Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 2 February 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 3 February 2015
For Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.
Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for 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 such 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
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)
14
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)
15
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)
16
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)
17
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)
18
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)
19
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)
20
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)
21
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)
22
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)
23
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)
24
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)
25
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)
26
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)
27
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)
28
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)
29
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)
30
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)
31
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)
32
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)
33
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)
34
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)
35
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)
36
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)
37
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)
38
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)
39
N
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department defines 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)
40
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)
41
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)
42
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)
43
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)
44
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)
45
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)
46
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)
47
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 by the removal of (a) eribulin, (b) lapatinib, and (c) everolimus from the Cancer Drugs Fund list on 12 March 2015.
(222671)
48
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)
49
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)
50
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)
51
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)
52
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)
53
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)
54
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)
55
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)
56
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)
57
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)
58
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)
59
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)
60
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)
61
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)
62
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)
63
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)
64
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)
65
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)
66
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)
67
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)
68
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)
69
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 legislative proposals similar to that Act.
(222690)
70
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)
71
N
Clive Efford
(Eltham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the St John's Thameslink scheme; what that scheme was designed to achieve; and if he will make a statement.
(222735)
72
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)
73
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)
74
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)
75
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)
76
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)
77
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)
78
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)
79
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)
Notices given on Friday 30 January
1
N
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of carbon monoxide poisoning in homes.
[Transferred]
(222711)
2
N
Rushanara Ali
(Bethnal Green and Bow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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.
[Transferred]
(222634)
3
N
Andrew Griffiths
(Burton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) prosecuted for child neglect in the most recent years for which figures are available.
[Transferred]
(222706)
4
N
Andrew Griffiths
(Burton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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.
[Transferred]
(222707)
5
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received access grants from the Local Welfare Assistance fund in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 in Birmingham.
[Transferred]
(222723)
6
Mr Ronnie Campbell
(Blyth Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships have been created under the Government Apprentice Scheme in Blyth Valley constituency in each month since 2010.
(222801)
7
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) British-Indian and (b) British-Sikh people were members of the delegation which accompanied the Government trade mission to India in August 2014.
(222782)
8
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government Ministers attended the World Economic Forum in 2015; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such attendance.
(222795)
9
Mark Field
(Cities of London and Westminster):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff in HM Revenue and Customs' new counter-avoidance directorate have received adequate training to deal with challenges to Accelerated Payment Notices.
(222787)
10
Mark Field
(Cities of London and Westminster):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to produce a report on its progress in using accelerated payment notices.
(222802)
11
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many breaches of the minimum wage were reported in each year since 2010 for which records are available in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many such cases were (i) taken to court and (ii) led to convictions or penalties.
(222805)
12
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many compromise agreements his Department has made with departing staff in each year since 2010; and how many such agreements contained confidentiality clauses.
(222784)
13
Caroline Dinenage
(Gosport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress the Royal Military Police have made in respect of Operation BUTE; and on what date he expects that investigation to conclude.
(222788)
14
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much and what proportion of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority's budget was funded (a) from the public purse and (b) through income recovered by its customers in each of the last five years.
(222807)
15
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the purpose and function was of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority activities funded by grant-in-aid in the last five years.
(222808)
16
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which organisations that paid for services from the Civil Nuclear Police Authority in the last financial year.
(222809)
17
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the statement made by the Minister of State in his Department on 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 79WS, what the reason is for the time taken to publish the Triennial Review of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority; and when he plans to publish that review.
(222810)
18
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2015 to Question 219963, how many times the Green Climate Fund board has met during the last 12 months.
(222811)
19
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2015 to Question 219852, if he will provie a breakdown by category of his Department's expenditure allocated to oil and gas in the last financial year; and of the purposes and functions of that expenditure.
(222812)
20
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2015 to Question 220385, what the purposes and functions are of the Smart Metering Implementation Programme; and whether consideration was given to seeking payment of the costs of that programme from the energy companies.
(222813)
21
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much was paid by his Department to its staff in each of the last four years in (a) performance-related payments and (b) other payments, allowances and benefits in addition to their core salary; how many and what proportion of officials received such payments; and what the monetary value of the 10 largest payments made in each such year was.
(222814)
22
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority paid its staff in (a) performance-related payments and (b) other payments, allowances and benefits in addition to their core salary in each of the last four years; how many and what proportion of officials working for that body received such payments; and what the monetary value of the 20 largest such payments made in each such year was.
