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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 Monday 2 February 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.

Monday 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)
★ 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)
★ 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 at 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
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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)
8
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)
9
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)
10
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)
11
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)
12
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)
13
N
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support economic growth in coastal communities.
    (907348)
14
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds his Department has allocated to the British Muslim Initiative in each of the last 10 years.
    (222220)
15
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds his Department has allocated to Middle East Eye in each of the last 10 years.
    (222221)
16
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds his Department has allocated to the Cordoba Foundation in each of the last 10 years.
    (222222)
17
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, on support for small scale developers, custom and self-builders, when he plans to publish revised planning guidance.
    (222223)
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 cease funding integration projects and activities since 2010.
    (222231)
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 funding was provided in financial year 2010-11 for the integration projects and activities listed in the Answer.
    (222232)
20
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)
21
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)
22
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)
23
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of refuges for women victims of domestic violence that have closed in each year since May 2010.
    (222340)
24
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 for the 2015 general election.
    (222345)
25
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)
26
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)
27
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department defines what constitutes a veteran.
    (222342)
28
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)
29
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 included Early Years Entitlement funding under the Dedicated Schools Grant.
    (222230)
30
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)
31
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 houses that have been insulated in each year since May 2010.
    (222341)
32
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)
33
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)
34
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)
35
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)
36
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)
37
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)
38
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)
39
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)
40
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)
41
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)
42
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)
43
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)
44
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)
45
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)
46
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)
47
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged 18 and under waited more than (a) one 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)
48
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners are on methadone programmes; and how many such prisoners have been on methadone programmes for more than (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) six months, (e) a year, (f) two years and (g) four years.
    (222273)
49
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)
50
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)
51
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)
52
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)
53
N
Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of its Border Security Assessment being conducted at the level of individual countries rather than on a uniform basis.
    (222258)
54
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)
55
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)
56
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)
57
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)
58
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 must submit claims in Liverpool.
    (222154)
59
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)
60
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)
61
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)
62
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)
63
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)
64
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)
65
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)
66
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)
67
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)
68
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)
69
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)
70
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)
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 time 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 projects 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 reletting 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 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, pursuant to the oral Answer of 26 January 2015, 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, pursuant to the oral Answer of 26 January 2015, 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) with three to six months prognosis, (b) ESA (IR) WRAG with 12 months or greater prognosis, (c) ESA (IR) ex-Incapacity Benefit (IB) 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) with three to six months prognosis, (b) ESA (IR) WRAG with 12 months or greater prognosis, (c) ESA (IR) ex-Incapacity Benefit (IB) 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)

Notices given on Wednesday 28 January

1
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Attorney General, how many rape complainants have been prosecuted for (a) perverting the course of justice and (b) wasting police time in each criminal justice area in each year since 2010.
    (222375)
2
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Attorney General, how many private prosecutions have been instigated against rape complainants in the last five years.
    (222376)
3
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments have been recruited through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222517)
4
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he and officials in his Department have had with relevant stakeholders in relation to the closure of the JTI Gallahers factory in Ballymena since October 2014; and what steps he has taken as a consequence of those discussions.
    (222359)
5
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's communications budget has been for each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222563)
6
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222566)
7
N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will conduct an evaluation of the progress of City Deals in (a) England and (b) Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (222498)
8
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value was of UK (a) exports to and (b) imports from Ireland in each year from 1985 for which data is available.
    (222618)
9
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made with pilot projects to assist people with mental health conditions return to work.
    (222451)
10
 
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 8 of Growth is our Business: A Strategy for Professional and Business Services, published in July 2013, what the outcome was of the repeat of the regional outreach consultations, planned to take place in the latter part of 2013; and what steps his Department took in response to that consultation.
    (222513)
11
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2015 to Question 221825, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of people aged 16 to 18 who have had an unknown educational status in London in each of the last five years.
    (222508)
12
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's communications budget has been for each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222564)
13
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222567)
14
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to the hon. Member for Mid Sussex to Question 218376, when he plans to publish the curriculum and reading list.
    (222382)
15
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department provides guidance to the civil service on the (a) number of days of training that should be available to each civil servant and (b) training budget that should be available per full-time equivalent civil servant.
    (222385)
16
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of youth unemployment as a proportion of the overall rate of unemployment was in each of the last 10 years.
    (222452)
17
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average proportion of working age people unemployed for longer than (a) 12 months and (b) two years was in each of the last 10 years.
    (222453)
18
 
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the cost to businesses of the requirement to double invoice VAT on goods and services which have been discounted for early payment.
    (222367)
19
 
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of businesses invoicing VAT on goods and services discounted for early payment in cases when the discount is not subsequently applied.
    (222368)
20
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) has been and (b) is expected to be raised by the annual charge for non-domiciled individuals who elect to pay tax on the remittance basis and who have lived in the UK for (i) seven of the last nine years, (ii) 12 of the last 14 years and (iii) 17 of the last 20 years in (A) 2012-13, (B) 2013-14, (C) 2014-15, (D) 2015-16 and (E) 2016-17.
    (222440)
21
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of research by the London School of Economics and Political Science and the universities of Manchester and York entitled the Coalition's Social Policy Record: Policy, Spending and Outcomes 2010-2015 relating to families with children under five years of age.
    (222483)
22
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222595)
23
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average value was of 65-plus Guaranteed Growth Bonds issued to applicants for (a) 1-year and (b) 3-year bonds; and how many applicants applied for both of those bonds.
    (222447)
24
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what value of 65-plus Guaranteed Growth Bonds have been sold to applicants from (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) England.
    (222448)
25
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for 65-plus Guaranteed Growth Bonds requested the full allowances of (a) £10,000 per bond, (b) £20,000 for both bonds and (c) £40,000 for combined holders.
    (222470)
26
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department plans to happen to the ownership of the 65-plus Guaranteed Growth Bonds in the event of a bondholder's death.
    (222505)
27
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria were used to determine eligibilty for the 65-plus Guaranteed Growth Bonds; and for what reason the qualifying age was set at 65 years.
    (222506)
28
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in tax relief on private pensions for (a) higher rate taxpayers, (b) additional rate tax payers in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
    (222515)
29
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many higher-rate and additional rate taxpayer purchasers of 65-plus Guarantee Growth Bonds have declared the interest payable on these bonds to HM Revenue and Customs.
    (222608)
30
 
