Order Book Part 2 [12 January 2015]

★ 1

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What steps he is taking to increase the number of cadet units in schools.

(906893)

★ 2

Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): How many UK military personnel are currently serving in Afghanistan.

(906894)

★ 4

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What assessment he has made of recent trends in recruitment to the Army Reserve; and if he will make a statement.

(906896)

★ 5

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): If he will publish research held by the Government on the global atmospheric consequences of nuclear war.

(906897)

★ 6

Graeme Morrice (Livingston): What plans he has to consider delivery of UK defence capability through conventional rather than nuclear weapons as part of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review.

(906898)

★ 7

Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): What progress his Department has made on delivering the Defence equipment plan.

(906899)

★ 8

Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): What his policy is on the creation of a National Defence Medal.

(906900)

★ 9

Guy Opperman (Hexham): What plans he has to visit Albemarle Barracks to review handover arrangements.

(906901)

★ 10

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): What assessment he has made of the level of the cyber security threat to the UK.

(906902)

★ 11

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What steps he is taking to assist Iraqi forces in countering ISIL.

(906903)

★ 13

Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): What the strategic rationale is for the opening of a UK military base in Bahrain.

(906905)

★ 14

Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): What steps he is taking to assist Iraqi forces in countering ISIL.

(906906)

★ 15

Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): What recent investment he has made in (a) cyber security and (b) unmanned aerial vehicles for the armed forces.

(906907)

★ 16

Richard Graham (Gloucester): What steps he is taking to assist Iraqi forces in countering ISIL.

(906908)

★ 18

Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What steps he has taken to invest in next generation equipment for the armed forces.

(906910)

★ 19

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What recent investment he has made in equipment for the armed forces.

(906911)

★ 20

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): What recent progress he has made on strengthening the Armed Forces Covenant.

(906912)

★ 21

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): What steps he is taking to increase the number of cadet units in schools.

(906913)

★ 22

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What steps he is taking to support air training corps and university air squadrons; and if he will make a statement.

(906914)

★ 23

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What military contribution the UK is making to operations in Iraq.

(906915)

★ 24

Chloe Smith (Norwich North): What steps he is taking to promote service in the Reserves.

(906916)

★ 25

Richard Fuller (Bedford): What steps his Department is taking to strengthen military co-operation with Nigeria.

(906917)

★ 1

Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

(906933)

★ 2

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):

(906934)

★ 3

Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber):

(906935)

★ 4

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):

(906936)

★ 5

Guy Opperman (Hexham):

(906937)

★ 6

Richard Fuller (Bedford):

(906938)

★ 7

Mark Menzies (Fylde):

(906939)

★ 8

Steve Baker (Wycombe):

(906940)

★ 9

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge):

(906941)

★ 10

Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood):

(906942)

1

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to review the effectiveness of the Telephone Preference Service.

(219202)

2

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the amount of water in the UK that is lost through leakage between source and consumer; and if she will take steps to end the current position where the consumer pays for such losses through price.

(219198)

3

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Pet Travel scheme in allowing owners to take dogs and cats abroad; and if she will make a statement.

(219199)

4

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new reservoirs have been (a) built and (b) are in the planning or construction phase since 2005.

(219200)

5

N

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the extent of worn and faint road markings on (a) zebra crossings and (b) elsewhere; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such markings on road safety.

(219201)

1

N

Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for the procurement of electric rolling stock for the Midland Main Line; and whether the electrified Midland Main Line will have new electric rolling stock from the day of its opening.

(219649)

1

N

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of links between air temperatures and the level of payments under the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive in each month since the start of that scheme.

(219696)

2

N

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of (a) the total carbon savings and (b) the resulting value for money of the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive subsidy scheme since it began operation.

(219697)

3

N

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average heat output was for (a) all and (b) biomass systems operating under the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme in each month since the start of that scheme.

(219698)

4

N

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average subsidy payment per site of (a) all installed non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and (b) biomass systems operating under the non-domestic RHI scheme was in each month since the start of that scheme.

(219699)

5

N

Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses have been recruited by the NHS in England from (a) the UK, (b) other EU member states and (c) outside the EU in each of the last five years.

(219713)

6

N

Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are being trained by the NHS.

(219748)

1

N

Sir Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what forecast he has made of whether his Department's spending in 2015-16 will meet the NATO target of two per cent of GDP.

(906895)

2

N

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Pakistan to encourage it to extend its recent military action against militants to include Lashkar-e-Janghevi.

(219957)

3

N

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to multilateral institutions to encourage the government of Pakistan to extend its recent military action against militants to include Lashkar-e-Janghevi.

(219958)

4

N

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on that country's strategy to prevent further attacks by Lashkar-e-Janghevi.

(219959)

5

N

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the Secret Intelligence Service did not seek assurances on Michael Adebolajo's treatment while in detention from the Kenyan authorities on the day it was notified of his arrest.

(219952)

6

N

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how his Department monitors the compliance of the intelligence and security agencies with the Consolidated Guidance to Intelligence Officers and Service Personnel.

(219953)

7

N

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the intelligence and security agencies have taken to improve their record keeping since the publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee Report on the intelligence relating to the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.

(219954)

8

N

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, by what process improvements in the intelligence and security agencies' record keeping is monitored and evaluated by the Intelligence and Security Committee.

