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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 26 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 Wednesday 25 February 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 26 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.

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)
★ 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)
★ 19
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): When he expects broadband rollout to be completed.
    (907755)
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)
★ 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)
★ 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)
★ 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 plans to 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 take account of past performance when re-tendering or contracting for new services.
    (224972)
8
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)
9
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)
10
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)
11
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 staff are working on each of those issues.
    (224907)
12
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 in tax.
    (225013)
13
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)
14
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of adults in the UK who drink wine.
    (225015)
15
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)
16
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)
17
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)
18
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)
19
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)
20
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)
21
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 in Yemen.
    (224992)
22
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what effect the recent changes in the Yemeni government have had upon the case of Mr bin Haydara and the Bahá'í community in Yemen.
    (224993)
23
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)
24
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)
25
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)
26
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)
27
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)
28
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)
29
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)
30
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)
31
N
John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average legal costs to the NHS of bringing legal proceedings against doctors who have been excluded from their hospitals were in each of the last three years.
    (224968)
32
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)
33
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)
34
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)
35
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)
36
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)
37
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 (a) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (b) Health Education England and (c) his Department has made of the (i) performance 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)
38
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)
39
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)
40
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 pumps; and if he will make a statement.
    (224921)
41
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the BMA and other medical bodies on when treatment resistant prostate cancer drugs will be available in light of GPR158.
    (224994)
42
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)
43
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 the immigration case of the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough, Home Office Reference Number SI733366.
    (224873)
44
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)
45
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)
46
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)
47
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)
48
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 for each group of vulnerable witnesses in each year since 2013.
    (224878)
49
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)
50
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)
51
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)
52
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)
53
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)
54
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)
55
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 jobseeker's allowance.
    (224969)
56
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)
57
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)
58
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)
59
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)
60
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)
61
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)
62
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)
63
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)

Notices given on Tuesday 24 February

1
N
David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he has taken to support community football teams.
[Question Unstarred]   (907756)
2
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the combined effect of poor mobile phone signal and poor broadband provision on rural communities and businesses.
[Question Unstarred]   (907740)
3
N
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Safe Bet Alliance on betting shop staff safety.
[Question Unstarred]   (907754)
4
N
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made on encouraging girls to consider a range of careers.
[Question Unstarred]   (907730)
5
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress has been made on reducing violence against women.
[Question Unstarred]   (907732)
6
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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.
[Transferred]   (224905)
7
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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.
[Transferred]   (224975)
8
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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.
[Transferred]   (224900)
9
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he 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.
[Transferred]   (224856)
10
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made in publishing a new Code of Practice for Freedom of Information which apply to services delivered by external providers.
[Transferred]   (224973)
11
 
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on information given to AEA Technology in 1996 on that organisation's pension fund.
    (225080)
12
 
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to investigate complaints made by members of the AEA Technology pension fund on information they were given by UK Atomic Energy Authority when AEA Technology was set up in 1996.
    (225081)
13
 
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of restoring the pensions of AEA Technology pensioners.
    (225082)
14
 