(222815)
23
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total number of hours, persons employed and costs of reachback support for Nuclear Management Partners at Sellafield in each of the last five years were.
(222816)
24
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much Nuclear Management Partners have received through performance fees or dividend payments from Sellafield Ltd in each year since it was appointed as the parent body organisation for that company.
(222817)
25
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of how much Nuclear Management Partners will receive in performance fees or dividend payments for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 financial years.
(222818)
26
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has received any applications to carry out fracking in (a) Ealing, Southall constituency, (b) Ealing local authority area and (c) Greater London.
(222781)
27
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what fees her Department has proposed for veterinarians who successfully bid in the tendering process for testing for tuberculosis in cattle.
(222775)
28
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to keep veterinarians informed on the timetable of her Department's tendering process for testing cattle for tuberculosis.
(222776)
29
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for the time taken in her Department's tendering process for testing cattle for tuberculosis.
(222777)
30
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent timetable her Department has set for the tendering process for testing cattle for tuberculosis.
(222778)
31
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to seek lifting the travel ban on Samar Badawi, the wife of Saudi activist Waleed Abulkhair.
(222796)
32
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia.
(222797)
33
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of Saudi Arabia in support of the release of Waleed Abu Alkhair from prison in that country.
(222806)
34
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that his Department's 2015-16 tariff proposals do not affect patient access and waiting times.
(222783)
35
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of backlog maintenance for the NHS estate in England in each level of assessed risk in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 to date.
(222785)
36
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 221195, on radicalism, what proportion of referrals to Channel were for far right concerns.
(222780)
37
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) private meetings and (b) other engagements he has had with representatives of (i) the Indian government and (ii) Indian private business since taking up office.
(222786)
38
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending contracts with Highways Agency's contractors to include (a) the compulsory scanning of all domestic animals for micro-chip identification, (b) recording pet identifications and (c) contacting the owners of the pet upon the death of a domestic animal on the road network.
(222779)
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)
Notices given on Friday 30 January
1
N
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any officials reporting to the chief executive of the civil service are working to implement or devise policies which could affect the consumption, marketing, pricing, availability or sale of alcohol.
(222790)
2
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how he has publicised the consultation on the proposal to amend the constitution of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
(222791)
3
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has been consulted over the appointment of an interim mayor of Greater Manchester city-region.
(222792)
4
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many responses he has had to the consultation on the proposal to amend the constitution of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
(222793)
5
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to improve the rights of leaseholders to hold building management companies to account.
(222794)
6
N
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who made the decision not to use the super-affirmative procedure for amending the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011; and on what basis that decision was made.
(222804)
7
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met the (a) Home Secretary, (b) Foreign Secretary and (c) Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss cyber security; and what the outcome of those meetings was.
(222798)
8
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what process the Government quantifies the severity of cyber-attacks; and what criteria the Government employs to determine its response to such attacks.
(222799)
9
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on its work on a cyber-security model to be implemented in its contracts.
(222800)
10
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is scheduled to next formally review each of its Parent Body Organisation contracts.
(222826)
11
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when each of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's Parent Body Organisation contracts are scheduled for renewal or to reach agreed break points.
(222827)
12
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority spent in each of the last five years on (a) in-house research and development activities and (b) research and development activities funded directly through its contractors.
(222828)
13
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the support and overhead costs of each of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's site licence companies were in each of the last five years; and how much of such costs was spent in each category of expenditure included in those costs.
(222829)
14
N
Dr Sarah Wollaston
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the definition his Department uses for 'place of worship' is for the purpose of exemption from Energy Performance Certificates.
(222789)
15
N
Dr Julian Huppert
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to implement the Natural Capital Committee's Third Report's (a) recommendations on a 25-year plan to improve and protect natural capital and (b) other recommendations.
(222825)
16
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2015 to Question 906848, what guidance his Department issues on when Government departments should seek to legislate to establish a legal basis for the sharing of personal data.
(222803)
17
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to close the Airdrie Driving Testing Centre.
(222824)
18
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the jobseeker's allowance regime facilitates legitimate voluntary work that might boost a jobseeker's skills and experience.
(222819)
19
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has held in 2015 to date with his ministerial colleagues at the Department for Communities and Local Government on the operation of local welfare assistance schemes.
(222820)
20
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to encourage Work Programme providers to work with housing associations to help tenants boost their employability.
(222821)
21
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the long-term sustainability of his plans for a digital service.
(222822)
22
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what ongoing support his Department offers a jobseeker's allowance claimant who has received a sanction.
(222823)
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)