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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 25 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 Tuesday 24 February 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Wednesday 25 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.

Wednesday 25 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
 
★ 1
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on the supply of energy in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (907627)
★ 2
Guy Opperman (Hexham): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on cross-border trade between the North of England and the border region of Scotland of the proposals of the Smith Commission.
    (907628)
★ 3
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on practical steps to encourage employers to pay the living wage.
    (907629)
★ 4
Dame Anne McGuire (Stirling): What recent discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on property taxes in Scotland.
    (907630)
★ 5
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): What progress has been made on implementation of the Smith Commission recommendations.
    (907631)
★ 6
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): For what proportion of participants in the Work Programme in Scotland job outcome payments have been made to providers of that programme.
    (907632)
★ 7
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): What public consultation his Department is carrying out in Scotland on the draft clauses published following the recommendations of the Smith Commission.
    (907633)
★ 8
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): What discussions he has had with Scottish Government Ministers on the co-ordination of programmes to dual the A1.
    (907634)
★ 9
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): For what proportion of participants in the Work Programme in Scotland job outcome payments have been made to providers of that programme.
    (907635)
★ 10
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the potential implications for Scotland of English votes for English laws.
    (907636)
★ 11
Jim McGovern (Dundee West): For what proportion of participants in the Work Programme in Scotland job outcome payments have been made to providers of that programme.
    (907637)
★ 12
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What estimate he has made of the change in the level of real wages in Scotland since May 2010.
    (907638)
★ 13
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Smith Agreement and the ability of the Scottish Government to vary income tax bands in Scotland.
    (907639)
★ 14
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): What progress has been made on implementation of the Smith Commission recommendations.
    (907640)
★ 15
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): What estimate he has made of the change in the level of real wages in Scotland since May 2010.
    (907641)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25 February.
    (907692)
★ 2
Naomi Long (Belfast East):  
    (907693)
★ 3
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle):  
    (907694)
★ 4
Sir Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):  
    (907695)
★ 5
David Mowat (Warrington South):  
    (907696)
★ 6
Ben Gummer (Ipswich):  
    (907697)
★ 7
Gavin Shuker (Luton South):  
    (907698)
★ 8
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield):  
    (907699)
★ 9
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley):  
    (907700)
★ 11
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire):  
    (907702)
★ 12
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead):  
    (907703)
★ 13
Clive Efford (Eltham):  
    (907704)
★ 14
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):  
    (907705)
★ 15
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury):  
    (907706)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 10 February

1
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222435, what the (a) rank, (b) function and (c) location is of the five personnel from the UK Reaper Force on loan service to US Forces.
  [R] (224115)