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Commissioners have had with Church of England bishops on the laying on of hands during the consecration of (a) female and (b) male bishops; and if he will make a statement.
    (222446)
31
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of introduction of Florrie's law on total cumulative costs charged to leaseholders in (a) Tower Hamlets, (b) London and (c) the UK.
    (222507)
32
N
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to reply to the letter dated 22 October 2014 from the right hon. Member for Berwick upon Tweed about planning appeals in Warkworth, Northumberland.
    (222509)
33
N
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on ensuring that applications for planning consent make clear who the developer is.
    (222386)
34
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what protections for residual amenity space are provided by the regulatory regimes for (a) planning, (b) environmental permitting and (b) health and safety.
    (222538)
35
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222568)
36
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's communications budget has been for each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222583)
37
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have approved planning applications for rabbit farms in each of the last five years for which data is available; and how many such farms were approved by each local authority in that period.
    (222510)
38
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 221426, what mechanisms will be put in place to enable the public to hold the city-region Mayor to account other than at election time; and whether he plans to consult the public about those arrangements.
    (222436)
39
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 the preliminary equality screening has begun and when the results of that screening will be published.
    (222437)
40
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 the people of Greater Manchester will have a say in determining the salary for the city-region Mayor created by the devolution agreement.
    (222438)
41
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 set an upper salary limit for the city-region Mayor of Greater Manchester.
    (222439)
42
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements he plans to put in place to allow the public to hold the appointed eleventh leader of the Greater Manchester city-region to account before the anticipated elections in 2017.
    (222553)
43
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015, to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East to Question 220713, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people residing in outbuildings in the UK.
    (222609)
44
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department last published data about the extent of deprivation in different parts of the UK.
    (222450)
45
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost has been of hiring externally contracted staff at the National Gallery during the last 12 months.
    (222441)
46
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost of hiring externally contracted staff at the National Gallery during the next 12 months.
    (222442)
47
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received about plans to hire externally contracted staff at the National Gallery.
    (222443)
48
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has been informed by the National Gallery of any proposals to vary the level of the Gallery's services to the public during the next 12 months.
    (222444)
49
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's communications budget has been for each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222565)
50
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222569)
51
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2015 to Question 220723, whether that advertising campaign was funded from the BBC topslice.
    (222383)
52
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question 221249, on broadband, what data has been made available to his Department on where the budget was spent.
    (222384)
53
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual maintenance and running costs are for each of the golf courses included in his Department's estate.
    (222514)
54
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222570)
55
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222584)
56
 
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department plans to inform the families of military personnel killed in Afghanistan of the decision to hold a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral in March 2015.
    (222528)
57
 
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to notify the relatives of service men and women killed in Afghanistan of its plans for a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral.
    (222546)
58
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2015 to Question 220792, whether his Department has identified any defect in the Reapers returned to the UK.
  [R] (222427)
59
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart concerning the deployment of UK Reapers in support of Operation Barkhane.
  [R] (222428)
60
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2015 to Question 220012, how many RAF personnel are deployed in Afghanistan; and what the (a) rank, (b) squadron and (c) function is of each RAF officer stationed in that country.
  [R] (222429)
61
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 70W, and with reference to Regulatory Article 1600, published by the Military Aviation Authority on 19 January 2015, whether his Department will fly remotely piloted aircraft systems in the UK outside danger areas or segregated airspace.
  [R] (222430)
62
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2015, to Question 220027, if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms of reference agreed at the meeting of the NATO Reaper MQ-9 Users Group.
  [R] (222431)
63
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2015, Official Report, column 687W, whether his Department is carrying out a strategic review of the use and effects of remotely piloted air systems in Afghanistan following the end of combat operations in that country.
  [R] (222432)
64
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 October 2014, Official Report, column 63WS, on the Middle East, how many UK Reaper aircraft are conducting missions in Syria; and whether authorisations have been sought for any missions by those aircraft other than for surveillance.
  [R] (222433)
65
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2015 to Question 220793, for how long his Department intends to store Reapers in the UK.
  [R] (222434)
66
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2015 to Question 220792, whether any personnel from Squadron 39 are currently embedded with US forces.
  [R] (222435)
67
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will introduce a compensation scheme for civilian casualties in Iraq.
  [R] (222465)
68
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the US sought permission from his Department for consolidation at RAF Croughton following that country's European Infrastructure Consolidated Review.
  [R] (222466)
69
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015, Question 221159, if he will make an assessment of the number of 17 year old attainers who transferred from the household electoral register to individual electoral register.
    (222611)
70
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total value is of the contract awarded by her Department to the New Schools Network.
    (222555)
71
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the contract awarded by her Department to the New Schools Network expires.
    (222556)
72
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the average unit cost of a designated Sure Start Children's Centre.
    (222557)
73
 
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what annual funding her Department has allocated the New Schools Network in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
    (222558)
74
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222571)
75
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222585)
76
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the payments made under the non-domestic renewable heat incentive scheme have been at the projected lower levels during the summer months since the start of the scheme.
    (222390)
77
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many inspectors are employed by OFGEM to ensure compliance with the non-domestic renewable heat incentive; for how many such inspectors OFGEM has made budgetary provision; and if he will make a statement.
    (222391)
78
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has the power to overrule objections to hydraulic fracturing consents from (a) the Health and Safety Executive, (b) the Environment Agency, (c) Natural England and (d) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
    (222530)
79
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of depth limits for hydraulic fracturing on (a) fugitive emissions and (b) safety.
    (222540)
80
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds about the arrangements by which hydraulic fracturing companies publish evidence of how their commitments under the industry's community engagement charter scheme have been meet each year.
    (222541)
81
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what notice and publicity requirements relate to the planning and environmental permitting process for hydraulic fracturing.
    (222542)
82
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria must be met for a person to be eligible to perform the role of independent well examiner for a hydraulic fracturing development.
    (222602)
83
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many families with children in (a) Birmingham, Hall Green constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) the UK are currently in debt to their energy supplier.
    (222488)
84
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Government plans to update the Social and Environmental Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Market Authority.
    (222467)
85
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households with children in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK are in debt to their energy suppliers.
    (222468)
86
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222572)
87
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222586)
88
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government is taking to prioritise support for families with children when they fall behind on their energy bills in (a) the North East and (b) Newcastle upon Tyne.
    (222408)
89
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many families with children in (a) Halton and (b) the UK are currently in debt to their energy companies.
    (222549)
90
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what length of time baseline monitoring of methane in groundwater for hydraulic fracturing developments must take place before consent for such developments may be issued.
    (222529)
91
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used to determine whether a developer is required to undertake a habitats regulation assessment for a proposed hydraulic fracturing project within a (a) special conservation area, (b) special protection area, (c) site of special scientific interest, (d) area of outstanding natural beauty and (e) Ramsar site.
    (222531)
92
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what national standards apply for the baseline monitoring of methane in groundwater for hydraulic fracturing developments.
    (222533)
93
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what national standards apply for the baseline monitoring of air quality for hydraulic fracturing developments.
    (222534)
94
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what length of time baseline monitoring of air quality for hydraulic fracturing developments must take place before consent for such developments may be issued.
    (222535)
95
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used to determine the different categories of groundwater risk; and how the risks posed to groundwater by hydraulic fracturing sites are determined.
    (222536)
96
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what criteria hydraulic fracturing development may be judged a significant risk to groundwater.
    (222537)
97
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she has consulted the Committee on Climate Change on the effect of hydraulic fracturing on water scarcity in the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years.
    (222539)
98
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms exist to require that information on chemical substances and their maximum concentrations is included in the environmental permit for each hydraulic fracturing development.
    (222543)
99
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms exist to require that information on the (a) total daily discharge of hydraulic fracturing fluid into ground and (b) fluid taken off site for disposal is included in the environmental permit for each hydraulic fracturing development.
    (222544)
100
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of hydraulic fracturing on water scarcity in the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years.
    (222545)
101
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff required by the Environment Agency in order for it to perform its role as a regulator of hydraulic fracturing in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17, (d) 2017-18, (e) 2018-19 and (f) 2019-2020.
    (222599)
102
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used to determine whether a developer is required to undertake a habitats regulation assessment for a proposed hydraulic fracturing project adjacent to a (a) special conservation area, (b) special protection site, (c) site of special scientific interest, (d) area of outstanding natural beauty and (e) Ramsar site.
    (222603)
103
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used to determinte whether a developer of a proposed hydraulic fracturing project is required to undertake a habitats regulation assessment.
    (222604)
104
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what techniques to minimise methane emissions (a) are and (b) does she plan to be a requirement of environmental permits for hydraulic fracturing.
    (222605)
105
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for East Londonderry of 4 December 2014 to Question 217167, if she plans to publish the study on the scientific evidence for the welfare of game birds reared in cages.
    (222501)
106
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222496)
107
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's communications budget was in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222497)
108
 
