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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 29 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 Wednesday 28 January 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 29 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.

Thursday 29 January  

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)
★ 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)
★ 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)
★ 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 support 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
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)
27
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)
28
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)
29
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)
30
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)
31
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)
32
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)
33
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)
34
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)
35
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)
36
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)
37
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Cancer Drugs Fund list will next be updated.
    (221954)
38
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)
39
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)
40
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)
41
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)
42
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)
43
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)
44
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)
45
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)
46
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)
47
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)
48
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)
49
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)
50
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)
51
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)
52
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)
53
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)
54
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)
55
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)
56
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)
57
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)
58
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)
59
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)
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, what the reasons were for the 10 largest items of media and publicity expenditure in financial year 2013-14.
    (222065)
61
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)
62
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)
63
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)
64
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)
65
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)
66
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)
67
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)

Notices given on Tuesday 27 January

1
N
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK food and drink products have protected status under European law.
[Question Unstarred]   (907294)
2
N
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support bees and pollinators.
[Question Unstarred]   (907284)
3
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the provision of adequate flood protections.
[Question Unstarred]   (907283)
4
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of places in refuges for women fleeing domestic violence in each year since 2010.
[Transferred]   (222072)
5
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protection of cephalopods under the provisions of Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 as amended.
[Transferred]   (221976)
6
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the rate of staff turnover was at the Financial Ombudsman Service in the years (a) 2000, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012, (f) 2013 and (g) 2014.
    (222284)
7
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the implementation of the recommendations on deep offshore underground coal gasification projects in the UK in the Government's 2006 study, Creating the Coalmine of the 21st century.
    (222206)
8
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff in his Department were employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222243)
9
 
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department allocated to the Citizens Advice Service in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and what such funding it has allocated for 2015-16.
    (222336)
10
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship starts there were in the Hendon constituency in each year since 2005.
    (222308)
11
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 23 of Growth is our Business: A Strategy for Professional and Business Services, published in July 2013, what progress has been made towards achieving the stated aim of linking professional and business service businesses with the education sector, including through the National Careers Service; and if he will make a statement.
    (222126)
12
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 21 of Growth is our Business: A Strategy for Professional and Business Services, published in July 2013, what progress has been made towards achieving 10,000 higher apprenticeship starts; and if he will make a statement.
    (222127)
13
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 21 of Growth is our Business: A Strategy for Professional and Business Services, published in July 2013, what steps he has taken to increase the diversity of entry to the professional and business services sector; and what effect those steps have had.
    (222128)
14
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 21 of Growth is our Business: A Strategy for Professional and Business Services, published in July 2013, what estimate he has made of changes in the number of higher apprenticeships in the professional and business services sector.
    (222129)
15
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 21 of Growth is our Business: A Strategy for Professional and Business Services, published in July 2013, what estimate he has made of changes in the number of higher apprenticeships offered in the professional and business services sector.
    (222130)
16
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 15 of Growth is our Business: A Strategy for Professional and Business Services, published, in July 2013, what the outcome was of the report to Government, planned for the third quarter of 2014, on the role of professional bodies and how public confidence can be ensured by demonstrating adherence to the highest professional standards; and if he will publish the actions arising from the report.
    (222131)
17
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 15 of Growth is our Business: A Strategy for Professional and Business Services, published in July 2013, how many Growth Vouchers have been (a) issued and (b) used since the launch of that scheme.
    (222132)
18
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 15 of Growth is our Business: A Strategy for Professional and Business Services, published in July 2013, what barriers to both the adoption of flexible business models and the development of stronger partnerships between specialist firms have been identified; and what steps have been taken to remove such barriers by the stated deadline of the second quarter of 2014.
    (222133)
19
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 21 of Growth is our Business: A Strategy for Professional and Business Services, published in July 2013, what estimate he has made of changes in the number of applications to higher apprenticeships in the professional and business services sector.
    (222134)
20
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the amount of Government support received by the creative industries through fiscal relief on investment and grant programmes; and what proportion such support is of the support given to other sectors included in his Department's industrial strategy.
    (222145)
21
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department were employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222244)
22
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of young people aged 16 to 18 years old living in Hendon constituency had a working or educational status classified as unknown in each year since 2005.
    (222309)
23
 
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the number of workers using the Construction Industry Scheme; and whether there has been a significant variation in such numbers during the last year.
    (222272)
24
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of potential tax revenues from the development and operation of the deep offshore underground coal gasification projects from licences issued by the Coal Authority in each region and constituent part of the UK.
    (222207)
25
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department were employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222252)
26
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria he used to determine eligibility for the Pensioner Bonds scheme; and for what reason the qualifying age was set at 65 years.
    (222136)
27
 