(219955)

9

N

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training his Department has provided to members of the intelligence and security agencies on the Consolidated Guidance to Intelligence Officers and Service Personnel; and if he will make the contents of that training publicly available insofar as is consistent with national security.

(219956)

10

N

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK aid in countering terrorism in Pakistan and strengthening the Pakistani judiciary.

(219960)

1

N

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start-up loans have been granted to businesses in the Shepway local authority area since that initiative began.

(219992)

2

N

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were registered on an apprenticeship training scheme in Folkestone and Hythe constituency in each year since 2010.

(220030)

3

N

Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average full course cost to the public purse was of apprenticeships at each level in the most recent academic year for which figures are available.

(220063)

4

N

Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of steps he has taken to facilitate small and medium-sized enterprises winning government contracts; and if he will make a statement.

(220098)

5

N

Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 7 January 2015 to the hon. Member for Southport, by what proportion the Government has reduced the size of the Civil Service before adjusting for machinery of government changes.

(220057)

6

N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what criteria the locations for the Community Organiser programme were chosen.

(220099)

7

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a commemorative coin for Holocaust Memorial Day 2015.

(220059)

8

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time between a national minimum wage infringement first being reported and the issue of the resulting Notice of Underpayment was in the last year for which figures are available.

(219984)

9

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff worked on national minimum wage enforcement in each of the last five years.

(219989)

10

N

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that mobile coverage up to 4G levels is provided in rural areas to ensure communication resilience in the event for lightning.

(220134)

11

N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many counsellors were employed in the armed forces in each year since 2010.

(220076)

12

N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many psychologists were employed in the armed forces in each year since 2010.

(220077)

13

N

Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created in the UK as a result of the Scout specialist vehicle programme.

(220065)

14

N

Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the Scout specialist vehicle programme; and if he will make a statement.

(220066)

15

N

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were recruited to the regular Army between April 2013 and April 2014; and what his Department's recruitment target was for that period.

(220095)

16

N

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what functions are undertaken by each of his Department's ICT systems and databases; and what the cost was of each such system in 2013-14.

(220110)

17

N

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's target date of April 2019 for achieving an Army Reserve force of 30,000 remains in force; and what plans his Department has to review that date.

(220116)

18

N

Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rules govern the wearing of a NATO medal for service in former Yugoslavia by UK service personnel who served in Bosnia during the UN mandate but while NATO was providing air cover.

(219980)

19

N

Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the procedure is for UK servicemen and women to apply for the UN Special Service Medal for the Sarajevo Airlift; and how many service personnel have been awarded that medal.

(219981)

20

N

Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Sir John Holmes' Military Medals Review, published in July 2012, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations in paragraphs 50, 51 and 52 of that review.

(219982)

21

N

Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had on allowing the UK service personnel who served in Iraq or Afghanistan to wear the respective NATO medals; and if he will make a statement.

(219983)

22

N

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy that a credit union be established for members of HM Armed Forces and their families.

(220062)

23

N

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any personnel from the UK Reaper Squadron 39 will be deployed in Afghanistan in 2015.

[R] (220012)

24

N

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Joint Prioritised Effects List includes targets in Pakistan.

[R] (220013)

25

N

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216827, whether it is planned that options for asset-sharing between members of the NATO MQ-9 Users Group will be discussed at the Paris meeting scheduled to take place in January 2015.

[R] (220027)

26

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average response rate of Initial Teacher Training students trained in universities was to the (a) National College for Teaching and Leadership survey and (b) National Student Survey.

(220100)

27

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to encourage energy suppliers to pass on savings made from falling oil prices to consumers.

(220075)

28

N

Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate how many properties which are at risk of flooding have mineral fibre or polystyrene bead cavity wall insulation.

(220097)

29

N

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value of the investment by the Environment Agency in flood defences in Folkestone and Hythe constituency has been from May 2010 to date; and how much has been budgeted for further future works by that agency in that constituency.

(220015)

30

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage civil rights and democracy in Bahrain.

(220067)

31

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of political prisoners in Bahrain; and what steps his Department has taken to encourage the release of those prisoners.

(220068)

32

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Bahrain regarding the case of Dr Abduljalil Alsingace who is currently imprisoned in that country.

(220069)

33

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 government of Pakistan on its response to the murder of school children in Peshawar.

(220051)

34

N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 218909, whether he plans to negotiate restrictions to prevent uncontrolled immigration to the UK from Turkey in the event of that country's accession to the EU; and if he will make a statement.

(220078)

35

N

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what protocol the intelligence and security agencies follow to investigate allegations of mistreatment of detainees held abroad in foreign custody.

(220127)

36

N

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has provided training to members of the intelligence and security agencies on investigating allegations of mistreatment of detainees.

(220128)

37

N

Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to curb excessive disparities in the cost of dispensing (a) dermatology and (b) non-dermatology preferred unlicensed dermatological preparations; and what steps he is taking to ensure that all pharmacies in England obtain a whole-of-market quote from manufacturers of such preparations, as is the case in Scotland.

(220033)

38

N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median time to (i) assessment, (ii) treatment and (iii) departure was in (A) type 1 and (B) all A&E departments in each quarter since April 2011.