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure that anyone who was misled by the UK Atomic Energy Agency when AEA Technology was created in 1996 is properly compensated for losses they have subsequently incurred.
    (225083)
15
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has any plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Insolvency Act 1986.
    (225120)
16
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pension payments to retired civil servants have been (a) missed and (b) delayed by MyCSP, in each month since September 2014.
    (225093)
17
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of the data provided by the Electoral Commission on the 2014 Electoral Registers used for the implementation of Individual Electoral Registration.
    (225145)
18
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what interventions his Department have made in relation to the latest pay remit for staff at the Information Commissioner's Office.
    (225272)
19
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much mortgage interest relief for private landlords was worth and how many recipients there were, in each of the last five years; and if he will estimate how much that relief will be worth and how many such recipients there will be in each of the next five years.
    (225085)
20
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many BN66 cases brought to tribunal led to (a) prosecution, (b) acquittal and (c) out of court settlements in each of the last five years.
    (225200)
21
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Section 660a cases brought to tribunal led to (a) prosecution, (b) acquittal and (c) out of court settlements in each of the last five years.
    (225201)
22
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many IR35 cases brought to tribunal led to (a) prosecution and (b) acquittal in each of the last five years.
    (225202)
23
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when did he request the Single Source Regulation Office to perform additional analysis, on the basis of information it has received or generated, but which it is not required to perform; who pays for this analysis; and what estimate he has made of the costs for his Department.
    (225162)
24
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the number of qualified and experienced people in munitions and explosives.
    (225193)
25
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of non-compliance relating to the return of dangerous goods from Afghanistan there have been in the last 12 months.
    (225219)
26
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the new role will be of the 77th Brigade; and how many troops will be involved in that initiative.
    (225283)
27
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will breakdown the operations vote (a) Department Expenditure Limit and (b) Annually Managed Expenditure outturn by subhead in (i) near cash and (ii) non-cash terms for the financial years 2010-11 to 2013-14.
    (225169)
28
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of military equipment (a) returned to the UK, (b) destroyed in Afghanistan and (c) gifted to the Afghan government since the withdrawal of British troops from that country.
    (225173)
29
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of Ireland on defence collaboration signed on 15 January 2015.
    (225275)
30
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Supplementary Estimate Provision of Defence Capability vote (a) Department Expenditure Limit and (b) Annually Managed Expenditure provision by subhead was in (i) near-cash and (ii) non-cash terms in each financial year from 2010-11.
    (225276)
31
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Main Estimate Operations vote (a) Department Expenditure Limit and (b) Annually Managed Expenditure provision was by subhead in (i) near-cash and (ii) non-cash terms in in each financial year from 2010-11.
    (225277)
32
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Supplementary Estimate Operations vote (a) Department Expenditure Limit and (b) Annually Managed Expenditure provision by subhead was in (i) near-cash and (ii) non-cash terms in each financial year from 2010-11.
    (225278)
33
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Provision of Defence Capability vote (a) Department Expenditure Limit and (b) Annually Managed Expenditure outturn by subhead was in (i) near-cash and (ii) non-cash terms in each financial year from 2010-11.
    (225279)
34
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Main Estimate Provision of Defence Capability vote (a) Department Expenditure Limit and (b) Annually Managed Expenditure provision by subhead was in (i) near-cash and (ii) non-cash terms in each financial year from 2010-11.
    (225280)
35
 
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the summary report of the Property Data Survey Programme, published in January 2015, whether the cost of maintaining, repairing or replacing a school building referred to in that report includes extra costs incurred because of the presence of asbestos.
    (225171)
36
 
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the summary report of the Property Data Survey Programme, published in January 2015, what estimate she has made of the total cost of repairs necessary to bring the school estate in England up to good condition, as described in that report.
    (225207)
37
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what feedback her Department has received from schools on the effectiveness of the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014.
    (225098)
38
 
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions Ministers in her Department have had with sixth form colleges on VAT exemption and linking with Academies since May 2010.
    (225185)
39
 
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many sixth form colleges have expressed an interest in linking with Academy chains since May 2010.
    (225186)
40
 
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school teachers in each parliamentary constituency in the South East of England have a science degree.
    (225215)
41
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has allocated for additional school places in (a) Crawley constituency and (b) West Sussex in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
    (225168)
42
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution of 14 January 2015, Official Report, column 904, on energy prices, what the evidential basis is for the statement that switching rates have fallen because of the end of doorstep selling.
    (225148)
43
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution by the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye of 14 January 2015, Official Report, column 932, on energy prices, what the evidential basis is for the statement that customers would be £100 a year worse off if prices had been frozen in October 2013.
    (225149)
44
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the wholesale cost of (a) electricity and (b) gas in each year since 2001.
    (225172)
45
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the oral contribution by the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye of 14 January 2015, Official Report, column 931, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the number of independent suppliers has trebled to 19 since 2010.
    (225176)
46
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the oral contribution by the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye of 14 January 2015, Official Report, column 931, on energy prices, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the market share of independent suppliers is 10.5 per cent.
    (225177)
47
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of domestic customers who are on their supplier's standard tariff.
    (225194)
48
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding has been allocated to the power to switch campaign.
    (225195)
49
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for how long the power to switch campaign will run.
    (225196)
50
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Question 214542, in what circumstances each supplier identified by his Department requests a refundable security deposit.
    (225209)
51
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Question 214542, which suppliers his Department has identified as requesting a refundable security deposit.
    (225210)
52
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Question 214542, how much each of the suppliers identified by his Department requests as a refundable security deposit.
    (225211)
53
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Question 214542, if he will place a copy of research referred to in that Answer in the Library.
    (225212)
54
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Question 214565, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of households which meet the criteria of the Affordable Warmth Group which is in fuel poverty.
    (225213)
55
 
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Question 214565, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of fuel poor households which meets the criteria of the Affordable Warmth Group.
    (225214)
56
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Cyprus on that country's proposed renewal of its military cooperation agreement with Russia; and if he will make a statement.
    (225174)
57
 
