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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 4 December 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 3 December 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 4 December 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 4 December  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
 
★ 1
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): If he will take steps to encourage operators of toll roads, bridges and tunnels to recognise each other's tag systems.
    (906428)
★ 2
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): What steps he is taking to improve driver safety on the motorway network.
    (906429)
★ 3
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): What plans he has to relieve congestion on roads.
    (906430)
★ 4
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What assessment he has made of the recent performance of East Coast mainline services.
    (906431)
★ 5
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): What assessment he has made of Network Rail's planned Control Period 5 investment.
    (906432)
★ 6
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What plans he has to set up a High Speed 2 skills academy.
    (906433)
★ 7
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): What recent steps he has taken to reduce congestion on roads.
    (906434)
★ 8
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): When he expects the Rail North Electrification Taskforce to publish its report.
    (906435)
★ 12
Jessica Morden (Newport East): What recent discussions his Department has had with FirstGroup on service performance on the Great Western mainline.
    (906439)
★ 14
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What the outcome was of the recent European negotiations on port regulation.
    (906441)
★ 15
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): What steps he is taking to improve road safety.
    (906442)
★ 16
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): What steps he is taking to encourage safer cycling.
    (906443)
★ 17
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What steps he is taking to improve the provision of local bus services.
    (906444)
★ 18
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): What assessment he has made of the results of proposals to upgrade the Borderlands rail line.
    (906445)
★ 19
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): What steps he is taking to improve the provision of local bus services.
    (906446)
★ 20
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): What plans he has for the future of local rail services on the East Coast mainline in Northumberland.
    (906447)
At 10.05am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (906448)
★ 2
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock):  
    (906449)
★ 3
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):  
    (906450)
★ 4
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East):  
    (906451)
★ 5
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):  
    (906452)
★ 6
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):  
    (906453)
★ 7
Neil Carmichael (Stroud):  
    (906454)
★ 8
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon):  
    (906455)
★ 9
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk):  
    (906456)
★ 10
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck):  
    (906457)
At 10.15am
Oral Questions to the Leader of the House and the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
 
★ 1
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent progress has been made by the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy; and when he expects that Commission to publish its proposals.
    (906418)
★ 2
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Leader of the House, what representations he has received on the 2014 session of the Youth Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
    (906419)
★ 3
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance he has given to his ministerial colleagues on making announcements to the House before the media.
    (906420)
★ 4
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance he has given to his ministerial colleagues about providing substantive answers to written questions.
    (906421)
★ 5
Robert Jenrick (Newark): To ask the Leader of the House, what representations he has received on the 2014 session of the Youth Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
    (906422)
★ 6
Mark Pawsey (Rugby): To ask the Leader of the House, what the implications are of the Smith Commission report for further discussions of devolution in the House.
    (906423)
★ 7
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the effect of the creation of the Backbench Business Committee on the work of the House.
    (906424)
★ 8
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans the Commission has to publish a vision and strategy document for the future of the House.
    (906425)
★ 9
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Leader of the House, what the implications are of the Smith Commission report for further discussions of devolution in the House.
    (906426)
★ 10
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Leader of the House, what the implications are of the Smith Commission report for further discussions of devolution in the House.
    (906427)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 27 November

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to promote holidays in the UK to British residents; and if he will make a statement.
    (216286)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to tackle misleading labelling of food.
    (216285)
3
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes in the level of competition between airports on the UK aviation sector in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
    (216282)
4
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of extending the runway at Birmingham Airport on regional connectivity to emerging markets.
    (216283)
5
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the regional economic effect of (a) Birmingham Airport, (b) Manchester Airport, (c) Glasgow Airport, (d) Edinburgh Airport, (e) Newcastle Airport and (f) Bristol Airport.
    (216284)

Notices given on Friday 28 November

1
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for the future of the UK's long-haul regional airports of any further expansion of (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick airports.
    (216425)