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to the European Commission on publication of its communication on Building a Sustainable European Food System.
    (222547)
109
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Laos about (a) the case of Pastor Sompong Supatto and (b) freedom of religion.
    (222409)
110
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise at the UN the issue of a co-ordinated response to the threat of Boko Haram in North Eastern Nigeria.
    (222410)
111
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Iranian counterpart in support of the American-Iranian pastor, Saeed Abedini, who is imprisoned in that country.
    (222362)
112
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on allegations that rape is being used as a tool by the police in Egypt to suppress activists; and if he will make representations on this matter to his counterpart in that country.
    (222364)
113
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department provides to UK citizens employed in academic institutions internationally on (a) countries in which there is a terrorist threat and (b) what to do in the event of a terrorist attack.
    (222400)
114
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222518)
115
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Egyptian government about the case of Karim Ashraf Mohamed al-Banna.
    (222392)
116
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of possible Iranian reactions to increased sanctions; and if he will make a statement.
    (222393)
117
 
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2015 to Question 220624, what the powers vested in the three treaty Guarantor powers are in relation to the bodies with which they consult, by Article IV of the 1960 Treaty of Guarantor in respect of Cyprus.
    (222485)
118
 
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2015 to Question 220624, what powers are available to the UN-facilitated settlement process to intervene in respect of the confiscation of property owned by Turkish Cypriots in Vasiliko in order to facilitate oil and gas explortation in Northern and Southern Cyprus.
    (222486)
119
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222573)
120
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222587)
121
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Venezuelan counterpart on the human rights situation in that country; and if he will make a statement.
    (222459)
122
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met with his Ecuadorian counterpart; what the content of discussions at that meeting was; and if he will make a statement.
    (222461)
123
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met with his Guyanese counterpart; what the content of discussions at that meeting was; and if he will make a statement.
    (222462)
124
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met with his Chilean counterpart; what the content of discussions at that meeting was; and if he will make a statement.
    (222463)
125
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met with his Brazilian counterpart; what the content of discussions at that meeting was; and if he will make a statement.
    (222464)
126
 
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom's Report, Burma: Religious Freedom and Related Human Rights Violations are Hindering Broader Reforms, published in November 2014.
    (222458)
127
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the government of Burma has taken steps to implement the declaration to end sexual violence which it signed in June 2014.
    (222511)
128
 
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to NHS maternity services to check routinely for tongue-tie routinely in newborn babies.
    (222378)
129
 
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many newborn babies were diagnosed with tongue-tie in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
    (222379)
130
 
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to relevant healthcare professionals on the diagnosis of tongue-tie in infants.
    (222380)
131
 
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the provision of infant feeding specialists on the early detection and treatment of tongue-tie in infants.
    (222381)
132
 
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress on reducing hepatitis C-related liver cancers and mortality since the 2004 Action Plan for hepatitis C.
    (222492)
133
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that UK aid workers who return from work abroad receive effective and accessible healthcare from their local GP.
    (222363)
134
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222519)
135
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether decisions on whether to publish documents relating to the contracting of NHS services to private providers (a) may and (b) may not prioritise commercial confidentiality over the public interest; and what the rationale for those prioritisation arrangements is.
    (222415)
136
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place for the NHS to recover the costs of performing revision surgery when repairing the damage caused by failed surgery carried out by outsourced private providers.
    (222416)
137
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which commercial insurance companies are capable of covering the risks associated with private health providers carrying out surgery on NHS contracts.
    (222417)
138
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the development of a clinical guideline and quality standard for hearing loss.
    (222487)
139
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with hearing loss are able to access audiology service regardless of where they live.
    (222489)
140
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222574)
141
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222588)
142
 
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with Public Health England on a national strategy for increasing public awareness of cervical cancer symptoms.
    (222372)
143
 
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will launch targeted campaigns on cervical screening in regions where cervical screening rates have fallen below the national average.
    (222373)
144
 
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the adequacy of his Department's current guidance to NHS trusts on how to monitor hand hygiene levels.
    (222412)
145
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value of rebate payments from the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme was to (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in each quarter that scheme has operated.
    (222493)
146
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department plans to measure the effect of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme on access to medicines.
    (222494)
147
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will conduct a study to determine the effect on access to medicines of the additional allocations made to NHS England as a result of rebate payments under the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme.
    (222495)
148
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential for mindfulness to improve pain management.
    (222478)
149
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015, to the hon. Member for Barnsley Central to Question 221804, when his Department plans to complete the prevalence survey on children with mental health problems.
    (222610)
150
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2015 to Question 221072, if he will conduct a survey of the practice of clinical commissioning groups in respect of capping the total number of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies treatment sessions they offer.
    (222619)
151
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2015 to Question 221072, if he will make it his policy to collect data (a) on the average time a GP spends with a patient with a mental illness and (b) which may be used to monitor the quality of relationships between doctors and patients in other ways.
    (222621)
152
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2015 to Question 221072, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to reduce the alcohol dependent population and to help more people recover from alcohol problems.
    (222622)
153
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2015 to Question 221072, how many and what proportion of opiate users were receiving treatment in each year since 2011-12.
    (222623)
154
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2015 to Question 221072, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number and proportion of patients who have (a) diabetes, (b) anxiety disorder, (c) depression, (d) schizophrenia and (e) personality disorders and are not being treated.
    (222624)
155
 
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group last met to discuss Translarna; when it will next meet to discuss that drug; and whether approval for its use can be granted before 1 April 2015.
    (222374)
156
 
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect on mortality rates of the provisions of off-patent drugs outside their licensed indications in cases where research supports the use of those drugs.
    (222377)
157
 
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with a musculoskeletal condition have a care plan.
    (222471)
158
 
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of uptake of care plans amongst people with arthritis; and what steps his Department plans to take to widen access to care planning.
    (222472)
159
 
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) the Health and Social Care Information Centre on the inclusion of musculoskeletal conditions in the care.data programme.
    (222473)
160
 
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which department or team within NHS England is responsible for the development and implementation of proposals for a national molecular diagnostic testing service in the NHS.
    (222475)
161
 
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England plans to publish full details of the decisions it makes during the prioritisation exercise for new specialised services to be commissioned in 2015-16
    (222476)
162
 