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of mental health services for children and young people in South Kent; and if he will make a statement.
    (225146)
58
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on which specialised augmentative and alternative communication providers have hired speech and language therapists since signing contracts with NHS England area teams; and how many such therapists have been hired by each such provider.
    (225094)
59
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which specialised augmentative and alternative communication providers have signed contracts, or variations of contract, with the appropriate NHS England Area Team; and on what date was each such contract or variation signed.
    (225095)
60
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the (a) £15 million convergence funding allocated for specialised augmentative and alternative communication services and (b) £7.5 million convergence funding allocated for specialised environmental control services is forecast to have been spent by the relevant specialised services by the end of the 2014-15 financial year.
    (225096)
61
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when it is planned for the revised NHS England service specification D01/S/b Complex Disability Equipment Communication Aids (Specialised AAC services), published as Interim for adoption from 01/10/14, to be approved by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group.
    (225097)
62
 
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the availability in obtaining dispensing appliance contractor licenses on patients with complex conditions.
    (225281)
63
 
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the accessibility of small and medium sized businesses obtaining a dispensing appliance contractor licence for small and medium-sized businesses; and if he will make a statement.
    (225282)
64
 
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of hospital stay was for people admitted with a primary diagnosis of asthma in each of the last five years.
    (225150)
65
 
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were sent abroad for proton therapy in each of the last five years; how many such patients were children in each of those years; and what the annual cost was to the NHS in each of those years.
    (225084)
66
 
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS clinical reference groups are chaired by employees of NHS England or people receiving financial reimbursement from NHS England.
    (225086)
67
 
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what type of proton therapy machine NHS England plans to install in (a) Manchester and (b) London.
    (225099)
68
 
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the results of the 2014 National Cancer Peer Review programme cycle will be published.
    (225122)
69
 
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to confirm the funding to be allocated for the continuation of the National Cancer Peer Review programme.
    (225189)
70
 
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on the NHS Choices Winter Health Advice campaign; and for what purpose that expenditure has been incurred.
    (225119)
71
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the use of 3D printing in research, design and production of recreational prosthetics.
    (225147)
72
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults in the civilian population in England have been fitted with recreational prosthetics in each of the last four years.
    (225192)
73
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the workforce development strategy is for (a) GPs and (b) other healthcare professionals in the field of musculoskeletal disorders.
    (225217)
74
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold discussions with medical bodies on funding for developing a cure for the common cold.
    (225284)
75
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide funding to ensure that there are vaccines that are not resistant to flu bug virus available.
    (225285)
76
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to assist wounded veterans with their care expenses.
    (225286)
77
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish the review of the first year's operation of the framework for sexual health improvement in England.
    (225142)
78
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when vaccinations for human papillomavirus for men who have sex with men will be implemented.
    (225143)
79
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans are in place for an audit of the commissioning process for sexual health services.
    (225144)
80
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that standards of patient access, service quality and patient safety are maintained by local authorities in the commissioning of clinical sexual health services.
    (225188)
81
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what proportion of people departing the UK was matching API data recorded in each year since 2010.
    (225197)
82
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people departing the UK did so with a matching API data record in each year since 2010.
    (225203)
83
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the arrangements to send out the status letter, biometric residence permit, National Insurance number and the NASS35 form simultaneously to people newly-granted refugee status.
    (225206)
84
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is for people granted refugee status from discontinuation of S95 support to the start of mainstream benefits.
    (225216)
85
 
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 222300, when she plans to announce the content of the inserts to be made by Member States in the Directive identifying the national authority to which appeals and reviews require to be lodged and the time limits for doing so; which that national authority is; and what the time limits are.
    (225187)
86
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on in what destinations British citizens are fighting conflicts abroad; and what estimate she has made of the number of citizens in each such destination.
    (225178)
87
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how reductions in the budget of the National Police Air Service will be distributed between police forces in North Wales and the North West of England.
    (225170)
88
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many further submissions under rule 353 of the Immigration Rules were made in each of the last seven years.
    (225163)
89
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which Home Office Reporting Centre further submissions under rule 353 of the Immigration Rules were initially made in each of the last seven years.
    (225164)
90
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of further submissions made under rule 353 of the Immigration Rules were (a) accepted as fresh claims and (b) rejected with no right of appeal in each year for which figures are available.
    (225190)
91
 