(220064)

39

N

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Statement of 5 January 2015, Official Report, columns 38-40, on UK Ebola preparedness, whether the eligibility for full access to NHS care will be retained by UK citizens working with aid agencies and international relief organisations outside the UK.

(219990)

40

N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Statement WS132 of 17 December 2014 on mitochondrial donation, for what reasons serial nuclear transfer is precluded by the proposed regulations 3(c) and 6(c) which prevent any further alterations in the nuclear or mitochondrial DNA.

(220104)

41

N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Statement WS132 of 17 December 2014, on mitochondrial donation, what concerns were raised by the expert panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority regarding the possibility of carryover of a small percentage of abnormal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from the affected oocyte or zygote due to close associations between mtDNA and the karyoplast.

(220108)

42

N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Statement WS132 of 17 December 2014 on mitochondrial donation, whether the expert panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority regarding mitochondrial transfer found that no females born following spindle-chromosomal complex transfer or pronuclear transfer would ever transmit the disease to subsequent generations.

(220129)

43

N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health to Lord Alton of Liverpool of 30 October 2014, if he will place in the Library a full copy of the correspondence between members of the expert panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the Zhang research group referred to in that letter.

(220130)

44

N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average incidence was of stillbirths and linked infant deaths in England and Wales in which all of the twins or triplets from the same pregnancy that remained after foetal reduction in either the first trimester or early in the second trimester subsequently died in infancy or were stillborn in each of the last 10 years.

(220131)

45

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will allocate additional resources to alleviate the demand for accident and emergency and NHS walk-in centres services in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands.

(220053)

46

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he or his Department has received on an increase in waiting times at the University Hospital in Coventry in the last two months.

(220054)

47

N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will investigate the adequacy of the major incident plans at NHS hospitals in England and Wales and the ability of these plans to cope with the increased demand of A&E services in England over the last two months.

(220055)

48

N

Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of callers to (a) NHS Direct and (b) NHS 111 were (i) referred to hospital accident and emergency departments and (ii) sent to such departments by ambulance in each year from 2005-06.

(220028)

49

N

Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiments recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert review panel in the publications, Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published in April 2011, and Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception: update, published in March 2013, on epigenetic modifications and gene expression with a range of makers for blastocyst cell types or embryos derived from the maternal spindle transfer or pronuclear transfer technique therapies have been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal his Department plans to publish the findings of those experiments.

(220096)

50

N

Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiments recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert review panel in the publication, Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published April in 2011, on the use of maternal spindle transfer therapy on unfertilised human oocytes that have abnormal mitochondrial DNA has been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal his Department plans to make findings of those experiments available.

(220101)

51

N

Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiments recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert review panel in the publication, Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published in April 2011, on the removal of the spindle or pronuclei and placing it back into the oocyte to show the effect of the maternal spindle transfer and pronuclear manipulation techniques has been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal his Department plans to publish the findings of those experiments.

(220102)

52

N

Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiments recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert review panel in the publications, Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published in April 2011, and Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception: update, published in March 2013, on karyotype analysis and comparative genomic hybridisation and copy number variation arrays of embryos derived from the maternal spindle transfer and pronuclear transfer technique therapies have been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal his Department plans to publish the findings of those experiments.

(220103)

53

N

Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's (HFEAs) comparisons between the development of embryos generated by pronuclear transfer using normally-fertilised human oocytes and that of normal ICSI-fertilised human oocytes was; when and for what reasons those experiments were originally deemed by the HFEA's expert review panel in the publication Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published in April 2011, to be critical before the technique could be assessed as safe to use clinically; and in which open access journal the relevant findings of that research were available immediately on publication following peer-review.

(220135)

54

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to Question 218687, when his Department expects NICE to report on the feedback it receives from its associates network about progress made in and challenges of implementing the 2013 guidance on prevention of familial breast cancer; and whether that feedback will be published.

(220083)

55

N

Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has in place to monitor the health of women who have undergone termination of pregnancy.

(220087)

56

N

Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the journal articles reporting the results of all the experiments recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for testing the safety of the maternal spindle transfer technique and the pronuclear transfer technique in the publications Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published in April 2011, and Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception: update, published in March 2013.

(220114)

57

N

Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiments to test for heteroplasmy on primordial germ cells created from human embryonic stem cells derived from blastocysts created through maternal spindle transfer and pronuclear transfer where the oocytes had a variant or abnormal mitochondrial DNA recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert panel in its publication Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception: update, published in March 2013, have been concluded; and in which peer reviewed journal he plans to publish the findings of that review.

(220138)

58

N

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has provided for NHS services in Swindon in each year since 2010.

(220037)

59

N

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of threat to journalists in the UK from radical Islamic extremists; and if she will make a statement.

(220137)

60

N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2014 to Question 216266, what the total cost of employing non-frontline staff in her Department has been in each of the past four years.

(220058)

61

N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gang injunctions have been granted in each of the last three years.

(220074)

62

N

Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have a strategy in place to tackle cybercrime; and if she will make a statement.

(220035)

63

N

Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last discussed with the Mayor of London in his capacity as Police and Crime Commissioner for London the change in the level of crime recorded as violence against the person by the Metropolitan Police in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

(220036)

64

N

Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to increase the number of police trained to deal with cybercrime; and if she will make a statement.