Notices given on Friday 20 February

1
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged between 18 and 24 accessed the National Careers Service through each method of interaction in each of the last three years service user; and what the (a) gender and (b) home region was of each such applicant.
    (224729)
2
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women aged 16 to 24 started an apprenticeship in each sector subject area in each of the last five years.
    (224752)
3
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Operational Programmes for 2014-20 have been (a) agreed with and (b) authorised by the European Commission for (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland; and when he expects ESIF for 2014-20 to be released to local enterprise partnerships in each of these areas.
    (224798)
4
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission about the capacity of local enterprise partnerships to deliver the European Structural and Investment Funds Operational Programmes for 2014-20 in England; and if he will make a statement.
    (224801)
5
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many individuals of each ethnic group were on zero-hour contracts in each of the last 10 years.
    (224751)
6
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2015 to Question 220731, how many of the 94 investigations in the care sector have resulted in (a) prosecutions for non-payment of the national minimum wage, (b) recovery of fines following conviction for non-payment of the national minimum wage and (c) repayment of unpaid wages to workers affected by non-payment of the national minimum wage.
    (224740)
7
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2015 to Question 223480, which stated that some complaints may not lead to the commencement of an investigation, for what reason the Answer of 28 November 2014 to Question 215561 stated that HM Revenue and Customs investigate all complaints.
    (224802)
8
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.203 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of replacing Pacer trains under the Northern rail franchise due to start in February 2016.
    (224645)
9
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when existing community energy co-operatives will lose their entitlement to Enterprise Investment Scheme tax relief.
    (224725)
10
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the (a) regulatory approach and (b) registration criteria for co-operatives in the last 12 months.
    (224727)
11
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Big Six energy companies about community energy co-operatives in the last 12 months.
    (224728)
12
N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on amending or abolishing the import/export tax regime.
    (224721)
13
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) purchase and (b) installation cost was of the banner used at his speaking engagement at the Tate Modern on 20 February 2015.
    (224839)
14
N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution of Edward Troup in oral evidence to the Committee of Public Accounts on 5 November 2012, HC716, Question 60, what progress has been made on the further dozen pending criminal prosecutions for cases related to HSBC and tax evasion.
    (224808)
15
N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to comments by a senior HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) official to The Times, quoted in an article of 2 November 2012, what discussions Ministers of his Department had with HMRC officials on whether to pursue a selective prosecution policy on tax cases relating to HSBC in Switzerland.
    (224809)
16
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans for payments of tax credits to cease as a result of their inclusion in universal credit.
    (224639)
17
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release Pickles cuts stealth taxes on new homes and boosts small builders, published on 28 November 2014, if he will publish the business cases for each element of the initiatives announced in that press release.
    (224643)
18
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that advance public notice is given to the planned changes to the income eligibility thresholds for shared ownership.
    (224734)
19
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he intends to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hyndburn dated 14 October 2014 on Hyndburn Homes.
    (224720)
20
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will undertake an assessment of the costs and benefits to the community in Nottingham of re-establishing a motor project on the Wheelbase site in Sneinton.
    (224634)
21
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the European Regional Fund Operational Programme for 2014-20 has been agreed with the European Commission; and when he expects funding from that programme to be released to local enterprise partnerships.
    (224800)
22
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish all responses to the consultation on the proposal to amend the constitution of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
    (224756)
23
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a list of respondees to the consultation on the proposal to amend the constitution of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
    (224757)
24
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many responses to the consultation on the proposal to amend the constitution of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority there have been.
    (224758)
25
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to commemorate the tercentenary of the Battle of Preston in 1715.
    (224738)
26
N
Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of superfast broadband in Devon has been implemented by (a) BDUK and (b) BT commercially; and what estimate he has made of such figures at the end of (i) 2015 and (ii) 2017.
    (224826)
27
N
Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Devon has access to superfast broadband; and what estimate he has made of what proportion of Devon will be covered by superfast broadband by the end of (a) 2015 and (b) 2017.
    (224827)
28
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure that recent findings of the Local Government Ombudsman relating to grandparents and their grandchildren following family breakup are acted on by local authorities.
    (224631)
29
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223692, if she will extend all bursaries to all students focusing on core curriculum on the Initial Teacher Training programme.
    (224632)
30
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total (a) capital and (b) revenue expenditure has been to date on free schools opened in districts which did not have a forecast need for extra school places.
    (224823)
31
N
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of Chinese origin have been adopted by people resident in the UK in the last five years.
    (224642)
32
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the UK's progress towards meeting its 2020 targets established under the Climate Change Act 2008.
    (224648)
33
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of community energy co-operatives to deliver reduced energy prices in the UK and in comparable countries.
    (224726)
34
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons community energy schemes are not permitted to supply to local markets; and if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on such schemes' ability to reduce energy bills of them being permitted to supply to such markets.
    (224811)
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 kWh of gas in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) each English region in each year since 2010.
    (224754)
36
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 kWh of electricity in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) each English region in each year since 2010.
    (224755)
37
N
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of units that secured a capacity agreement in the first auctions of the capacity market were based in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England; and how many units of what capacity were so secured.
    (224815)
38
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 Rate of Return on Equity for each of the Distribution Network Operators under Distribution Price Control Review 5.
    (224816)
39
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil has spent on legal advice to date.
    (224817)
40
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many wind turbines have been installed in the Yorkshire and Humber region between (a) 2005-10 and (b) 2010-15.
    (224731)
41
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households have received support through the Energy Companies Obligation in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford to date.
    (224732)
42
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households have received support through the Green Deal in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford to date.
    (224733)
43
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what criteria she evaluates the humaneness of badger culls.
    (224633)
44
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 104 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, HC 17, what the amount spent was on each instance of business hospitality expenditure totalling more than £500.
    (224840)
45
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 104 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, HC 17, what the reasons are for the £8.74 million expenditure listed under other expenditure.
    (224841)
46
N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 104 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, HC 17, what the amount spent was on each instance of property rental expenditure totalling more than £5,000.
    (224842)
47
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made towards full roll-out of the bowel scope screening programme by the end of 2016.
    (224722)
48
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Barts' Trust has paid for locum staff in each of the last five years.
    (224629)
49
N
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public health grant was awarded to Tower Hamlets in each year from 2005-06 to 2013-14.
    (224630)
50
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2015 to Question 223644, how many children who (a) were admitted to a hospital bed because of a psychiatric condition and (b) attended A&E with a diagnosis of psychiatric conditions were not attending for the first time.
    (224821)
51
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Clinical Commissioning groups are wholly compliant with NICE guidance on the provision of fertility treatment.
    (224824)
52
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the annual cost of Meningitis B to (a) the NHS and (b) social care.
    (224825)
53
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many IVF cycles have been provided on the NHS in England in each year since 2010.
    (224828)
54
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of patients (a) on waiting lists and (b) with motor neurone disease on waiting lists at each specialised augmentative and alternative communication provider.
    (224741)
55
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times for (a) all patients and (b) patients with motor neurone disease have been at each specialised augmentative and alternative communication provider for (i) the assessment and (ii) the provision of equipment in each month since October 2013.
    (224742)
56
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2014, Official Report, columns 261-3W, on psoriasis, what the conclusions were of the NICE Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set Advisory Committee's review of potential indicators for psoriasis derived from the NICE Psoriasis Quality Standard.
    (224746)
57
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2014 to Question 216131, what processes will be used to promote specialised commissioning expenditure against nominal clinical commissioning groups budgets; and how the present central NHS England budget for commissioning dialysis services will be transferred to clinical commissioning groups.
    (224747)
58
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2014, Official Report, columns 261-3W, on psoriasis, what indicators have been proposed to the NICE Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set Advisory Committee for psoriasis.
    (224748)
59
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2014, Official Report, columns 261-3W, on psoriasis, what development to Read codes was found to be necessary by the Health and Social Care Information Centre to support the indicators proposed for psoriasis.
    (224749)
60
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the transfer of kidney dialysis commissioning to local clinical commissioning groups on future capital funding for maintenance and renewal of dialysis facilities and equipment.
    (224750)
61
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 221865, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on future cancer patient outcomes of using alternative cancer drugs fund drugs and conventional treatments instead of any of the treatments due to be delisted.
    (224723)
62
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the pilots in the Prime Minister's Challenge Fund are not yet fully operational.
    (224814)
63
N
Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy.
    (224619)
64
N
Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the strategy for combating liver disease referred to by the Prime Minister on the 10 Downing Street website on 28 July 2011 has not been published.
    (224620)
65
N
Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the Lancet Commission report on liver disease, published on 27 November 2014.
    (224621)
66
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an estimate of the change in the number of donor eggs that will be required by the authorisation of mitochondrial donation.
    (224622)
67
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2015 to Question HL4441, whether the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority imposed sanctions on clinics that had administered reagents to permitted gametes or permitted embryos that are then introduced into patients when the reagents concerned had not been CE marked; and when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency was notified of such instances documented in inspection reports.
    (224623)
68
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that sufficient numbers of clinicians capable of diagnosing and treating autism are being trained in (a) Hull and (b) England.
    (224803)
69
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce will examine the specific issue of challenges accessing a diagnostic assessment for children with suspected autism.
    (224804)
70
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce will examine local commissioning of autism services.
    (224805)
71
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to provide additional support for girls with autism.
    (224806)
72
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 218494, what the reasons were for the reduction in the number of flexible sigmoidoscopy tests carried out in 2013-14 compared to 2012-13.
    (224743)
73
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 218419 on radiotherapy, how many individual funding requests were (a) received and (b) declined for stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy in each of the last five years.
    (224744)
74
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients deemed to have critical need are not affected by the time taken by NHS England to draft a new commissioning policy for ultra-rare treatments.
    (224644)
75
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that local authorities commission adult social care services at an hourly rate which provides for staff to receive the national minimum wage and includes travel time between clients.
    (224647)
76
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people granted discretionary leave to remain between October 2011 and September 2014 who have subsequently made an application for further leave are awaiting a decision on the subsequent application.
    (224640)
77
N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account she took of the recommendations of (a) the Report of the Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review presented to her on 16 December 2013 and (b) the report from the Joint Committee on the Draft Modern Slavery Bill published on 3 April 2014, HC 1019, when establishing the review of migrant domestic worker arrangements.
    (224810)
78
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many newly qualified police officers have been employed in (a) Preston and (b) each constabulary in the North West of England in each year since 2010.
    (224737)
79
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police stations in each constabulary in the North West have been (a) closed and (b) reduced to part time status since June 2010.
    (224739)
80
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial contribution the Government plans to make to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
    (224636)
81
N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of causing death by dangerous driving have not been subject to automatic release in the last three years.
    (224635)
82
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic violence courts sat at each magistrates' court in Lancashire in 2014.
    (224736)
83
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the members are of each local magistrate advisory board.
    (224614)
84
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of local magistrate advisory boards are (a) sitting magistrates and (b) non-magistrates.
    (224615)
85
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of local magistrate advisory boards were (a) women, (b) men, (c) of BAME origin and (d) aged over 65 on 1 April (i) 1989, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2010 and (vi) 2014.
    (224616)
86
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release Damian Green: new rehabilitation powers for magistrates, published on 25 March 2014, when he plans to publish a White Paper on magistrates' reform.
    (224617)
87
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the total work undertaken in magistrates' courts was presided over by (a) lay magistrates and (b) district judges on 1 April (i) 1989, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2010 and (vi) 2014.
    (224618)
88
N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Prime Minister, when and how he was first made aware of files relating to HSBC and tax evasion.
    (224819)
89
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the breakdown of Fareham Maritime Operations Centre's VHF radio network on 2 February 2015, how long the breakdown lasted; which body of water was affected by the breakdown; which communications systems were affected by the breakdown; and what information his Department holds on attempts by vessels on the waters affected during the period of the breakdown to make contact with the Coastguard Service using the affected communications networks.
    (224650)
90
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of whether the Coastguard Service's VHF radio systems are fit for purpose (a) generally and (b) in relation to the work of the Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham.
    (224651)
91
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the cost of replacing Pacer trains in the Northern rail franchise due to start in February 2016.
    (224646)
92
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish evidence held by his Department supporting the conclusion that passengers on Great Western services do not wish to have buffet cars on the new Intercity Express Programme trains.
    (224624)
93
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to sign off the Great Western direct award.
    (224625)
94
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total amount his Department has spent on consultant fees for the Great Western direct award to date.
    (224626)
95
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total amount his Department has spent on consultant fees relating to the Intercity Express Programme to date.
    (224627)
96
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Great Western direct award will specify that guards will be responsible for the opening and closing of doors on the new Intercity Express Programme trains.
    (224628)
97
N
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what input Rail North will have into formulating the response to the consultation for the Northern Rail and TransPennine express franchise; and whether this response will be a joint response with his Department.
    (224735)
98
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people in Glasgow South West constituency who have found work after having had their benefits sanctioned in the last five years.
    (224807)
99
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library copies of the letter he wrote to the Rt hon. Member for East Ham on Universal Credit in January 2015.
    (224724)
100
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to (a) The Pension Service, 08456060265, (b) Personal Independence Payment, 08458503322, (c) Carer's Allowance Unit, 08456084321, and (d) Bereavement benefits, 08456088601, in each of the last five financial years; how much revenue was generated from calls to each of those numbers; and when he plans to end the use of those numbers.
    (224822)
101
N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many challenges to benefits sanctions have been overturned as a result of tribunal interventions where his Department has not made reasonable adjustments under disability equality law; how his Department takes into account information from social services or health service staff before imposing such sanctions; and what processes ensure that adjustments are made before such sanctions are imposed on disabled claimants.
    (224641)
102
N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance applications processed by (a) Maryhill Job Centre and (b) Partick Job Centre were subject to monetary sanctions in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013 and (iv) 2014; and what the average length of such sanctions was in each such year.
    (224818)
103
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the European Social Fund Operational Programme for 2014-20 has been agreed with the European Commission; and when he expects funding from that programme to be released to local enterprise partnerships.
    (224799)
104
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people expected to claim universal credit who have never previously used the internet.
    (224637)
105
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) number, (b) value and (c) proportion is of incorrect payments made to claimants of universal credit since the scheme was introduced.
    (224638)

