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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Monday 2 March 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 Friday 27 February 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Monday 2 March 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.

Monday 2 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
 
★ 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)
★ 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 since May 2010 has been most successful in achieving its original objectives.
    (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)
★ 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)
★ 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)
★ 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
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to use state schools to encourage social mobility.
    (907805)
2
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)
3
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)
4
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)
5
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)
6
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)
7
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)
8
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)

Notices given on Wednesday 25 February

1
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage innovation in low carbon technology in the South West of England; and if he will make a statement.
    (225384)
2
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to increase the level of student maintenance loans in areas where the cost of living matches or exceeds the London average to the level of such loans in London.
    (225433)
4
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory right for mothers to take breaks for breastfeeding in the workplace.
    (225438)
5
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department issues to utility and energy companies on the supply of information of customers to credit reference agencies; and if he will make a statement.
    (225320)
6
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how an institution can become a designated institution under section 129 of the Education Reform Act 1988.
    (225350)
7
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 224087, which of those documents on BAFTA funding provide guidance on diversity issues.
    (225343)
8
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2015 to Question 224081, how many people have been assisted by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in pursuing national minimum wage recovery through the civil courts on their behalf; and what the value was of wages recovered through the civil courts where HMRC has so pursued recovery in each year from 2005.
    (225382)
9
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2015 to Question 224081, what the average length of time was between a worker reporting non-payment of the national minimum wage to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and receiving the recovered wages owed to them in cases where HMRC assists with pursuing recovery through the civil courts in each of the last three years.
    (225383)
10
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mandatory reconsiderations have been requested for tax credit claims; how many of those requests have been successful; and how long on average it takes to process each such request.
    (225361)
11
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates he has met which representatives of HSBC bank since taking office.
    (225487)
12
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many section 660a 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.
    (225344)
13
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of off-payroll arrangements in government departments and their arm's length bodies was in each of the last five years.
    (225345)
14
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax yield was from Section 660a 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.
    (225346)
15
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enforcement actions in respect of Section 660a legislation there have been in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
    (225347)
16
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations were commenced by HM Revenue and Customs National Minimum Wage compliance teams in each of the last five years; and how many such investigations resulted in a Notice of Underpayment being issued.
    (225467)
17
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enforcement actions were pursued by HM Revenue and Customs National Minimum Wage compliance teams through (a) employment tribunals and (b) civil courts in each of the last five years; and what amount was recovered through that process in each such year.
    (225468)
18
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines were imposed on employers for non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage in each of the last five years; and what the value of each such fine was.
    (225470)
19
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the (a) representation of BME programming and channels available on Freeview and (b) the barriers to BME channels being on Freeview.
    (225472)
20
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether there is a limit on the number of stations on a digital audio multiplex aimed at the same section of the listening audience.
    (225381)
21
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222053, by what date the documents will be placed in the Library.
    (225380)
22
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Question 211346, in what ways is the issue of human rights closely examined before any military assistance to Colombia is approved; and at what level or rank is this examination conducted.
    (225431)
23
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Question 211346, what expertise and advice the UK has provided on international humanitarian law and human rights during military operations at (a) seminars and conferences and (b) other events since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
    (225432)
24
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2014 to Question 210962, how many armed forces personnel travelled to Colombia during 2013 in order to further the defence relationship.
    (225465)
25
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether sixth form colleges can apply for academy status; and if she will make a statement.
