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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Monday 8 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 Friday 5 December 2014

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Monday 8 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.

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 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)
★ 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)
★ 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)
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)
★ 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
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)
2
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)
3
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)
4
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)
5
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)
6
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 Environment Agency's submission to the Government's fleet review.
    (216904)
7
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 the NHS Blood and Transplant service for submitting its contribution to the Government's fleet review.
    (216905)
8
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 Department of Education's submission to the Government's fleet review.
    (216906)
9
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 Department for Work and Pensions' submission to the Government's fleet review.
    (216907)
10
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 Department of Communities and Local Government's submission to the Government's fleet review.
    (216908)

Notices given on Wednesday 3 December

1
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that Ombudsman offices across the UK liaise to ensure that best practice on timescales for resolution of complaints is replicated.
    (217085)
2
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Autumn Statement 2014, whether the tax relief for orchestras will be available for orchestras in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
    (217031)
3
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Autumn Statement 2014, how much VAT will be refunded to hospices in Northern Ireland; what the timescale for repayment is; and if he will make a statement.
    (217033)
4
N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Autumn Statement 2014, whether it is his policy that the inheritance tax exemption for aid workers who lose their lives in dealing with humanitarian emergencies, cover (a) British military personnel and (b) British healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement.
    (217034)
5
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total revenue from taxation levied on e-books, digital magazines and digital newspapers in each of the last three years; and what estimate he has made of the further revenue that will accrue from the forthcoming changes to VAT place of supply rules on those products from 1 January 2015.
    (217126)
6
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2014 to Question 208271, what steps he plans to take to (a) encourage members of the armed forces to join a credit union, (b) establish a military credit union and (c) provide payroll deduction for those wanting to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
    (216988)
7
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take in collaboration with the devolved administrations to preserve sea bass stocks to ensure that a sustainable recreational angling sector is created throughout the UK.
    (217087)
8
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she or her ministerial colleagues have made to the government of Mexico on steps to protect the vaquita from extinction.
    (216966)
9
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Irish government about the Republic of Ireland re-joining the Commonwealth.
    (216967)
10
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the results of the recent general election in Moldova.
    (216990)
11
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Colombian government on the protection of politicians and peace activists who have been threatened and targeted for assassination by paramilitary organisations.
    (216991)
12
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the international radio call sign was for commercial fishing vessels licensed in the waters of Ascension Island in 2013.
    (217093)
13
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 213991, what process was followed for determining whether arms transfer licences should be reviewed as a consequence of the use of tear gas canisters during the protests in Hong Kong on 28 September 2014.
    (217032)
14
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 213991, for what reasons it was decided that following the use of tear gas canisters during protests in Hong Kong on 28 September 2014 only one arms transfer licence should be subject to review.
    (217035)
15
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 213991, what discussions the Government has had with Hong Kong police to verify whether any and how many of the tear gas canisters used during protests in Hong Kong on 28 September 2014 were manufactured by Chemring Ltd or another UK company.
    (217036)
16
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 213991, what independent verification would be considered adequate to persuade the Government whether the tear gas canisters used during the protests in Hong Kong on 28 September 2014 were manufactured by a UK company; and what steps his Department has taken to verify whether this is the case.
    (217037)
17
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 213991, whether the Hong Kong Police are continuing the process of verifying whether any of the tear gas canisters used during the protests in Hong Kong on 28 September 2014 were manufactured by a UK company.
    (217101)
18
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of Iranian military involvement in action against ISIL in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