Notices given on Monday 23 February

1
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men and (b) women were earning the minimum wage in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]   (224730)
2
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of people were earning the minimum wage in each ethnic group in each of the last five years; and what proportion of people earning the minimum wage were in each ethnic group in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]   (224753)
3
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend Schedule 3 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 in order to ensure that there is no discrimination against care leavers who were taken into care as unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
[Transferred]   (224649)
4
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Attorney General, how many apprentices employed by (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225060)
5
 
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employees were on zero-hours contracts in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area, (c) South Yorkshire, (d) Yorkshire and the Humber and (e) England in each month since May 2010.
    (224937)
6
 
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people living in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area and (c) South Yorkshire entered higher education in each of the last 10 years.
    (224940)
7
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been allocated for the impairment of student loans included in the Department Expenditure Limit for his Department.
    (224957)
8
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to resolve the mis-selling of Enterprise Finance Guarantee loans to small business by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
    (224964)
9
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women in further education received funding for childcare through the (i) Discretionary Learner Support scheme and (ii) Care to Learn scheme in the last academic year; and what the total amount spent on such support was in that period.
    (224914)
10
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to provide a substantive answer for Question 222042.
    (225006)
11
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what value of Small Business Research Initiative contracts has been awarded in 2014-15 (a) in total, (b) by the Ministry of Defence, (c) by the Department of Health, (d) by NHS England, (e) by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, (f) by the Department for Transport, (g) by the Home Office, (h) by the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs, (i) directly by Innovate UK, (j) by research councils, (k) by other parts of his Department and (l) by other government departments and agencies to date.
    (225032)
12
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much Innovate UK funding has been used in 2014-15 to date to co-fund Small Business Research Initiative competitions by other departments or agencies.
    (225033)
13
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what value of Small Business Research Initiative Phase 1 contracts have been awarded in 2014-15 to date (a) in total, (b) by the Ministry of Defence, (c) by the Department of Health, (d) by NHS England, (e) by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, (f) by the Department for Transport, (g) by the Home Office, (h) by the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs, (i) directly by Innovate UK, (j) by research councils, (k) by other parts of his Department and (l) by other government departments and agencies to date.
    (225034)
14
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what value of Small Business Research Initiative Phase 2 contracts have been awarded in 2014-15 to date (a) in total, (b) by the Ministry of Defence, (c) by the Department of Health, (d) by NHS England, (e) by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, (f) by the Department for Transport, (g) by the Home Office, (h) by the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs, (i) directly by Innovate UK, (j) by research councils, (k) by other parts of his Department and (l) by other government departments and agencies to date.
    (225035)
15
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225059)
16
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) live births and (b) stillbirths have been recorded in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
    (224926)
17
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of families in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Merseyside have one stay-at-home parent.
    (224911)
18
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225061)
19
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost of providing childcare accounts for households in receipt of tax-free childcare will be per child; and how much has been set aside for the annual administration and running costs of the tax-free childcare system.
    (224912)
20
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225077)
21
 