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will work in partnership with charitable organisations to increase awareness of stem cell donation among young people.
    (222477)
163
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practices in (a) Halton and (b) England had vacancies for GPs on 1 January 2015.
    (222550)
164
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221512, what the delayed discharges referred to in the Answer by local authority area are.
    (222551)
165
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further steps she is taking to protect UK citizens from telephone scammers.
    (222361)
166
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of illegal migration between the UK and the Republic of Ireland in either direction have been detected by Operation Gull in each of the last 10 years; what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Operation Gull; and if she will make a statement.
    (222365)
167
N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many traffic police officers were employed in each police force area in each of the last five years.
    (222445)
168
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222520)
169
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222575)
170
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222589)
171
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she plans to incorporate the views of charities and children's services into the terms of reference of her Department's consultation on mandatory report of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
    (222503)
172
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she plans to incorporate the views of hon. Members and key stakeholders into the terms of reference of her Department's consultation on mandatory report of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
    (222504)
173
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contribution of Lord Bates of 28 October 2014, Official Report, column 1083 House of Lords, what the reasons are for the time taken to implement her Department's consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
    (222631)
174
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are involved in the monitoring and investigation of child sex crimes online.
    (222598)
175
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress operation Nexus has made on tackling offending by foreign nationals.
    (222491)
176
 
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of safety deposit boxes across the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (222397)
177
 
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with (a) banks, (b) solicitors and (c) other providers on the availability of safety deposit boxes across the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (222398)
178
 
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with suppliers of safety deposit facilities on ensuring that the annual cost of hiring and using such facilities is kept at a reasonable level; and if she will make a statement.
    (222399)
179
 
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance was disbursed to fragile and conflict-affected states in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 to date.
    (222395)
180
 
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Office for National Statistics' revisions to GDP in December 2014 on the Government's ability to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income being spent on official development assistance in this financial year.
    (222396)
181
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many applications for funding more than £5 million she has received for approval for projects in (a) total, (b) Sierra Leone, (c) Liberia, (d) Guinea and (e) Nigeria in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) the financial year to date.
    (222401)
182
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's strategic framework for economic development, published in January 2014, what proportion of the £1.8 billion allocated will be spent in (a) this financial year and (b) each of the next three financial years.
    (222402)
183
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222521)
184
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures her Department has put in place to ensure that funding provided by her Department and spent by foreign governments is used for its intended purposes.
    (222512)
185
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222576)
186
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222590)
187
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Bekou Trust Fund to date; and whether she plans to contribute to it.
    (222369)
188
 
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her assessment is of the implications of the current security situation in the Central African Republic for the delivery of humanitarian assistance in that country.
    (222421)
189
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department allocated to War on Want in each of the last five years.
    (222413)
190
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects War on Want promotes on behalf of her Department.
    (222414)
191
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he took of the fact that Killarney-Comércio Internacional, Lda is registered as an offshore company before deciding to proceed with the sale to them of the building until recently used as the Lewes Magistrates' Court; what due diligence was carried out into this company and its relationship with (a) Quora and (b) Whitbread Plc prior to the sale; and if he will make a statement.
    (222469)
192
 
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the art, design and media department at HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs closed.
    (222422)
193
 
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the decision was taken to close the art, design and media department in HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs.
    (222423)
194
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what correspondence on what topics he has had with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights in the last 24 months.
    (222366)
195
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222522)
196
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of the Phillips Review on veterans and the criminal justice system.
    (222554)
197
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222577)
198
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222591)
199
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015, to Question 221368, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to his Department arising from the proposed closure of Rhyl family court.
    (222612)
200
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which parliamentary constituencies closure of a court has been (a) proposed and (b) decided upon.
    (222613)
201
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to her contribution of 27 January 2015, Official Report, column 746, on Second Reading of the Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill, what plans she has for co-ordination with the Prime Minister and other Cabinet colleagues of a determined effort to sell the benefits of Northern Ireland to the world.
    (222411)
202
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in her Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222523)
203
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222578)
204
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222592)
205
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, whether any ceiling was put on the costs of the Iraq Inquiry; and what remuneration has been received by each Committee member.
    (222484)
206
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222524)
207
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222579)
208
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222593)
209
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222525)
210
 
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he plans for electric rail passenger services to start operating between (a) Manchester and Liverpool and (b) Liverpool and Wigan.
    (222490)
211
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to reach a decision on Network Rail's application for a Transport and Works Act Order in connection with the Ordsall Chord project.
    (222499)
212
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will (a) carry out and (b) publish an equality impact assessment of the introduction of driver-only operation on the Transpennine Express and Northern Rail franchises.
    (222388)
213
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on passenger safety of the introduction of driver-only operation on the Transpennine Express and Northern Rail franchises; and if he will make a statement.
    (222389)
214
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222580)
215
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222594)
216
 
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department applies the World Health Organisation's night noise guidelines for Europe; and whether these guidelines have been broken since May 2010.
    (222371)
217
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres have been (a) closed, (b) opened, (c) reopened having been previously closed in each (i) Scottish and (ii) English local authority area in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
    (222516)
218
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to close the Airdrie Driving Test Centre.
    (222606)
219
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres have (a) closed and (b) opened; and how many formerly closed centres reopened in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
    (222607)
220
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers flew from (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Stansted, (d) Liverpool and (e) Manchester airports in each year from 1985.
    (222480)
221
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated to the electrification of the Hull-Holyhead railway line.
    (222481)
222
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average amount of carbon emitted by (a) road and (b) rail freight was in each year for which data is available.
    (222482)
223
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers travelled by (a) road and (b) rail from (i) UK to Ireland and (ii) Ireland to the UK in each year from 1985 for which data is available.
    (222614)
224
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the amount was of road freight from (a) Ireland to the UK and (b) the UK to Ireland in each year from 1985 for which data is available.
    (222615)
225
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail passengers were carried between North Wales and London in each year from 1985 for which data is available.
    (222616)
226
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average duration of an intercity rail journey between (a) Holyhead and London and (b) Chester and London was in each year from 1985 for which data is available.
    (222617)
227
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222526)
228
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222581)
229
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222596)
230
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency and (b) London have been classified as living in absolute poverty in each of the last five years.
    (222629)
231
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the median income in (a) Tower Hamlets, (b) London and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.
    (222630)
232
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of reassessing people with progressive conditions for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance in 2014.
    (222404)
233
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what adjustments his Department has made to the number of people reassessed for personal independence payment to reflect the current backlog of claims.
    (222405)
234
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have undergone a reassessment for personal independence payment before the end of their award period.
    (222406)
235
N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pertussis vaccine damage claims were made in each year since 2003; and how many were successful in each year.
    (222407)
236
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has a target clearance time for a disability living allowance mandatory reconsideration.
    (222500)
237
 
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
    (222527)
238
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment criteria the Health and Safety Executive plans to apply in deciding whether its inspections of hydraulic fracturing sites will be unannounced.
    (222532)
239
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff required by the Health and Safety Executive in order for it to perform its role as a regulator of hydraulic fracturing in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17, (d) 2017-18, (e) 2018-19 and (f) 2019-2020.
    (222600)
240
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is a requirement that the Health and Safety Executive assess all hydraulic fracturing sites during (a) the exploration phase and (b) all further phases, including decommissioning.
    (222601)
241
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claims was (a) disallowed or (b) considered to have been withdrawn due to claimants not returning the PIP2 form in each calendar month since April 2013.
    (222418)
242
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Personal Independence Payment new claims: ad hoc statistics, published on 28 January 2015, how many of the 143,000 people disallowed personal independence payment (PIP) claims highlighted in that report were people who were described as not attending an assessment without good reason; what reasons for missing such assessments are permissible; whether the Department or assessment providers adjudicates on reasons for missed appointments; and how many of those people have since reapplied for PIP.
    (222419)
243
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222582)
244
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
    (222597)
245
 