    (217133)
19
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on the decision-making process on whether the most effective medicines will continue to be made available to patients with pancreatic cancer on the NHS.
    (217091)
20
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS England on recognising incremental innovation in pancreatic cancer treatment when assessing medicines for inclusion on the Cancer Drugs Fund.
    (217092)
21
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in setting up an inquiry into the use of the hormone pregnancy test Primados.
    (216965)
22
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents involving Parkinson's disease and medicines used to treat Parkinson's disease resulting in (a) low, (b) moderate and (c) severe harm were reported to the National Reporting and Learning System between July and November 2014; and which reporting organisation reported each such incident.
    (216992)
23
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215404, what consultation NHS England undertook with the renal dialysis clinical reference group when developing its proposal to transfer responsibility for commissioning of dialysis to clinical commissioning groups; and what response that clinical reference group gave to that proposal.
    (217038)
24
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215404, what consultation NHS England undertook with external stakeholders before announcing the proposal to transfer responsibility for commissioning of dialysis to clinical commissioning groups; and if he will ensure that NHS England undertakes further consultation on the principle as well as the process of transferring that responsibility.
    (217039)
25
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce anti-social behaviour affecting retail newsagents.
    (217079)
26
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of anti-social behaviour affecting retail newsagents there have been in each of the last five years.
    (217080)
27
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the cost of crime to retail newsagents.
    (217081)
28
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of theft affecting retail newsagents there have been in each of the last five years.
    (217082)
29
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of theft and other crime to retail newsagents in each of the last five years.
    (217083)
30
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided for (a) the creation and maintenance of the National Hash Set Database and (b) the creation of the Child Abuse Image Database.
    (216994)
31
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have licences to use specialist software to monitor the internet usage of registered sex offenders.
    (216995)
32
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures she has put in place to enable images identified by (a) the Internet Watch Foundation, (b) the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, (c) Interpol and (d) other international law enforcement bodies to be added to the Child Abuse Image Database.
    (216996)
33
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of images which will be transferred from the National Hash Set Database to the Child Abuse Image Database and (b) the number of those images which have been verified by three experts.
    (216997)
34
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of images which will be included in the Child Abuse Image Database as its launch.
    (217090)
35
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 13 October 2014, Official Report, column 13WS, on Our Commitment to Victims, what (a) victims' and victims' support charities and (b) other organisations his Department consulted before making that statement.
    (217088)
36
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been remanded from courts in North Wales into police cells in the last six months.
    (216974)
37
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants on bail were remanded in custody by courts in North Wales in each of the last five years.
    (216989)
38
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information she has received from the Irish government on whether any new evidence informed that government's decision to refer back to the European Court a 1978 decision relating to the treatment of people detained in Northern Ireland in 1971.
    (217086)
39
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Irish government about UK representation at the centenary of the Easter Rising.
    (216968)
40
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the threat to national security posed by terrorist organisations that continue to operate in Northern Ireland.
    (217128)
41
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what checks are in place to ensure that MOTs are conducted properly; and what action is taken if they are not.
    (217102)
42
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of unfreezing state pensions for British citizens living in Commonwealth countries; and if he will make a statement.
    (217127)
43
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 strengthen guidance so that hardship provision is clear upfront to all claimants who are sanctioned, what progress has been made in strengthening such guidance; and whether the planned implementation date of August 2014 was achieved.
    (216998)
44
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances benefit claimants are permitted to undertake paid work which is regarded as therapeutic.
    (217129)
45
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances claimants of employment and support allowance are permitted to retain their benefit while undertaking voluntary work.
    (217130)
46
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements his Department has in place with the voluntary sector to enable benefit claimants to undertake voluntary work.
    (217131)
47
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increased number of claimants of employment and support allowance receiving benefit sanctions since mid-2013.
    (217132)