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides TO local planning authorities on support for town and parish councils to initiate a neighbourhood plan when (a) there is no local plan, (b) a local plan is being considered by an inspection and (c) there is doubt about housing numbers.
    (224890)
22
 
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory homeless people there were in (i) Barnsley East constituency, (ii) Barnsley local authority area and (iii) South Yorkshire in each of the last 10 years.
    (224918)
23
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225062)
24
 
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of broadband in the rural areas of Ashford constituency; and if he will make a statement.
    (224847)
25
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many fibre broadband hub stations there are in each local government area in Wales; how many such hubs are live; and what the expected roll out date is for each station.
    (224961)
26
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225063)
27
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve childcare infrastructure; and how much funding accruing from fines levied as a result of crimes related to LIBOR has been used for this purpose.
    (224990)
28
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what deviations or exemptions from the Military Air Systems Certifications Process were made for the Airseeker aircraft; when those deviations or exemptions were made; and who authorised each such deviation or exemption.
    (224954)
29
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets have been assigned to (a) Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, (b) Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, (c) Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 and (d) Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 since May 2014; and for how long each such asset has been so assigned.
    (224955)
30
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the agreement in principle with BAE Systems for three offshore patrol vessels.
    (224956)
31
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when it is planned that the Capability Decision Point will be reached for the Type 26 Frigate programme.
    (224988)
32
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of operations in Iraq since 30 September 2014.
    (224989)
33
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited to work for his Department as a result of television advertising in the last three years.
    (224898)
34
 
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited to work for his Department as a result of advertisements placed online in the last three years.
    (224899)
35
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department is providing to the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan for ensuring security.
    (224991)
36
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what total value of contracts was awarded under his Department's Small Business Research Initiative competitions advertised through the Innovate UK website in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (225041)
37
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what total value of contracts was awarded under his Department's Small Business Research Initiative competitions advertised through the Innovate UK website in 2014-15 to date; and for what total contract value his Department has budgeted for the full year.
    (225042)
38
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what total value of new Phase 1 Small Business Research Initiative contracts were awarded by his Department in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (225043)
39
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what total value of new Phase 1 Small Business Research Initiative contracts were awarded by his Department in 2014-15 to date; and for how many contracts to what value his Department has budgeted for the full year.
    (225044)
40
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what total value of new Phase 2 Small Business Research Initiative contracts were awarded by his Department in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
    (225045)
41
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what total value of new Phase 2 Small Business Research Initiative contracts have been awarded by his Department in 2014-15 to date; and for how many contracts to what value his Department has budgeted to for the full year.
    (225046)
42
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what total budget his Department has allocated for Small Business Research Initiative competitions to be advertised through the Innovate UK website in 2015-16.
    (225047)
43
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what value of new Phase 1 Small Business Research Initiative contracts his Department plans to award in 2015-16.
    (225048)
44
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what value of new Phase 2 Small Business Research Initiative contracts his Department expects to award in 2015-16.
    (225049)
45
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225064)
46
 
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average pay for teachers was in York unitary authority area in 2008-09 and in each year since 2008-09.
    (224859)
47
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have used employer-supported childcare in (a) the North West and (b) Merseyside in each year since 2010.
    (224910)
48
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places have been available in Wirral South constituency in each year since 2010.
    (224913)
49
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have used the childcare calculator since it was launched.
    (224916)
50
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many disabled two-year-olds have been (a) eligible for and (b) received free early years entitlement since September 2014.
    (224917)
51
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the pilot allowing approved adopters to search the Adoption Register is now working.
    (224958)
52
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices employed by (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225065)
53
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority would have been of terminating its contract with Nuclear Management Partners at its break point.
    (224897)
54
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the projected number of years of active energy production available through the use of (a) nuclear power stations, (b) offshore wind turbines, (c) onshore wind turbines, (d) coal-powered power stations, (e) gas-powered power stations, (f) solar-powered farms, (g) tidal power lagoons, (h) biomass stations and (i) anaerobic digesters.
    (224892)
55
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225066)
56
 
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent by her Department on flood prevention in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area and (c) South Yorkshire in each year since 2010.
    (224936)
57
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprentices employed by (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225067)
58
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the situation in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement.
    (224860)
59
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his German counterpart about Eurozone negotiations with the Greek government; and if he will make a statement.
    (224861)
60
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to seek the release of Alaa Abdel Fattah.
    (224959)
61
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225068)
62
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will appoint a special envoy with responsibility for promoting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people around the world.
    (225004)
63
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group has recommended that Duodopa should not be routinely commissioned by NHS England; what factors NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group took into consideration in reaching its recommendation; what advice NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group sought from patient representatives in reaching its decision; what process NHS England follows to allow interested parties to appeal recommendations by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group; and if he will make a statement.
    (224941)
64
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the existence of the draft NHS England commissioning policy on Duodopa for a cohort of patients with Parkinson's disease means that any successful individual funding requests for Duodopa must demonstrate exceptionality against that cohort.
    (224942)
65
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England is continuing to consider whether to publish the minutes of meetings of the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group; what factors it is taking into consideration before making this decision; and if he will make a statement.
    (224943)
66
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information NHS England collects on the status of individual funding requests for treatment.
    (224944)
67
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons NHS England has established screening groups to consider individual funding requests (IFRs) before a formal review by an IFR panel can take place; what information IFR screening groups require before making a decision on whether to submit a request to an IFR panel; whether decisions made by IFR screening groups can be appealed; how many IFR screening groups are in operation; what information is collected on decisions taken by IFR screening groups; and if he will make a statement.
    (224945)
68
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual funding requests have been (a) made to NHS England and (b) considered by an individual funding request panel of NHS England for funding for (i) any treatment and (ii) Duodopa in each month since April 2014; and how many of those funding requests for funding for Duodopa were (A) successful and (b) unsuccessful in each month since April 2014.
    (224946)
69
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many statutory consultees to each technology appraisal conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in each of the last three years were (a) patient organisations, (b) manufacturers, (c) professional organisations and (d) other organisations.
    (224947)
70
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendees at each National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appraisal committee meeting convened in each of the last three years were (a) industry representatives, (b) doctors, (c) other health professionals, (d) health economists, (e) researchers, (f) patient representatives, (g) lay representatives and (h) other.
    (224948)
71
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request that NHS England reviews its policy on individual funding requests.
    (224949)
72
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatments are currently due for consideration through NHS England's specialised commissioning prioritisation process; what communications his Department has received on each treatment from (a) hon Members and (b) other interested parties; whether each treatment is (i) routinely and (ii) not routinely available on the NHS in England pending the outcome of the prioritisation process; what the estimated annual eligible population is for each such treatment; and if he will make a statement.
    (224950)
73
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Duodopa has been (a) routinely and (b) not routinely available for use on the NHS in England in each of the last five years.
    (224951)
74
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the NHS Commissioning Board Special Health Authority first issued a public consultation on funding for Duodopa; what the outcome of that consultation was; and if he will make a statement.
    (224952)
75
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates in the last five years NHS England or its predecessor organisations have taken a decision to consult on whether to make Duodopa available for routine use on the NHS (a) internally and (b) externally.
    (224953)
76
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the specialised services circular issued by NHS England on 30 September 2013, ID SSC1315, on Individual Funding Requests for Clinically Urgent Treatment Outside Established Policy, remains in force; whether individual requests for treatments for which a cohort policy is in development will not be funded without evidence of clinical exceptionality; how many individual funding requests for (a) all treatment and (b) Duodopa were (i) approved and (ii) not approved under the (A) critical clinically urgent criteria and (B) urgent non-clinical criteria in each month the circular has been in force; if all requests made under the urgent non-clinical criteria received expert opinion from the Chair of the relevant clinical reference group within two weeks; and if he will make a statement.
    (224981)
77
 