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any additional resources will be available to HM Revenue and Customs for conducting due diligence on newly-registered pension schemes.
    (222137)
28
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax relief on private pension contributions was paid to (a) additional rate and (b) higher rate taxpayers in each of the last five years for which records are available.
    (222297)
29
 
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, which powers parochial church councils possess to convey (a) capital, (b) property and (c) other assets to a local community organisation or charity it is (i) seeking to assist and (ii) whose objections or plan its supports.
    (222327)
30
 
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many and which parochial church councils (a) have and (b) have not registered their entitlement to the benefit of the recovery of channel repair liability.
    (222328)
31
 
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many court cases have been brought by parochial church councils to recover channel repair liability since the Aston Cantlow judgement by the House of Lords in 2003.
    (222329)
32
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will delay proposals to build on the green belt in Blaydon constituency until after the publication of Household Projections 2012 to 2037.
    (222144)
33
 
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has for regeneration of the Thames Gateway.
    (222265)
34
 
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will issue planning guidance to ensure that all new developments of 300 homes or larger must be provided with a broadband connection by the developer.
    (222311)
35
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in his Department were employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222245)
36
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219231, how the spending on child abuse and neglect within the Formula Grant is decided upon.
    (222183)
37
 
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what targets he has set for mobile telephone coverage improvements through the MIP local telephone mast project; and when he expects those targets to be met.
    (222271)
38
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department were employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222246)
39
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department were employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222247)
40
 
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department has spent on the Type 45 programme in each of the last four financial years; and what the projected spend is on that programme in each of the next four financial years.
    (222281)
41
 
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department has spent on the aircraft carrier programme in each of the last four financial years; and what the projected spend is on that programme in each of the next four financial years.
    (222302)
42
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been paid annually by his Department to (a) AWE Management Ltd and (b) AWE plc under the Atomic Weapons Establishment management and operation contract for each year since 2000.
    (222312)
43
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator's annual assurance report for 2013 will be published; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish that report.
    (222313)
44
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the main gate business case for the successor to the Trident Submarine programme will be submitted to his Department's Investment Appraisals Board.
    (222314)
45
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his written statement on the nuclear deterrent of 20 January 2015, Official Report, column 4WS, what progress has been made towards meeting the commitment made in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review to reduce the UK's overall nuclear warhead stockpile ceiling from not more than 225 to not more than 180 by the mid 2020s.
    (222315)
46
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to increase voter registration in Coventry following the switch to individual electoral registration.
    (222323)
47
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people were on the Electoral Roll in each parliamentary constituency in Coventry on (a) 17 February and (b) 1 December 2014.
    (222324)
48
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what funding the Government has provided to increase student voter registration following the switch to individual electoral registration.
    (222325)
49
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of people on the Electoral Roll (a) before and (b) after the switch to individual electoral registration.
    (222326)
50
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff in his Office were employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222248)
51
 
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason she did not publish the applications forms for the Kings Science Academy, Bradford and the Beccles Free School, Suffolk along with the application forms for the other successful Wave 1, 2 and 3 free schools; and if she will publish those application forms.
    (222135)
52
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in her Department were employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222249)
53
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2015 to Question 220174, what information her Department holds on children born outside the UK reported to be in private fostering arrangements, who are subsequently placed in residential care.
    (222181)
54
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2015 to Question 220174, what information her Department holds on the number of new private fostering arrangements of children born outside the UK which have broken down.
    (222182)
55
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219299, if she will collect information on the number of children in residential care addicted to narcotics or alcohol.
    (222184)
56
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219299, what steps her Department takes when young people living in residential care with substance abuse issues refuse intervention.
    (222185)
57
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem to ensure that reductions in the wholesale price of gas are passed on to consumers.
    (222216)
58
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department's Working Group on Underground Coal Gasification last met; and what the conclusions were of that meeting.
    (222204)
59
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met the Coal Authority to discuss the potential development of a deep Underground Coal Gasification sector in the UK.
    (222205)
60
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will update his Department's estimates of the UK coal resource which could be suitable for deep underground coal gasification development in (a) onshore and (b) offshore locations.
    (222208)
61
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to simplify regulations applying to deep offshore Underground Coal Gasification projects.
    (222209)
62
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on (a) deep offshore Underground Coal Gasification and (b) developing access rights for that gasification technique following the recommendation in the Smith Commission report on devolving powers on shale gas mineral access rights to the Scottish Parliament.
    (222211)
63
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in his Department were employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222250)
64
 
