Session 2014-15
Publications on the internet
The Questions Book
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 28 January 2015
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 Tuesday 27 January 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 28 January 2015
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.
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
★
1
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
What recent discussions she has had on the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
(907198)
★
2
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
What recent steps she has taken to ensure that the Police Service of Northern Ireland has adequate resources to guarantee security for the people of Northern Ireland.
(907199)
★
3
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
What assessment her Department has made of the role of the voluntary sector in dealing with the legacy of the past.
(907200)
★
5
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
What steps she is taking to safeguard records relevant to the work of the Historical Investigations Unit, the Independent Commission for Information Retrieval, inquests and other inquiries into the past.
(907202)
★
6
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
What progress she has made on implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if she will make a statement.
(907203)
★
7
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
What steps the Government is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
(907204)
★
8
Bob Blackman
(Harrow East):
What steps the Government is taking to strengthen the economy of and increase inward investment to Northern Ireland.
(907205)
★
9
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
What steps the Government is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
(907206)
★
11
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
What steps the Government is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
(907208)
★
12
Kate Hoey
(Vauxhall):
What recent representations she has received on use of the Union flag on driving licences in Northern Ireland.
(907209)
★
13
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
What progress she has made on implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if she will make a statement.
(907210)
★
14
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
What progress she has made on implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if she will make a statement.
(907211)
★
15
Mrs Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
What recent steps she has taken to ensure that the Police Service of Northern Ireland has adequate resources to guarantee security for the people of Northern Ireland.
(907212)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★
1
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
When he next plans to meet the Chairman of the Iraq Inquiry; and if he will make a statement.
(907258)
★
2
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 28 January.
(907259)
★
3
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
(907260)
★
4
Sandra Osborne
(Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock):
(907261)
★
5
Mr Dennis Skinner
(Bolsover):
(907262)
★
6
Mr Tim Yeo
(South Suffolk):
(907263)
★
7
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
(907264)
★
8
Simon Hart
(Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):
(907265)
★
9
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
(907266)
★
10
Clive Efford
(Eltham):
(907267)
★
11
Thomas Docherty
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
(907268)
★
12
Richard Drax
(South Dorset):
(907269)
★
13
Roger Williams
(Brecon and Radnorshire):
(907270)
★
14
Andrew Jones
(Harrogate and Knaresborough):
(907271)
★
15
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
(907272)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 22 January
1
N
Graham Stringer
(Blackley and Broughton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of (a) future changes in fossil fuel energy prices and (b) the implications of such changes for the calculation of the value for money of his Department's energy policies and alternative energy pathways.
(221753)
2
N
Graham Stringer
(Blackley and Broughton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2015 to Question 219697, if he will revise calculations of value for money delivered by the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive to take account of falling fossil fuel energy prices.
(221795)
3
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact that HS2 will have on rail freight operations on the West Coast Mainline.
(221793)
4
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what incentives are in place for freight operators to reduce road freight and use other modes of transport.
(221794)
Notices given on Friday 23 January
1
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of cheques sent to HM Revenue and Customs that were fraudulently intercepted and (b) value of these cheques in each month since December 2013.
(221869)
2
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the comparative change has been in local authority funding at the 10 (a) most and (b) least deprived local authority areas since 2010.
(221842)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in each local authority area applied for additional capital funding for the universal infant free school meals initiative through the local authority capital bidding round; and how much additional capital funding for that initiative was applied for by each local authority.
(221920)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints her Department has received about careers advice in schools in each year since 2009-10.
(221921)
5
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2015 to Question 221152, how many staff in schools had the role of careers adviser in the academic year (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14.
(221922)
6
N
Richard Harrington
(Watford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase teacher recruitment in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) England.
(221823)
7
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Oil and Gas Authority regarding the (a) regulatory and (b) industry response to the slump in global oil prices.
(221871)
8
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps he has taken to protect (a) employment levels, (b) infrastructure integrity and (c) production capacity in the offshore oil and gas industry.
(221873)
9
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend or repeal the Hunting Act 2004 before the end of the current Parliament.
(221841)
10
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authority about the steps it can take to ensure the unhindered operation of the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism.