    (225406)
26
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many compensation packages for consumers Ofgem has secured in each year since 2001; and what the value was of each such package.
    (225500)
27
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many fines Ofgem has imposed in each year since 2001; and what the value was of each such fine.
    (225501)
28
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many non-financial penalties Ofgem has imposed in each year since 2001; and what each such penalty was.
    (225502)
29
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity was generated from each type of source in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (225491)
30
N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many seizures of illegally imported meat have been made at (a) airports and (b) seaports in each of the last 10 years.
    (225486)
31
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent to which Hamas is attempting to rebuild its terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.
    (225494)
32
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223612, whether he plans to meet his counterpart in the Philippines to discuss climate change.
    (225378)
33
N
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in the Maldives.
    (225391)
34
N
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of cataract surgery procedures that were carried out by each West Midlands NHS trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (225313)
35
N
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of knee replacement operations that were carried out by each West Midlands NHS trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (225315)
36
N
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of hip replacement operations that were carried out by each West Midlands NHS trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (225316)
37
N
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of varicose vein surgery procedures that were carried out by each West Midlands NHS trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (225317)
38
N
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of breast reconstruction operations that were carried out by each West Midlands NHS trust in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (225318)
39
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he and officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in other Departments on a national gambling strategy.
    (225488)
40
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data his Department holds on and what assessment it has made of the effects of gambling on mental health; and how much his Department spent on counselling for people with an addiction to gambling in the last 12 months.
    (225496)
41
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his plans to devolve health and social care provision and expenditure in Greater Manchester, if he will exclude decision-making on NHS pay and conditions from those plans.
    (225335)
42
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his plans to devolve health and social care provision and expenditure in Greater Manchester, what safeguards he plans to put in place to ensure minimum standards of care and treatment within NHS services in that area remain when that devolution of powers has taken place.
    (225336)
43
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his plans to devolve health and social care provision and expenditure in Greater Manchester, if he will take steps to ensure that future changes to NHS provision in that area, once that devolution of powers has taken place, will be subject to public consultation.
    (225337)
44
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his plans to devolve health and social care provision and expenditure in Greater Manchester, what mechanisms will be put in place to allow his Department to intervene in the event of failure of that provision.
    (225338)
45
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which areas of health and social care provision and expenditure he plans for decision-making in Greater Manchester to be (a) devolved and (b) not devolved.
    (225339)
46
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the difference in the up-take of novel oral anticoagulants and the uptake projected by NICE.
    (225341)
47
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NICE and NHS England take to ensure that (a) mandatory NICE health technology assessment guidance is fully implemented by clinical commissioning groups and (b) the up-take of innovative medicines is in line with NICE's expectations.
    (225342)
48
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Minister for Life Sciences will hold a further meeting with families of people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy on the availability of the drug Translarna.
    (225407)
49
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts Arriva holds for patient transport services; and what area each such contract covers.
    (225482)
50
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Question 211702, how many finished hospital admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of asthma there were among people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 years in 2013-14.
    (225498)
51
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014 to Question 202551, how many residents of care homes had an emergency admission to a hospital in 2013-14.
    (225499)
52
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the performance of Serco in providing accommodation and transport services for asylum seekers under the Compass contract.
    (225410)
53
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 218892, what average length of time it takes for her Department to grant a visa after a decision is taken not to appeal a decision of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
    (225434)
54
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are subject to sexual risk orders in each police force area.
    (225478)
55
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual harm prevention orders and sexual offences prevention orders were issued in each of the last five years; and how many such orders were made after a request from a Chief of Police under section 104(5) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
    (225480)
56
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for human trafficking offences in 2014; and how many such cases involved a victim who was a child.