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many families with children in (a) North Devon constituency and (b) the UK are in debt to their energy companies.
    (222282)
65
 
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if the Government will make it its policy to include families with children as a vulnerable group in the Social and Environment Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electric Market Authority.
    (222303)
66
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department were employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222251)
67
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many project applications have been submitted to the UK Overseas Territories Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus) in each of the last three years.
    (222174)
68
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the role that the UK Overseas Territories Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus) plays in delivering on (a) the UK Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy and (b) the UK's international environmental commitments.
    (222175)
69
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance her Department offers the UK Overseas Territories to identify and tackle the threat that invasive invertebrate pests pose to native plants.
    (222264)
70
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to continue funding for the next round of the UK Overseas Territories Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus).
    (222268)
71
 
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet the NFU and the Health and Safety Executive to discuss possible measures to reduce the number of (a) injuries and (b) deaths in the farming sector.
    (222296)
72
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to enable the seizure of vehicles involved in fly tipping and illegal dumping.
    (222114)
73
 
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent call by the Chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran for increased uranium enrichment.
    (222270)
74
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism in fulfilling its objectives to (a) enable the government of Palestine to lead the reconstruction efforts, (b) enable the Gazan private sector, (c) assure donors that their investments in construction work in Gaza will be implemented without delay and (d) address Israeli security concerns related to the use of construction and other dual use material.
    (222138)
75
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
    (222139)
76
 
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to support the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism.
    (222140)
77
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent conviction of Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain.
    (222316)
78
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of persecution of Jewish people in Russia.
    (222285)
79
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of persecution of Jewish people in (a) China and (b) North Korea.
    (222286)
80
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of persecution of Muslims in (a) China and (b) North Korea.
    (222287)
81
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of persecution of Muslims in Russia.
    (222291)
82
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of persecution of LGBT people in Russia.
    (222292)
83
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of persecution of LGBT people in (a) China and (b) North Korea.
    (222293)
84
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of persecution of Christians in (a) China and (b) North Korea.
    (222294)
85
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to continue funding for the next round of the UK Overseas Territories Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus).
    (222266)
86
 
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his German counterpart on measures to stop the sale of stolen antiquities from Syria and Iraq in the German art and antiquities market.
    (222199)
87
 
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Indonesian counterpart on the use of the death penalty for EU citizens convicted of drug-related offences.
    (222335)
88
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce energy costs within his Department.
    (222201)
89
 
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to what programmes the Government has provided technical assistance to support reform of financial and economic governance in Ukraine; and how much the Government has provided to those programmes in each of the last three years.
    (222195)
90
 
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government plans to provide to Ukraine through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund under each category of expenditure.
    (222196)
91
 
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what technical and financial assistance the Government is planning to provide to Ukraine in 2015-16.
    (222197)
92
 
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide an update of his Department's negotiations with Novartis on finding a cost-effective price for the Bexsero vaccine; and if he will make a statement.
    (222301)
93
 
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on studies which have been carried out on the efficacy of the pemetrexed drug; if his Department will again make that drug available on the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
    (222304)
94
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the UK Government's response to the detailed opinions issued by EU Member States to the UK's Notification of the draft Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Product Regulations.
    (222179)
95
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the consultation report and accompanying regulatory impact assessment on standardised packaging for tobacco products.
    (222180)
96
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the work of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation concerning the meningitis B vaccine as an NHS treatment; and if he will make a statement.
    (222307)
97
 
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for each hospital trust in England, what the number of nurse shifts covered by bank or agency nurses were in each quarter since 2010; what the average cost was per shift of utilising the services of such bank or agency nurses; and how many nurse vacancies there were in each nursing grade in each such quarter.
    (222263)
98
 
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that patients prescribed benzodiazepines and z drugs are provided with recent Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority advice on those drugs' addiction potential and the time taken to withdraw safely from taking such drugs.
    (222212)
99
 
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the declarations of interest submitted by members of the expert group with responsibilty for updating the UK guidelines on clinical management of drugs mususe and dependence.
    (222213)
100
 
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to reduce addiction to prescribed benzodiazepines and z drugs.
    (222214)
101
 