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) grants and (b) refusals of international protection her Department made in cases where further submissions under rule 353 of the Immigration Rules were accepted as fresh claims for each of the last seven years.
    (225191)
92
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative information his Department holds on pay rates of the Information Commissioner's Office and other independent regulators and ombudsmen with similar functions for staff at the same grade.
    (225273)
93
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average percentage pay rise was of Executive Team staff at the Information Commissioner's Office since June 2014; and what average pay increase has been proposed for non-executive staff excluding buy-out of contractual progression.
    (225274)
94
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which 10 local authorities have the greatest proportional drop in registration between 2013 and 2014.
    (225165)
95
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission plans to spend on television advertising to encourage registration; and how it monitors the effectiveness of such campaigns.
    (225166)
96
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what representations the Electoral Commission has received about monitoring and improving household canvasses from (a) Members of Parliament and (b) other bodies and individuals.
    (225167)
97
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the local authorities which did not take sufficient action to conduct a household canvass in 2014 did not take sufficient action to conduct a household canvass in a previous year.
    (225175)
98
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the reasons for the recent increase in voter registration in East Devon.
    (225179)
99
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what interim assessments the Electoral Commission has made of the accuracy of the data on registration rates collected in the run-up to the introduction of individual electoral registration; and what procedures were in place to enable concerns to be raised.
    (225180)
100
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has sufficient data to recommend whether the end of the transition to individual electoral registration should be brought forward to December 2015.
    (225181)
101
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the effects of its handling of the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on (a) public perception of the integrity of the Commission and (b) publish confidence in the Commission.
    (225182)
102
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, when the Electoral Commission first knew of the problems with the registration software used by Electoral Registration Officers; and what steps the Commission has taken to overcome those problems.
    (225183)
103
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what progress the Electoral Commission has made in differentiating in online registration between people who are already registered and people newly on register.
    (225184)
104
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what research, actions and advice the Electoral Commission undertook to ensure that (a) students and (b) people living in Houses of Multiple Occupation and other mobile groups did not fall of the electoral register in the run up to Individual Electoral Registration; and what assessment the Commission has made of the success of such actions.
    (225198)
105
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the cost per registration of 16 and 17 year olds who are encouraged to register primarily through (a) television adverts and (b) Bite the Ballot school visits.
    (225199)
106
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what advice the Electoral Commission gave to Electoral Returning Officers on (a) maximising the registration of home movers and (b) sending voter registration forms to all households.
    (225204)
107
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from local authorities in support of using traffic regulation orders to enforce a prohibition on the footway.
    (225121)
108
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the contribution of Baroness Williams of Trafford of 11 February 2015, Official Report, House of Lords, column 1333, that targeted local bans on pavement parking outside London would be more effective than a blanket ban and with reference to the Answer of 12 November 2013, Official Report, column 576W, on parking: pedestrian areas, that his Department does not collect information on local parking enforcement and pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221436, that his Department does not hold information on local authority traffic regulation orders, what the evidential basis is for the statement by Baroness Williams.
    (225151)
109
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to decide which local authorities get monies from the challenge fund allocation; what weighting is given to highways management efficiency; and how information used in the process of decision is verified.
    (225218)
110
 
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations in (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) England and (c) the UK are not compliant with disability access guidelines and requirements.
    (225208)
111
 
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has set any targets for Maximum to deal with the backlog of legacy work capability assessments queries which will be transferred from ATOS on 2 March 2015.
    (225205)
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)