(221867)
11
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the stability of the Fatah-Hamas Unity government in the Palestinian Authority.
(221868)
12
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of ambulances have had to queue for more than 30 minutes outside A&E at (a) Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Nottingham University Hospitals in each quarter since 2005.
(221819)
13
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of elective operations were cancelled on or after the day of admission for non-clinical reasons at (a) Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Nottingham University Hospitals in each quarter since 2005.
(221820)
14
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients had to wait for four hours or more at A&E at (a) Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Nottingham University Hospitals in each quarter since 2004.
(221821)
15
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients aged over 90 arrived at A&E at (a) Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Nottingham University Hospitals in a blue light ambulance in each of the last five years.
(221822)
16
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2015 to Question 220819, what weight was given to previous evidence of successful management of NHS data programmes in appointing the Senior Responsible Officer of the care.data programme.
(221840)
17
N
Jack Dromey
(Birmingham, Erdington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times and on which dates she has met representatives of the Police Federation of England and Wales since May 2010.
(221896)
18
N
Jack Dromey
(Birmingham, Erdington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times and on which dates she has met representatives of the Association of Chief Police Officers since May 2010.
(221897)
19
N
Jack Dromey
(Birmingham, Erdington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times and on which dates she has met representatives of HM Inspectorate of Constabulary since May 2010.
(221898)
20
N
Jack Dromey
(Birmingham, Erdington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times and on which dates she has met representatives of the Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales since May 2010.
(221899)
21
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds the Government has provided to tackle potholes in Esther and Walton constituency in each year since 2010.
(221870)
22
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which operational installations in the North Sea have a backlog of safety-critical maintenance work; and what the deadlines are for completion of such work in each case.
(221874)
23
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the disability living allowance helpline, 08457 123456 in each of the last five financial years; how much revenue was generated from these calls; and by when he expects to end the use of this number.
(221919)
Notices given on Monday 26 January
1
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of young people aged 16 to 18 living in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency and (b) England had a working or educational status classified as unknown in each year since 2010.
[Transferred]
(221825)
2
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive about backlogs of safety-critical maintenance work on offshore installations in the North Sea.
[Transferred]
(221872)
3
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Attorney General, how many recruitment and employment agencies the Law Officers' Departments have used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222076)
4
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Attorney General, what guidance has been issued by the Crown Prosecution Service on prosecuting digital and online crime.
(221998)
5
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value is of student grant over-payments by the Student Loans Company since 2010.
(221965)
6
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to tackle student grant overpayments by the Student Loans Company.
(221966)
7
John Hemming
(Birmingham, Yardley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many explosions of manhole covers there have been since 2000; in how many such cases people were injured; how many explosions have occurred twice in the same location; and if he will make a statement.
(221975)
8
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship starts there were in Stafford constituency in each year since 2008.
(222041)
9
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222075)
10
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of land was registered in Wales in each year since 1985.
(221987)
11
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the ownership of unregistered land in Wales.
(221988)
12
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost has been to the public purse of independent policy advisers across all government departments since May 2010.
(221941)
13
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222077)
14
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2015 to Question 218249, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures in the Answer by (a) employment sector and (b) gender; and if he will make a statement.
(222025)
15
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of reducing (a) Band A and (b) Band B air passenger duty by 50 per cent, excluding Scotland, from 1 April 2015; and if he will make a statement.
(222011)
16
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222096)
17
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints his Department has received concerning the inability of people who have applied for pensioner bonds to have their applications dealt with owing to breakdowns in the website of the agency handling the sale.
(221926)
18
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of pensioner bonds have been sold to applicants from (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) England.
(221927)
19
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value was of the pensioner bonds that were issued in the recent sale of those assets.
(221928)
20
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222078)
21
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222079)
22
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for any further reductions to the headcount of the army.
(221939)
23
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the review of the numbers of senior ranks in the Army, as part of Army 2020 will consult with (a) NATO allies and (b) other groups.
(221996)
24
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when exactly the review of the numbers of senior ranks in the Army will conclude.
(222003)
25
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff work on the Army Command Review.
(222004)
26
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Army Command Review will cost to produce.
(222005)
27
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister made the decision to conduct the Army Command Review; and when this decision was made.