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the relationship between the allocation of funding for children's heart disease services and (a) current and (b) forecast patient numbers.
    (224851)
78
 
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) measures and (b) guidelines NHS England has in place to ensure quality care for children with autism in the hospital system; and when those measures and guidelines were last updated.
    (224852)
79
 
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to his Department has been of implementing the Friends and Family Test.
    (224853)
80
 
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sick days were taken by NHS (a) nurses, (b) midwives, (c) doctors and (d) ambulance staff in each of the last 12 months.
    (224935)
81
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made by (a) NICE, (b) Health Education England and (c) his Department of the additional number of full-time equivalent nurses needed for NHS trusts to meet NICE safe staffing guidance.
    (224932)
82
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS trusts that have implemented the car parking principles he published on 23 August 2014.
    (224933)
83
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he (a) received and (b) plans to publish the report by Lord Rose on NHS Leadership.
    (224934)
84
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by the NHS on obstetrics litigation in each year since 2010.
    (224925)
85
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many obstetrics litigation cases in each year since 2010 involving incidents at Northampton General Hospital are still pending.
    (224927)
86
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on obstetrics litigation involving incidents at Northampton General Hospital in each year since 2010.
    (224928)
87
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) live births and (b) stillbirths have been recorded at Northampton General Hospital in each year since 2010.
    (224929)
88
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many serious incident investigations have been undertaken by the NHS into incidents involving stillbirths in each year since 2010.
    (224930)
89
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of midwives to patients in the NHS was in each year since 2010.
    (224931)
90
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Serious Incident Investigations have been undertaken by Northampton General Hospital into incidents involving stillbirths in each year since 2010.
    (224979)
91
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of midwives to patients has been in the maternity unit of Northampton General Hospital in each year since 2010.
    (224980)
92
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fines have been issued for claiming free prescriptions without a valid exemption certificate since the NHS Business Services Authority began checking eligibility for free prescriptions.
    (224848)
93
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fines have been issued for claiming free prescriptions without a valid maternity exemption certificate since the NHS Business Services Authority began checking eligibility for free prescriptions.
    (224849)
94
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of diabetic patients fined by the NHS Business Services Authority since that authority started checking eligbility for free prescriptions.
    (224850)
95
 
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advance warning was given to patients who were previously entitled to free prescriptions before 2002 when the NHS Business Services Authority started checking eligibility for free prescriptions.
    (224858)
96
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase funding to eye care research to tackle eye-related health conditions.
    (224985)
97
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce more specialised nursing staff for community hospitals to assist people with diabetes.
    (224987)
98
 
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the patient experience of people with diabetes.
  [R] (224909)
99
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on why information about the timetable for the closure of Ealing Hospital Maternity Unit was communicated to three trainee doctors before it was communicated to the unit's midwives.
    (225005)
100
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 3 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by his Department in 2014-15 to date; and what the total (i) number and (ii) value is of such contracts it has budgeted to award in 2014-15.
    (225027)
101
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the planned total budget is for his Department's Small Business Research Initiative projects in 2015-16.
    (225028)
102
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the value of new Phase 1 Small Business Research Initiative contracts his Department plans to award in 2015-16.
    (225029)
103
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the value of new Phase 2 Small Business Research Initiative contracts his Department plans to award in 2015-16.
    (225030)
104
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the value of new Phase 3 Small Business Research Initiative contracts his Department plans to award in 2015-16.
    (225031)
105
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 1 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by NHS England in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (225036)
106
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value of new Phase 1 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by NHS England in 2014-15 to date; and what the total (i) number and (ii) value is of such contracts it has budgeted to award in 2014-15.
    (225037)
107
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 2 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by NHS England in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (225038)
108
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 2 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by NHS England in 2014-15 to date; and what the total (i) number and (ii) value is of such contracts it has budgeted to award in 2014-15.
    (225039)
109
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value of new Phase 3 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by NHS England was in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (225040)
110
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 3 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by NHS England in 2014-15 to date; and what the total (i) number and (ii) value is of such contracts it has budgeted to award in 2014-15.
    (225050)
111
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the value of new Phase 1 Small Business Research Initiative contracts which NHS England plans to award in 2015-16.
    (225051)
112
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the value of new Phase 2 Small Business Research Initiative contracts which NHS England plans to award in 2015-16.
    (225052)
113
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the value of new Phase 3 Small Business Research Initiative contracts which NHS England plans to award in 2015-16.
    (225053)
114
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 1 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by his Department in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (225054)
115
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 1 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by his Department in 2014-15 to date; and what the total (i) number and (ii) value is of such contracts it has budgeted to award in 2014-15.
    (225055)
116
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 2 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by his Department in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (225056)
117
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 2 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by his Department in 2014-15 to date; and what the total (i) number and (ii) value is of such contracts it has budgeted to award in 2014-15.
    (225057)
118
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 3 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by his Department in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
    (225058)
119
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225070)
120
 