(220043)

65

N

Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken in response to the recent increase in crime in London recorded as violence against the person; and if she will make a statement.

(220044)

66

N

Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed as crime prevention officers in each police force in England and Wales in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.

(220070)

67

N

Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have taken place outside abortion clinics for harassment in the last 12 months.

(220086)

68

N

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on making domestic violence a specific criminal offence.

(220007)

69

N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has transferred to the Ministry of Defence for (a) the deployment of the RFA Argus in Sierra Leone and (b) anti-Ebola measures and deployments in Sierra Leone.

(219985)

70

N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on consultants in each of the last five years; and which contracts with consultants have been worth more than £5 million.

(219988)

71

N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219268, if she will list expenditure on each project of more than £5 million from her Department's Economic Development Strategy.

(220016)

72

N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's expenditure was (a) capital and (b) non-capital spending in each of the last five years.

(220113)

73

N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK's funding for the Green Climate Fund is drawn from the UK's International Climate Fund.

(220115)

74

N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy in decisions on funding overseas aid to consider its effect on reducing immigration to the UK.

(220111)

75

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent (a) financial and (b) other assistance her Department has given for children in Palestine.

(220071)

76

N

Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2014 to Question 198148, how much of the £2,809,462 provided to the Pitcairn Islands was allocated to each of the categories listed in that Answer.

(220056)

77

N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215243, how many times all members of the Advisory Committee to the Phillips Review met to discuss the report (a) before and (b) after it was submitted to the Secretary of State.

(220085)

78

N

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what amount his Department has spent on legal fees in judicial review cases in which it was found to have acted unlawfully since 2010.

(220082)

79

N

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) gross and (b) net amount likely to be collected through the criminal courts charge in each of the next five financial years.

(220084)

80

N

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target for collection of employment tribunal fees was in each quarter since the introduction of such fees; what sum was collected in such fees; what the costs of such collection were; what value in such fees was waived under remission; what the cost of setting up the remission scheme was; and what overall net sum was received in such fees.

(220109)

81

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many shifts were staffed below risk-assessed levels at (a) Liverpool and (b) Holyhead Maritime Rescue Co-ordination centres in (i) June 2013, (ii) December 2013, (iii) June 2014 and (iv) December 2014.

(220038)

82

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hours of shift time were staffed below risk-assessed levels at (a) Liverpool and (b) Holyhead Maritime Rescue Co-ordination centres in (i) June 2013, (ii) December 2013, (iii) June 2014 and (iv) December 2014.

(220039)

83

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed at (a) Liverpool and (b) Holyhead Maritime Rescue Co-ordination centres in (i) June 2013, (ii) December 2013, (iii) June 2014 and (iv) December 2014.

(220040)

84

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff transferred from Liverpool Maritime Rescue Co-ordination centre to Holyhead Maritime Rescue Co-ordination centre between January 2012 and January 2015.

(220041)

85

N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hours of training Holyhead staff have received from staff at the Liverpool Maritime Rescue Co-ordination centre on knowledge of the coastline currently covered by Liverpool Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre.

(220042)

86

N

Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what notification he received from Network Rail or Southern Rail of potential problems with the re-opening of London Bridge station after Christmas 2014.

(220081)

87

N

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers under the age of 24 were injured in a road accident in each of the last five years.

(220008)

88

N

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers under the age of 24 were killed in a road accident in each of the last five years.

(220009)

89

N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's guidance is on recommended response times to correspondence to Ministers from hon. Members.

(220010)

90

N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time has been for each Minister in his Department to correspondence from hon. Members in each month of the last two years.

(220011)

91

N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the Minister for Disabled People's replies to correspondence from hon. Members have taken longer than (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 15 and (d) 20 working days in each month of the last two years.

(220014)

92

N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff worked on his Department's ministerial correspondence in each year since 2010.

(220136)

93

N

Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability organisations which responded to his Department's consultation on the closure of the Independent Living Fund (a) supported and (b) opposed non-ring-fenced funding.

(220029)

94

N

Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability organisations stated in their responses to the consultation on the future of the Independent Living Fund in 2012 that they were (a) supportive of and (b) opposed to the closure of the fund.

(220112)

95

N

Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the inclusion of French Overseas Departments in the calculation of average temperature for France for the purposes of determining eligibility for winter fuel payments to UK citizens.

(220107)

96

N

Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Logistics Strategy Forum of the Health and Safety Executive has discussed driver fatigue.

(220106)

97

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people work for the Universal Credit Digital Service; whether the number of those workers is below the planned number; and if he will make a statement.

(219986)

98

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Labour Market Statistics, December 2014, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the rise in the number of claimants of employment and support allowance and other incapacity benefits.

(219987)

99

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the staff in his Department responsible for the Work Programme are divided between those dealing with contracting and those dealing with performance; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that division on his Department's efficiency.

(219991)

1

N

Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Ministry of Justice Shared Services staff in Newport who have recently been transferred to Shared Services Connected Ltd are eligible for Stage 2 surplus status for redeployment within the Civil Service.

[Transferred] (220031)

2

N

Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when eligibility for Stage 2 surplus status for redeployment within the Civil Service ends for staff employed at the Ministry of Justice Shared Services centre in Newport.

[Transferred] (220032)

3

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on the changes to the budget of the Tradeshow Access Programme by UK Trade & Investment in November 2014.