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will make an assessment of the implications for its policies of the survey of treatment services provided by local authorities for involuntary tranquilliser addicts conducted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction.
    (222215)
102
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that IVF treatment is monitored to prevent genetic defects.
    (222110)
103
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to reduce misdiagnosis of IBS and bowel cancer.
    (222112)
104
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges about links between hayfever and dementia.
    (222113)
105
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to reduce influenza infections in the NHS.
    (222115)
106
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many men have had breast reduction surgery in each of the last five years.
    (222118)
107
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with his Northern Irish counterpart about the exchange of best practice on the use of technology within the NHS.
    (222125)
108
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking toe ensure medical graduates find employment within the UK.
    (222200)
109
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were employed in Pendle constituency in each year since 2009.
    (222142)
110
 
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which trustees or directors of organisations which were subject to the closure of their banking facilities have subsequently become trustees or directors of other organisations which have received public funds in the last five years.
    (222186)
111
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect LGBT people from homophobic attacks.
    (222288)
112
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect British Jews from anti-semitic attacks.
    (222289)
113
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect British Muslims from Islamaphobic attacks.
    (222290)
114
 
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to implement in the UK the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 118/2014 of 30 January 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1560/2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national.
    (222300)
115
 
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for summary offences were discontinued as a consequence of delay in obtaining data from (a) social media companies and (b) the forensic examination of computers or mobile phones in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (222188)
116
 
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to forensically examine a mobile telephone is from the point of seizure by the police in England and Wales in the last five years.
    (222189)
117
 
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to forensically examine a computer is from the point of seizure by the police in England and Wales in the last five years.
    (222190)
118
 
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests there have been to social media companies under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 in the last two years; and on how many occasions the information requested was (a) supplied and (b) refused.
    (222191)
119
 
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 in each year since it entered into force.
    (222192)
120
 
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) charged, (b) convicted and (c) sentenced to custody following a conviction involving misuse of social media in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what offences they were (i) charged with, (ii) convicted of and (iii) sentenced for.
    (222193)
121
 
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people convicted under sections 2A or 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 used social media or cyber crime to harass or stalk their victims.
    (222194)
122
 
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 221638, how many reports of fraud have been received by Action Fraud in the 12 month period for which figures are available; and how many victims of crime who reported to Action Fraud have received an update on what action has been taken in that period.
    (222141)
123
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on when the Independent Police and Complaints Commission plans to publish the results of its investigation into disciplinary matters relating to Ministry of Defence Police officers based at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Burghfield.
    (222334)
124
 
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the report, the Dominion Farms' land grab in Nigeria, published in January 2015, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that projects sponsored by the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa do not marginalise farmers in Taraba State, Nigeria.
    (222187)
125
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who her Department's top 20 suppliers were on projects in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14; and what the value was of each of those suppliers' contracts in each of those years.
    (222295)
126
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to continue funding for the next round of the UK Overseas Territories Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus).
    (222267)
127
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of financial aid provided to Argentina.
    (222202)
128
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's efforts to alleviate food shortages in Eastern Africa.
    (222203)
129
 
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Global Learning Programme.
    (222119)
130
 
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which schools in Norfolk have registered for the Global Learning Programme.
    (222120)
131
 
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which schools in Norfolk are Global Learning Programme Expert Centres; and if she will make a statement.
    (222121)
132
 
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many schools have registered for the Global Learning Programme; and if she will make a statement.
    (222122)
133
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) sex of the offender (b) offence type and (c) length of sentence was in each case resulting in immediate custody at all courts in the North Wales police force area in each year from 2010 to 2014.
    (222283)
134
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidelines his Department has issued to the Tribunals Service on timescales for appeal hearings at First Tier Tribunal from when the appeal has been submitted; and if he will make a statement.
    (222333)
135
 
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of domestic violence have been imprisoned for contempt of court in the last five years.
    (222123)
136
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to open prisons on reducing the number of absconders.
    (222143)
137
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders who have been part of a restorative justice scheme have reoffended in each of the last five years.
    (222109)
138
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) breathalysed and (b) convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol in December in each of the last five years.
    (222116)
139
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which 10 prisons received the highest number and percentage of detached duty staff from another prison in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (222305)
140
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison officers and staff on detached duty in each month of 2014.
    (222306)
141
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which 10 prisons sent the highest (a) number and (b) proportion of staff on detached duty to other prisons in each of the last five years for which records are available.
    (222310)
142
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which regions ranked best and worst with regard to prison staff shortfalls in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (222317)
143
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of prison staff on detached duty.
    (222320)
144
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data the Government collects on the recruitment of prison officers and staff.
    (222321)
145
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received from prison officers and staff regarding morale amongst prison staff and officers.
    (222322)
146
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Department co-ordinates detached duty in the prison service.
    (222330)
147
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will establish a Cabinet committee chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the development of deep offshore Underground Coal Gasification.
    (222210)
148
 