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what rules determine who must sign the statement of manufacture that accompanies a custom-made dental device in the UK at initial and final inspection.
    (225022)
121
 
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the statement of manufacture that accompanies a custom-made dental device in the UK must be signed at initial and final inspection by a person who has received recognised training to make a device of that type.
    (225023)
122
 
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the statement of manufacture that accompanies a custom-made dental device in the UK must be signed at initial and final inspection by a General Dental Council registrant.
    (225024)
123
 
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the statement of manufacture that accompanies a custom-made dental device in the UK must be signed at initial and final inspection by a person qualified to authorise that statement.
    (225025)
124
 
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the practice of the General Dental Council in reporting possible breaches of the law by its registrants to the appropriate authorities; and if he will make a statement.
    (225026)
125
 
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what locations non-UK citizens attempting to enter the UK illegally were apprehended in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
    (224869)
126
 
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK citizens attempting to enter the UK illegally were apprehended by UK border control agencies at the ports of (a) Dover and (b) Calais in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
    (224870)
127
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the minimum income threshold of £18,600 set for migrants will apply to parts of the UK for which the average wage is below that level.
    (224983)
128
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that international students and graduates are protected from targets to reduce net migration.
    (224984)
129
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many apprentices employed by (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225071)
130
 
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to promote the achievements of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, Commonwealth of Learning and Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships programme; and if she will make a statement.
    (224891)
131
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent reports she has received on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa; and if she will make a statement.
    (224862)
132
 
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contributions her Department has made to rehabilitating former combatants in the civil war in Sierra Leone; and if she will make a statement.
    (224871)
133
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many apprentices employed by (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225072)
134
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the proposed increase in court fees for bringing money claims over the value of £10,000 on the ability of people on low incomes to make such claims.
    (224889)
135
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225073)
136
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many apprentices employed by (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225074)
137
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225075)
138
 
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Corporate Plan for 2014-19, whether the Electoral Commission will increase its target for voter increase given that they only set themselves a voter turnout increase target of 142,000 constituents from 2010 to 2015.
    (224986)
139
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2014 to Question 216723, which local electoral registration officers in England and Wales will not publish registers until after 1 December 2015.
    (224960)
140
 
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many heavy rail vehicles built before 1999 have not been refurbished to comply with (a) RVAR 10 and (b) PRM TSI regulations.
    (224854)
141
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225076)
142
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225078)
143
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many apprentices employed by (a) the Government Equalities Office and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225069)
144
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many companies have been required to carry out equal pay audits after they have been found to be discriminating on the basis of gender.
    (225003)
145
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to jobcentre staff on dealing with benefit claimants suffering from drug or alcohol addictions.
    (224893)
146
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefit claimants in (a) Dudley, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England were receiving treatment for drug or alcohol addiction in each of the last five years.
    (224894)
147
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants with alcohol or drug addictions have been sanctioned in (a) Dudley, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years.
    (224895)
148
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to support benefit claimants with alcohol or drug problems.
    (224896)
149
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of job outcomes of those people transferred from incapacity benefit to the fit to work groups who have (a) mental health and (b) other health issues.
    (224982)
150
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people on the Work Programme who have been subject to benefit sanctions have been identified as suffering from mental health problems.
    (225007)
151
 
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of benefit sanctions applied to claimants in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area and (c) South Yorkshire in each year since 2010.
    (224938)
152
 
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received jobseeker's allowance (a) within three weeks of applying and (b) three weeks or longer after applying in (i) Barnsley East constituency, (ii) Barnsley local authority area and (iii) South Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
    (224939)
153
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the child maintenance arrears owed in respect of Child Support Agency cases were a child could still benefit is owed by a parent who is self-employed or a director of a private company.
    (224863)
154
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Child Support Agency cases with a child who could benefit are known to concern a non-resident parent who is self-employed or a director of a private company.
    (224864)
155
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Child Support Agency arrears cases where there is a child who could still benefit was a contribution made to arrears in the last (a) quarter, (b) year and (c) two years.
    (224865)
156
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the Child Support Agency arrears owed in respect of a child who could still benefit are regarded as (a) temporarily and (b) permanently collectable.
    (224866)
157
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) number and (b) proportion of Child Support Agency cases are known to concern a non-resident parent who is (i) self-employed and (ii) a director of a private company.
    (224867)
158
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of Child Support Agency arrears cases where there is a child who could still benefit are there arrears which have been (a) temporarily and (b) permanently suspended.
    (224868)
159
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223811, whether the next release of experimental statistics on the 2012 child maintenance scheme will include data on (a) the extent to which cases are fully, partially or nil compliant and (b) the amount of child maintenance arrears currently outstanding on Child Maintenance Service cases.
    (224962)
160
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide guidance to families with variable incomes on how best to choose between universal credit and the tax-free childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (224915)
161
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on which dates a Minister in his Department met a former Remploy employee; and when the next such meetings are planned.
    (224963)
162
 
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
    (225079)
163
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received hardship payments in Scotland in the last 12 months; and how many such payments were made as a result of a benefit sanction.
    (225000)
164
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what total cash value of jobseeker's allowance was withheld as a result of sanctions in Scotland in the last 12 months.
    (225001)
165
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222884, whether his Department intends to publish statistics on the number of hardship applications and awards before the General Election.
    (225002)
Thursday 26 February  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
 