(222006)
28
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222080)
29
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the year-on-year future spending on the development phase of the replacement for Trident.
(222052)
30
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2015 to Question 220804, on military aircraft, if he will place a copy of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory document in the Library.
(222053)
31
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Office has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222081)
32
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many recruitment and employment agencies her Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222082)
33
Mr Henry Bellingham
(North West Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that the recent oil price reduction will lead to a reduction in the price of liquefied petroleum gas in rural areas.
(221991)
34
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222083)
35
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ban the use of battery cages to confine breeding pheasants and partridges used for sporting purposes.
(222009)
36
Mr Henry Bellingham
(North West Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what further investment in Norfolk's flood and sea defences she plans to make; and if she will make a statement.
(221989)
37
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of animals which died from consumption of ethylene-glycol based anti-freeze in the last year; and what steps the Government has taken to reduce the number of animal deaths from ingestion of that substance.
(222056)
38
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(The Cotswolds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that supermarkets (a) do not sell British milk below the cost of production and (b) include British milk under their Fairtrade agendas.
(221946)
39
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recruitment and employment agencies her Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222084)
40
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the Kurdistan regional government did not participate in the London conference of the International Coalition against ISIS in January 2015; and if he will make a statement.
(221961)
41
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on measures to reduce error in the accounts of the EU to a point at which they will not be qualified by the European Court of Auditors.
(221938)
42
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK trade of plans to establish a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific.
(221944)
43
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent contracts his Department has had with the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement.
(221945)
44
James Morris
(Halesowen and Rowley Regis):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterparts on the closure of the Rafah crossing.
[R]
(222007)
45
James Morris
(Halesowen and Rowley Regis):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the terror threat to Jewish targets in Europe.
[R]
(222008)
46
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222085)
47
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his overseas counterparts on the multilateral disarmament of nuclear weapons.
(222027)
48
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken towards its aim of achieving nuclear disarmament.
(222035)
49
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government plans to commission Translarna during NHS England's public consultations on its principles and approach to decision making on drug licensing.
(222036)
50
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to make Translarna available whilst NHS England's public consultations are completed on the principles and approach to decision making on drug licensing; and if he will make a statement.
(222037)
51
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how long NHS England's public consultations about the principles and approach to decision making on drug licensing will last.
(222038)
52
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2014 to Question 216805, whether he plans to make representations to the German government over compensation for British survivors of Thalidomide.
(221974)
53
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Expert Panel became aware of the 2003 study by John Zhang et al reported in Fertility and Sterility September 2003 Volume 80, Supplement 3, Page 56.
(222039)
54
Paul Burstow
(Sutton and Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many discharge episodes there have been with a (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of coronary heart disease in (i) each clinical commissioning group or its predecessor organisation and (ii) England in each of the last 10 years.
(222024)
55
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce conditions for outsourced NHS work by the private healthcare providers to waive any right to commercial confidentiality and abide by the obligations of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the production of relevant documents and safety and performance data.
(222028)
56
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial and ethical stringency tests his Department applies to (a) private healthcare providers bidding for NHS contracts and (b) the parent companies of those providers.
(222040)
57
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will clarify the steps taken to ensure that private healthcare providers performing NHS contracts hold sufficient indemnity cover to meet all future medical negligence claims and associated legal costs against the NHS arising from negligent treatment by the private provider.
(222057)
58
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount of contribution private healthcare providers which are unable to arrange their own insurance make to the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts; and whether that amount is the same as the contributions required of NHS trusts.
(222058)
59
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require contracts between NHS hospitals and private surgery providers to include a clause preventing the NHS from being sued for libel if it publishes any report investigating damaged caused surgery carried out by the provider.
(222100)
60
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure NHS hospitals are not sued for damages if they sub-contract or outsource surgery to a provider which then injures patients as a result of negligence.
(222101)
61
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance the Government provides to hospitals on how to mitigate the risk of (a) incidents, where costs might exceed the £1 million NHS Litigation Authority Property Expenses Scheme limit and (b) other major incidents.
(221962)
62
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) actuarial analysis and (b) financial modelling was carried out before a decision was taken on self-insuring by NHS trusts.
(221983)
63
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons NHS trusts are not allowed to enter into insurance arrangements with commercial insurers.