    (225481)
57
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222334, by what date the documents will be placed in the Library.
    (225379)
58
N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force sniffer dogs operate at (a) Heathrow Airport and (b) other airports and seaports in the UK to detect illegally imported meat.
    (225485)
59
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will seek information from contractors operating on the parliamentary estate on how many of their workers are employed on a zero-hours contract.
    (225489)
60
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much support, and under what categories, her Department provided directly to British Overseas Territories in each of the last three years.
    (225390)
61
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid in fines for television licensing offences in the (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 financial year.
    (225430)
62
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary and the Foreign Secretary on the development of the foreign national offenders action plan.
    (225367)
63
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on implementation of a 24 hour coroners system.
    (225340)
64
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in magistrates courts between a defendant's first appearance and their trial.
    (225436)
65
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has made of the effect on total spend on hon. Members' travel of the discontinuation of the East Coast Rewards Scheme.
    (225388)
66
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of disabled people's charities on uptake of mobility scooters in the UK.
    (225473)
67
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of making information about qualification for disability benefits available to agencies responsible for ensuring safety on the roads in respect of mobility scooters.
    (225474)
68
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the current system for licensing sellers of mobility scooters.
    (225475)
69
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the insurance industry on products that might be offered to drivers of mobility scooters and how such products could be used to promote safety.
    (225476)
70
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the specificity of conditions for the eligibility to use mobility scooters.
    (225477)
71
N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the Answer of 8 January 2015 to Question 219781, for what reason action was not taken against SEAT UK for failing to submit a completed V5C/3 form.
    (225492)
72
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of road traffic incidents in which a vehicle was damaged and a pedestrian or cyclist was at fault in each of the last three years.
    (225348)
73
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modelling work his Department has undertaken on road traffic flows and displaced traffic during the construction period of High Speed 2 Phase 1; and if he will publish such work.
    (225495)
74
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any compensation is payable by his Department or Network Rail to Hitachi Rail Europe under the contracts between those bodies in the event of delay to the commencement of Intercity Express Programme train testing on the Great Western Main Line or the East Coast Main Line.
    (225490)
75
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will carry out an urgent assessment of the quality of the work carried out at the junction of the A483 and A55 supervised by the Highways Agency.
    (225314)
76
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) original and (b) revised timetable is for works carried out at the junction of the A483 and A55 roads in West Cheshire.
    (225319)
77
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people received criminal convictions for breaching a railway byelaw under Schedule 20 of the Transport Act 2000 in (a) 2014, (b) 2013 and (c) 2012.
    (225493)
78
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Virgin Trains and Stagecoach on the East Coast Rewards Scheme; and what representations he has received on this matter.
    (225389)
79
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether contractual terms for the provision of benefit assessments have transferred directly from Atos to Maximus; and if he will make a statement.
    (225360)
80
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many working-age households are better off out of work than in work in each year since 2010.
    (225408)
81
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of universal credit claimants likely to face hardship as a result of the seven-day waiting period before new claimants are paid.
    (225409)
82
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to jobcentres on food bank referral for families with disabled children whose benefit applications have not been processed in a timely manner.
    (225349)
83
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the procedures for notifying his Department of a change of circumstances in the event of hospitalisation when the claimant is incapacitated and unable to contact the Disability Benefits helpline.
    (225435)
84
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what value of interim payments have been made to people affected by sanctions or delays in benefit payments.
    (225386)
85
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral Answer of 8 December 2014, Official Report, column 638, what steps he has taken to raise awareness of interim payments for people affected by sanctions or delays in benefit payments.
    (225387)
86
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will promote the sharing of best practice in the administration of local welfare schemes.
    (225362)
87
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received about instances of people being sent from Jobcentre Plus to apply to the local welfare scheme instead of being offered a short-term advance of benefits; and if he will make a statement.
    (225363)
88
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent through the Work Programme on (a) attachment, (b) job outcome and (c) sustainment payments for people aged (i) up to 24, (ii) 25 to 49 and (iii) 50 years and over since June 2011.
    (225364)
89
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effective delivery of local welfare schemes by English local authorities.
    (225365)