Notices given on Thursday 4 December

1
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent plans the Government has to undertake research into the reasons for the use of foodbanks.
[Transferred]   (216993)
2
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
[Transferred]   (217040)
3
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2014 to Question HL2898, when he expects the re-examining of the case of the late Corporal McLaughlin to be completed.
[Transferred]   (217089)
4
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to provide guidance and assistance to new businesses on maximising energy efficiency measures in their premises.
[Transferred]   (217084)
5
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to bring forward delegated legislation to set the level of fine available to the Groceries Code Adjudicator.
    (217158)
6
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Mentors Me website.
    (217143)
7
 
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many undergraduate students resident in (a) Suffolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England have declared themselves bankrupt in each year since 1997.
    (217208)
8
 
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations the Government has received from UK publishers about the share of the eBook market of online retailers.
    (217211)
9
 
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the value of the (a) domestic and (b) export publishing industry to the UK economy.
    (217212)
10
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many British honours were awarded to Commonwealth nations in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
    (217217)
11
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were convicted of failing to stop after an accident in each police force area in each year since 2010.
    (217241)
12
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his statement of 3 December 2014, Official Report, column 314, on the Autumn Statement, what the criteria are for delineation of the boundaries of the north of England for the sovereign wealth fund.
    (217255)
13
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid in compensation to local authority staff as a result of a dog-related injury at work in 2013.
    (217138)
14
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were completed on released public sector land sites in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014; and how many he expects to be built on such sites in 2015.
    (217180)
15
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications under the Build to Rent scheme have been (a) received, (b) accepted and (c) refused from (i) private developers, (ii) housing associations, (iii) housing co-operatives, (iv) local authorities and (v) other entities.
    (217181)
16
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the properties built under the Build to Rent scheme to date are (a) affordable, (b) social and (c) market rents.
    (217182)
17
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on the Get Britain Building Scheme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014.
    (217183)
18
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) homes and (b) affordable homes have been completed under the Get Britain Building scheme to date; and what estimate he has made of the number of jobs created by that scheme.
    (217184)
19
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many bids his Department has received to manage the private renting component of the Housing Bond Guarantee scheme.
    (217185)
20
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were completed on released public sector land sites in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014; and how many are expected to be built on such sites in 2015.
    (217186)
21
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many public sector land sites have been released for the purpose of building affordable housing since 2010.
    (217187)
22
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds his Department has allocated to the Build to Rent scheme; and how much has been lent under that scheme to date.
    (217219)
23
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) developments and (b) homes have (i) been started and (ii) been completed under the Build to Rent scheme since the start of that scheme.
    (217220)
24
 
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the television licence fee is not deducted by Direct Debit from the accounts of those aged over 7l; and if he will make a statement.
    (217144)
25
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's strategy paper Connectivity, Content and Consumers, what powers (a) his Department and (b) Ofcom have to implement the policy of establishing gaining provider led switching (i) for mobile and (ii) across other communications services.
    (217247)
26
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom about the adequacy of their existing powers to implement gaining provider-led switching for all communications services.
    (217248)
27
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical service personnel of each specialty have been deployed in support of Operation Herrick in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of those medical personnel were reservists.
    (217204)
28
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF medical personnel have been in breach of the single service harmony guidelines on each year since 2010.
    (217205)
29
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian medical staff in each specialty have been deployed by Defence Medical Services to provide support to Operation Herrick in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse was of each type of support in each such year.
    (217206)
30
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's ability to secure appropriate clinical placements for Defence Medical Services Regular personnel within the NHS.
    (217207)
31
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2014 to Question 215517, whether officials from (a) his Department and (b) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport attended either of the meetings referred to.
    (217146)
32
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits to the Joint Cyber Reserve Unit have come from each sector of the economy since September 2013.
    (217147)
33
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have joined the Joint Cyber Reserve Unit in each month since September 2013.
    (217148)
34
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the monthly targets are for recruitment to the Joint Cyber Reserve Unit in each month since September 2013.
    (217149)
35
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to take a decision on the baseporting of the Type 26 frigates.
    (217145)
36
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects to reply to the letter of 5 August 2014 from the hon. Member for York Outer to the Minister of State for the Armed Forces, about the relocation of 15 North East Brigade from Imphal Barracks.
    (217154)
37
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set up an England-wide task force similar to the London Challenge to ensure that children who cannot read well are brought up to the required standard.
    (217190)
38
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the reasons for poor literacy among primary school children from (a) low income and (b) other families; what steps she is taking to ensure that all children are able to read well when they leave primary school; and if she will make a statement.
    (217191)
39
 
Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will visit Bradford West constituency to observe the issue of children who are leaving primary school who are unable to read well; and if she will take steps to eradicate that problem.
    (217192)
40
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to increase representation of ethnic minorities in leadership positions in schools.
    (217281)
41
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of HM Majesty's Inspectors at the latest date for which such figures are available identify as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.
    (217282)
42
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to review the powers of the Regional Schools Commissioners; and if she will make a statement.
    (217142)
43
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to publish (a) past and future minutes of meetings of headteacher boards and (b) a register of interests of regional schools commissioners; and for what reasons this information has not been published to date.
    (217234)
44
 
Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.227 of the Autumn Statement 2014, how the funds to improve careers advice and support for young people will be spent.
    (217156)
45
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the variation between England's local authorities in the amount spent per person on the leaving care grant.
    (217229)
46
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provisions are in place to help care leavers find accommodation when entering university.
    (217235)
47
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a breakdown of local authorities' spend of the leaving care grant.
    (217236)
48
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to local authorities on administering the leaving care grant.
    (217237)
49
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to improve the career structures and pension of school support staff.
    (217285)
50
 