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2014, Official Report, column 141W, on children: maintenance, what progress he has made on the development of statistics on compliance, collections and enforcement under the statutory child maintenance scheme; and when he will publish these statistics.
    (222370)
246
 
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received funeral payments in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Enfield in each of the last 10 years; how much those payments amount to; and if he will make a statement.
    (222358)
247
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to increase cooperation between his Department and the Department of Health in using Improving Access to Psychological Therapies to help those on sickness and disability benefit back to work.
    (222548)
248
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer from the Minister of State for Care and Support of 23 January 2015 to Question 221072, what estimate he has made of the savings made by his Department as a result of 90,000 people moving off benefits and into work as a result of Improving Access to Psychological Therapy interventions.
    (222620)
249
 
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the availability of shared accommodation for people under 35 in receipt of housing benefit.
    (222474)
250
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many Jobcentres is a mental health champion employed; and how many mental health champions Jobcentre Plus employs in total.
    (222449)

Notices given on Thursday 29 January

1
 
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget of the education department for HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs was in each year from 2010.
[Transferred]   (222424)
2
 
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what changes there have been to the budget of the education department at HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs since January 2014.
[Transferred]   (222425)
3
 
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many inmates were enrolled in teaching or training in the art, design and media department in HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs when it was closed down.
[Transferred]   (222426)
4
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve trade between the UK and emerging markets in Latin America; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]   (222460)
5
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many young people aged between 18 and 24 have been unemployed for longer than (a) 6 months, (b) 12 months and (c) 2 years in (i) Tower Hamlets, (ii) London and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]   (222628)
6
 
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many reports of harassment have been recorded by police forces in England and Wales in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
[Transferred]   (222420)
7
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many registered voters there were in each parliamentary constituency in Warrington on (a) 17 February and (b) December 2014; and what proportion of the population eligible to vote this was in each constituency on each of those dates.
[Transferred]   (222387)
8
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of students in Warrington North constituency were registered to vote on 1 December 2014.
[Transferred]   (222403)
9
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether planning guidance provides for a specific approach to planning for hydraulic fracturing in a) national parks, (b) the Broads, (c) areas of outstanding natural beauty and (d) world heritage sites.
[Transferred]   (222552)
10
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is a requirement that an environmental impact assessment be prepared for all hydraulic fracturing developments.
[Transferred]   (222625)
11
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has the power to overturn a decision on an application for hydraulic fracturing in (a) national parks, (b) the Broads, (c) areas of outstanding natural beauty and (d) world heritage sites.
[Transferred]   (222626)
12
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what grounds current planning guidance provides for not refusing an application for hydraulic fracturing in (a) national parks, (b) the Broads, (c) areas of outstanding natural beauty and (d) world heritage sites.
[Transferred]   (222627)
13
 
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will discuss with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission measures to safeguard overseas war graves from desecration by Islamist extremists.
[Transferred]   (222360)
14
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people have received a fixed penalty notice for failing to register on the electoral register.
[Transferred]   (222479)
15
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, 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.
[Transferred]   (222147)
16
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any licences have been granted to UAV Engines Ltd since 1 January 2010 for the export of UAV engines or components to (a) the Israeli Defence Force or (b) other elements of Israel’s security forces; and if he will make a statement.
    (222681)
17
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the CBI's People and Prosperity Report, published in September 2014, if he will increase the UK's capital allowances regime in line with other G7 economies in order to increase long-term investment.
    (222760)
18
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of people advised by Citizens Advice Bureaux in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) London, (d) Yorkshire, (e) Kirklees local authority area and (f) Huddersfield constituency in each of the last 10 years.
    (222635)
19
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of Citizens Advice Bureaux field offices which have (a) opened and (b) closed in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) London, (iv) Yorkshire, (v) Kirklees local authority area and (vi) Huddersfield constituency in each of the last 10 years.
    (222636)
20
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding the Government has allocated to Citizens Advice in each of the last 10 years.
    (222637)
21
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have used Citizens Advice Bureaux in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) London, (d) Yorkshire, (e) Kirklees local authority area and (f) Huddersfield constituency in each of the last five years.
    (222638)
22
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the management, staff and volunteers of Citizens Advice Bureaux on the effectiveness of Citizens Advice.
    (222639)
23
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of Citizens Advice Bureaux on their users' capability to repay debts.
    (222640)
24
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have volunteered to work for Citizens Advice Bureaux in each of the last 10 years.
    (222641)
25
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of paid staff working for Citizens Advice Bureaux in each of the last 10 years.
    (222642)
26
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria his Department uses to assess the effectiveness of Citizens Advice Bureaux.
    (222643)
27
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support Citizens Advice Bureaux in their recruitment of volunteers.
    (222644)
28
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support the Citizens Advice Bureaux in retaining their capability and capacity to offer appropriate advice to their users.
    (222645)
29
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds about the number of Citizens Advice Bureaux field offices in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) London, (d) Yorkshire, (e) Kirklees local authority area and (f) Huddersfield constituency.
    (222646)
30
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will direct officials in his Department to meet officials in the Department for Health to discuss giving the Care Quality Commission wider powers than they currently have to undertake inspections of how local authorities commission their care services, even where no specific complaints have been made.
    (222632)
31
 
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many appeals against planning application refusals by local planning authorities have been (a) upheld and (b) dismissed by the Planning Inspectorate since 2010.
    (222682)
32
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will launch an inquiry into the future of local newspapers; and if he will take steps to prevent further closures of such newspapers.
    (222758)
33
 
Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children in each local authority were in a foster care placement on 31 March (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; how many such children in each local authority were in a foster care placement with a relative or friend (i) inside and (ii) outside the authority boundary on each date; how many such children in each local authority were under (A) an interim and (B) a full court order on each date; and how many such children in each local authority area were looked after under a voluntary agreement under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 on each date.
    (222762)
34
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 220175, for what reasons her Department has decided not to take any proactive steps to reduce the disparity between local authorities in meeting the six-week regulation for visits of children within the first year of a private fostering arrangement.
    (222651)
35
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has allocated to the training of educational psychologists in each of the last five financial years.
    (222652)
36
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Ofsted and CQC report entitled Evaluation of local areas' readinness for the implementation of the disability and SEN reforms, published on 17 December 2014, page 6, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on possible accountability measures to monitor the impact of the SEND reforms.
    (222713)
37
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Ofsted and CQC report entitled Evaluation of local areas' readinness for the implementation of the disability and SEN reforms, published on 17 December 2014, page 6, whether she plans to introduce accountability measures to monitor the impact of the SEND reforms.
    (222714)
38
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to broaden and escalate the Government’s intervention in Somerset County Council’s Children’s Services.
    (222679)
39
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve levels of child literacy in low-income families; and if she will make a statement.
    (222756)
40
 
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what means her Department assessed the extra costs incurred in maintaining and refurbishing the school stock because of the presence of asbestos in its Property Data Survey Programme.
    (222718)
41
 
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will discuss the outcome of her Department's review of asbestos policy for schools with the Minister for Education and Skills in the Welsh Government when that review is complete.
    (222729)
42
 
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Answer of 29 January 2015 to the supplementary Question from the hon. Member for St Ives to Topical Question 8, what steps her Department took to ensure that if pilot culls had achieved the target of 70 per cent reduction in badger numbers in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
    (222685)
43
 