(220213)

4

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what forecast he has made of the value of export sales for UK companies generated by attendance at overseas exhibitions through the use of the Tradeshow Access Programme during the life of that programme; and if he will make a statement.

(220214)

5

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consideration he has given to adopting a Welsh language policy for his Department.

(220150)

6

Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he last visited the Emergency Contingencies Planning College, The Hawkhills, Easingwold; and if he will make a statement.

(220144)

7

Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to keep under review HM Revenue and Customs' conduct when dealing with taxpayers who seek additional time to pay as a consequence of Accelerated Payments Notices.

(220189)

8

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will arrange for the Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs to provide a substantive response to the letter of 13 November 2014 from the hon. Member for Hartlepool on behalf of his constituent, Mr McGovern.

(220216)

9

Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to whom his Department has sold Minley Manor and for what price; how many bidders there were for that site; whether those bidders were asked to improve their offers; when the sale was completed; and what covenants were put in place relating to that sale.

(220165)

10

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on introducing the Armed Forces Covenant in Northern Ireland.

(220197)

11

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to promote the Reserves in Northern Ireland.

(220198)

12

Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to promote service in the Reserves.

(220143)

13

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed changes to identify checks on applicants to register as voters on people with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment; whether he has sought legal advice on the compatibility of those proposed changes with (a) the Equality Act 2010 and (b) the Human Rights Act 1998; and if he will make a statement.

(220157)

14

Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership on infrastructure funding; and if he will make a statement.

(220145)

15

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219314, whether her Department holds figures for the countries of origin of children who are reported to be in private fostering arrangements born outside the UK.

(220173)

16

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219314, what information her Department holds on when children born outside the UK who are then reported to be in private fostering arrangements entered the UK.

(220174)

17

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce disparities between local authorities in meeting the six-week regulation for visits of children within the first year of a private fostering arrangement.

(220175)

18

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether construction budgets for studio schools include the cost of specialist teaching equipment related to the school's specialism.

(220159)

19

Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received on regulations relating to hydraulic fracturing; and if he will make a statement.

(220147)

20

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on EU renegotiation of quotas to get a better deal for cane sugar importers.

(220210)

21

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that cane sugar importation from African and Caribbean countries is protected when EU beet sugar quotas are lifted in 2017.

(220211)

22

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect cane sugar refiners (a) in East London and (b) elsewhere in the UK following the lifting of beet sugar quotas in 2017.

(220212)

23

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the potential merits of giving additional powers to the Environment Agency to respond in instances where landfill site owners ignore advice on tipping waste in severe weather.

(220208)

24

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the potential merits of giving additional powers to the Environment Agency to enable it to take punitive action against landfill site operators who tip during severe weather resulting in waste, dust and other potentially hazardous materials being blown off site.

(220209)

25

Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will request that the Marine Management Organisation review catch limits for skate and ray for vessels under 10 metres calculated using data from January 2014, when persistent bad weather prevented smaller fishing vessels putting to sea.

(220166)

26

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet the Chairman and Board of First Milk to discuss the effect of that body's recent announcements on milk prices, delays in payments and increased capital levy contributions on the viability of farmers who supply it.

(220191)

27

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the finding by UNHCR that there were 40 killings of human rights defenders in Colombia in the first nine months of 2014, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in that country.

(220207)

28

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration he has given to adopting a Welsh language policy for his Department.

(220149)

29

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of the Republic of Congo as to the safety and protection of the British missionary, Ms Maud Kells.

(220199)

30

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department allocated to projects aimed at increasing walking between (a) 2005 and 2010 and (b) 2010 and 2014.

(220190)

31

Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has in place to ensure that independent-sector providers of abortion services comply with the requirements of the Procedures for the Approval of Independent Sector Places for the Termination of Pregnancy, published in May 2014.

(220148)

32

Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inspections of approved independent places for the termination of pregnancy have been carried out to ensure compliance with the revised Procedures for the Approval of Independent Sector Places for the Termination of Pregnancy and his Department's Guidance in Relation to the Requirements of the Abortion Act, both published in May 2014.

(220158)

33

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department collects separate figures on the numbers of locum, temporary, part-time and agency general practitioners hired on the latest GP contracts.

(220176)

34

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the current GP contract allows a GP who is classified as a part-time GP with an FTE of less than 1.0 to be employed also as a locum or agency doctor.

(220177)

35

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations on increases in attendances at A&E departments.

(220204)

36

Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for the future funding of dental services in Mid Sussex.

(220206)

37

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the proposed NHS England National Obesity Plan will include specific measures relating to diabetes.

(220178)

38

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what organisations will be responsible for the implementation of the nationwide obesity plan, announced by NHS England in December 2014.

(220179)

39

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place for engagement and joint working between NICE and the Scottish Medicines Consortium for (a) sharing best practice in the early access of medicines in the UK, (b) avoiding duplication in the licensing of medicines and (c) promotion of the UK for inward investment into research, clinical trials and manufacture of medicines.

(220215)

40

Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of recent trends in rural crime; and if she will make a statement.

(220146)

41

Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether every police force has an action plan in place to ensure that domestic violence is dealt with quickly and fairly.

(220167)

42

Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to introduce the use of drunk tanks by the police to alleviate pressure on A&E departments at weekends.