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to publish draft legislation following the Government's response to the consultation on changes to financial support for solar PV.
    (217254)
51
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of micro-generation to the National Grid; and if he will make a statement.
    (217160)
52
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has budgeted for payments to energy companies to maintain spare stand-by electricity generation capacity for winter 2014.
    (217224)
53
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate how many households would receive a rebate if the Warm Homes Discount were extended to park home residents.
    (217155)
54
 
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an estimate of the public expenditure which has been incurred by (a) the Government, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, (b) local authorities, (c) local enterprise companies and (d) charities to support the development and consenting of offshore wind projects which will not now be supported under the contracts for difference regime.
    (217228)
55
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of hobby dog breeders active in England in each of the last five years.
    (217136)
56
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of local authorities have an on-call dog warden service available out-of-hours and at weekends.
    (217137)
57
 
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been born in the UK in each of the last five years.
    (217215)
58
 
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Ebola outbreak on the political and economic stability of the West African nations affected; and if he will make a statement.
    (217226)
59
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the government of the People's Republic of China on protests and unrest in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement.
    (217157)
60
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase bilateral trade with Indonesia; and if he will make a statement.
    (217159)
61
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has assessed the recent Moldovan parliamentary elections as free and fair; and if he will make a statement.
    (217162)
62
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what involvement Afghan women had in the London talks on Afghanistan in December 2014.
    (217225)
63
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS medical practitioners at the latest date for which such figures are available identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.
    (217278)
64
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of staff in clinical leadership positions within the NHS at the latest date for which such figures are available identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.
    (217279)
65
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS staff in administrative or support roles at the latest date for which such figures are available identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.
    (217280)
66
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS staff in administrative leadership roles at the latest date for which such figures are available identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.
    (217283)
67
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve health outcomes for people who identify as (a) Gypsy, Roma or Travellers and (b) being from other ethnic minority background.
    (217284)
68
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of senior management of each London clinical commissioning group and NHS trust have resigned in each month since their creation.
    (217188)
69
 
Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to implement parity of esteem between physical and mental health services (a) financially and (b) otherwise.
    (217139)
70
 
Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget was allocated to mental health (a) in England and (b) to Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust in each of the last five years; and what budget is expected for 2014-15.
    (217140)
71
 
Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in introducing tariffs in mental health services.
    (217141)
72
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when country guidance was last reviewed for each country from which there are asylum claims since 2010.
    (217249)
73
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed by her Department as asylum claim caseworkers in each year since 2010.
    (217250)
74
 
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many replica firearms were confiscated in each police force area in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Bedfordshire, (d) Cambridgeshire, (e) Essex, (f) Hertfordshire, (g) England and (h) Wales in each of the last 10 years.
    (217209)
75
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has taken to ensure that aid to Syrian and Iraqi refugees reaches Kurdish and Yazidi refugees living in Suruc Municipality in Turkey.
    (217189)
76
 
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of alternative dispute resolution services; and if he will make a statement.
    (217227)
77
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) male and (b) female prisoners were in purposeful activity within prison for the last four years.
    (217213)
78
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of drivers were disqualified from driving for drink-driving offences in each year since 2010; how many and what proportion of drivers have been disqualified from driving due to drink-driving offences; and what the average length of a disqualification from driving for drink-driving offences was in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.
    (217240)
79
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) category B, (b) category C and (c) category A prisoners have escaped from prison in each of the last four years.
    (217242)
80
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) current and (b) certified normal capacity is of the prison estate in each region; what estimate he has made of the prison estate's capacity in 2021; and what the proportion is of the prison population originated in each region.
    (217243)
81
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for offences related to driving without insurance there were in each year since 2010; and what the average fine imposed for driving without insurance was in each year since 2010.
    (217244)
82
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions of (i) men and (ii) women in each Local Criminal Justice Board area for the offence of drink driving there have been in each year since 2010.
    (217245)
83
 
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each age group have been admitted to prison in each year since 2011.
    (217246)
84
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve transport links between the UK and Indonesia; and if he will make a statement.
    (217161)
85
 