Notices given on Monday 1 December

1
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the phrase 'long-term economic plan' or the content of that policy is covered by Crown copyright; and whether permission has been given to non-governmental organisations to reproduce that phrase or the content of that policy in their marketing and communications.
    (216598)
2
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any civil servant has issued advice to political parties on the use of the phrase 'long-term economic plan' or the content of that policy in their marketing and communications.
    (216599)
3
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes and a list of attendees of the meeting between the then Minister for Civil Society and the Big Society Network in June 2012.
    (216506)
4
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes and a list of attendees of the meeting between the then Minister for Civil Society and the Big Society Network in May 2012.
    (216507)
5
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes and a list of attendees of the meeting between the then Minister for Civil Society and the Big Society Network in October 2012.
    (216508)
6
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Minister will place in the Library a copy of the minutes and a list of attendees of the meeting between the then Minister for Civil Society and Giles Gibbons in December 2012.
    (216510)
7
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes and a list of attendees of the meeting between the then Minister for Civil Society, the Big Society Network and other charities in December 2012.
    (216511)
8
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs' MP helplines are easily accessible for hon. Members and their staff.
    (216531)
9
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will establish a dedicated VAT helpline for the offices of hon. Members to assist them in dealing with cases on behalf of constituents.
    (216533)
10
N
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Wiltshire, (b) London and (c) the UK paid inheritance tax in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
    (216592)
11
N
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paying higher rate tax had taxable income below £50,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
    (216605)
12
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many deposit resolution scheme claims were resolved in favour of the (a) landlord and (b) tenant in the last 12 months.
    (216505)
13
N
Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of section A85 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
    (216504)
14
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will commission research on the effects on consumers of fixed odds betting terminals which is based on analysis of the operation of a live terminal.
    (216509)
15
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the disposal of his Department's surplus land; and if he will make a statement.
    (216515)
16
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department has decided to refund VAT costs for schools and academies.
    (216640)
17
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the (a) Actual Milk Price Equivalent and (b) Intervention Milk Price Equivalent for the first quarter of 2015.
    (216503)
18
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on marketing support for (a) milk and (b) other dairy products in financial years (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14; and if she will make a statement.
    (216512)
19
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce price volatility in the dairy industry; and if she will make a statement.
    (216514)
20
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 25 November 2014 to the hon. Member for Moray, Official Report, column 776, whether the UK will attend the international conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons in Vienna; and what the reasons are for the decision on attendance.
    (216630)
21
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Saudi Arabian government regarding the case of Raif Badawi.
    (216513)
22
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote marine protected areas internationally.
    (216668)
23
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Burmese government on the implications for that country's international legal obligations of the internment of Rohingya people who do not meet that country's citizenship criteria.
    (216502)
24
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2014 to Question 215768, where responsibility lies for holding clinical commissioning groups to account on the steps they are taking to ensure 95 per cent compliance with the Care Programme follow-up within seven days of discharge.
    (216536)
25
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the provisions of the Vaccine Damaged Payments Act 1979 to people who are damaged by a vaccine administered when they are over the age of 18.
    (216593)
26
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of black and minority ethnic lesbian and bisexual women who have contemplated suicide.
    (216594)
27
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the provisions of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 to other vaccines including those against (a) seasonal influenza and (b) hepatitis C.
    (216595)
28
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made on implementing proposals set out in his Department's publication Hard Truths: The Journey to Putting Patients First.
    (216690)
29
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about the changes to services proposed by NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group from (a) the Royal College of Surgeons, (b) other professional bodies, (c) bodies representing people with fertility problems and (d) members of the public.
    (216597)
30
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on the disposal of his Department's surplus land; and if he will make a statement.
    (216516)
31
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people arrived at accident and emergency departments in each NHS foundation trust in London during the last weekend of November 2014; and how many such people were not admitted, discharged or transferred within four hours of their arrival.
    (216714)
32
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the costs of extending the electronic visa waiver scheme to Kuwait.
    (216517)
33
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the professions of non-EU migrants who have entered the UK in the last five years.
    (216718)
34
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many international payments of less than £2 million her Department has made and to which countries in each financial year from 2010-11; what the total value of such payments to each such country was; and what the total cost in fees and transactions of each such payment was.
    (216682)
35
N
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts her Department has awarded to (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) mid-sized businesses in each year since 2010.
    (216631)
36
N
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts her Department has entered into with non-UK firms in each year since 2010; and if she will provide details.
    (216637)
37
N
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) locally engaged and (b) UK-based staff her Department has employed in each country with a DfID office in each year since 2010.
    (216638)
38
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2014 to Question 215236, by what date he plans to finalise the details of the Youth Offending Team stocktake.
    (216706)
39
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the evidence used in his assessment of the equality impact of his legislative proposals to create a system of recall adjudicators to review the detention of recalled determinate sentenced offenders.
    (216707)
40
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recalled determinate sentenced offenders have protected characteristics as defined in the Equality Act 2010.
    (216708)
41
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recalled determinate sentenced offenders are (a) under 18, (b) between 18 and 21, (c) over 60, (d) suffering from a physical disability, (e) suffering from mental illness, including learning disability, (f) pregnant, (g) BME, (h) male and (i) female.
    (216709)
42
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 each individual ethnic group cited in that Answer represented of the total number of offenders in youth custody in each year since May 2010.
    (216710)
43
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reports representatives of his Department have received of complaints by the residents of Sark relating to the Sark newsletter which have been lodged with the Guernsey Police; and if he will make a statement.
    (216711)
44
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he plans to respond to the Law Commission's recommendation on unlawful retention of children in its report on Simplification of Criminal Law: Kidnapping and Related Offences; and if he will make a statement.
    (216532)
45
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Minister of Justice in Northern Ireland about the threat assessments carried out after recent threats made against non-prison service staff working in HMP Maghaberry.
    (216694)
46
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Written Statement of 1 December 2014 on transport infrastructure, whether the £15 billion spending commitment for strategic roads enhancement will fund all 84 new road schemes announced in that statement.
    (216534)
47
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the explanatory note to the Draft Contracting Out (Vehicle Certification and Related Functions) Order 2014, for what reasons his Department does not foresee an impact on the private or voluntary sectors.
    (216639)
48
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency on its medical standards for people with type-2 diabetes; and if he will make a statement.
    (216628)
49
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that drivers with type-2 diabetes do not lose their licence as a result of hypoglycaemia.
    (216629)
50
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to and from which destinations there will be a reduction in the number of daily services as a result of the new franchise agreement for the East Coast Main Line.
    (216656)
51
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the new franchise agreement for the East Coast Main Line on plans to electrify the railway from Selby to Hull.
    (216657)
52
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the new franchise agreement for the East Coast Main Line on services to (a) Howden, (b) Brough and (c) other stations on the Selby to Hull line.
    (216658)
53
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the new franchise agreement for the East Coast Main Line on (a) Hull trains and (b) other open access operators in addition to their current track-access arrangements.
    (216713)
54
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made in (a) nominal and (b) current prices of Inter City Railways Ltd's annual premium payments from 2015-16 to 2023-24.
    (216600)
55
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the InterCity East Coast Franchise Agreement.
    (216601)
56
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Inter City Railways Ltd will pay to acquire Directly Operated Railway's share in East Coast Main Line Company Ltd.
    (216602)
57
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to complete the sale of East Coast Main Line Company Ltd to Inter City Railways Ltd.
    (216603)
58
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department gives to a Work Programme sub-contractor to which a prime provider has refused to make a contractual payment; and if he will make a statement.
    (216535)
59
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects support and security accreditation to be restored to the Enhanced Transition Service Enhancements.
    (216604)