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Wales Office regarding the Severn Bridge.
    (222332)
149
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that Gibraltar is not excluded from the EU air safety system.
    (222111)
150
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on how many families with children in Poplar and Limehouse constituency are in debt to their energy companies.
    (222299)
151
 
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on ensuring his Department processes applications for Disability Living Allowance from young people with diabetes consistently.
    (222269)
152
 
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was withheld in benefits sanctions from applicants residing in (a) Glasgow North constituency, (b) the city of Glasgow and (c) Scotland in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
    (222124)
153
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overseas recipients of (a) pension credit, (b) winter fuel allowance and (c) the Christmas bonus there were in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (222298)
154
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) were eligible for and (b) participated in the Work Programme in (i) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (ii) North Lanarkshire, (iii) Scotland and (iv) the UK, in each month since October 2012.
    (222318)
155
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former incapacity benefit claimants found fit for work after being reassessed for employment and support allowance between October 2010 and March 2014 have found work as a result of the Work Programme in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) North Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland, (d) the UK, (e) Engand, (f) Wales and (g) Northern Ireland.
    (222319)
156
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) North Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland, (d) the UK, (e) England, (f) Wales and (g) Northern Ireland received support through the Access to Work scheme in each year from 2010 to the most recent period for which figures are available; and how much was paid out to each category of recipient in each such year.
    (222331)
Monday 2 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
 
★ 1
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What steps his Department has taken to freeze council tax charges since 2010-11.
    (907327)
★ 2
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): What assessment he has made of the effect of real terms cumulative changes in local authority spending power on services in communities with the greatest needs since 2010-11.
    (907328)
★ 3
Henry Smith (Crawley): What estimate he has made of the number of local authorities who are planning to raise council tax by more than 1.99 per cent in the next financial year; and if he will make a statement.
    (907329)
★ 4
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): What steps the Government plans to take to ensure that high accessibility standards are incorporated into local plans.
    (907330)
★ 5
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): What assessment he has made of the effect of real terms cumulative changes in local authority spending power on services in communities with the greatest needs since 2010-11.
    (907331)
★ 6
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): What steps he is taking to reduce translation costs in the delivery of local services.
    (907332)
★ 7
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): What progress his Department has made in promoting longer-term tenancies in the private rented sector.
    (907333)
★ 8
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): What steps his Department has taken to protect green belt land from inappropriate development.
    (907334)
★ 9
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): What progress his Department has made in promoting longer-term tenancies in the private rented sector.
    (907335)
★ 10
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): What discussions he has had with local authorities on the frequency of the collection of black bins.
    (907336)
★ 11
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What steps his Department has taken to help first-time buyers.
    (907337)
★ 12
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What comparative assessment he has made of the number of housing completions and demand for housing since 2010.
    (907338)
★ 13
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): What comparative assessment he has made of the number of housing completions and demand for housing since 2010.
    (907339)
★ 14
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): What assessment he has made of the effect of real terms cumulative changes in local authority spending power on services in communities with the greatest needs since 2010-11.
    (907340)
★ 15
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps he is taking to encourage local communities to use crowdfunding for social and community enterprises.
    (907341)
★ 16
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What steps he has taken to encourage the development of brownfield sites in Pendle.
    (907342)
★ 17
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): What assessment he has made of the use of neighbourhood plans to ensure development is in accordance with the wishes of local residents.
    (907343)
★ 18
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): What assessment he has made of the effect of real terms cumulative changes in local authority spending power on services in communities with the greatest needs since 2010-11.
    (907344)
★ 19
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What steps his Department is taking to support local communities with neighbourhood planning and community rights.
    (907345)
★ 20
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What progress his Department has made on resolving the dispute over firefighters' pensions.
    (907346)
★ 21
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What progress his Department has made in promoting longer-term tenancies in the private rented sector.
    (907347)
★ 22
Peter Aldous (Waveney): What steps his Department is taking to support economic growth in coastal communities.
    (907348)
★ 23
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): What steps he has taken to support local shops and high streets.
    (907349)
★ 24
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): What steps he has taken to support local shops and high streets.
    (907350)
★ 25
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What recent comparative assessment his Department has made of the supply of and demand for affordable housing in (a) Bristol and (b) the South West region.
    (907351)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (907317)
★ 2
Barry Gardiner (Brent North):  
    (907318)
★ 3
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle):  
    (907319)
★ 4
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury):  
    (907320)
★ 5
Duncan Hames (Chippenham):  
    (907321)
★ 6
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):  
    (907322)
★ 7
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire):  
    (907323)
★ 8
Pat Glass (North West Durham):  
    (907324)
★ 9
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East):  
    (907325)
★ 10
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich):  
    (907326)