(221995)
64
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations (a) were invited to and (b) attended roundtable discussions with him regarding conversion therapy in early March or late April 2014.
(222055)
65
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which voluntary registers have applied for accreditation as accredited voluntary registers with the Professional Standards Authority (PSA); and which such registers are (a) awaiting a decision and (b) have been rejected by the PSA.
(222102)
66
Nigel Mills
(Amber Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) NICE and (b) the Care Quality Commission about healthcare-associated infections in the last 12 months; and what steps he is taking as a result of those discussions.
(221936)
67
Nigel Mills
(Amber Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an estimate of the (a) average and (b) total cost to the NHS of healthcare-associated infections.
(221940)
68
Nigel Mills
(Amber Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to incentivise NHS trusts to reduce levels of healthcare-associated infections.
(221942)
69
Nigel Mills
(Amber Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of levels of hand hygiene compliance in hospital Trusts.
(221964)
70
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to report on progress on the National Service Framework for long-term conditions; and if he will make a statement.
(221937)
71
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Public Health England on targeted campaigns in regions where HPV vaccination rates have fallen below the national average; and if he will make a statement.
(221935)
72
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Ambulatory Care Centre at the Whittington Hosital since it opened in 2012.
(222026)
73
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222087)
74
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(The Cotswolds):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the British Shooting Sports Council and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation on flagging up the medical records of people who hold shotgun and firearms certificates.
(221947)
75
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(The Cotswolds):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that medical records flag up people who hold shotgun and firearms certificates and that appropriate medical conditions are rapidly communicated to the police.
(222010)
76
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Home Office enforcement visits were undertaken without notice to (a) employers, (b) colleges and (c) universities in each of the last five years.
(222012)
77
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies were fined for employing illegal immigrants in each of the last five years.
(222054)
78
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recruitment and employment agencies her Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222088)
79
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to police forces on how they record digital, cyber and online crime.
(221969)
80
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to regulate social media providers.
(221971)
81
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to police forces on training for police officers on tackling digital, cyber- and online crime.
(221972)
82
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to police forces on the steps they should take to investigate allegations of digital or cyber-crime.
(221973)
83
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of complaints of crime reported to the police there was a digital or cyber element in each of the last three years.
(221992)
84
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training police and crime commissioners and their staff receive on the circumstances of, and responses to, digital and online crime.
(221993)
85
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of online (a) stalking, (b) harassment, (c) fraud and (d) identity theft were reported to the police in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how many of each category of reported instance resulted in a criminal charge.
(221994)
86
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued by (a) her Department, (b) the College of Policing and (c) the Association of Chief Police Officers on the recording and investigation of online and digital crime.
(221997)
87
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support services are available for victims of digital and online crime.
(221999)
88
Mr Charles Walker
(Broxbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on (a) academic and (b) other research conducted in (i) the UK and (ii) other European countries that establishes a link between the funding of ISIL and the trade in contraband (A) cigarettes and (B) other goods.
(221948)
89
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many recruitment and employment agencies the House of Commons Commission has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222089)
90
Crispin Blunt
(Reigate):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that the World Bank's environmental and social safeguard policies take account of the rights and needs of (a) LGBT people and (b) other vulnerable groups.
(221929)
91
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many recruitment and employment agencies her Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222090)
92
Jenny Chapman
(Darlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers took sick leave in each prison in England and Wales in each month in 2014.
(221984)
93
Jenny Chapman
(Darlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days sick leave were taken by prison officers in each prison in England and Wales in each month in 2014.
(221985)
94
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on access to legal aid in family courts of the evidence given on 1 December 2011 to the Justice Committee by the President of the Family Division.
(221990)
95
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether G4S has replaced the credit union operating at Parc Prison with an in-house saving scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(221960)
96
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will direct the National Offender Management Service to ban cigarette smoking on the prison estate.
(221967)
97
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the National Offender Management Service suspended the pilot scheme to ban cigarette smoking on the prison estate.
(221968)
98
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Prison Officers Association on the proposal to ban cigarette smoking in the prison estate.
(221970)
99
Dr Matthew Offord
(Hendon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to resume the pilot arrangements for banning cigarette smoking on the prison estate.