Notices given on Tuesday 2 December

1
N
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to build new, and upgrade existing, trunk roads.
[Question Unstarred]   (906436)
2
N
David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the benefit-cost ratio for the High Speed 2 Wigan spur.
[Question Unstarred]   (906437)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the reasons for entry of non-EU migrants were in the last five years; and how many such migrants entered for each such reason.
[Transferred]   (216712)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-EU students came to the UK to study in the last year.
[Transferred]   (216715)
5
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many EU students came to study in the UK in the last year.
[Transferred]   (216716)
6
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-EU students remained in the UK for more that one year after the completion of their studies.
[Transferred]   (216717)
7
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of local authority budget reductions between 2010 and 2015 on the provision of services relating to mental illness in (a) Birmingham and (b) England.
[Transferred]   (216596)
8
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Attorney General, what steps he has taken to insulate the Law Officers' departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
    (216833)
9
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to diversify London's economy; and if he will make a statement.
    (216728)
10
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the level of overseas investment in small and medium-sized businesses based in London; and if he will make a statement.
    (216729)
11
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department provides to research into finding new vaccines for antibiotic resistant strains of TB; and if he will make a statement.
    (216738)
12
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department provides to research into finding a cure for Ebola; and if he will make a statement.
    (216739)
13
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department provides to research into finding a vaccine for Ebola; and if he will make a statement.
    (216740)
14
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department provides to research into finding new treatments for antibiotic resistant strains of TB; and if he will make a statement.
    (216741)
15
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department provides to research into finding a vaccine for HIV; and if he will make a statement.
    (216742)
16
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department provides to research into finding a cure for HIV/AIDS; and if he will make a statement.
    (216743)
17
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to insulate his departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
    (216832)
18
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he last met representatives of (a) the Campaign for Real Ale, (b) the British Beer and Pub Association, (c) Punch Taverns, (d) Enterprise Inns and (e) Marston's Brewery.
    (216852)
19
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a public interest test with regards to corporate takeovers; and for what reasons provision for such a test was not included in the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Bill.
    (216853)
20
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Grocery Code Adjudicator has met stakeholders engaged in production and processing within the (a) beef and (b) grain industry.
    (216918)
21
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Grocery Code Adjudicator has undertaken research pursuant to the launch of an investigation into issues connected with the (a) beef and (b) grain industry.
    (216919)
22
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Grocery Code Adjudicator will make it his policy to prioritise work relating to the (a) industry and (b) grain industry.
    (216920)
23
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Grocery Code Adjudicator has met stakeholders engaged in production and processing within the egg industry in 2013-14.
    (216921)
24
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Grocery Code Adjudicator has undertaken research pursuant to the launch of an investigation into issues connected with the (a) egg and (b) dairy industry.
    (216922)
25
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Grocery Code Adjudicator will make it his policy to prioritise work relating to the (a) egg and (b) dairy industry.
    (216923)
26
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Grocery Code Adjudicator has met stakeholders engaged in production and processing within the (a) potato and (b) vegetable-growing industry in 2013-14.
    (216924)
27
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Grocery Code Adjudicator has undertaken research pursuant to the launch of an investigation into issues connected with the (a) potato and (b) vegetable-growing industry.
    (216925)
28
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Grocery Code Adjudicator will make it his policy to prioritise work relating to the (a) potato and (b) vegetable-growing industry.
    (216926)
29
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information he holds on the number of occasions on which the Grocery Code Adjudicator has met stakeholders engaged in production and processing in the poultry industry.
    (216927)
30
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Grocery Code Adjudicator will make it his policy to prioritise work relating to the poultry industry.
    (216928)
31
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rate from cardiovascular disease has been in (a) England and (b) each parliamentary constituency in the last 10 years.
    (216781)
32
 
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases referred by hon Members to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman took (a) up to one month, (b) one to two months, (c) two to three months, (d) three to four months, (e) four to five months, (f) five to six months and (g) more than six months from referral to allocation to a caseworker in each of the last three years; and how long each such case took to be allocated.
    (216731)
33
 
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases referred by hon. Members to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman took (a) up to one month, (b) between one to two months, (c) between two to three months, (d) between three to four months, (e) between four to five months, (f) between five to six months and (g) more than six months from allocation to a caseworker to conclusion; and how long each case which took more than six months took to be concluded.
    (216772)
34
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to insulate his departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
    (216834)
35
 
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a timetable of the public land that will be made available for development in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
    (216792)
36
 
Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the (a) Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) and (b) sub-committees of the JMC met in each calendar year from 2010; which Ministers from the (i) Government and (ii) devolved administrations took part in each such meeting; what the agenda was for each such meeting; and what other topics were discussed at each such meeting.
    (216858)
37
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of investment in infrastructure in (a) London and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
    (216725)
38
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs are provided by infrastructure projects in London.
    (216726)
39
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to address squeezed real wages; and if he will make a statement.
    (216727)
40
 
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the link between the fall in crude oil prices and petrol prices and whether changes in the price of crude oil are adequately reflected in the price paid for petrol by consumers.
    (216839)
41
 
Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which dates the Joint Exchequer Committee has met; which Ministers from the Government and the Scottish Government attended each such meeting; what the agenda was for each such meeting; and what other topics were discussed at each such meeting.
    (216856)
42
 
Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the date was of each meeting of the Finance Quad in each calendar year from 2010; which Ministers from the (a) Government and (b) devolved administrations took part in each such meeting; what the agenda was for each such meeting; and what other topics were discussed at each such meeting.
    (216857)
43
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of housing costs in London on the ability of employers to recruit staff; and if he will make a statement.
    (216724)
44
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the responses to his Department's consultation on Local Welfare Provision 2015 to 2019 expressed a preference for each of options 1, 2, 3 and 4.
    (216854)
45
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to insulate his departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
    (216835)
46
 
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date he plans to issue the public consultation as outlined in the Government's timetable for implementing caste discrimination legislation on 29 July 2013.
    (216917)
47
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to insulate his departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
    (216836)
48
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to insulate his departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
    (216837)
49
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on deploying Puma HC.2 helicopters to Afghanistan.
    (216842)
50
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Chinook helicopters and supporting personnel will remain in Kabul following the withdrawal of HM armed forces; and for how long such forces will be so deployed.
    (216843)
51
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many F-35B aircraft need to be aboard a Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier before it reaches its initial operating capability; and whether the first F-35Bs used to meet such requirements will be from the US Marine Corps.
    (216844)
52
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the United States Air Force has used a Royal Air Force Reaper Remotely Piloted Air System in Afghanistan in each year; how many times it released weapons; and what weapons were released.
    (216916)
53
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the closing date will be for the review into the costs and construction timetable of Project Pegasus.
    (216803)
54
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the power supply improvements and additional investment needed to prepare HM Naval Base Portsmouth to support two Queen Elizabeth class carriers; what options are under consideration; and what estimate he has made of the investment required in HM Naval Base Portsmouth as a result of such changes.
    (216860)
55
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce the award of a contract for the Spearfish Torpedo upgrades.
    (216861)
56
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women soldiers are trained for front-line service.
    (216753)
57
 