★ 1
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What recent discussions he has had with the Premier League on funding for grassroots sport.
    (907737)
★ 2
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): What estimate he has made of the amount of National Lottery funding available to the arts, sport and heritage over the last five years.
    (907738)
★ 3
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What assessment he has made of the role of film festivals in promoting the creative industries in the UK.
    (907739)
★ 4
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What assessment he has made of the combined effect of poor mobile phone signal and poor broadband provision on rural communities and businesses.
    (907740)
★ 5
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): For what proportion of parliamentary constituencies the 95 per cent coverage target for the rollout of superfast broadband will be reached by 2017.
    (907741)
★ 6
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What assessment he has made of the contribution of tourism to the economy.
    (907742)
★ 7
John Glen (Salisbury): What progress he has made on delivering broadband to rural areas.
    (907743)
★ 8
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What steps he plans to take to ensure that children learn about or experience the creative arts.
    (907744)
★ 9
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What steps he has taken to promote tourism and develop the tourism industry throughout England.
    (907745)
★ 10
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): If he will take steps to ensure that mitigation conditions are enforced when sports pitches are redeveloped.
    (907746)
★ 11
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): What recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the creative industries in London to the UK economy.
    (907747)
★ 12
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): If he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of mobile phone coverage in Wrexham.
    (907748)
★ 13
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What assessment he has made of the benefits of sailing for disabled people; and if he will make a statement.
    (907749)
★ 14
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): What steps he is taking to uphold media freedoms.
    (907750)
★ 15
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): What progress he has made on ensuring that mobile network operators and broadband providers provide adequate coverage in rural areas of Wales.
    (907751)
★ 16
Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What assessment he has made of the contribution of tourism to the economy.
    (907752)
★ 17
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): What assessment he has made of the contribution of tourism to the economy.
    (907753)
★ 18
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What recent discussions he has had with the Safe Bet Alliance on betting shop staff safety.
    (907754)
★ 19
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): When he expects broadband rollout to be completed.
    (907755)
★ 20
David Mowat (Warrington South): What recent steps he has taken to support community football teams.
    (907756)
At 10.05am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (907757)
★ 2
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):  
    (907758)
★ 3
David Mowat (Warrington South):  
    (907759)
★ 4
Stephen Timms (East Ham):  
    (907760)
★ 5
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):  
    (907761)
★ 6
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth):  
    (907762)
★ 7
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West):  
    (907763)
★ 8
Adam Afriyie (Windsor):  
    (907764)
★ 9
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport):  
    (907765)
★ 10
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):  
    (907766)
At 10.15am
Oral Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
 
★ 1
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What steps she is taking to tackle homophobic bullying.
    (907727)
★ 2
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): What estimate she has made of the number of women who have been unemployed for over one year.
    (907728)
★ 3
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): What steps she is taking to deliver equal pay for men and women.
    (907729)
★ 4
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What recent progress she has made on encouraging girls to consider a range of careers.
    (907730)
★ 5
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): What assessment she has made of the effects on employed women who are victims of domestic violence of means testing when they attempt to access a refuge.
    (907731)
★ 6
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What recent progress has been made on reducing violence against women.
    (907732)
★ 7
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What estimate she has made of the potential benefit to working families of the extension of the Childcare Business Grant Scheme announced in the Autumn Statement 2014.
    (907733)
★ 8
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What estimate she has made of the number of women who have been unemployed for over one year.
    (907734)
★ 9
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What assessment she has made of the effects of Government policies on disabled people's access to work.
    (907735)
★ 10
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): What change there has been in the number of people bringing discrimination claims since the introduction of tribunal fees.
    (907736)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 10 February

1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to retain on the site of the Sea Mounting Centre at Marchwood (a) 73 Training Squadron, (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary Centre, (c) REME workshops, (d) Motor Transport Department, (e) Mexeflote Storage and Maintenance Facility, (f) Hardstanding for container and vehicle storage and (g) Blast Shields for incoming munitions.
    (224022)
2
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the site security arrangements made by the successful bidder for the lease on the Marchwood port site will be augmented by dedicated security arrangements administered by his Department.
    (224023)
3
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military facilities and administrative centres sited on the current footprint of the military port at Marchwood are not part of the sea-mounting role of the port; whether he plans to re-locate any of those facilities and administrative centres to other sites administered by his Department within the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
    (224024)
4
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222435, what the name and date was of the agreement pursuant to which five personnel from Squadron 329 are on loan service to US Forces.
  [R] (224116)
5
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on traffic on (a) the A326 and (b) Jacob's Gutter Lane of projected heavy goods vehicle movements arising from the proposed leasing of land at the Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre; and if he will make a statement.
    (224025)
6
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the frequency with which the level crossing at Junction Road, Totton, will have to be operated resulting from increased use of the railhead at Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre, following the awarding of a lease at the site to a private enterprise.
    (224026)