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Answer of 29 January 2015 to the supplementary Question from the hon. Member for St Ives to Topical Question 8, when she plans to publish her Department's estimate of the percentage reduction in badger numbers achieved in both pilot cull areas as a result of last year's cull.
    (222686)
44
 
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Answer of 29 January 2015 to the supplementary Question from the hon. Member for St Ives to Topical Question 8, what percentage reduction in badger numbers was achieved in each of the two 2014 pilot culls.
    (222687)
45
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle the illegal importation of puppies to the UK from Eastern Europe.
    (222759)
46
 
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on implementing the Government's timber procurement policy for central government departments which requires the purchase of only legally felled and sustainably produced timber and wood products.
    (222648)
47
 
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report of the Dogs Trust entitled, The Puppy Smuggling Scandal, published on 16 November 2014, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations in that report which relate specifically to her Department; and what timetable it has for the implementation of these recommendations.
    (222676)
48
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) UK and (b) locally engaged personnel are working for the UK Government in Yemen.
    (222649)
49
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British passport holders in Yemen.
    (222650)
50
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients do not allow the extraction of their data under care.data in order to avoid exclusions from bowel screening, e-referrals and similar services.
    (222677)
51
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish in full the financial interests of Tim Kelsey, senior responsible owner of the care.data programme which relate to health data.
    (222719)
52
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many legal cases have been initiated that involve treatment for trigeminal neuralgia given to patients at the Salford radiotherapy satellite of the Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
    (222678)
53
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have reported patient incidents involving stereotactic radiosurgery or stereotactic radiotherapy; what the nature was of each such incident; and what kind of radiotherapy machine was involved in each such incident.
    (222680)
54
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide additional funding to increase the availability of prescription drugs for diabetes.
    (222753)
55
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission or conduct research on the links between diabetes and early dementia.
    (222757)
56
 
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Food Standards Agency on implementing the recommendations in the efficiency review carried out by the National Audit Office in 2013.
    (222712)
57
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has paid in debt repayments in respect of NHS PFI projects in the last three years.
    (222683)
58
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed by each NHS England regional headquarters.
    (222684)
59
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timescale and process will be for public discussion of the Communications Data and Interception review conducted by David Anderson QC; and what opportunities will arise for parliamentary scrutiny of those conclusions.
    (222658)
60
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timescale and process will be for her Department's response to its consultation on the codes of practice relating to the acquisition and retention of data; and if she will make a statement.
    (222659)
61
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish all responses received to her Department's consultation on the codes of practice relating to the acquisition and retention of data.
    (222660)
62
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will launch an inquiry into the reasons for, and implications for her policies of, the recent increase in domestic violence cases in the UK.
    (222755)
63
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average amount recovered through confiscation orders for drug-related crimes was in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (222715)
64
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug-related confiscation orders were issued for (a) £0 to £1,000, (b) £1,001 to £5,000, (c) £5,001 to £10,000, (d) £10,001 to £20,000, (e) £20,001 to £50,000, (f) £50,001 to £100,000, (g) £100,001 to £500,000, (h) £500,001 to £1 million, (i) £1 million to £5 million and (j) more than £5 million in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (222716)
65
 
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscation orders were issued for (a) £0-£1,000, (b) £1,001-£5,000, (c) £5,001-£10,000, (d) £10,001-£20,000, (e) £20,001-£50,000, (f) £50,001-£100,000, (g) £100,001-£500,000, (h) £500,001-£1 million, (i) £1 million-£5 million and (j) more than £5 million in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (222761)
66
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle insurance fraud known as crash for cash.
    (222754)
67
 
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to continue with Victoria services via Lewisham following the completion of the Thameslink scheme at London Bridge.
    (222717)
68
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library an updated copy of the franchise payment profile for all train operating companies until 2023.
    (222661)
69
 
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to the letters to him dated 1 December 2014 and 2 January 2015 from the right hon. member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr B Wise.
    (222647)
Tuesday 3 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
 
★ 1
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): Whether he plans to make further changes in the level of funding for legal aid; and if he will make a statement.
    (907362)
★ 2
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Rebalancing the Outer Estates project in Nottingham North constituency on re-offending rates among young people not in education, employment or training.
    (907363)
★ 3
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What recent estimate he has made of the number of people on bail without charge.
    (907364)
★ 4
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues and the Claims Management Regulator on tackling nuisance phone calls.
    (907365)
★ 5
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): What steps he is taking to improve security and prisoner and staff safety at HMP Altcourse.
    (907366)
★ 6
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What plans he has for the future of the youth justice system.
    (907367)
★ 7
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): What steps he is taking to break the cycle of reoffending.
    (907368)
★ 8
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What steps he has taken to ensure local access to the justice system.
    (907369)
★ 9
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): What assessment he has made of the effect on women in prisons of the implementation of the Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme.
    (907370)
★ 10
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): How many prison officers have been assaulted during the course of their work in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
    (907371)
★ 11
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): What steps he is taking to support victims of crime.
    (907372)
★ 12
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What steps his Department is taking to promote mediation and the use of independent experts to reduce the number of boundary dispute cases coming before the courts.
    (907373)
★ 13
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): What steps his Department is taking to encourage people to become magistrates and to train new magistrates.
    (907374)
★ 14
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): How many people have been convicted of human trafficking offences in the last four years.
    (907375)
★ 15
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): How many young people were in prison (a) on 28 January 2015 and (b) in April 2010.
    (907376)
★ 16
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): How many prisoners on remand committed suicide in the last five years; and how many such people were in safe cells.
    (907377)
★ 17
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What recent assessment he has made of the effectivenss of mediation services provided for family law cases.
    (907378)
★ 18
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What steps the Government is taking to stop the use of mobile phones in prisons.
    (907379)
★ 19
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What progress his Department has made on ensuring that offenders are engaged in purposeful work when they are in prison.
    (907380)
★ 20
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): How the Government is supporting the victims of the sex abuse cases that came to light in 2014.
    (907381)
★ 21
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What progress his Department has made on the Secure College.
    (907382)
★ 22
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): What steps the Government is taking to uphold the constitutional importance of judicial review.
    (907383)
★ 23
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): How many prison officers there are in the West Midlands.
    (907384)
★ 24
Maria Miller (Basingstoke): What forecast he has made of the effect of new measures on revenge pornography.
    (907385)
★ 25
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What steps the Government is taking to stop the use of mobile phones in prisons.
    (907386)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (907352)
★ 2
John Robertson (Glasgow North West):  
    (907353)
★ 5
Nick de Bois (Enfield North):  
    (907356)
★ 6
Richard Graham (Gloucester):  
    (907357)
★ 7
Henry Smith (Crawley):  
    (907358)
★ 8
Charlie Elphicke (Dover):  
    (907359)
★ 9
Maria Miller (Basingstoke):  
    (907360)
★ 10
Mark Menzies (Fylde):  
    (907361)

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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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)

Notices given on Wednesday 28 January

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the sale online of counterfeit goods.
    (222456)
2
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many trade missions have been completed by each of the Government's Business Ambassadors in the last 12 months; on what dates each such visit took place; and to which countries those Ambassadors travelled on each such occasion.
    (222560)
3
N
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 221347, how much UK funding of research and development directed towards the oil and gas sector since 2010 has been provided by the Government, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies; and what proportion that amount represents of all Government research and development funding in that period.
    (222502)
4
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to protect allotments from development.
    (222454)
5
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions the Future High Streets Forum has met in the last 12 months; on what dates each such meeting took place; and which of the group's members were in attendance on each such occasion.
    (222559)
6
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the importation and use of artificial sweeteners.
    (222455)
7
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prosecutions have taken place in the UK as a result of horsemeat being sold as beef in the last five years.
    (222457)