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how funding will be allocated to encourage students to register to vote before the General Election.
    (216779)
58
 
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people who have registered to vote online were already registered.
    (216780)
59
 
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many 18 to 24 year olds were on the electoral register in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
    (216790)
60
 
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many voters have fallen off the electoral register since the last Household Survey in 2013.
    (216791)
61
 
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to ensure that students are registered to vote.
    (216807)
62
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to insulate her departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if she will make a statement.
    (216838)
63
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent to which families can access local offers from different local authority areas.
    (216769)
64
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2014 to Question 211963, for what reasons she agreed a derogation from the Admissions Code in respect of each of the 54 free schools referred to in the Answer.
    (216721)
65
 
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children from families serving in the armed forces in each local authority area who will be eligible for the pupil premium in 2015-16.
    (216773)
66
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of fuel poor households in the private rented sector living in properties with an energy performance certificate rating of (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D, (e) E, (f) F and (g) G.
    (216840)
67
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 19 November 2013, Official Report, column 887W, on housing: insulation, how many installations of (a) loft insulation, (b) cavity wall insulation and (c) solid wall insulation there were in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010, (iv) 2011, (v) 2012, (vi) 2013 and (vii) 2014 to date.
    (216841)
68
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funds are available under the Levy Control Framework for the under 5MWp solar PV Renewables Obligation; what estimate his Department has made of (a) MW capacity and (b) amount of LCF budget for under 5MWp deployment in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
    (216720)
69
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that the smart meter programme will not exceed the projected costs set out in his Department's impact assessment published in January 2014.
    (216845)
70
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will work with Ofgem to define the requirement on suppliers to take all reasonable endeavours to deliver smart meters to 100 per cent of their customers.
    (216846)
71
 
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 211130, how many people monitored the badger cull in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset on each night of each such cull during the licence period.
    (216855)
72
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues about (a) reducing avian influenza farm checks and (b) transferring the responsibility of avian influenza farm checks from government agencies to industry; what her policy is on the future of animal and plant health checks; and if she will make a statement.
    (216719)
73
 
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the average change in (a) costs and (b) completion time of construction projects as a result of licences granted to protect great crested newts under the Conservation (Natural Habitats etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2007, in each year since 2007.
    (216730)
74
 
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many great crested newt licences have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in each year since 2007.
    (216774)
75
 
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of great crested newts in England in each year since 2007.
    (216859)
76
 
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department has supplied to the British embassy in Moscow to enable people involved in the (a) arrest, torture and death of Sergei Magnitsky and (b) fraud he uncovered to be identified when visa applications are assessed.
    (216804)
77
 
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to support the Nigerian government in tackling acts of terrorism by Boko Haram.
    (216806)
78
 
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports or assessments have been commissioned by the UK Government on child protection proceedings in the British Overseas Territories between 2000 and 2005; when each such report or assessment was commissioned; which jurisdiction was the subject of each such report or assessment; and which external agency undertook the assessment or produced the report in each such case.
    (216865)
79
 
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contact he has had with the Ukrainian government since that country's recent parliamentary elections.
    (216767)
80
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is towards Cuba.
    (216913)
81
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on that body's policy towards Cuba.
    (216914)
82
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is towards the relaxation of the EU's political position on Cuba.
    (216915)
83
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 15 September 2008 to Question 218988 and pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2014 to Question 215445, how much it cost to collate the information to answer Question 218988; and what the estimated cost is for answering Question 215445.
    (216793)
84
 
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request a meeting with the German Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to discuss possible compensation from the German government for British survivors of thalidomide; and if he will make a statement.
    (216805)
85
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with patient groups on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
    (216744)
86
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England regarding the 21 individual Breast Network Site Specific Groups who did not complete their most recent annual assessment as part of Cancer Peer Review requirements.
    (216787)
87
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England have taken to ensure that Breast Network Site Specific Groups complete their annual assessment as part of Cancer Peer Review requirements.
    (216788)
88
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken in response to the reduction in the number of operational Breast Network Site Specific Groups in England in the past three Cancer Peer Review cycles.
    (216789)
89
 
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to oblige NHS-registered dentists to undertake root canal work in accordance with NHS Band 2 charges.
    (216863)
90
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of qualified nurses of working age who are no longer working as nurses in the NHS.
    (216783)
91
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the treatment for pancreatic cancer listed by the Cancer Drugs Fund will continue to be made available to patients on the NHS.
    (216794)
92
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to have introduced exit checks in the UK.
    (216801)
93
 
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when responsibility for secure institutions for children, including approved schools, transferred away from the Home Office to other Government departments; and what other departments and bodies that responsibility was transferred.
    (216864)
94
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many departmental officials work in the private office of each of her Department's Ministers.
    (216851)
95
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to defer removals of any potential witnesses to the alleged assault which took place on 29 November 2014 at Campsfield House IRC so they are able to give evidence to the police.
    (216799)
96
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many potential witnesses to the alleged assault which took place on 29 November 2014 at Campsfield House IRC have since been issued with Removal Directions or Removal Orders/Notices.
    (216800)
97
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the capacity of her Departmental buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if she will make a statement.
    (216732)
98
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects her Department has which involve working with women in Afghanistan; and what the 2014-15 budget is for each such project.
    (216770)
99
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to consult women's rights organisations and women in developing programming for its strategic priority on tackling violence against women.
    (216771)
100
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the capacity of his Departmental buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.
    (216733)
101
 
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the firm Mackeys received in legal aid in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14; how much in legal aid to this firm is currently outstanding for 2014-15; and to whom such money will now be paid.
    (216862)
102
 
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the timelines of the provision of toxicological analysis by LGC Forensics to coroners in England and Wales.
    (216866)
103
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the capacity of her Departmental buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if she will make a statement.
    (216734)
104
 