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated to each local authority in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Hertfordshire, (e) Norfolk and (g) England for road improvement in each year since 1997.
    (217210)
86
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the income from toll charges in (a) 2015 and (b) 2014.
    (217223)
87
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that foreign-registered vehicles pay the charge for the Dartford River Crossing.
    (217238)
88
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department made of the cost of setting up the tolling system for the Dartford River Crossing; and what estimate he has made of the cost of operating it in 2015.
    (217239)
89
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet the Northern Ireland Executive to discuss the inclusion of pensioners in Northern Ireland in the Warm Home Discount Scheme.
    (217286)
90
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the saving to the public purse in Scotland by 2019-20 from the decision not to uprate the universal credit work allowance in 2017-18.
    (217221)
91
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Scotland he forecasts will be claiming universal credit in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20.
    (217222)
92
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Banff and Buchan constituency are in receipt of incapacity benefit.
    (217251)
93
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Banff and Buchan constituency are in receipt of carers' allowance.
    (217252)
94
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Banff and Buchan constituency have been in receipt of employment and support allowance payments for more than one year.
    (217253)
Tuesday 9 December  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
 
★ 1
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): What steps he is taking to encourage investment in infrastructure in West Yorkshire.
    (906508)
★ 2
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): What steps the Government is taking to support economic growth in the Humber.
    (906509)
★ 3
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): What recent estimate he has made of how much the reduction in the additional rate of income tax to 45 per cent is worth for a person earning £1 million a year.
    (906510)
★ 4
Pat Glass (North West Durham): What proportion of recipients of tax credits are in employment.
    (906511)
★ 5
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What estimate he has made of corporation tax receipts in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (906512)
★ 6
Jim McGovern (Dundee West): What estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of uncollected tax in the UK.
    (906513)
★ 8
Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): What recent estimate he has made of the level of employment.
    (906515)
★ 9
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): When he next plans to meet representatives of high street retailers to discuss levels of tax; and if he will make a statement.
    (906516)
★ 10
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): What recent steps he has taken to reduce tax avoidance.
    (906517)
★ 11
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the housing market on the economy.
    (906518)
★ 12
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): What proportion of recipients of tax credits are in employment.
    (906519)
★ 13
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): What fiscal steps he is taking to encourage investment in infrastructure.
    (906520)
★ 14
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): How many employed people are in receipt of tax credits.
    (906521)
★ 15
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): What estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of uncollected tax in the UK.
    (906522)
★ 16
Henry Smith (Crawley): What steps he has taken to support people with savings and pensioners.
    (906523)
★ 17
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): What recent representations he has received on the introduction of new fiscal rules to limit government borrowing.
    (906524)
★ 18
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What the basic rate personal tax allowance was in May 2010; what that rate would have been in May 2015 if indexed to inflation; and what that rate will be in May 2015.
    (906525)
★ 19
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): What progress he has made on his long-term economic plan.
    (906526)
★ 20
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What recent estimate he has made of how much the reduction in the additional rate of income tax to 45 per cent is worth for a person earning £1 million a year.
    (906527)
★ 21
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What recent assessment he has made of the implications for public expenditure control of the conclusions of the NHS Five Year Forward View published in October 2014.
    (906528)
★ 22
Chloe Smith (Norwich North): What recent estimate he has made of the level of employment.
    (906529)
★ 23
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): What steps he has taken to reduce tax avoidance in the UK.
    (906530)
★ 24
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What fiscal steps he is taking to encourage investment in infrastructure.
    (906531)
★ 25
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): What progress he has made on his long-term economic plan to strengthen the northern economy.
    (906532)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (906533)
★ 2
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):  
    (906534)
★ 3
John Glen (Salisbury):  
    (906535)
★ 4
Jim McGovern (Dundee West):  
    (906536)
★ 5
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):  
    (906537)
★ 6
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire):  
    (906538)
★ 7
Jessica Morden (Newport East):  
    (906539)
★ 8
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):  
    (906540)
★ 9
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):  
    (906541)
★ 10
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield):  
    (906542)

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, 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)

Notices given on Wednesday 3 December

1
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of how local authorities have spent funding allocated for Local Welfare Assistance; and what assessment will be used to inform the decision on funding for Local Welfare Provision in 2015-16.
    (217103)
2
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of funding for Local Welfare Assistance schemes.
    (217104)
3
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to date has been of the Draft Feasibility Study for the Resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory Report; and what the expected final cost of that study is.
    (217094)
4
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of graduating medical students opted for general practice in each year since 2010.
    (217134)
5
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 209041, when the final consultation on caste discrimination will be published.
    (217135)