(220180)

43

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport before the decision of that Department to display the Union Flag on driving licences only in England, Scotland and Wales.

(220200)

44

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on securing adequate resources for the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

(220201)

45

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to her Department was of the Parades Commission in 2013-14.

(220202)

46

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

(220203)

47

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of postal voters did not transfer to the individual electoral register in each (i) local authority and (ii) parliamentary constituency.

(220192)

48

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to restrict access to DVLA vehicle ownership records by private parking companies which have a high failure rate in the appeals process.

(220151)

49

Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which main contractors were responsible for engineering work north of King's Cross station during the Christmas 2014 period.

(220205)

★ 1

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): What steps he is taking to improve mental health care for pregnant women and new mothers in (a) Peterborough and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.

(906953)

★ 2

Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What steps he is taking to improve ambulance response times.

(906954)

★ 3

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): What the average waiting time was for a GP appointment in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(906955)

★ 4

Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A&E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.

(906956)

★ 5

Robert Halfon (Harlow): What steps have been taken to help the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow deal with extra pressure over the winter.

(906957)

★ 6

Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What assessment he has made of the level of improvement made by East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust since it was put into special measures.

(906958)

★ 7

Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): With reference to his Department's publication, Transforming care: a national response to Winterbourne View Hospital, published in December 2012, if he will take steps to ensure that the statutory guidance implementing the adult autism strategy uses clear language and is mandatory.

(906959)

★ 8

Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): What the clinical reasons are for plans to close Calderdale Royal Hospital A&E department.

(906960)

★ 9

Chloe Smith (Norwich North): What steps have been taken to support NHS hospitals in meeting increased demand in winter 2014-15.

(906961)

★ 10

Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What steps his Department is taking to ensure support for smaller district hospitals.

(906962)

★ 11

Robert Jenrick (Newark): What proportion of 111 calls resulted in an ambulance being called in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(906963)

★ 12

Derek Twigg (Halton): What recent assessment he has made of the reasons for increased attendances at A&E departments in 2014.

(906964)

★ 13

Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A&E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.

(906965)

★ 14

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): How many nurses worked in the NHS (a) in 2010 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.

(906966)

★ 15

Julian Sturdy (York Outer): What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A&E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.

(906967)

★ 16

Henry Smith (Crawley): What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A&E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.

(906968)

★ 17

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What progress has been made on conducting tests identified by the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority as critical before the implementation of mitochondrial transfer regulations.

(906969)

★ 18

John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What assessment he has made of the effect of social care budget changes on A&E attendances.

(906970)

★ 19

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What assessment he has made of the (a) Government's genomics programme and (b) work of the Department of Translational Medicine at Birmingham University to offer new treatments for cancer.

(906971)

★ 20

Graeme Morrice (Livingston): How many patients waited longer than four hours in A&E departments in 2014.

(906972)

★ 21

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): How many patients attended A&E departments in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.

(906973)

★ 22

Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): How many patients waited longer than four hours in A&E departments in 2014.

(906974)

★ 23

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): What steps he is taking to resolve the pay dispute iin the NHS.

(906975)

★ 24

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): If he will commission research on the reasons for people going to a GP surgery.

(906976)

★ 25

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): What recent representations he has received on hospital services in the North East of England.

(906977)

★ 1

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

(906943)

★ 2

Dame Angela Watkinson (Hornchurch and Upminster):

(906944)

★ 3

Duncan Hames (Chippenham):

(906945)

★ 4

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak):

(906946)

★ 5

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford):

(906947)

★ 6

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester):

(906948)

★ 7

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):

(906949)

★ 8

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge):

(906950)

★ 9

Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):

(906951)

★ 10

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):

(906952)

1

N

Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Supreme Court decision on the Abortion Act 1967 in relation to staff of NHS Greater Glasgow and North Clyde in December 2014, if he will take steps to protect individual rights of conscience for administrative personnel in the NHS and ensure that the decisions of those who do not wish to be involved in any aspect of abortion procedures are respected; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals to clarify the legal rights of healthcare workers across the UK in relation to this issue.

(219895)

2

N

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent discussions the Commission has had with the appropriate trades unions regarding the position of employees of the House of Commons whose duties are such that they cannot be carried out during the period of Dissolution of Parliament; and if he will make a statement.

(219961)

1

N

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) UK and (ii) other EU students started undergraduate higher education courses in England in (A) 2013-14 and (B) 2014-15.

(220139)

2

N

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of additional students that will enter higher education in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18 as a result of the removal of the cap on student numbers.

(220140)

3

N

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the additional costs of (a) the face value of student loans, (b) the resource costs of student loans, (c) teaching grant through the Higher Education Funding Council for England, (d) maintenance grant that will arise from the removal of the cap on student numbers.

(220141)

4

N

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many additional students entered higher education in 2014-15 as a result of the increase in the cap on student numbers announced in the 2014 Autumn Statement.

(220142)

1

N

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Attorney General, how many convictions there have been for driving while disqualified in each year since 2010.

(220161)

2

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from universities about the future viability of Initial Teacher Training courses and university education departments.

(220155)

3

N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on mail volumes to the universal service provider in the HA postcode area of London of end-to-end competition; and if he will make a statement.