(222013)
100
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222091)
101
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his estimate is of the number of people convicted of an offence involving domestic abuse who were also involved in digital or cyber-crime against the same victim in each of the last three years.
(222000)
102
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many recruitment and employment agencies her Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222092)
103
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Prime Minister, how many recruitment and employment agencies 10 Downing Street has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222093)
104
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222094)
105
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds will be made available for protection against terrorist attacks on High Speed 2.
(221943)
106
Richard Graham
(Gloucester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the (a) negotiations and (b) consultation on the Cross Country franchise direct award to begin.
(221963)
107
Chris Leslie
(Nottingham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221267, what the reasons were for each instance of reprographic expenditure totalling more than £10,000 in 2013-14.
(222099)
108
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the terms of the rail franchise directly awarded to First Great Western in October 2014 retains the role of guard on all trains for the duration of the contract.
(221981)
109
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the food for the at-seat catering service provided under the rail franchise directly awarded to First Great Western in October 2014 will be prepared by staff on-board the trains.
(221982)
110
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the at-seat catering service provided under the directly awarded franchise on the Great Western Main Line will be in addition to a buffet car or café-bar on the train.
(221986)
111
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222095)
112
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222097)
113
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many recruitment and employment agencies the Government Equalities Office has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222086)
114
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
(222098)
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
★
1
Sir Tony Baldry
(Banbury):
What steps she has taken to improve the cleanliness of Britain's rivers and waterways.
(907282)
★
2
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
What steps she is taking to ensure the provision of adequate flood protections.
(907283)
★
3
Stephen Mosley
(City of Chester):
What steps the Government is taking to support bees and pollinators.
(907284)
★
4
Stephen Phillips
(Sleaford and North Hykeham):
What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on promoting pork exports.
(907285)
★
5
Andrew Jones
(Harrogate and Knaresborough):
What estimate she has made of the number of trees planted during the present Parliament.
(907286)
★
6
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
What steps she plans to take to prepare the UK for flooding and ensure that adequate protections from flooding are in place.
(907287)
★
7
Sir Andrew Stunell
(Hazel Grove):
What assessment she has made of the benefits and costs of extending the Cheshire badger vaccination programme to include the Borough of Stockport.
(907288)
★
8
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
What discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues on the environmental case for supporting the development of onshore and offshore wind power.
(907289)
★
9
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
How many water companies offer a social tariff.
(907290)
★
10
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
What estimate she has made of the number of people who used emergency food aid in the last 12 months; and what steps the Government is taking to address food poverty.
(907291)
★
11
Duncan Hames
(Chippenham):
If she will publish without redaction the Shale Gas: Rural Economy Impacts report, published by her Department with redactions in March 2014.
(907292)
★
12
Mr Andrew Robathan
(South Leicestershire):
If she will review the measures put in place to protect bats and newts under the EU Habitats Directive.
(907293)
★
13
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
How many UK food and drink products have protected status under European law.
(907294)
★
14
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
What assessment she has made of successful strategies by UK food and drink businesses to export their products in the last 12 months.
(907295)
★
15
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
What steps she has taken to ensure that people are aware that by 2016 it will be a legal requirement to microchip their dog.
(907296)
★
16
Stephen Metcalfe
(South Basildon and East Thurrock):
What steps she has taken to improve the cleanliness of Britain's rivers and waterways.
(907297)
★
17
Natascha Engel
(North East Derbyshire):
When she plans to implement Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
(907298)
★
18
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
What assessment she has made of successful strategies by UK food and drink businesses to export their products in the last 12 months.
(907299)
★
19
Julian Smith
(Skipton and Ripon):
What discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues on the future of the dairy industry.
(907300)
★
20
Mr Alan Reid
(Argyll and Bute):
When she plans to review the allocation of Common Agricultural Policy funds between Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
(907301)
At 10.05am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★
1
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
(907307)
★
2
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
(907308)
★
3
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
(907309)
★
4
Mr Gary Streeter
(South West Devon):
(907310)
★
5
Robert Jenrick
(Newark):
(907311)
★
6
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
(907312)
★
7
Neil Parish
(Tiverton and Honiton):
(907313)
★
8
Gemma Doyle
(West Dunbartonshire):
(907314)
★
9
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
(907315)
★
10
Sir Andrew Stunell
(Hazel Grove):
(907316)
At 10.15am
Oral Questions to the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners and the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
★
1
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on what authority and for what reason it is a requirement that the count for the General Election must be started within four hours of the close of poll.