Notices given on Tuesday 24 February

1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to attract non-EU students to universities in England and Wales.
    (225240)
2
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on advertising aimed at non-EU nationals in each of the last five years.
    (225241)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to attract non-EU academic staff to seek employment at universities in England and Wales.
    (225242)
4
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of people who enter higher education at the age of 18 do so with BTEC qualifications as the entry criteria.
    (225257)
5
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of participants in the Employee Shareholder Status programme in (a) Glasgow South West constituency, (b) Glasgow city region, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.
    (225255)
6
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses are participating in the Employee Shareholder Status scheme in (a) Glasgow South West constituency, (b) Glasgow City Region, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.
    (225261)
7
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of Economic and Social Research Council research funding is spent on (a) social enterprise and (b) economics.
    (225233)
8
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new businesses were created in Esher and Walton constituency in each year since 2005.
    (225268)
9
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of payments by the Skills Funding Agency under the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers scheme were made within 30 days in each of the last twelve months.
    (225222)
10
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many overseas trade missions which were attended or led by a government minister have been completed in the last twelve months; on what dates each such visit took place; and to which countries those ministers travelled on each occasion.
    (225223)
11
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222107, how many apprentices of each age group were employees of his Department, its agencies or of other government departments before their apprenticeship began.
    (225224)
12
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full time equivalent officials of what civil service grade work on each of his Department's sector strategies.
    (225225)
13
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have engaged with each Catapult Centre in each year since it opened.
    (225226)
14
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the advertising budget was for each Government department in the financial years (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
    (225244)
15
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 211134, how much funding has gone to each of the social enterprise incubators named; and how the social enterprise incubators based in London but with national focus realised their national mission.
    (225232)
16
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of unemployed young people did not claim job seeker's allowance in each month since January 2010.
    (225266)
17
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost was for the visits and press conferences for the (a) long term economic plans for Yorkshire and (b) long term economic plan for the north-west events.
    (225243)
18
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions were brought for tax credit fraud in each year since 2010.
    (225128)
19
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total contribution to the Exchequer of the wine industry was in each of the last five years.
    (225129)
20
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people directly employed in the wine industry and that industry's supply chain in the UK.
    (225130)
21
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of gin sold in the UK was produced domestically in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (225131)
22
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quantity of spirits produced in the UK was exported in 2013.
    (225132)
23
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the English wine industry to the UK economy.
    (225133)
24
N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many convictions there have been as a result of prosecutions brought by HM Revenue and Customs for tax evasion in each of the last five years.
    (225249)
25
N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases related to tax evasion did failure to agree a rate of penalty go on appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal (Tax) or Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) and result in a penalty that was (a) the same as the original amount, (b) a greater amount or (c) a lower amount in the last five years.
    (225251)
26
N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases the taxpayer settled with HM Revenue and Customs for a penalty less than initially set by the investigating inspector in each of the last five years.
    (225264)
27
N
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of penalties collected by HM Revenue and Customs as a result of criminal convictions relating to tax avoidance and evasion was in each of the last five years.
    (225265)
28
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful prosecutions for breaches of national minimum wage legislation there have been since 2010.
    (225245)
29
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many voluntary disclosures of untaxed income by private landlords have HM Revenue and Customs received in each of the last five years; and what the value was of such disclosures from properties based (a) in the UK, (b) in Scotland, (c) in England, (d) in Wales, (e) in Northern Ireland and (f) overseas.
    (225101)
30
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many landlords have made a voluntary disclosure to HM Revenue and Customs since the Let Property Campaign began; and how much previously undeclared income has been declared as a result of that campaign.
    (225104)
31
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax yield was from BN66 legislation in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (225152)
32
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enforcement actions in respect of BN66 legislation there have been in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
    (225153)
33
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many BN66 status enquiries HM Revenue and Customs has made in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (225154)
34
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he next plans to publish Treasury minutes: progress report on implementing recommendations of Public Accounts Committee.
    (225106)
35
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on advertising on Classic FM in each of the last 12 months.
    (225228)
36
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on advertising on regional commercial radio stations in each of the last 12 months.
    (225229)
37
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions were explosive ordnance disposal personnel deployed in Northern Ireland to deal with devices or suspect devices between 20 February 2014 and 19 February 2015.
    (225158)
38
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department does not plan to give evidence at the planning inquiry in respect of wind turbines and precision approach radar at French Farm, French Drove, Thorney near Peterborough in March 2015.
    (225253)
39
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many blocks recorded as part of the Property Data Survey Programme were in (a) good, (b) satisfactory, (c) poor and (d) bad condition.
    (225254)
40
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the summary report the Property Data Survey Programme, published January 2015, how many schools were rated as being (a) good, (b) satisfactory, (c) poor and (d) bad condition.
    (225260)
41
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of schools that opened the Autumn 2014 termly email from her Department which included a link to the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014.
    (225105)
42
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what amount her Department spent on marketing (a) the Troops to Teachers scheme and (b) each other Initial Teacher Training scheme between June 2013 and 31 December 2014.
    (225107)
43
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the expected number of applicants for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 cohorts of the Troops to Teachers scheme, (b) the number expected to join that scheme and (c) the number expected to complete the training.
    (225108)
44
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the two-year extension of the Troops to Teachers scheme.
    (225109)
45
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 16 to 18 year olds are studying for BTEC qualifications at each level in (a) schools, (b) sixth form colleges and (c) and further education colleges.
    (225258)
46
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the BUSK campaign for safe coach transport in relation to coach tour companies being contracted for long-distance school trips.
    (225089)
47
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to schools on the sleeping conditions for coach drivers on long-distance school trips.
    (225090)
48
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when guidance on safe transport for long-distance school trips was last reviewed.
    (225091)
49
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to schools on ensuring that safe conditions apply to coach drivers contracted to provide transport for long-distance school trips.
    (225092)
50
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the costs of school uniforms.
    (225155)
51
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure schools do not require uniforms to be bought from specialist providers.
    (225156)
52
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of households in (a) England and (b) the UK used (i) pre-payment, (ii) direct debit and (iii) standard credit method for paying for energy in each year since 2010; and what proportion of each such group of customers was categorised as fuel poor.
    (225102)
53
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme accepts a boiler that has met the emissions limits set for E class fuels according to the EN303-5:2012 standard.
    (225246)
54
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what emission certification dedicated to E class fuels exists under the Renewable Heat Incentive.
    (225287)
55
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether it is his policy that the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme accepts an emissions certificate where an E class fuel group is stated as one of the fuels officially approved by the manufacturers and tested by an accredited laboratory.