(220228)

4

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans for the Skills Funding Agency to have a data sharing agreement in place with London Work Programme providers so that referrals to Skills support for Work Programme participants in Employment can commence.

(220236)

5

N

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217619, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 10 November 2014, reference MC2014/04463; and what the reason is for the time taken to respond.

(220231)

6

N

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce a time limit by which investigations undertaken by the Service Complaints Commissioner must be concluded.

(220229)

7

N

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Service Complaints Commissioner provides full disclosure of complaints and how they are determined to interested parties.

(220230)

8

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many trainee secondary school chemistry, physics and mathematics teachers there are in each region of England.

(220153)

9

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish her Department's quality grade of academy sponsors.

(220154)

10

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the National College of Teaching and Leadership has withdrawn Initial Teacher Training students from future National Student Surveys.

(220156)

11

N

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children (a) in receipt of free school meals, (b) with a statement of special education needs, (c) from a BME community and (d) looked after by a local authority received a place in a grammar school in each of the last five years.

(220222)

12

N

Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school teachers in each parliamentary constituency in the South West have a science degree.

(220221)

13

N

Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 208622, if he will reconsider his decision not to publish the Shale Gas Rural Economy Impact Report.

(220152)

14

N

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support UK dairy farmers who are producing milk without the use of intensive indoor practices.

(220168)

15

N

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on implementation of point 7, on constantly improving standards of animal health and welfare, in the dairy industry growth plan, Leading the Way, published in June 2014.

(220185)

16

N

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which fish species have been overfished in 2013-14.

(220169)

17

N

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the announcement by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on 7 January 2015, on January 2015 catch limits, from which industry bodies the MMO received feedback; which fisheries representatives contacted the MMO; and how many members each such organisation represents.

(220194)

18

N

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2014 to Question 214438, when she plans to publish the triennial review of the Maritime Management Organisation.

(220243)

19

N

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when and for what reasons permission was given to representatives of the Zoological Society of London to travel to the Chagos Islands.

(220170)

20

N

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure that the Chagossians are taken to the Chagos Islands as soon as possible, since the cancellation by his Department of their scheduled annual trip in November 2014.

(220171)

21

N

Sir George Young (North West Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to support the petition from British survivors of thalidomide damage to the EU Commissioner for Health and MEPs which seeks to secure a fair level of compensation for the costs and losses arising from the damage done to them by thalidomide.

(220224)

22

N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies were absent from work through sickness in December 2014.

(220225)

23

N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the studies recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert review panel in the publication, Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception: update, published in March 2013 on mosaicism in human morulae have been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal his Department plans to publish the findings of those studies.

(220195)

24

N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiment on vitrifying zygotes created through pronuclear transfer, recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert panel in its publication Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published in April 2011, has been concluded; and in which open access peer-reviewed journal he plans to publish the results.

(220217)

25

N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiments on human embryonic stem cells derived from blastocysts that are heteroplasmic for abnormal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and blastocysts created through maternal spindle transfer and pronuclear transfer where the oocytes had abnormal mtDNA, recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert panel in its publication Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published April 2011, has been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal he plans to publish the results.

(220218)

26

N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiment involving the use of induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patients carrying different mitochondrial DNA mutations, recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert panel in its publication Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published April 2011, has been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal he plans to publish the results.

(220219)

27

N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiment on mitochondrial DNA carry-over on non-human primate model into the possible heteroplasmy of tissues in the foetus, recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert panel in its publication Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published April 2011, has been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal he plans to publish the results.

(220220)

28

N

Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for talking therapy in Birmingham.

(220193)

29

N

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether eggs used in the creation of embryos through maternal spindle transfer or pronuclear transfer have had their mitochondrial or nuclear genes altered in the process.

(220181)

30

N

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for public safety in relation to his policy on mitochondrial transfer of the study by Professor John Zhang et al, published in Fertility and Sterility, Vol 80, Suppl. 3, September 2003.

(220182)

31

N

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to put contingency arrangements in place to ensure support for recipients of mitochondrial donation techniques in the event of failure or abnormal development in the resulting child.

(220183)

32

N

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to raise awareness of mesothelioma and its cause by (a) exposure to asbestos and (b) other causes.

(220226)

33

N

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219411, what policy considerations led to the decision to retain the Census 2001 framework.

(220227)

34

N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines relating to performance have been levied on providers of the COMPASS service in each of the past two years; how many such fines were levied on each provider in each year; what those fines were for; and what the amount was of each fine.

(220186)

35

N

Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current number of police officers employed as crime prevention officers; and if she will make a statement.

(220223)

36

N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page 169 of her Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, what the equivalent value of Departmental Expenditure Limit Capital was in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.

(220232)

37

N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what amount from the funds allocated by her Department to the International Climate Fund has been disbursed in each year since that fund's inception.

(220233)

38

N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the Legal Aid Agency introduced a prescribed time period of 24 months for evidence relating to domestic violence cases.

(220160)

39

N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it remains the policy for his Department not to fund Christmas parties for staff.

(220163)

40

N

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Question 217807, tabled on 9 December 2014, when he plans to answer Question 213688, tabled on 6 November 2014.

(220162)

41

N

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 217822, tabled on 9 December 2014.