Notices given on Monday 23 February

1
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage employers to keep on staff initially hired on a temporary basis.
    (224884)
2
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what total amount of funds has been allocated via intermediaries in each bidding round of the Regional Growth Fund; and what proportion of such funds has not yet been drawn down.
    (225008)
3
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total value is of all bids made in each region to each round of the Regional Growth Fund including the Exceptional Regional Growth Fund; how much has been allocated to winning bidders in each region in each round; and how much such funding has not yet been drawn down in each bidding round.
    (225009)
4
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many commitments have been agreed under the Export Refinancing Facility Scheme to date.
    (225010)
5
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many potential commitments under the Export Refinancing Facility Scheme are under discussion.
    (225011)
6
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government will publish results of its trial of open book accounting; and what plans the Government has to mandate open book accounting for contracts.
    (224971)
7
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will assess the extent to which departments are taking account of past performance when re-tendering or contracting for new services.
    (224972)
8
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made in publishing a new Code of Practice for Freedom of Information which apply to services delivered by external providers.
    (224973)
9
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of unemployment among people aged (a) 16 to 24 and (b) 25 and above has been in each quarter since January 2010.
    (224995)
10
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to require RBS and Lloyds to disclose the activities of their subsidiary companies located in tax havens.
    (224902)
11
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the effect of alcohol excise duty rates on domestic consumption of Scotch Whisky.
    (224922)
12
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) expenditure is allocated to preventing, detecting and handling cases of (a) tax evasion, (b) tax avoidance and (c) fraud and error in the tax credits system; and how many HMRC's staff are working on each of those issues.
    (224907)
13
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of an average-priced bottle of wine which is paid on tax.
    (225013)
14
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the proportion of total taxation revenue from wine paid across EU member states which is paid by UK consumers.
    (225014)
15
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of adults who drink wine in the UK.
    (225015)
16
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of wine sales to pubs, bars and restaurants in the UK.
    (225016)
17
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason his Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 218656 did not provide the information requested in that Question; and if he will provide the information so requested.
    (225012)
18
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of funds under the 2007-13 European Regional Development Fund which were committed after May 2010 have not yet been drawn down.
    (225021)
19
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what additional funding his Department is making available to ensure that the remaining 10 per cent of premises get superfast broadband access.
    (224924)
20
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received on compensation for Christmas Island nuclear test veterans; and if he will make a statement.
    (224857)
21
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that women who worked in munitions factories during World War Two receive a medal to mark their contribution to the war effort.
    (224905)
22
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policy on early years interventions of the study by Professor James Heckman on the economics of human potential.
    (225019)
23
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the prosecution of Hamed Kamal bin Haydara, a Bahá'í in Yemen.
    (224992)
24
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what impact the recent changes in the Yemeni government have had upon the case of Mr bin Haydara and the wider Bahá'í community in Yemen, who fear persecution on grounds of their religious identity.
    (224993)
25
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on phasing out all block contracts for mental health services; and if he will make a statement.
    (225017)
26
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects that the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Dataset will start publishing data; and if he will make a statement.
    (225018)
27
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals meet each star level of the Food Standards Agency hygiene standards.
    (225020)
28
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients have timely and direct access to (a) gastroenterologists and (b) other specialist clinicians.
    (224974)
29
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidences of gastrointestinal (GI) cancer were diagnosed in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and what proportion of cancer deaths were attributable to GI cancer in those years.
    (224975)
30
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase targeted screening for gastrointestinal cancers to better target those most at risk.
    (224976)
31
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many gastrointestinal cancers were diagnosed in emergency and urgent care settings in each year since 2010-11.
    (224977)
32
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are sufficient (a) specialist clinician trainees and (b) gastroenterologist trainees in the health education and training system.
    (224978)
33
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to introduce a national immunisation programme for meningitis B.
    (224901)
34
N
John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the legal costs to the NHS to bring legal proceedings against doctors who have been excluded from their hospitals.
    (224968)
35
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of applications for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding has been successful in each year in which that funding has been available.
    (224855)
36
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential savings to the NHS of increasing cervical screening rates.
    (224881)
37
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase cervical screening rates.
    (224882)
38
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the reliance on locum clinical staff at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust.
    (224872)
39
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of graduating medical students opted for general practice in each year since 2004.
    (224874)
40
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the NICE guidelines on safe staffing for nursing in A&E departments, published on 16 January 2015, what assessment by (a) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (b) Health Education England and (c) his Department has made of the (i) success of A&E departments in meeting these ratios and (ii) number of full-time equivalent nurses required to meet the ratios across the NHS.
    (224875)
41
N
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England currently hold a medical exemption certificate.
    (224919)
42
N
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who are eligible for a medical exemption certificate.
    (224920)
43
N
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patient uptake of insulin pumps has reached the levels set by the NICE technology appraisal 151 benchmarking tool issued in July 2008; how many people have taken up the use of such insulin pumps; and if he will make a statement.
    (224921)
44
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with BMA and medical bodies on when treatment resistant prostate cancer drugs will be available in light of GPR158.
    (224994)
45
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February to Question 223721, if she plans to respond to the recommendations of the Council of Europe Experts on Action Against Trafficking Report on the Implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings by the UK before Parliament dissolves.
    (224996)
46
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to implement the ruling pertaining to my constituents' immigration case Home Office Reference Number SI733366.
    (224873)
47
N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost of the National Police Air Service has been since 2012.
    (224997)
48
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that all victims of historical child sexual abuse will be assessed for and offered the use of, a Registered Intermediary in the court system.
    (224856)
49
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has issued in additional support to Malawi following the recent floods in that country; what activities this additional finance has been used to fund; and what proportion of such funding has been provided to the Malawian government for redistribution.
    (224967)
50
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average annual cost of court cases, involving children, that collapse due to insufficient or unreliable evidence.
    (224876)
51
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's annual budget is for registered intermediaries; and what steps he is taking to ensure that this reflects need.
    (224877)
52
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) matched and (b) unmatched registered intermediaries requests there were in each group of vulnerable witnesses in each year since 2013.
    (224878)
53
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many registered intermediaries were requested and matched for children in cases involving (a) sexual offences and (b) other offences at (i) pre-police interview, (ii) pre-trial and (iii) trial for each (A) age group, (B) geographical area and (C) impairment group in the last three years for which figures are available.
    (224879)
54
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the invitations to tender for the Northern and TransPennine franchises.
    (224903)
55
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid or is outstanding in premiums in (a) constant and (b) current prices by East Coast Main Line Company Ltd (i) since November 2009 and (ii) in each of the last five financial years.
    (224904)
56
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by East Coast Main Line Company Ltd on stations enhancements (a) in total and (b) in each station since November 2009.
    (224906)
57
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, in which professions and sectors are (a) women and (b) men most over-represented; and what steps she is taking to encourage more equal gender representation in such areas.
    (224923)
58
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the second report from the Work and Pensions Committee, Improving access to work for disabled people HC481.
    (224999)
59
N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research he has commissioned into the mental health needs of people claiming jobseekers' allowance.
    (224969)
60
N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the recorded primary medical condition was of each incapacity benefit reassessment claimant, where the outcome of the assessment was fit for work, since September 2013; and if he will make a statement.
    (224970)
61
N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people on the Work Programme have been indentified as having mental health problems; and what the employment outcomes have been for those people since the beginning of that programme.
    (224998)
62
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of housing benefit in Glasgow South West constituency are in part-time work.
    (224880)
63
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target time is from the point of application for people with (a) cancer and (b) motor neurone disease to receive their benefit entitlement under the special rules for terminal illness.
    (224883)
64
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of housing benefit in Glasgow South West constituency are in full-time work.
    (224885)
65
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of his Department's expenditure is allocated to preventing, detecting and handling cases of fraud and error in the benefits system; and how many staff in his Department work on those issues.
    (224908)
66
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the caseload onflow onto local housing authority housing benefit was in each of the last three years.
    (224966)
67
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Table 10 (1) of the Office of National Statistics' Labour Market Statistics release, when the Indicative Representation of the Claimant Count adjusting for Universal Credit caseload will become an official statistic.
    (224900)
68
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what means are available to his Department to validate claimant earnings data used in Universal Credit calculations which do not require employees to contact their employer.
    (224965)
Friday 27 February  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 10 February

1
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222434, what consideration his Department has given to deployment of the UK Reapers in storage for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in Iraq.
  [R] (224117)
Tuesday 3 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 23 February

1
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date or dates (a) export licence approval was given for the export of Saxon armoured vehicles to Ukraine, (b) the number of Saxon armoured vehicles for which export approval was given and (c) their stated value.
    (224887)
2
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has to whether Saxon armoured vehicles exported to Ukraine will have arms mounted on them by Ukroboronprom or any other Ukrainian organisation.
    (224886)
3
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he will be laying a Gifting Minute before the House in respect of Saxon armoured vehicles exported to Ukraine.
    (224888)

Prepared 24th February 2015