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)

Notices given on Tuesday 27 January

1
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the announcement of 12 June 2014 on the £30 million fund to secure the supply of engineers and boost the number of women in the sector, what budget was provided for the developing women engineers strand of that fund in 2014-15; how much has been spent on that strand of work in 2014-15 to date; and what forecast he has made of total spending on that strand of work in 2014-15.
    (222178)
2
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many attendances of events by businesses have been facilitated by the Tradeshow Access programme in each (a) year of the present Parliament and (b) of the last 12 months.
    (222352)
3
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have received financial support to date under the Direct Lending scheme; and on what dates such support was provided.
    (222353)
4
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have received financial support to date under the Passport to Export scheme in each month of the present financial year to date.
    (222354)
5
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have been accepted to receive support under the Gateway to Global Growth scheme in each of the last 12 months.
    (222355)
6
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have received financial support under the Tradeshow Access programme in each (a) year of the present Parliament and (b) of the last 12 months.
    (222356)
7
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Chapter 2.147 of the Autumn Statement 2014 (a) who is handling the review on umbrella companies, (b) who is being consulted and (c) what progress has been made with the consultation to date.
    (222274)
8
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department is making on preventing companies from deducting both employer and employee National Insurance contributions from their employees' pay packets.
    (222348)
9
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to stop agencies using umbrella companies to manage the payroll function of companies within the construction industry.
    (222349)
10
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of falling oil prices on the ability of businesses to pay salary increases.
    (222161)
11
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs has taken to encourage people to complete their tax returns by 31 January.
    (222146)
12
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds his Department has given to the British Muslim Initiative in each of the last 10 years.
    (222220)
13
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds his Department has given to Middle East Eye in each of the last 10 years.
    (222221)
14
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds his Department has given to the Cordoba Foundation in each of the last 10 years.
    (222222)
15
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 28 November 2014 by the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, HCWS50, when he plans to publish revised planning guidance.
    (222223)
16
N
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 219487, what criteria his Department has used to cease funding integration projects and activities since 2010.
    (222231)
17
N
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 219487, what funding was provided in financial year 2010-11 for the integration projects and activities listed in the Answer.
    (222232)
18
N
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 219487, what criteria his Department has used to allocate funding to integration projects and activities since 2010.
    (222233)
19
N
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 219487, what agreements exist on what the outputs and outcomes will be for each of the organisations and activities funded through his Department's integration budget.
    (222234)
20
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that the planning system applies equally to (a) gypsies and travellers and (b) the settled community.
    (222343)
21
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221428, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the Greater Manchester devolution agreement and the election of a directly elected city-region mayor before Parliament is dissolved on 30 March 2015.
    (222345)
22
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of military veterans in emergency accommodation.
    (222240)
23
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 221805, what estimate he has made of the number of service personnel who have suffered mental illness in each of the last 10 years.
    (222253)
24
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department defines what constitutes a veteran.
    (222342)
25
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his specific responsibilities are in regards to the Greater Manchester devolution agreement and the appointment and election of a city-region mayor.
    (222344)
26
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the increase in the schools budget from £35 billion to £39 billion announced in the Spending Review 2010 includes Early Years Entitlement funding under the Dedicated Schools Grant.
    (222230)
27
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with (a) trades unions and (b) Oil and Gas UK on employment levels in the offshore energy sector.
    (222163)
28
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of households that have been insulated in each year since May 2010.
    (222341)
29
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 improve the labelling of milk products so that it is easier to identify their country of origin.
    (222149)
30
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart regarding the reported relocation of Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal to Turkey; and what steps he is taking to ensure that terrorist groups are not aided by a NATO member country.
    (222275)
31
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Lebanese counterpart following the terror attacks by the al-Nusra Front in Tripoli.
    (222276)
32
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to secure the release of Raif Badawi.
    (222150)
33
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which parliamentary constituencies are (a) completely and (b) partly within the (i) Community Health Trust and (ii) Mental Health Trust coverage area.
    (222256)
34
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which parliamentary constituencies are (a) completely and (b) partly within the (i) Foundation Trust and (ii) NHS Trust coverage area.
    (222257)
35
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last reviewed the effectiveness of public health measures designed to increase the uptake of exercise in adults and children in the UK.
    (222155)
36
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adults in the UK increase their uptake of exercise to match NHS activity guidelines.
    (222156)
37
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children in the UK increase their uptake of exercise to match NHS activity guidelines.