Notices given on Thursday 4 December

1
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Annex 1 of his Department's grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England for 2014-15, whether he plans to amend funding priorities for social mobility in higher education for 2015-16.
    (217152)
2
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what equality impact assessment in relation to gender his Department carried out on the proposal to limit the new postgraduate student loan finance to students under 30.
    (217197)
3
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of part-time UK postgraduate students of each gender were (a) under 30, (b) between 30 and 40 and (c) over 40 years of age on entry in each of the last three years.
    (217198)
4
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to improve productivity.
    (217275)
5
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) white and (b) Black and minority ethnic applicants started, (i) apprenticeships and (ii) traineeships in the last three years; and what proportion of each completed them.
    (217257)
6
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that HM Revenue and Customs includes information on joining the Anthony Nolan bone marrow donor register in every letter sent to young people to inform them of their national insurance number.
    (217168)
7
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average (a) rent and (b) proportion of market rent is of the homes built or converted as part of the affordable rent model.
    (217193)
8
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been completed as a result of the private renting component of the Housing Bond Guarantee Scheme.
    (217194)
9
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been converted to the Government's affordable rent model since it was introduced.
    (217195)
10
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many bids for funding the Government has received for the private renting component of the Housing Bond Guarantee Scheme.
    (217196)
11
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which non-executive directors in his Department have been involved in discussions on policy relating to the secondary ticketing market; and if he will make a statement.
    (217201)
12
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department takes to avoid conflicts of interest among its non-executive directors; and if he will make a statement.
    (217202)
13
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what sport governing bodies he has met to discuss the secondary ticketing market; and if he will make a statement.
    (217203)
14
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department's non-executive directors met ministers or officials in his Department in the last two years; what the agenda of each meeting was; and if he will make a statement.
    (217271)
15
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills about the secondary ticketing market; and if he will make a statement.
    (217272)
16
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people left the Armed Forces in each month from September 2013 to July 2014.
    (217200)
17
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that the resources on the Primary Language Training Zone website continue to be available following the decision to close the site.
    (217165)
18
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will responde to the National Union of Teachers' eight-step action programme to tackle excessive teacher workloads.
    (217166)
19
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2014 to Question 216369, how many new school projects are currently being considered as alternative options for the East Ham Police Station site.
    (217259)
20
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects a timescale for the peer review of the study on the scientific evidence for cage-based breeding for pheasants and partridges to be concluded.
    (217167)
21
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on implementation of the recommendations of the third Pitcairn Child Safety Review.
    (217277)
22
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the availability of sativex through the NHS with the classification of cannabis as a Schedule One substance.
    (217173)
23
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the separation of commissioning of mental health and addiction services has led to an increase in use of crisis services among the co-morbid population.
    (217264)
24
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of mental health service users also have co-morbid alcohol and drug dependence.
    (217265)
25
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of women patients were diagnosed with HIV in each of the last four years.
    (217266)
26
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the transmission of the HIV virus to women.
    (217267)
27
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with (a) musculoskeletal disorders and (b) other long-term conditions are supported by (i) the NHS and (ii) their employers to remain in employment.
    (217268)
28
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department and NHS England are taking to ensure that local autism diagnostic pathways are improving outcomes for adults with autism locally.
    (217269)
29
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure professional awareness of diagnostic pathways will be prioritised among (a) health bodies and (b) local authorities in the statutory guidance on implementing the adult autism strategy.
    (217270)
30
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the accessibility of radiotherapy for cancer patients in Letchworth Garden City.
    (217231)
31
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to provide satellite radiotherapy centres for patients who live in places which are inaccessible for existing radiotherapy centres; and if he will make a statement.
    (217232)
32
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the journey time by car from Letchworth Garden City to Mount Vernon Hospital in Hillingdon.
    (217233)
33
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide financial incentives to GP surgeries to identify and refer carers to local councils for support.
    (217262)
34
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK universities have agreed a Prevent strategy with their local police force.
    (217150)
35
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people her Department employs in human resources; how many of these are paid more than (a) £40,000, (b) £50,000, (c) £75,000 and (d) £100,000; how much was spent on outside human resources or recruitment consultants last year; and what her Department's total spend on human resources was last year.
    (217151)
36
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the contribution of 1 December 2014 by the Minister for Crime Prevention in the First Delegated Legislation Committee, how much her Department spent on public awareness campaigns on legal highs aimed at (a) UK festivals, (b) fresher's week and (c) school holidays in the last year; and what estimate she has made of the number of people reached in each period.