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assistance her Department is giving to tackle feelings of isolation among working class Protestant youth.
    (216768)
105
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the capacity of his Departmental buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.
    (216735)
106
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many and what proportion of electors in each UK parliamentary constituency were (a) confirmed and (b) unconfirmed on 1 December 2014.
    (216723)
107
 
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on making the stretch of motorway between junctions 4 and 11 of the M27 a smart motorway.
    (216802)
108
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the capacity of his Departmental buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.
    (216736)
109
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he made to his EU counterparts on delays in the introduction of the revised EU Directive 96/53 on vehicle cab design.
    (216798)
110
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of incidents in which heavy goods vehicles have sideswiped vehicles which are (a) stationary and (b) in transit at the time of collision over the last five years.
    (216847)
111
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the average cost incurred or earnings lost by road users whose vehicles are incapacitated following sideswipe collisions attributable to heavy goods vehicles.
    (216848)
112
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the guidance in respect of (a) lane discipline and (b) related testing requirements for heavy goods vehicles was last revised.
    (216849)
113
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what interim assessment he has made of the incidence of collisions involving vehicles participating in the Longer HGV Semi-Trailer Trial.
    (216850)
114
 
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to review the process for applying for funeral payments.
    (216782)
115
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the capacity of his Departmental buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.
    (216737)
116
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had on the effect of the seven day waiting period for jobseeker's allowance on those undertaking intermittent full-time employment via job agencies.
    (216722)
Friday 5 December  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 28 November

1
N
Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the London Borough of Ealing receives annually in total government grant; and if he will make a statement.
    (216390)

Notices given on Monday 1 December

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214347 to the Secretary of State for Transport, what deadline he has set for his Department's submission to the government fleet review.
    (216520)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for the submission of the contributions of the (a) Government Car Service, (b) Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency, (c) Vehicle Certification Agency and (d) Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency to the government fleet review.
    (216606)