    (222157)
38
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has made available to pensioners in the UK to increase their uptake of physical activities in the last three years.
    (222158)
39
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has made available to children from low-income backgrounds to increase their uptake of physical activities in the last three years.
    (222159)
40
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what revised estimate he has made of the total Cancer Drugs Fund spend for 2015-16, following the re-evaluation of the Cancer Drugs Fund list in December 2014.
    (222351)
41
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will launch a public campaign to stem the rise in the number of people with Type 2 diabetes.
    (222167)
42
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many diabetes sufferers are not getting the recommended number of annual checks in (a) Lancashire and (b) England.
    (222168)
43
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will re-introduce the NHS Diabetes dedicated improvement service.
    (222169)
44
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged 18 and under waited more than (a) a month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) six months and (e) one year for mental health treatment in each of the most recent five years for which figures are available.
    (222239)
45
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost measured by (a) GP appointments and time and (b) cost of product of issuing prescriptions to people who receive help with prescription costs for emollients such as toothpaste, moisturising lotion and shampoo and conditioner.
    (222350)
46
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase his Department's investment in cancer services; whether NHS England plans to provide increased funding to clinical reference groups to ensure they have sufficient resources to improve specialised services; and if he will create a recognised cancer leadership team to provide support and strategic oversight to NHS England, Public Health England (PHE) and his Department, in conjunction with the introduction of cancer lead roles at PHE and his Department.
    (222219)
47
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of practising doctors in the UK in each year since May 2010.
    (222254)
48
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which trustees or directors of organisations subject to suspicious activity reports who have subsequently become trustees or directors of other organisations have received public funds in the last five years.
    (222224)
49
N
Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered the possibility of its Border Security Assessment being conducted at the level of individual countries rather than on the current one-size-fits-all basis.
    (222258)
50
N
Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered the possibility of varying the terms and conditions attached to a visitor visa on a country-by-country basis or within different parts of large countries.
    (222259)
51
N
Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent studies her Department has undertaken of the operation of the visa system in the US; and what assessment she has made of whether a visa system which distinguishes between the level of risk posed by applicants from different countries can operate in the UK.
    (222260)
52
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that asylum seekers resident in Scotland are able to submit evidence on their claim to offices in Scotland.
    (222152)
53
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on asylum seekers in Scotland of the recent changes to rules which provide that evidence related to asylum claims must be submitted in Liverpool.
    (222153)
54
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received about the rule change which means that asylum seekers submit claims in Liverpool.
    (222154)
55
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of refuges for women victims of domestic violence that have closed in each year since May 2010.
    (222340)
56
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of the use of spyware against individuals have been made to the police in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
    (222225)
57
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of spyware downloads by residents of Engand and Wales in each of the last five years.
    (222226)
58
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of spyware devices sold to residents of England and Wales in each of the last five years.
    (222227)
59
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the sale of spyware to individuals across the internet.
    (222228)
60
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to police in England and Wales on investigation of a complaint that spyware is being used against an individual.
    (222229)
61
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether central government funding for telephone helplines tackling violence against women and girls will be renewed before May 2015.
    (222164)
62
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when each organisation tackling violence against women and girls receiving central government funding for a telephone helpline will be told whether the funding for that helpline will be renewed.
    (222165)
63
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations tackling violence against women and girls receive central government funding for a telephone helpline; and when the funding for each organisation is due to end.
    (222166)
64
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable will be for the consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
    (222170)
65
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget will be for the consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
    (222171)
66
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children born to women serving a custodial sentence were taken into care in the most recent five years for which figures are available.
    (222241)
67
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are on methadone programmes, and how many such prisoners have been on methadone programmes for more than (a) a month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) six months, (e) a year, (f) two years and (g) four years.
    (222273)
68
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the criteria are by which he will assess whether the new Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions have improved safety, accessibility and amenity for pedestrians crossing the road.
    (222160)
69
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Civil Aviation Authority on requiring airlines operating in UK airspace to have wind shear detection and alert systems fitted to commercial aircraft.
    (222177)
70
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the slowdown of activity in the North Sea in recent months on (a) seafarer and (b) helicopter crew employment levels in the offshore oil and gas industry supply chain.
    (222147)
71