    (217163)
37
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the contribution of 1 December 2014 by the Minister for Crime Prevention in the First Delegated Legislation Committee, what proportion of those responding to the survey hosted on the FRANK website said they were more likely to take a legal high having seen material on that website.
    (217164)
38
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2014 to Question 216197, what personal information would be divulged by providing details about the number of Libyan service personnel who have been in receipt of military training in the UK that are being investigated for serious crimes and have also claimed political asylum in the UK.
    (217153)
39
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to make Syrian refugees who have relatives in the UK aware of the options for family reunification.
    (217214)
40
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has provided to support women's organisations in Burma who document the sexual violence by the Burmese Army and assist survivors.
    (217169)
41
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average number of hours per week offenders in (a) youth custody institutions and (b) adult prisons were physically active in each year since 2010.
    (217230)
42
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the collection rate is for (a) fines, (b) prosecution costs, (c) compensation and (d) victims surcharge levied by each Local Criminal Justice Board in each of the last four years.
    (217172)
43
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison (a) riots and (b) acts of concerted indiscipline there were in each year since 2010.
    (217216)
44
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) adults and (b) juveniles in each local criminal justice board area were convicted of (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences, (iii) robbery, (iv) burglary and (v) theft in each year between 2010 and 2014.
    (217273)
45
N
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby, has responded to the letter of 28 October 2014 from the Campaign for Better Transport; and if he will make a statement.
    (217170)
46
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the benefit cost ratios are of each of the major road projects proposed in the Autumn Statement.
    (217276)
47
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to protect sensitive information from being shared by performance measurement review officers when visiting a claimant who lives in shared accommodation.
    (217174)
48
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with MS have been awarded (a) personal independence payment and (b) the enhanced mobility award of personal independence payment to date.
    (217175)
49
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's guidance for Performance Measurement Review Officers on how to conduct a review.
    (217176)
50
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many performance measurement review officers his Department has employed.
    (217177)
51
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish or place in the Library a breakdown of personal independence payment by claimants' main disabling condition in a similar format to the information previously provided on disability living allowance claimants.
    (217178)
52
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has spent on legal fees on court proceedings relating to disabled people and the (a) under-occupancy penalty and (b) Independent Living Fund in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
    (217171)
53
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal assistants are employed under the Independent Living Fund.
    (217199)
54
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the closure of the Independent Living Fund on demand for the Access to Work scheme.
    (217274)
55
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of carers on zero-hours contracts.
    (217260)
56
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will provide additional financial support to carers.
    (217261)
57
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young carers in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England.
    (217263)
58
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints his Department has received about the universal jobmatch service since November 2012.
    (217256)
59
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the number of jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance claimants who have been subject to mandatory reconsideration.
    (217258)
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)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 10 December.
    (906543)
★ 2
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):  
    (906544)
★ 3
Charlie Elphicke (Dover):  
    (906545)
★ 4
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):  
    (906546)
★ 5
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):  
    (906547)
★ 6
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish):  
    (906548)
★ 7
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):  
    (906549)
★ 8
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood):  
    (906550)
★ 9
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield):  
    (906551)
★ 10
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):  
    (906552)
★ 11
Robert Jenrick (Newark):  
    (906553)
★ 12
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):  
    (906554)
★ 13
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): What recent assessment he has made of the position of defence in the UK's spending priorities.
    (906555)
★ 14
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter):  
    (906556)
★ 15
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What assessment he has made of the effect on the performance of government of the introduction of five-year fixed term parliaments; and if he will make a statement.
    (906557)

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)

Notices given on Wednesday 3 December

1
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to introduce measures to track, manage and routinely supervise perpetrators of domestic violence and serial stalkers in a similar way to sex offenders.
    (217001)

Notices given on Thursday 4 December

1
N
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of security co-operation between the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
[Question Unstarred]   (906472)
2
N
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have been started in Milton Keynes in the last 12 months.
    (217179)
3
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the international conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons held in Vienna on 8 and 9 December 2014; if he will publish on his Department's website all print and oral submissions made by the UK to the conference; and if he will make a statement.
    (217218)
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 5th December 2014