Evans (Islwyn): What assessment he has made of the reasons for changes in average weekly earnings in Wales in the last 12 months.
    (906359)
★ 8
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on when the electrification of the Valleys' railway line will be completed.
    (906360)
★ 9
John Howell (Henley): What discussions he had with business leaders at the recent Newport Inverstment Summit.
    (906361)
★ 10
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): What assessment he has made of the reasons for changes in average weekly earnings in Wales in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
    (906362)
★ 11
Hywel Williams (Arfon): What recent discussions he has had on delivery of the online Universal Credit application process in the Welsh language.
    (906363)
★ 12
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What assessment he has made of the level of infrastructure investment in Wales since 2010.
    (906364)
★ 13
Paul Flynn (Newport West): What steps he is taking to improve motorway links to South Wales.
    (906365)
★ 14
Guy Opperman (Hexham): What discussions he has with business leaders at the recent Newport Inverstment Summit.
    (906366)
★ 15
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): What assessment he has made of the take-up of the Employment Allowance in Wales.
    (906367)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 25 November

1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the specifications for the maximum (a) amount of land to be used and (b) quantity of munitions permitted to be stored in future at the Sea Mounting Centre at Marchwood, have been reduced during the course of negotiations with commercial bidders for the lease of land on the Ministry of Defence site; and if he will make a statement.
    (215951)

Prepared 26th November 2014