(907273)
★
2
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Commissioners' policies of the Church of England report, On Rock or Sand, published on 21 January 2015.
(907274)
★
3
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what ethical investment policies the Church of England applies when investing in pharmaceutical companies or other medical organisations.
(907275)
★
4
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Commissioners have had with the Archbishop of Canterbury on lessons learnt for the Church from his year-long tour of the Anglican Communion.
(907276)
★
5
Martin Vickers
(Cleethorpes):
To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how the Church of England plans to maintain and support a Christian presence in every rural community.
(907277)
★
6
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to promote financial education amongst children and young people.
(907278)
★
7
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what responsibilities have been allocated to the Right Reverend Libby Lane, Bishop of Stockport; and if he will make a statement.
(907279)
★
8
Mr Andrew Robathan
(South Leicestershire):
To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps have been taken in co-ordination with Natural England to exclude bats from churches where they are causing significant damage to the fabric of church buildings.
(907280)
★
9
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps are being taken to tackle electoral fraud at the forthcoming General Election.
(907281)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 21 January
1
N
Mr Simon Burns
(Chelmsford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on (a) all drugs, (b) cancer drugs and (c) drugs funded through the Cancer Drug Fund in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(221615)
Notices given on Thursday 22 January
1
N
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help dairy farmers to export more milk products.
(221741)
Notices given on Monday 26 January
1
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect that the present low price of oil is having on the preservation and development of the oil and gas industry skills base.
(221931)
2
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what employment protections exist for staff in the offshore oil and gas sector in the event of an employer seeking to replace them with non-UK based workers on lower rates of pay.
(221933)
3
N
Mr Ian Davidson
(Glasgow South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to help the retail and wholesale industry.
(221980)
4
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 208599, on the minimum wage, how many notices of underpayment have been issued since 1 October 2013 in cases where the investigation commenced on or after that date.
(221930)
5
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which winning bidders have withdrawn from each bidding round of the Regional Growth Fund in each region; on what date each such withdrawal took place; and what the monetary value was of each such bid.
(222042)
6
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms have received financial support under the Export Refinancing Scheme to date; and on what date each such instance of support was received.
(222043)
7
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average time was for businesses applying for and receiving financial support under the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers Scheme; and what (a) benchmarks and (b) targets he has set for that time period.
(222106)
8
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 24 and (c) 25 or over are employed by his Department.
(222107)
9
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in (a) the borough of Barnsley and (b) the UK in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.
(222073)
10
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on using the tax system to incentivise (a) job sharing, (b) maintenance backlog work, (c) drilling work and (d) skills training in the offshore oil and gas industry during the current period of low oil prices.
(221932)
11
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of claims for interest rate swap mis-selling have reached the redress offer and acceptance stage; and what proportion these represent of redress offers made for (a) Barclays, (b) RBS, (c) HSBC, (d) Lloyds and (e) Standard Chartered.
(221979)
12
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on collecting payments for repairs to leasehold properties covered by the Decent Homes programme.
(222030)
13
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to answer Question 219077, tabled on 17 December 2014.
(222070)
14
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to conduct command reviews for the Royal Air Force or the Royal Navy.
(222014)
15
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to publish the Army Command Review upon its completion.
(222015)
16
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to conduct command reviews for the reserve branches of the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, similiar to that being carried out for the Regular Army under the Army 2020 process.
(222016)
17
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department recently further delayed publication of the investigation into the case of Corporal Stewart McLaughlin; and what date his Department plans to publish the findings of that investigation.
(222048)
18
N
Andrew Griffiths
(Burton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in each year group received (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) more than five fixed-term exclusions in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(222019)
19
N
Andrew Griffiths
(Burton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils attended (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) more than five (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in the most recent school year for which figures are available.
(222020)
20
N
Andrew Griffiths
(Burton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many weapons were confiscated from pupils in each age group in schools in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(222069)
21
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will amend the Social and Environment Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electric Market Authority to include families with children as a vulnerable group.