(220164)

42

N

Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8 January 2015, WS175, on Rail in the North: Rolling Stock, what estimate he has made of the total cost of leasing the new rolling stock; and what proportion of this cost which will be borne by (a) his Department and (b) train operating companies in each year until the end of the lease.

(220238)

43

N

Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8 January 2015, WS175, on Rail in the North: Rolling Stock, how long he expects the lease for the new rolling stock to run; and which rolling-stock leasing company will provide the new rolling stock.

(220239)

44

N

Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8 January 2015, WS175, on Rail in the North: Rolling Stock, what the average age is of the new rolling stock; and whether the new rolling stock meets the requirements in the Persons of Reduced Mobility Specification for Interoperability.

(220240)

45

N

Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8 January 2015, WS175, on Rail in the North: Rolling Stock, whether it is his policy that the operator of Northern Rail and TransPennine Express services after the new franchise commences will be required to continue using that rolling stock.

(220241)

46

N

Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8 January 2015, WS175, on Rail in the North: Rolling Stock, how many seats are available on Northern Rail and TransPennine Express; how many seats will be available once the new rolling stock comes into service; when he expects this rolling stock to be put into service; and how long he expects such rolling stock to remain in service.

(220242)

47

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who the (a) Chair and (b) other members are of the Universal Credit Programme board.

(220184)

48

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 28 of work programme evaluations: operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery, published by his Department on 18 December 2014, what assessment he has made of the finding that only a small proportion of subcontractors were positive about the commerical attractiveness of their contracts with the primes.

(220234)

49

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 122 of work programme evaluation: operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery, published by his Department on 18 December 2014, for what reasons the performance management approach applied in the Work Programme was replaced by a more prescriptive system.

(220235)

50

N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of differential pricing on provider behaviour in the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.

(220237)

★ 1

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): If he will make it his policy that responsibility for licensing shale gas extraction should be devolved to the Scottish Parliament.

(906918)

★ 2

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What change there has been in the level of child poverty in Scotland since 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(906919)

★ 3

Dame Angela Watkinson (Hornchurch and Upminster): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on businesses in Scotland of the removal of the requirement for employers to pay National Insurance Contributions in respect of employees under the age of 21 and apprentices under the age of 25.

(906920)

★ 4

Mr Mike Weir (Angus): What steps the Government is taking to maintain existing Scottish rail services on and connected to the East Coast Mainline.

(906921)

★ 5

Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural Scotland.

(906922)

★ 6

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on job losses in Scotland resulting from City Link entering administration.

(906923)

★ 7

Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble): What the next steps are for implementation of the Smith Commission proposals.

(906924)

★ 8

Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): What discussions he has had with the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries on how effectively the Government is protecting vulnerable consumers in Scotland from nuisance calls.

(906925)

★ 9

John Mann (Bassetlaw): What assessment he has made of the level of anti-Semitism in Scotland.

(906926)

★ 10

John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What estimate he has made of the effect on tax revenue from Scotland of the recent fall in the price of oil.

(906927)

★ 11

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on support for the oil and gas sector in Scotland.

(906928)

★ 12

Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): What plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to devolve responsibility for the franchise in Scottish Parliament elections to the Scottish Parliament.

(906929)

★ 13

Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on jobs in Scotland of the fall in the price of oil.

(906930)

★ 14

John Stevenson (Carlisle): What assessment he has made of recent trends in the number of visitors to Scotland and their contribution to the economy in Scotland.

(906931)

★ 15

Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues and Ministers of the Scottish Government on the relationship between oil prices and travel costs for cross-border commuters.

(906932)

★ 1

Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 14 January.

(906978)

★ 2

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):

(906979)

★ 3

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):

(906980)

★ 4

Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock):

(906981)

★ 5

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe):

(906982)

★ 6

Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon):

(906983)

★ 7

Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch):

(906984)

★ 8

James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis):

(906985)

★ 9

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield):

(906986)

★ 10

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):

(906987)

★ 11

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead):

(906988)

★ 12

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):

(906989)

★ 13

Robert Halfon (Harlow):

(906990)

★ 14

David Rutley (Macclesfield):

(906991)

★ 15

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South):

(906992)

1

N

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that biometric material is taken from and retained in respect of suspected criminals in England and Wales who have been convicted of serious offences previously in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland and (c) other EU countries; and if she will make a statement.

(219655)

1

N

Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that UN Security Council Resolutions 2098 and 2147 are implemented in full and that effective steps are taken to demobilise and disband the FDLR from North and South Kivu; and if he will make a statement.

(220017)

1

N

John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which people, excluding Ministers and Diplomats, have represented the Government at inaugurations abroad since May 2010; and what the cost was of that representation in each such case.

(219962)

1

N

Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to reduce the number of fatal shootings of cats; and if she will make a statement.

(219993)

1

N

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many businesses were instructed by the Financial Services Ombudsman to award consumers the maximum compensation of £150,000 limit in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.

(220172)

2

N

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many businesses were recommended by the Financial Services Ombudsman to award consumers fair compensation above the £150,000 limit in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.

(220187)

3

N

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many businesses were recommended by the Financial Services Ombudsman to award consumers fair compensation above the £100,000 limit in each year from 2001 to 2011.

(220188)

4

N

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on removing the compensation limit set by the Financial Services Ombusman.

(220196)

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