    (225288)
56
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether pelletized waste coffee beans or grounds are included in the definition of E class fuels for the purpose of the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.
    (225289)
57
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209807, what further progress he has made in bringing to justice those responsible for the destruction of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 on 17 July 2014.
    (225111)
58
N
Sir Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to publish his Department's next six monthly report on Hong Kong.
    (225227)
59
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 19 January 2015 to Questions 219601 and 219602, when NHS England plans to make an accouncement regarding its plans for patients with cirrhosis from April 2015; and whether funding will be made available to support those patients to access treatment.
    (225235)
60
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will publish the Report by Sir Stuart Rose on NHS Leadership.
    (225236)
61
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 19 January 2015 to Questions 219601 and 219602, what discussions NHS England has had with stakeholders regarding its assessment of need for paitents with cirrhosis from April 2015.
    (225238)
62
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of differences in genetic susceptibility to obesity.
    (225250)
63
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government is doing to support endoscopy units to ensure that there is sufficient capacity in resources and staff for the roll-out of the bowel scope screening programme.
    (225126)
64
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have (a) been invited to take part in and (b) taken part in (i) the bowel scope screening programme and (ii) the faecal occult blood test programme to date.
    (225127)
65
N
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the consultancy reports he has commissioned into the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon has been completed; and when copies of each completed report was delivered to (i) the project's Joint Programme Board, (ii) NHS England, (iii) the Trust Development Authority, (iv) Monitor and (v) his Department.
    (225293)
66
N
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expected target dates are for completion of the reports commissioned from consultants into the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon; and when he expects copies of reports to be delivered to (i) the project's Joint Programme Board, (ii) NHS England, (iii) the Trust Development Authority, (iv) Monitor and (v) his Department.
    (225294)
67
N
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which consultancy firm has been commissioned to review the challenged health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon; when each such firm started its work in each area.
    (225295)
68
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review regulations applying to the licensing of the drug Avastin for use in eye conditions, in response to recent research on that drug's safety and efficacy compared to licensed alternatives.
    (225113)
69
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223818, what progress his Department has made in discussions with the Royal British Legion on how a disregard may be applied for the War Pension scheme under social care charging rules in future.
    (225112)
70
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many asthma patients in England have been prescribed short-acting reliever inhalers in each of the last five years.
    (225234)
71
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in England have been prescribed more than 12 short-acting reliever inhalers per year in each of the last five years.
    (225239)
72
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for asthma medications were issued in each of the last five years.
    (225247)
73
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of stay in hosptial was for people admitted with a primary diagnosis of asthma in each of the last five years.
    (225248)
74
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many short-acting reliever inhalers for the treatment of asthma have been prescribed in each of the last five years.
    (225263)
75
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the support available to people with epilepsy.
    (225124)
76
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve (a) access to specialists and (b) investment in medical research for epilepsy.
    (225125)
77
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the burns review in the South East; and which hospitals are affected by that review.
    (225296)
78
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation her Department carried out with Liverpool City Council in advance of the recent decision by her Department to make Liverpool the last place failed asylum seekers must go to lodge their final appeals.
    (225237)
79
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations the Government has received on the practices of UK Services and Support Ltd in relation to charges for passport applications; and what steps have been taken in response to those representations.
    (225157)
80
N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations (a) that have been in operation and (b) have closed in each police force area in each of the last five years.
    (225088)
81
N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average police helicopter response times have been for each police force in each of the last five years.
    (225259)
82
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the total cost of training police officers in the use of water cannons; and what the cost of such training to each police forces.
    (225114)
83
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that biometric data is deleted with minimal delay when arrests are made unlawfully or incorrectly.
    (225115)
84
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish all information her Department holds on Special Demonstration Squad activity within trade unions between 1996 and 1998.
    (225290)
85
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit's had a meeting with the Consulting Association in 2008; and if she will publish any minutes or documents relating to that meeting.
    (225291)
86
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any police force currently has operational staff working within trade unions.
    (225292)
87
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to develop and standardise its approach to Foreign National Offenders casework since May 2010.
    (225256)
88
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the costs of managing foreign national offenders in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK.
    (225269)
89
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the preventative and early intervention measures trialled in the foreign national offenders action plan.
    (225270)
90
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many planned possessions have been cancelled by Network Rail since 1 January 2015; and on how many such occasions were train and freight operators consulted in advance.
    (225087)
91
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of Network Rail's Control Period 5 projects have had a cost dertermination under the Office of Rail Regulation's Enhancement Cost Adjustment Mechanism (ECAM); how many such projects remain to be assessed; how many of Network Rail's ECAM submissions have missed their deadline; and how many ECAM submissions have been referred back to Network Rail by the Office of Rail Regulation for further development.
    (225297)
92
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent to date on (a) Reading Station Area Resignalling and Remodelling, (b) East West Phase 1, (c) the Northern Hub, (b) Transpennine electrification, (e) Great Western Main Line electrification and (f) Midland Main Line electrification.
    (225298)
93
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what records are available to Network Rail regarding the location of buried trackside signalling cables on the Great Western Main Line.
    (225299)
94
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the performance of Network Rail's principal contractor on the North West electrification project; and what estimate he has made of the number of working hours spent redoing completed work on the lines included in that project.
    (225300)
95
N
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the response times for tug boats assisting shipping incidents on the west of Scotland have been in the last year.
    (225221)
96
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made on implementing the recommendation of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the UK's record on women's rights and services.
    (225100)
97
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when her Office plans to publish the results of its survey to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
    (225123)
98
N
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government’s objectives are for the fiftyninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women; and if she will make a statement.
    (225271)
99
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions have been brought for benefit fraud in each year since 2010.
    (225103)
100
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of disability living allowance have been required to make repayments to his Department after continuing to claim the benefit whilst hospitalised for medical treatment in 2014-15 to date.
    (225110)
101
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have (a) applied for and (b) been granted assistance through the access to work programme in Peterborough constituency in each year since 2007; and if he will make a statement.
    (225252)
102
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in Peterborough constituency have participated in the work choice scheme in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (225262)
103
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the extent of partnership working between work programme providers and local NHS and public health bodies; and if he will make a statement.
    (225220)
104
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of funding provided by his Department to a local authority is for personal budgeting support when universal credit is implemented in a local authority area.
    (225230)
105
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to implement the commitments in Fuller Working Lives - a framework for action, published by his Department in June 2014.
    (225231)
106
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 224391, what targets his Department has for the timeliness of processing benefits.
    (225267)
Monday 2 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
 