(222108)
22
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the article by Christophe McGlade and Paul Ekins entitled, The geographical distribution of fossil fuels unused when limiting global warming to 2°C, published in Nature on 8 January 2015, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the research contained in that paper.
(221959)
23
N
Mr Ian Davidson
(Glasgow South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the trade (a) in the UK and (b) internationally in illegal medicines made from endangered species.
(221977)
24
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Northern Ireland Executive on the effect of the recent reduction in milk prices on dairy farmers.
(221949)
25
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the ability of (a) decapod crustaceans and (b) cephalopods to experience pain.
(221955)
26
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protection of cephalopods under the provisions of Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, as amended 1986.
(221976)
27
N
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on the implementation of the basic farm payment scheme; and if she will make a statement.
(221950)
28
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the Government is supplying to the Nigerian government in the form of intelligence and counter-terrorism expertise to help in the fight against Boko Haram.
(221952)
29
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 effect of the situation in Libya on UK-Libyan relations; and if he will make a statement.
(221953)
30
N
Sir Richard Ottaway
(Croydon South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representatives of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government met the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office during his visit to that region in January 2015.
(222047)
31
N
Mr Charles Walker
(Broxbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will commission research into possible links between ISIL and the smuggling of contraband tobacco.
(221957)
32
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel is meeting the four-hour A&E waiting times target.
(222029)
33
N
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the results of his Department's audit of specialised neuromuscular services in the North East.
(222045)
34
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on awareness campaigns for children's cancer since May 2010.
(222049)
35
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many amenity beds there were in the NHS in each year from 2009-10 to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(222051)
36
N
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures apply to independent sector places when there has been a failure to comply with the requirements of 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.
(222044)
37
N
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Questions HL4063 and HL4228, how the Expert Panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) were assured that the children concerned were genetically normal; whether each of the mitochondrial diseases listed in Annex D of the Department of Health's consultation document Mitochondrial Donation is associated with an abnormal karyotype; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the correspondence between the member of the HFEA's Expert Panel and the Zhang research group.
(222066)
38
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Cancer Drugs Fund list will next be updated.
(221954)
39
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations about possible additional measures to respond to an outbreak of Ebola in the UK.
(221951)
40
N
Chris Leslie
(Nottingham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2015 to Question 221099, and with reference to his speech to the King's Fund on 13 November 2014 in which he cited the claim by the London Health Commission that the total value of surplus NHS estate in the capital is worth £1.5 billion, what information he holds on the evidential basis of that claim; what assessment he has made of whether that claim is compatible with the data given in the Answer; and if he will make a statement.
(222022)
41
N
Mr Charles Walker
(Broxbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has plans to introduce plain packaging for spirits; and if he will make a statement.
(221956)
42
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
(Lagan Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on sharing intelligence information to counter terrorism in Europe.
(222021)
43
N
Jack Dromey
(Birmingham, Erdington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of misconduct were made against the Police Service in each of the last five years; and how many police officers have been dismissed for misconduct in that period.
(222033)
44
N
Jack Dromey
(Birmingham, Erdington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for each type of offence in each of the last five years.
(222050)
45
N
Jack Dromey
(Birmingham, Erdington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of child abuse the police recorded in each of the last five years; and how many people have been arrested on charges of child abuse in each force area in each of the last five years.
(222071)
46
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of places in refuges for women fleeing domestic violence in each year since 2010.
(222072)
47
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department plans to pay (a) Ben Emmerson QC, (b) other legal representatives and (c) panel members for their work on the Child Abuse inquiry.
(222105)
48
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2015 to Question 220282, and with reference to page 234 of the Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, what the reason is for the planned increase in funding to the Department's Caribbean programme in 2014-15 compared with 2013-14.
(221958)
49
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's centrally awarded contracts were won by UK firms in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2014-15.
(222001)
50
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which offices of her Department are authorised to invest in returnable capital.
(222002)
51
N
Mr Ian Davidson
(Glasgow South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional funding her Department is providing to mitigate the refugee situation in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas.