Notices given on Thursday 29 January

1
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of apprenticeship starts have been at (a) Level 2, (b) Level 3 and (c) Level 4 in (i) Tower Hamlets, (ii) London and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years.
    (222771)
2
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship starts have been made by young people aged (a) between 16 and 18, (b) between 19 and 24 and (c) 25 years and above living in (i) Tower Hamlets, (ii) London and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years.
    (222773)
3
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support UK companies bidding for contracts in Turkey.
    (222698)
4
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effect of refunding VAT for contracted out of services but not for cloud services on the ability of small businesses to compete for public sector contracts.
    (222665)
5
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) desktop computers, (b) laptops and (c) tablet devices there are for each person in his Department.
    (222701)
6
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on ICT (a) in total; and (b) on average for each person in his Department per person in each year since 2010-11.
    (222702)
7
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value is of his Department's ICT contracts; and when each contract is due to end.
    (222703)
8
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received about the decision to withdraw funding for the Local Welfare Assistance scheme.
    (222699)
9
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect of COS14 VAT rules on public sector procurement of off the shelf software services.
    (222663)
10
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT was refunded under COS14 rules in each of the last three financial years.
    (222664)
11
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of (a) levels of bank account switching by customers, (b) trends in bank account switching in the last three years, (c) the average time it takes for customers to switch banks and (d) the process for switching banks and customers' perceptions of the ease or difficulty of so doing.
    (222656)
12
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to consult on ways to increase the borrowing capacity of housing associations in relation to the valuation of properties transferred from local authorities.
    (222688)
13
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people received access grants from the Local Welfare Assistance fund in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 in Birmingham.
    (222723)
14
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been completed in St Austell and Newquay constituency in each of the last five years; and how many of those homes have been affordable housing.
    (222669)
15
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the leaders of Greater Manchester's local authorities about the appointment of an interim Mayor of Greater Manchester city-region.
    (222742)
16
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has a veto over the appointment of an interim Mayor of Greater Manchester city-region.
    (222743)
17
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects an announcement to be made about the appointment of an interim eleventh leader of Greater Manchester city-region.
    (222744)
18
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to specify an appointments process for the interim Mayor of Greater Manchester city-region.
    (222745)
19
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the city-region mayor created by the Greater Manchester devolution agreement will be subject to term limits.
    (222746)
20
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of refunding VAT for contracted out services on the (a) ability and (b) incentives for local authorities to (i) share software services and (ii) use off the shelf software and Cloud services.
    (222662)
21
N
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applicants there were for the Mayoral Development Corporation Old Oak Director position.
    (222747)
22
N
Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to deregulate housing associations.
    (222666)
23
N
Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support is available to (a) Doncaster local authority area and (b) other local authority areas which are not among the Build pilot areas to accelerate house-building.
    (222667)
24
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects Phase 2 of Connecting Cumbria to be complete; and what estimate he has made of how many premises in Copeland will receive high speed broadband in that phase.
    (222689)
25
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of military veterans receiving support for (a) mental health and (b) alcohol related issues.
    (222704)
26
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of recent storm damage to buildings and infrastructure relating to Hebrides Range on St Kilda.
    (222740)
27
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to arrange for buildings pertaining to Hebrides Range on St Kilda, which were damaged by recent high winds, to be repaired.
    (222741)
28
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the average cost of transport to school or college for 16 to 18 year olds.
    (222774)
29
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children in each local authority had (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (i) nine, (j) 10 or more, (k) 20 or more, (l) 30 or more, (m) 40 or more and (n) 50 or more placements in (i) the most recent year for which figures are available and (ii) while they were in care.
    (222708)
30
N
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department last reviewed its guidance on assessing the risks from asbestos insulating board accessible to children in schools.
    (222725)
31
N
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will issue guidance on removing asbestos insulating board which is vulnerable to disturbance or damage from children.
    (222726)
32
N
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will adopt and implement environmental asbestos fibre board for schools.
    (222727)
33
N
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of former pupils who will be diagnosed with mesothelioma from asbestos exposure at school during the 1960s and 1970s.
    (222728)
34
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to include trade unions representing the offshore workforce in the North Sea Taskforce to be led by the Oil and Gas Authority.
    (222633)
35
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average cost to domestic consumers per GWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month of 2014.
    (222720)
36
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to publish an update to the sub-national total final electricity consumption statistics.
    (222721)
37
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the level of gas consumption by (a) consumers and (b) all gas users was in each month of 2014.
    (222722)
38
N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons small- and medium-sized enterprises are exempted from the provisions of the draft B Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015; and if she will bring forward a revised draft Order omitting that exemption.
    (222668)
39
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total area of (a) England and (b) Wales covered by groundwater protection zones (i) 1, (ii) 2 and (iii) 3.
    (222700)
40
N
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department interprets the term active farmer for the purposes of applications for basic farm payments under the reformed CAP; and if she will make a statement.
    (222673)
41
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) the comparative rate of food price inflation in (i) the UK, (ii) France and (iii) Germany between 2003 and 2015 and (b) the reasons for differences between those inflation rates in that period.
    (222657)
42
N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle the persecution of Christians in (a) Africa and (b) the Middle East.
    (222675)
43
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Egyptian government about the death of Shaimaa El-Sabbagh; and if he will make a statement.
    (222764)
44
N
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what quantity of the cancer drug Immucyst to be used in bacillus Calmette-Guérin cancer treatment have been obtained by the NHS; and when it was received.
    (222697)
45
N
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria his Department has set for the distribution of limited doses of the cancer drug ImmuCyst to be used in Bacillus Calmette-Guerin cancer treatment.
    (222709)
46
N
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to establish the safety of unlicensed versions of the cancer drug ImmuCyst being used in Bacillus Calmette-Guerin cancer treatment.
    (222710)
47
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether further discussions are planned between NHS England and the pharmaceutical industry before drugs are removed from the Cancer Drugs Fund list on 12 March 2015.
    (222670)
48
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of breast cancer patients who will be affected following the removal of (a) eribulin, (b) lapatinib, and (c) everolimus from the Cancer Drugs Fund list on 12 March 2015.
    (222671)
49
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of carbon monoxide poisoning in homes.
    (222711)
50
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his assessment is of the contribution made by (a) the Care Quality Commission and (b) Monitor to (i) safeguarding and (ii) raising standards in healthcare.
    (222655)
51
N
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Meningitis B vaccine to be made available on the NHS.
    (222696)
52
N
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made in price negotiations with the manufacturer of the meningitis B vaccine.
    (222734)
53
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish details of the co-commissioning of specialised services.
    (222693)
54
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England will remain the sole budget-holder and accountable commissioner for all specialised services.
    (222694)
55
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether joint committees of NHS England and clinical commissioning groups are permitted to deviate from national service specifications for specialised services.
    (222695)
56
N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people receiving personal independence payments have undergone an intervention to review their entitlement.
    (222766)
57
N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with movement disorders have applied for personal independence payment.
    (222767)
58
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister in her Department has lead responsibility for overseeing the changes to the Prevent programme announced in November 2014.
    (222765)
59
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to give financial support, as part of the Prevent programme, to organisations which work with school-aged young people who have been identified as at risk of extremism.
    (222768)
60
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proactive programmes her Department has put in place to make contact with potential extremists since 26 November 2014.
    (222769)
61
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training her Department plans to provide to (a) teachers and (b) headteachers to assist them to carry out the obligations placed on them by the provisions of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill.
    (222770)
62
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British nationals were subject to (a) regulatory fines, (b) civil penalties or (c) criminal penalties because of their involvement with the proceeds of crime arising from international crude oil theft in each year for which records are available.
    (222653)
63
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) prosecuted for child neglect in the most recent years for which figures are available.
    (222706)
64
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people prosecuted for child neglect were sentenced to jail terms of ten years or more in the most recent years for which figures are available.
    (222707)
65
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes in total have been recorded in (a) Elmbridge and (b) Surrey in each month since April 2014; and how many police officers were employed in these areas during those months.
    (222763)
66
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment the Government has made of financial links between crude oil theft in Nigeria and (a) Boko Haram and (b) wider instability in that country.
    (222654)
67
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government received or has had access to the report on crude oil theft in Nigeria, prepared by a US Administration delegation sent to Nigeria by President Obama in December 2013.
    (222674)
68
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average value was of a confiscation order for drug-related crimes in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (222730)
69
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscation orders were issued for drug-related crimes in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (222731)
70
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscation orders were issued in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (222732)
71
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders convicted in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 were convicted for what drug-related crimes.
    (222733)
72
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will consistently differentiate between (a) total staffing and constituency office costs and (b) other claims by hon. Members on its website and in its publications.
    (222672)
73
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect on walking and cycling rates of the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013; and what plans he has to bring forward similar legislative proposals.
    (222690)
74
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect on the number of accidents of road speed limits in built up areas.
    (222691)
75
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the St John's Thameslink scheme; what it was designed to achieve; and if he will make a statement.
    (222735)
76
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if Thameslink trains will use the new rail lines at St John's following the completion of the scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (222736)
77
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221618, on what date the 12-carriage peak-time services listed will begin to operate; and if he will make a statement.
    (222737)
78
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221670, how many eight-carriage fixed-set Thameslink trains will be purchased for the Wimbledon link to replace the 12-carriage trains in the original plans; what the savings will be arising from that purchase; and if he will make a statement.
    (222738)
79
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221654, if he will place in the Library a map showing the points along the rail lines where Thameslink services would interfere with the timetable for Cannon Street services; and if he will make a statement.
    (222739)
80
N
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on who has responsibility for asbestos policy in Welsh schools.
    (222724)
81
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of young people are not in education, employment or training aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 to 24 in (i) Tower Hamlets, (ii) England and (iii) the UK.
    (222634)
82
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of residents in Tower Hamlets who will receive universal credit after its roll out on 2 March 2015.
    (222772)
83
N
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans are in receipt of (a) jobseekers allowance and (b) employment and support allowance.
    (222705)
84
N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any targets for the sanction referrals for labour market decision makers are based on the number of sanctions applied.
    (222692)
Wednesday 4 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
 