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which franchised train operator paid the highest amount of corporation tax in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
    (222278)
72
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which franchised train operator has paid the highest level of corporation tax in the financial year 2014-15 to date.
    (222279)
73
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2015 to Question 220242, on what date he plans for all Class 319 electric trains to start running on the Liverpool to Manchester Victoria via Newton-le-Willows route.
    (222235)
74
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2015 to Question 220242, what discussions he has had with Network Rail about the time taken to complete electrification of the Liverpool to Manchester Victoria via Newton-le-Willows route, and the effect of the delay to this project compared to the original estimate on rolling stock provision in the north.
    (222236)
75
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2015 to Question 220242, what discussions he has had with Northern Rail on the availability of fully trained drivers for the 14 Class 319 electric trains on the Liverpool to Manchester Victoria via Newton-le-Willows route by the time that the refurbished trains are ready for service.
    (222237)
76
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2015 to Question 220242, by what date he plans for all of the 14 Class 319 electric trains to be refurbished and ready to enter service on the Liverpool to Manchester Victoria via Newton-le-Willows route.
    (222238)
77
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219009, if he will specify the project comprising the 850 committed route miles of electrified railways referred to in the Answer and the mileage of such railways for each project.
    (222242)
78
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects regular passenger services to start operating via the Todmorden Curve.
    (222280)
79
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has paid to consultants in preparation for the Northern Rail and TransPennine Express franchises; and what the name of each consultant so paid was.
    (222176)
80
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on job numbers of the introduction of driver-only operating on the Northern Rail and Transpennine Express franchises.
    (222346)
81
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on whether Rail North support proposals for the introduction of driver-only operating on the Northern Rail and TransPennine Express franchises.
    (222347)
82
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of benefit expenditure was withdrawn through sanctions in each month since May 2010; how many claimants have had benefits withdrawn through sanctions in each of those months; and what the average amount withdrawn through sanctions from a claimant was in each of those months.
    (222148)
83
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been allocated to universal credit since June 2010.
    (222162)
84
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who qualify for attendance allowance are made aware of the scheme and of their eligibility for it.
    (222151)
85
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many outcome payments have been made to contractors involved in the Work Programme in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England and (d) Wales in each of the last five years.
    (222255)
86
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the level of expenditure on unemployment-related benefits to people aged (a) 18 to 24 and (b) 24 to 29 in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in (A) 2007, (B) 2008 and (C) 2009.
    (222277)
87
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England and (d) Wales were referred to the Work Programme and went on to get a job lasting three to six months in each year since June 2011.
    (222337)
88
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 18 to 24 year olds claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance who were referred to the Work Programme in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England and (iv) Wales went into a job lasting three to six months in each month since June 2011.
    (222338)
89
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have completed the Work Programme to date; and how many of those participants in the Work Programme in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) the UK, (c) Scotland, (d) England and (e) Wales stopped claiming either jobseeker's allowance or employment and support allowance in each month since June 2013.
    (222339)
90
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 26 January 2015 from the Minister for Disabled People, Official Report, column 547 on mental health (employment opportunities), what each innovative approach to employment support for those with mental health problems is; where each pilot is taking place; and if he will make a statement.
    (222217)
91
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 26 January 2015 from the Minister for Employment, Official Report, column 550, on job creation (Yorkshire), what the evidential basis is for the statement that of the jobs created in Shipley and Yorkshire, 80 per cent are full-time and 75 per cent are managerial and professional.
    (222218)
92
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on Work Programme job outcome fees on (a) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Income Related (IR), Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) within three to six months prognosis, (b) ESA (IR) WRAG with 12 months or greater prognosis, (c) ESA (IR) ex-Incapacity Benefit with three to six months prognosis, (d) ESA (IR) ex-IB WRAG with 12 months prognosis, (e) Voluntary ESA (IR) ex-IB Support Group, (f) Voluntary ESA and (g) ex-IB Support Group claimant groups in each month since June 2011.
    (222261)
93
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on Work Programme attachment fees on (a) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Income Related (IR), Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) within three to six months prognosis, (b) ESA (IR) WRAG with 12 months or greater prognosis, (c) ESA (IR) ex-Incapacity Benefit with three to six months prognosis, (d) ESA (IR) ex-IB WRAG with 12 months prognosis, (e) Voluntary ESA (IR) ex-IB Support Group, (f) Voluntary ESA and (g) ex-IB Support Group in each month since June 2011 claimant groups.
    (222262)
94
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made in sharing data with registered social landlords.
    (222357)
Tuesday 3 February  

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)

Notices given on Tuesday 27 January

1
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many trained staff delivering (a) face-to-face and (b) telephone guidance through the Government's Pension Wise scheme will be based in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland.
    (222172)
2
N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Citizens Advice Scotland offices in Scotland will deliver pension guidance through the Government's Pension Wise scheme.
    (222173)

Prepared 28th January 2015