★ 1
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): If she will take steps to improve school oversight and intervention.
    (907782)
★ 2
John Mann (Bassetlaw): How many academies have reported a decline in exam results in the last year.
    (907783)
★ 3
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the cost of childcare on the household disposable income of parents with disabled children.
    (907784)
★ 4
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): If she will undertake a reassessment of the merits of grammar schools.
    (907785)
★ 5
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What progress her Department is making on reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training.
    (907786)
★ 6
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): If her Department will publish a ranking of the Property Data Survey Programme of participant schools.
    (907787)
★ 7
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What recent discussions she has had with teachers’ associations and unions on teacher workloads.
    (907788)
★ 8
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What assessment she has made of recent trends in the number of pupils taking up STEM subjects.
    (907789)
★ 9
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): What assessment she has made of which of her Department’s policies has had the most significant effect on her Department’s impact indicators since May 2010.
    (907790)
★ 10
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): What assessment she has made of the potential benefits to pupils of the expansion of the Troops to Teachers programme.
    (907791)
★ 11
Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire): What assessment she has made of recent trends in the number of pupils taking up STEM subjects.
    (907792)
★ 12
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): What steps she is taking to encourage pupils to study modern languages.
    (907793)
★ 13
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): If she will take steps to promote the establishment of more sixth form colleges.
    (907794)
★ 14
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): What support her Department is providing for the establishment of a College of Teaching.
    (907795)
★ 15
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What steps her Department has taken to support parents with childcare costs.
    (907796)
★ 16
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What steps she is taking to ease teachers’ workloads.
    (907797)
★ 17
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What change there has been in the number of infants taught in classes of over thirty pupils since 2010.
    (907798)
★ 18
Ian Swales (Redcar): How many state secondary schools and colleges in England engage alumni to support students.
    (907799)
★ 19
Simon Wright (Norwich South): If she will ensure that all children receive age-appropriate sex and relationships education.
    (907800)
★ 20
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What recent assessment she has made of the relative effectiveness of the different routes into teacher training.
    (907801)
★ 21
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): What recent progress has been made on the new system for assessing special educational needs; and if she will make a statement.
    (907802)
★ 22
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What progress has been made on attracting former members of the armed forces to become teachers.
    (907803)
★ 23
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What recent representations she has received on reforms to A and AS-levels.
    (907804)
★ 24
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): What steps she is taking to use state schools to encourage social mobility.
    (907805)
★ 25
Richard Harrington (Watford): If she will encourage and extend the use of the Teach First scheme.
    (907806)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (907807)
★ 2
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester):  
    (907808)
★ 3
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West):  
    (907809)
★ 4
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley):  
    (907810)
★ 5
Ian Swales (Redcar):  
    (907811)
★ 6
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):  
    (907812)
★ 7
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness):  
    (907813)
★ 8
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East):  
    (907814)
★ 9
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central):  
    (907815)
★ 10
Graeme Morrice (Livingston):  
    (907816)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 24 February