Notices given on Tuesday 2 December

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for HM Revenue and Customs' submission to the government fleet review.
[Transferred]   (216518)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for (a) the Ministry of Defence's and (b) the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory's submission to the government fleet review.
[Transferred]   (216519)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for the submission of the contributions of (a) the Home Office and (b) the British Transport Police Authority to the government fleet review.
[Transferred]   (216607)
4
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations the Government has received on the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal of 4 November 2014 in Bear Scotland and others v Mr David Fulton and others.
    (216899)
5
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what response the Government plans to make to the Employment Appeal Tribunal decision of 4 November 2014 in Bear Scotland and others v Mr David Fulton and others.
    (216900)
6
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Government intends to go ahead with the first of the two consultations before the end of autumn 2014 to add caste as an aspect of race into the Equality Act 2010 in accordance with the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
    (216879)
7
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were (a) commenced and (b) completed in each year since 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
    (216930)
8
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of whether to give the Groceries Code Adjudicator the power to impose fines.
    (216929)
9
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress he has made on services liberalisation at an EU-level; and if he will make statement.
    (216820)
10
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken at an EU-level to reduce bureaucracy.
    (216821)
11
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library (a) a copy of the minutes and (b) a list of attendees of the meeting between the Minister for Civil Society and the Big Society Network in January 2013.
    (216775)
12
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library (a) a copy of the minutes and (b) a list of attendees of the meeting between the Minister for Civil Society and Your Square Mile in March 2013.
    (216776)
13
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between the Prime Minister and the Big Lottery Fund.
    (216889)
14
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, If he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Big Lottery Fund.
    (216890)
15
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between the Minister for Civil Society and the Big Lottery Fund from May 2010 to July 2014.
    (216891)
16
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many company formation agencies have been shut down by HM Revenue and Customs for involvement in money laundering in the last (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.
    (216808)
17
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget has been allocated for staff of HM Revenue and Customs dealing with the regulation of company formation agents.
    (216809)
18
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff at HM Revenue and Customs are involved in regulating and analysing company formation agencies in the UK.
    (216810)
19
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff at HM Revenue and Customs are responsbile for determining whether UK company formation agents are fit and proper persons.
    (216883)
20
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to box 10.A of the National Infrastructure Plan published in December 2014, whether the £40 million referred to is in addition to the £150 million previously allocated for that voucher scheme.
    (216937)
21
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Northern Ireland will receive as a result of Barnett consequentials for the additional transport spending announced for England.
    (216758)
22
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Northern Ireland will receive as a result of Barnett consequentials for the additional health spending announced for England.
    (216759)
23
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's guidelines issud to local authorities on dealing with unauthorised gypsy and traveller encampments; and if he will make a statement.
    (216886)
24
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to take a decision on the application by Gloucestershire County Council to site an incinerator facility at Javelin Park.
    (216795)
25
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will carry out an assessment of the adequacy of mobile telephone coverage in Wrexham town centre.
    (216828)
26
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative assessment he has made of the adequacy of mobile telephone coverage in (a) Wrexham and (b) West Cheshire and Chester.
    (216829)
27
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mobile telephone coverage in Wrexham County Borough.
    (216830)
28
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of IT systems used in the national security vetting process.
    (216756)
29
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received about delays in the national security vetting process.
    (216757)
30
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, blocks of the Type 26 Frigate of what value will be built in Portsmouth.
    (216880)
31
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 October 2014, Official Report, column 63WS, whether laser designators on UK Reapers carrying out surveillance missions in Syria are marking targets.
  [R] (216785)
32
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any personnel from Reaper Squadron 39 have been deployed to (a) Al Udeid air base, Qatar, (b) Al Minhad airbase, United Arab Emirates and (c) Al Musannah airbase, Oman.
  [R] (216796)
33
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 213740, whether the NATO MQ9 Users Group will be available for use as part of the NATO rapid reaction force.
    (216827)
34
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209575, whether the Government has had any discussions with the administration of the US on future basing of UK Reapers in Afghanistan in connection with Operation Resolute Support 2015.
    (216885)
35
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department provided to the A-level Content Advisory Board in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
    (216822)
36
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding of the A-level Content Advisory Board is included in her Department's current expenditure plans for 2015-16.
    (216823)
37
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the work of the A-level Content Advisory Board; and if she will publish any such assessments made.
    (216824)
38
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have received the pupil premium to date; and what assessment her Department has made of the results and performance of this policy.
    (216825)
39
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many service leavers have (a) applied to and (b) been accepted onto the Troops to Teachers programme to date.
    (216826)
40
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on supply teachers in England in the academic years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
    (216931)
41
N
Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount of funding available for a sixth form pupil at a grammar school in (a) 2010, (b) 2005 and (c) the latest date for which figures are available.
    (216868)
42
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many frontline flood defence staff were employed by the Environment Agency in each year since 2010-11; and how many such staff are planned to be employed in 2015-16.
    (216871)
43
N
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent reports she has received on the outbreak of H5N8 avian flu in Yorkshire.
    (216872)
44
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that green waste disposed on farmland does not contain plastic bags and other non-biodegradable material.
    (216750)
45
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the bee disease Foul Brood.
    (216754)
46
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish a list of all operators who obtained commercial fishing licences from the Ascension Island government between 2010 and 2013.
    (216867)
47
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on local authorities or clinical commissioning groups who should fund the cost of the drug Nalmefene.
    (216875)
48
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of mental health patients also have drug and alcohol dependencies.
    (216876)
49
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding the Family Planning Association has received from the Government in each of the last four years; and what funding will be made available to the Family Planning Association.
    (216877)
50
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work Health Education England undertakes with local authorities in the area of sexual health; and how much of Health Education England's budget is spent on such work.
    (216878)
51
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2014, Official Report, columns 1107-19HL, how much the funding for the Terrence Higgins Trust will be reduced by.
    (216947)
52
N
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 27 November to Question 215754, what main concerns have been raised by stakeholders in renal services at the recent meeting with the head of the Specialised Services Task Force in NHS England; and what steps he is taking in response to such concerns.
    (216873)
53
N
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2014 to Question 215754, what consideration the new Task and Finish group will give to the commissioning of kidney services; and when he expects the advisory group to report on what support clinical commissiong groups will require to take on commissioning of dialysis.
    (216874)
54
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that community care assessments of people with autism are being carried out by professionals with appropriate training.
    (216748)
55
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adults who receive a diagnosis of autism are made aware of their right to a community care assessment.
    (216749)
56
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) elective and (b) non-elective operations were carried out in the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in each year since 2004.
    (216831)
57
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified speech and language therapists have been employed by the NHS in Warrington in each year since 2009-10.
    (216816)
58
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified (a) psychologists and (b) pyschiatrists have been employed by the NHS in Warrington in each year since 2009-10.
    (216817)
59
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the contribution by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health on the Off-patent Drugs Bill of 7 November 2014, what discussions he has had with hospitals and GPs on changing clinical pathways to reflect the latest evidence to improve the uptake of effective off-patent drugs; what steps he has taken to set up a round-table discussion of these issues with NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); when this discussion will take place; and what steps he has taken to accelerate the uptake of (a) off-patent drugs and (b) innovative medicines through NICE guidance.
    (216943)
60
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to publish a progress report on the Government's implementation of the recommendations in Hard Truths: The Journey to Putting Patients First.
    (216745)
61
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to help GPs diagnose cancer early.
    (216751)
62
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that donated organs are suitable for transplant.
    (216752)
63
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the prescription of zolpidem.
    (216755)
64
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what cost to his Department have been sent senior management of each London NHS clinical commissioning group and trust on trips abroad in each year since 2010.
    (216897)
65
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he has made with the governments of (a) Romania and (b) Bulgaria on the sharing of (i) DNA and fingerprints and (ii) other criminal intelligence; and what form such understanding takes.
    (216818)
66
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department takes account of the US travel ban list in determining whether to grant visa applications.
    (216811)
67
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes relating to overseas students her Department has made to the points-based immigration system since May 2010.
    (216746)
68
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answers of 9 July 2013 to Question 163513 and 11 February 2014 to Question 186834, whether she still plans to introduce full-cost recovery for alcohol licensing fees through locally set fees.
    (216869)
69
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cars from the Government Car Service have been allocated to her Department in each of the last four years; and what the total cost to her Department has been of using these cars in each such year.
    (216870)
70
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2014 to Question 215990, for which campaigns advertisements have been placed on social media; and how much was spent in that fashion on each such campaign.
    (216938)
71
N
Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department last reviewed the time taken by the West Midlands Constabulary to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.
    (216892)
72
N
Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sanctions her Department has available to take against a Constabulary which takes over 90 working days to process a Disclosure and Barring Service application.
    (216893)
73
N
Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her officials last met officials from the Department for Health to consider the effect of late Disclosure and Barring clearances on the employment of hospital and care home workers.
    (216894)
74
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to encourage the wider roll-out across Africa of recently trailed tests for Ebola used in Guinea.
    (216898)
75
N
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, at what intervals her Department plans to fund Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance between 2016 and 2020; what threshold will have to be met by other donors to ensure that her Department's funding to that organisation can be released; and at what intervals her Department plans to assess whether that threshold has been met.
    (216797)
76
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to intervention statement for the Climate Public Private Partnership (CP3) Platform for what reason the UK's investment in the CP3 Asia Fund is made via a Scottish Limited Partnership.
    (216944)
77
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the intervention statement for the Climate Public Private Partnership (CP3) Platform, which private equity firm manages the Scottish Limited Partnership for the UK's investment in the CP3 Asia Fund through this Scottish Limited Partnership; and what the cost is of the fees charged by the Scottish Limited Partnership.
    (216945)
78
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the tax jurisdiction is for the Climate Public Private Partnership (CP3) Asia Fund and (b) International Finance Corporation Catalyst Fund.
    (216946)
79
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on its DfID Direct roadshows.
    (216932)
80
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many women in business in the Arab world have received mentoring and expert advice from counterparts in the UK and other G8 countries as part of the package announced at the G8 Deauville Partnership conference in London in June 2013.
    (216933)
81
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which stand-alone goals and targets the Government hopes to achieve in the forthcoming inter-governmental negotiations on the sustainable development goals.
    (216934)
82
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress the Government has made in negotiating specific targets for the delivery of peace, jobs and justice in the sustainable development goals.
    (216935)
83
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress she has made in scaling up her Department's commercial legal programme LASER; and what funding has been allocated to LASER.
    (216936)
84
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many muslim prisoners there are in England and Wales.
    (216881)
85
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on legal aid for Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIMs) suspects in each of the last four years; and how much his Department spent on legal advice and representation associated to cases on the TPIMs regime in each such year.
    (216939)
86
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has determined the technology and security specifications required for new remote video links to ensure they are compatible with any future roll-out of pre-recording evidence; and when he plans to make these specifications available to local police and crime commissioners.
    (216760)
87
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213288, what the name and job title is of each member of the programme board.
    (216948)
88
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on how many occasions Electoral Registration Officers did not meet the Electoral Commission performance standards; how many directions were issued by the Commission in response to such occasions; and on how many such directions MInisters have acted.
    (216888)
89
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency plans to respond to the letter of appeal from Mrs T. Slater of Christchurch of 14 November 2014.
    (216882)
90
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2014 to Question 216240, on how many occasions the number of staff working the night shift at the National Maritime Operation Centre in Fareham in the period October to November 2014 was three or fewer.
    (216895)
91
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Coastguard officials, of what grades are employed at the National Maritime Operation Centre in Fareham; and what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow of such staff was before (i) January and June 2014 and (ii) July and November 2014.
    (216896)
92
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastguard officials of which grades are employed at Falmouth Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre; and what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow was of staff members between (i) January and June 2014 and (ii) July and November 2014.
    (216940)
93
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officers of what rank were on watch during the night shift at Falmouth Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre on the night of 1 December 2014.
    (216941)
94
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre stations are available to act as emergency cover in the event of an emergency at the Maritime Operations Centre in Fareham.
    (216942)
95
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce further toll roads.
    (216819)
96
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to Answer Question 205841 tabled on 15 July 2014.
    (216887)
97
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance applicants are awaiting for a medical assessment at Bootle Assessment Centre.
    (216747)
98
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time has been that employment and support allowance applicants waited for a medical assessment by a doctor since the implementation of that allowance.
    (216777)
99
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is a contractual timeframe for carrying out medical assessments after receipt of an employment and support allowance application.
    (216784)
100
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the length of time it takes for a decision to be reached on eligibility for personal independence payments.
    (216884)
101
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families claiming jobseeker's allowance with dependent children have been sanctioned since October 2012; and how many such people have subsequently had their sanction rescinded.
    (216812)
102
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families claiming employment and support allowance with dependent children have been sanctioned since December 2012; and how many such people have subsequently had their sanction rescinded.
    (216813)
103
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government's commitment in its response to the Oakley Review, Cm 8904, to implement an IT solution so that local authorities are given the information they need to suspend housing benefit only in cases where it it's appropriate to do so, what progress has been made in implementing such a solution; whether the planned implementation date of Autumn 2014 was achieved; and if he will make a statement.
    (216814)
104
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2013 to Question 149822 and pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2014 to Question 215974, how much additional jobseeker's allowance in total claimants subject to a fixed sanction would have received if they had continued to be on the benefit for the length of time of their sanction in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (216815)
Monday 8 December  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
 