★ 1
Dame Anne McGuire (Stirling): What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the tripartite mechanism for the reconstruction of Gaza.
    (907427)
★ 2
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What support her Department has provided to Commonwealth multilateral agencies since May 2010; and whether she plans to change the funding her Department provides to those organisations.
    (907428)
★ 3
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What steps she is taking to target humanitarian assistance at the poorest children in the developing world.
    (907429)
★ 4
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): What steps her Department is taking to support children affected by the conflict in Syria.
    (907430)
★ 5
Richard Graham (Gloucester): What the cost has been of the UK's contribution to the response to the Ebola outbreak to date.
    (907431)
★ 6
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): What recent progress has been made on negotiations to agree the Sustainable Development Goals.
    (907432)
★ 7
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): If she will make it her policy that Ministers continue to sign off large projects.
    (907433)
★ 8
Naomi Long (Belfast East): What steps she is taking to ensure that the UK plays a leading role in preparations to set new UN development goals in September 2015.
    (907434)
★ 9
Chris Evans (Islwyn): What steps her Department is taking to monitor the cost-effectiveness of its spending.
    (907435)
★ 10
David Mowat (Warrington South): What the UK has contributed to the Green Climate Fund.
    (907436)
★ 11
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What steps her Department is taking to help refugees fleeing conflict in South Sudan.
    (907437)
★ 12
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): What recent progress has been made on negotiations to agree the Sustainable Development Goals.
    (907438)
★ 13
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): What assistance her Department has provided to reform the security sector, the judiciary and the prison system and to upholding the rule of law in Ethiopia to support that country in meeting its international obligations in these areas.
    (907439)
★ 14
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): What discussions she has had with the Foreign Secretary on public registers of beneficial ownership in the Overseas Territories.
    (907440)
★ 15
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What recent progress has been made on negotiations to agree the Sustainable Development Goals.
    (907441)
At 11.53am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Guy Opperman (Hexham): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (907402)
★ 2
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):  
    (907403)
★ 3
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood):  
    (907404)
★ 4
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton):  
    (907405)
★ 5
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon):  
    (907406)
★ 6
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston):  
    (907407)
★ 7
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):  
    (907408)
★ 8
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):  
    (907409)
★ 9
Henry Smith (Crawley):  
    (907410)
★ 10
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley):  
    (907411)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 4 February.
    (907412)
★ 2
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South):  
    (907413)
★ 3
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):  
    (907414)
★ 4
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):  
    (907415)
★ 5
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central):  
    (907416)
★ 6
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):  
    (907417)
★ 7
Margot James (Stourbridge):  
    (907418)
★ 8
Charlie Elphicke (Dover):  
    (907419)
★ 9
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness):  
    (907420)
★ 10
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):  
    (907421)
★ 11
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):  
    (907422)
★ 12
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green):  
    (907423)
★ 13
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire):  
    (907424)
★ 14
Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot):  
    (907425)
★ 15
Mark Durkan (Foyle):  
    (907426)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 28 January

1
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the effectiveness of the individual funding request process for cancer medicines.
    (222561)
2
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) applications to the Cancer Drugs Fund and (b) individual funding requests for cancer medicines were approved in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
    (222562)

Notices given on Thursday 29 January

1
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been killed or seriously injured in accidents involving mobility scooters in each of the last five years; and how many of the people so killed or seriously injured were driving the scooter.
    (222748)
Thursday 5 February  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 28 January

1
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who, other than Ministers of the Crown and members of the Diplomatic Service, has been sent from the UK to represent the Government at inaugurations of foreign Heads of State and government since May 2010; and what the cost was of that representation in each such case.
    (222394)

Notices given on Thursday 29 January

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure consumers are aware of their rights when they receive poor service from parcel delivery firms.
    (222750)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to encourage local authorities to make greater use of part-time 20mph zones that are in force during times of greater need and not on a 24 hour basis; and if he will make a statement.
    (222749)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the M62 between East Yorkshire and Leeds to be subject to no roadworks, lane closures and temporary speed restrictions; and if he will make a statement.
    (222751)

Prepared 30th January 2015