(221978)
52
N
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
(Huntingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the effect of the proposed merger of the South and West Cambridgeshire and North and East Cambridgeshire and Peterborough coroner areas on the time taken for completion of investigations and inquests.
(222067)
53
N
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
(Huntingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) coroners, (b) deputy coroners and (c) coroner's staff are employed in (i) South and West Cambridgeshire and (ii) North and East Cambridgeshire and Peterborough coroner areas; and what estimate he has made of how many such employees will be working in the new area after the proposed merger of those areas.
(222068)
54
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 on the number of prison places which are required.
(222059)
55
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of section 28 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 on the number of prison places which are required.
(222060)
56
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Minister plans to answer Question 216465 tabled on 28 November 2014.
(222061)
57
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times police cells were used to hold prisoners overnight in each month in 2014.
(222062)
58
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he will allow a free vote on amendments and new clauses to the Serious Crime Bill dealing with sex-selective abortion.
(222017)
59
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he will allow a free vote on the draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015.
(222018)
60
N
Chris Leslie
(Nottingham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221267, which banks charged his Department more than £1,000 in 2013-14; and what the reason was for each such bank charge.
(222063)
61
N
Chris Leslie
(Nottingham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to which organisations his Department paid subscriptions of more than £1,000 in 2013-14; and how much his Department paid to each such organisation.
(222064)
62
N
Chris Leslie
(Nottingham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221267, what the reasons were for the 10 largest items of media and publicity expenditure in financial year 2013-14.
(222065)
63
N
Chris Leslie
(Nottingham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221267, what the reasons were for each of the agent's fees of more than £100,000 in financial year 2013-14; and what the amount was that was paid to each agent.
(222103)
64
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many improvement notices were issued to oil and gas companies operating in the North Sea by the Health and Safety Executive in the period from 1 January 2014 to date; and in how many such cases the company has yet to comply with the improvement notice.
(221934)
65
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job centres there were on 1 January (a) 2010 and (b) 2015; and how many job centres have closed since 1 January 2010.
(222031)
66
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of maintaining the Jobcentre Plus estate in 2013-14.
(222032)
67
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on rent for the Jobcentre Plus estate in 2013-14.
(222034)
68
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training has been given to staff working in universal credit service centres on dealing with the housing benefit component of universal credit.
(222046)
69
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for Easington of 26 January 2015 to Question 907220, what the evidential basis was for the statement that according to figures from the International Labour Organisation, youth unemployment is down on the quarter; and if he will make a statement.
(222104)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 22 January
1
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when and for what reason the NHS walk-in centre in Monkgate, York has closed; and how many people used that centre in its last year of operation.
(221796)
2
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people living in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire and Humber and (c) England sought advice from NHS Direct in each of its last five years of operation.
(221797)
3
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people presented at the A&E Department at York Hospital in each month of (a) 2014 and (b) the last 10 years.
(221798)
4
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by NHS property services, the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group and the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in preparing plans for the replacement of (a) Bootham Park Hospital and (b) Lime Trees in York; when he plans to make a public announcement about those plans; and if he will make a statement.
(221799)
Notices given on Friday 23 January
1
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the feasibility of teaching water safety education in schools as a distinct topic from the national curriculum requirement for schools to teach children to swim.
(221844)
2
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools currently teach water safety education.
(221845)
3
N
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to support families with children who fall behind on payments to energy companies.
(221923)
4
N
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that families with children are treated as a vulnerable group by energy companies.
(221924)
5
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the instructions provided with automated external defibrillators; and what assessment he has made of the ability of an untrained individual to use such defibrillators effectively on the basis of those instructions alone.
(221843)
6
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been undertaken by his Department into the effect that an individual's knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation has on their (a) confidence and (b) efficacy in using an automated emergency defibrillator.
(221846)
Notices given on Monday 26 January
1
N
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the number of families with children in (a) North West Durham constituency and (b) the UK who are currently in debt to their energy suppliers.
(222023)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Friday 23 January
1
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the confidence of the general public in using an automated external defibrillator in an emergency.
(221847)
Notices given on Monday 26 January
1
N
Lorely Burt
(Solihull):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to protect bereaved families if their funeral plan provider goes out of business; and if he will review the effectiveness of procedures in place for those circumstances.
(222074)