★ 1
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): What estimate he has made of the number of people in full-time employment in the last 12 months.
    (906473)
★ 2
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): If he will make it his policy to pay employment and support allowance during the period of mandatory reconsideration.
    (906474)
★ 3
John Pugh (Southport): What his policy is on the freezing of pensions of British nationals living abroad; and if he will make a statement.
    (906475)
★ 4
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): What steps he has taken to increase support for heads of households in the workplace.
    (906476)
★ 5
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What the average time taken is for a decision on an award of personal independence payment.
    (906477)
★ 6
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What comparative assessment he has made of the unemployment rates in the UK and other European countries.
    (906478)
★ 7
David Rutley (Macclesfield): What steps his Department is taking to help unemployed people find work and start their own business.
    (906479)
★ 8
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What recent assessment he has made of levels of youth unemployment.
    (906480)
★ 9
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): What legal costs his Department has incurred in legal proceedings involving disabled people relating to the under-occupancy penalty and the closure of the independent living fund.
    (906481)
★ 10
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): What estimate he made of the potential savings to the public purse that would arise from implementation of the under-occupancy penalty; and what estimate he has made of the amount saved to date by that implementation
    (906482)
★ 11
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): What steps he has taken to accelerate the processing of personal independence payment applications.
    (906483)
★ 12
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): What estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on in-work housing benefit for migrant workers from the European Economic Area who have arrived in the UK within the last (a) six, (b) 12 and (c) 24 months.
    (906484)
★ 13
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What steps he is taking to help unemployed adults with disabilities to secure and sustain employment or self-employment.
    (906485)
★ 14
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What steps his Department is taking to help unemployed people find work and start their own business.
    (906486)
★ 15
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What estimate he has made of the annual change in unemployment in North West Norfolk constituency over the last three years.
    (906487)
★ 16
Richard Graham (Gloucester): What recent assessment he has made of levels of youth unemployment.
    (906488)
★ 17
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): What steps he plans to take to support older people experiencing long-term unemployment.
    (906489)
★ 18
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): What the average time taken is for a decision on an award of personal independence payment.
    (906490)
★ 19
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): What steps he is taking to ensure that child maintenance is paid to parents with care in separated families.
    (906491)
★ 20
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): Whether changes to the payment in the UK to non-UK EU nationals of in-work benefits requires changes to any EU treaties.
    (906492)
★ 21
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What progress he is making on the Youth Engagement Fund.
    (906493)
★ 22
Steve Baker (Wycombe): What steps he has taken to help small businesses prepare for automatic enrolment.
    (906494)
★ 23
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): What assessment he has made of trends in the level of welfare expenditure over the last ten years.
    (906495)
★ 24
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): What his plans are for achieving projected spending totals for working age benefits.
    (906496)
★ 25
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): What assessment he has made of trends in the level of welfare expenditure over the last ten years.
    (906497)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (906498)
★ 2
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham):  
    (906499)
★ 3
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley):  
    (906500)
★ 4
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):  
    (906501)
★ 5
Sir George Young (North West Hampshire):  
    (906502)
★ 6
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock):  
    (906503)
★ 7
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):  
    (906504)
★ 8
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington):  
    (906505)
★ 9
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire):  
    (906506)
★ 10
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):  
    (906507)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 2 December