1
N
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will distribute guidance on dog waste management for both onsite and offsite disposal to ensure puppy breeders manage waste in accordance with environmental and health guidelines.
    (225159)
2
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2015 to Question 222678, how many claims for clinical negligence involving treatment for trigeminal neuralgia were submitted to the NHS Litigation Authority in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
    (225134)
3
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2015 to Question 222680, which NHS trusts reported the patient incidents referred to in that Answer in 2013 and 2014.
    (225135)
4
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria NHS England has to decide which non-commissioned hospitals providing stereotactic radiosurgery are permitted to treat NHS patients.
    (225136)
5
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what funding mechanism NHS England pays for the treatment of NHS patients receiving stereotactic radiosurgery at non-commissioned hospitals.
    (225137)
6
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS England non-commissioned hospitals providing gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery are funded to treat NHS patients.
    (225138)
7
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on renewing the visa concession for Syrian internationals studying at UK higher education institutions.
    (225301)
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, to state the date or dates on which export licence approval was given for the export of Saxon armoured vehicles to Ukraine, the number of Saxon armoured vehicles for which export approval was given and their stated value.
    (224887)
2
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has as 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)

Notices given on Tuesday 24 February

1
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure universities better support students who are also carers.
    (225302)
2
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 13 January 2015 to Question 217622, what the resource requirements are for each planned stage of the court reform programme; what planned (a) start and (b) finish time is for each stage of the programme; and what the planned staff allocation is for each planned stage of the programme.
    (225118)
3
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the review his Department has commissioned KPMG to conduct on bus market dynamics will assess the Tyne and Wear bus market.
    (225116)
4
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether KPMG has been given unrestricted access to commercially sensitive data held by his Department for its inquiry into bus market dynamics.
    (225117)
Wednesday 4 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
 
★ 1
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): What estimate he has made of the number of people in Wales working on zero-hours contracts.
    (907767)
★ 2
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): What assessment he has made of trends in labour market statistics in Wales since 2010.
    (907768)
★ 3
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): What recent discussions he has had with business representatives in Wales on the importance of membership of the EU to the Welsh economy.
    (907769)
★ 4
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): When he last met representatives of the tourism sector in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
    (907770)
★ 5
Mr Peter Hain (Neath): What assessment he has made of the potential benefits to South Wales of the Severn Barrage.
    (907771)
★ 6
Chris Evans (Islwyn): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the role of Jobs Growth Wales in tackling youth unemployment in Wales.
    (907772)
★ 7
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What discussions he has had with the Welsh Minister for Health on cross-border healthcare provision.
    (907773)
★ 8
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What discussions he has had with the National Police Air Service on provision of helicopter services within the Dyfed Powys Police Force area.
    (907774)
★ 9
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the role of Jobs Growth Wales in tackling youth unemployment in Wales.
    (907775)
★ 10
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on income tax assignment to Wales being carried out on the same basis as applies in Scotland.
    (907776)
★ 11
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What discussions he has had with the First Minister on promoting exports by Welsh businesses.
    (907777)
★ 12
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): What assessment he has made of the effect on house buyers in Wales of recent changes in stamp duty land tax.
    (907778)
★ 13
Martin Caton (Gower): What assessment he has made of trends in the rate of child poverty in Wales since 2010.
    (907779)
★ 14
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): What recent discussions he has had with business representatives in Wales on the importance of membership of the EU to the Welsh economy.
    (907780)
★ 15
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What assessment he has made of the effects on Wales of the Government's long-term economic plan.
    (907781)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 24 February

1
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which mental health and acute NHS trusts in England provide nurseries for staff; how many nursery places each trust provides in each such case; and what the average cost per place, per hour is in each such trust.
    (225141)
2
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic violence trials in each magistrates' and Crown court in Lancashire in 2014 (a) collapsed and (b) were postponed due to the complainant not being present.
    (225139)
3
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff employed at the Tax Credit Office in Preston are currently paid (a) more and (b) less than the Living Wage.
    (225140)
Friday 6 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 24 February

1
N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under section 2 of the Dogs Act 1871 in England in each year from 1997 to 2014.
    (225160)
2
N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many section 1 dogs have been exempted under section 4A or 4B of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in England in each year from 1997 to 2014.
    (225161)
3
N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of offences under section 3(1) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in England in each year from 1997 to 2014.
    (225303)

Prepared 25th February 2015