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for his Department's submission to the Government's fleet review.
    (216908)
2
N
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) local authority-controlled primary schools, (b) local authority-controlled secondary schools, (c) primary academies, (d) secondary academies and (e) free schools were inspected by Ofsted in each local authority area in each relevant year since 2005.
    (216786)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline she has set for her Department's submission to the Government's fleet review.
    (216906)
4
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of rural off gas grid households in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) each county in each.
    (216901)
5
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information he holds on the level of contribution paid by (a) rural off gas grid customers and (b) other customers for measures installed under the Energy Companies Obligation to date.
    (216902)
6
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households that benefited from Affordable Warmth measures whose primary fuel type was not mains gas were using each type of fuel up to 30 June 2014.
    (216903)
7
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline she has set for the Environment Agency's submission to the Government's fleet review.
    (216904)
8
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set the NHS Blood and Transplant service for submitting its contribution to the Government's fleet review.
    (216905)
9
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 213982, if he will redesign the specification for the new contracting commissioning programme to take account of future plans for upgrading and improving the existing offer to travellers on the TransPennine routes; and if he will make a statement.
    (216761)
10
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for his Department's submission to the Government's fleet review.
    (216907)
Tuesday 9 December  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 2 December

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of unauthorised overdraft fees charged by banks in the UK.
    (216762)
2
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs have retired at the age of 65 in each year since 2010.
    (216909)
3
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his contribution of 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 61, on NHS (Five Year Forward View), how many full-time equivalent GPs were in post on 1 April 2014; and how many he plans will be in post on 1 April (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
    (216910)
4
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his contribution of 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 61, on NHS (Five Year Forward View), what the cost is of funding the 20,000 posts; and from what budgets they will be funded.
    (216911)
5
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his contribution of 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 61, on NHS (Five Year Forward View), what the 20,000 additional posts are.
    (216912)
6
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason variable speed limits of 60 mph were in force on the M1 motorway at 3.30 pm on 27 November 2014 when traffic flows northbound were relatively light; what measures are in place to prevent those operating the variable speed limits anticipating heavier traffic when, in fact, it does not materialise; and if he will make a statement.
    (216763)
7
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures are in force at the Highways Agency to ensure that no one person can impose a variable speed limit that is too low for the traffic conditions pertaining at the time; how and when such procedures are reviewed to ensure low speed limits do not remain in place longer than they need to; and if he will make a statement.
    (216764)
8
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who at the Highways Agency and under whose authority determines when to utilise variable speed limits; what mechanisms are in place to ensure that these speed limits are regularly reviewed so that they correspond to the needs of live traffic; and if he will make a statement.
    (216765)
9
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that when variable speed limits on motorways are activated, the variable speed limit is not too low for the traffic conditions at the time; and if he will make a statement.
    (216766)
Wednesday 10 December  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 
★ 1
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What steps her Department is taking to strengthen the economy of, and increase inward investment to, Northern Ireland.
    (906458)
★ 2
Robert Jenrick (Newark): What steps her Department is taking to strengthen the economy of, and increase inward investment to, Northern Ireland.
    (906459)
★ 3
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What steps she is taking to promote business investment in Northern Ireland.
    (906460)
★ 4
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): What recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland.
    (906461)
★ 5
Mr Andrew Robathan (South Leicestershire): What assessment she has made of the level of transparency of political party funding in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (906462)
★ 6
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): When the Government plans to publish an analysis of the potential effect of introducing a devolved rate of corporation tax in Northern Ireland.
    (906463)
★ 7
Mark Durkan (Foyle): What assessment she has made of the effect in Northern Ireland of the introduction of the welfare cap.
    (906464)
★ 8
Chris Evans (Islwyn): When the Government plans to publish an analysis of the potential effect of introducing a devolved rate of corporation tax in Northern Ireland.
    (906465)
★ 9
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What steps she is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
    (906466)
★ 10
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): What recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland arising from the announcement of additional health spending in England.
    (906467)
★ 11
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What steps she is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
    (906468)
★ 12
David Mowat (Warrington South): What assessment her Department has made of the role played by the voluntary sector in dealing with the legacy of the past.
    (906469)
★ 13
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): When the Government plans to publish an analysis of the potential effect of introducing a devolved rate of corporation tax in Northern Ireland.
    (906470)
★ 14
Jim Shannon (Strangford): What discussions she has had with the governments of other countries on international terrorism; and how she plans to use her knowledge gained in such discussions in dealing with the threat in Northern Ireland.
    (906471)
★ 15
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): What assessment she has made of the adequacy of security co-operation between the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
    (906472)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 1 December

1
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the chief executive of NHS England is permitted under his contract to publicly welcome financial commitments to the NHS made by the Shadow Secretary of State for Health.
    (216669)
Thursday 11 December  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 2 December

1
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2014 to Question 214857, what estimate he has made of the number of political prisoners in the United Arab Emirates.
    (216778)
Monday 15 December  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 1 December

1
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) broiler chickens, (b) laying hens, (c) cattle, (d) sheep, (e) pigs and (f) other farmed animals died prior to slaughter as a result of (i) fires, (ii) flooding, (iii) exposure to extreme weather, (iv) road crashes, (v) disease and (vi) injury in each of the last three years.
    (216608)
2
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to oblige farms to put in place contingency and evacuation plans to minimise the risk of farm fires to animals.
    (216609)
3
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals for a hazard inspection regime to minimise the risk of farm fires and unnecessary farm animal deaths.
    (216610)
4
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the protection of farm animals and livestock sheds located on flood plains.
    (216611)

Prepared 3rd December 2014