Notices given on Thursday 26 February

1
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers were publicly named by the Government for non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]   (225469)
2
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the name is of each social care provider being investigated by HM Revenue and Customs for non-compliance with national minimum wage regulations.
[Transferred]   (225483)
3
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Question 211346, what response the Colombian government provided to the Minister for Latin American Affairs when human rights were raised during the Minister's visit in June 2014; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]   (225466)
4
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on the long-term effects on health of monosodium glutamate in food.
[Transferred]   (225437)
5
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department has put in place to track foreign national offenders upon release back into the community since May 2010.
[Transferred]   (225366)
6
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were under section 14 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2014.
[Transferred]   (225479)
7
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release of 11 February 2015, Free wifi to help rail commuters stay connected, and the speech of the Minister for the Cabinet Office at Sprint 15 of 3 February 2015, whether the free train wifi announced in that release will use the infrastructure announced in that speech.
[Transferred]   (225471)
8
 
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Wales working on zero hour contracts in February (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
    (225532)
9
 
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of women in Wales working on zero hour contracts in February (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
    (225533)
10
 
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Clwyd South constituency working on zero hour contracts in February (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
    (225534)
11
 
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of women who are on zero-hours contracts.
    (225632)
12
 
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from Bradford were the first ones to go to university from their family in each year since 2005.
    (225608)
13
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes of the meetings of his Department's risk and resource security working group from 6 May 2010 to date.
    (225580)
14
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) the North West, (c) Lancashire and (d) Preston have been prosecuted for tax evasion in the last five years.
    (225634)
15
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people subject to an IR35 review have been deemed to be a business entity in each of the last five years.
    (225650)
16
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each of the last five years HM Revenue and Customs reviewed under IR35 who have subsequently been deemed outside IR35 or in the low risk band and informed that they will not be reviewed for IR35 for the next three years.
    (225651)
17
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on tax revenues of the introduction of standard packaging of tobacco.
    (225598)
18
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the costs were to his Department of (a) direct payments to BuzzFeed and (b) staff time for native advertising on BuzzFeed on (i) 29 January, (ii) 9 February and (iii) 13 February 2015; from which budget this spending came from; and what account his Department took of the IAB guidelines on native advertising, when placing that advertising.
    (225602)
19
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the consequences for his policies of the conclusion of the report Technology at Work: The Future of Innovation and Employment, published in February 2015 by CitiGPS.
    (225603)
20
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much, and what proportion of, the cost of his visit to Telford on 11 December 2014 was paid out of public funds.
    (225604)
21
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Quesiton 223684, when the consultation on the framework of regulation that governs the balance of payments between broadcasters and platforms will open.
    (225617)
22
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223018, if he will assess the potential effect of increasing automation on (a) security, (b) inequality and (c) social cohesion.
    (225618)
23
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223186, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of statistics published by Public Libraries News on library closures and libraries transferred to volunteers.
    (225619)
24
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223182, if he will assess the implications for his Department's policies of his Officials' participation in the Cross-Government Behavioural Insights Network.
    (225620)
25
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223180, what the most recent (a) arts, (b) sports and (c) tourism initiatives were in which his Department used nudge policies.
    (225621)
26
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223688, when and in what format his Department provided information to the National Audit Office; and if he will publish all such correspondence.
    (225622)
27
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223736, which arts programmes his Department and arms length bodies fund that aim to reduce isolation.
    (225623)
28
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223124 and the Answer of 14 January 2015 to Question 220293, if he will estimate the total cost to the public purse of providing WiFi in those 2,000 libraries which offer that facility; what funding options he is exploring for providing WiFi in all public libraries; with which organisations he has discussed them contributing resources to such provision; how many libraries have free WiFi provided through the Super Connected Cities budget; and what the total cost is of that provision.
    (225656)
29
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222967, whether he plans to publish his response to the Digital Communications Infrastructure Strategy consultation before the General Election.
    (225657)
30
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the conclusions in the publication Digital Participation in Dumfries and Kirkcaldy published in February 2015.
    (225658)
31
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the level of cinema attendance was in each year since 2009-10; what forecast he has made of cinema attendance in each year to 2019-20; and what steps he is taking to support the cinema industry in the UK.
    (225659)
32
 
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits have enlisted in (a) the Regular Army and (b) the Reserve Forces in each region of the UK since Capita was awarded the contract for recruiting.
    (225511)
33
 
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits enlisted in (a) the Regular Army and (b) the Reserve Forces in each region of the UK in the 12 months preceding the award of the contract for recruiting to Capita.
    (225512)
34
 
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings to the public purse have been made to date from the award of the contract for Army recruiting to Capita; and how many Army personnel have been reassigned to reruiting during that period.
    (225513)
35
 
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many biological warfare casualty treatment facilities his Department currently has in place; and what the state of readiness of those facilities is.
    (225514)
36
 
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces are trained in biological warfare; and what plans he has to increase the number of such people.
    (225515)
37
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of decoupling the AS-level qualification from the A-level qualification.
    (225635)
38
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken on the implementation of the commitments made in, and monitoring of outcomes following, the 2011 Prevent Strategy.
    (225665)
39
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help schools in Tower Hamlets tackle radicalisation.
    (225666)
40
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will ensure that alternative theories of the cause of noise associated with wind turbines are considered by his Department's review of such noise.
    (225549)
41
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria his Department used to select the experts to be involved in its investigation into excess amplitude modulation.
    (225550)
42
 
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs his Department supports (a) directly and (b) indirectly in the nuclear supply chain in (i) the North West, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) Preston.
    (225667)
43
 
Dame Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the potential contribution of biomass to meeting the 2020 targets of the Climate Change Act 2008; and if he will make a statement.
    (225559)
44
 
Dame Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the implications of his Department's report on the Life Cycle Impacts of Biomass Electricity published in July 2014, for the life cycle assessment of the Renewable Energy Directive; and if he will make a statement.
    (225629)
45
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Marine Management Organisation has taken to safeguard the marine environment from damage by cable laying involving the SCAR plough system and similar technologies.
    (225626)
46
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licences have been granted by the Marine Management Organisation for the laying of cables on the seabed involving the SCAR plough system and other similar technologies; and to whom each of those licences has been granted.
    (225662)
47
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish the assessments it has prepared of the potential effects of an East Coast storm surge on agriculture, food supply, transport infrastructure, critical infrastructure and loss of life.
    (225577)
48
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the correspondence between the (a) Environment Agency and (b) Committee on Climate Change and her Department and between the Committee on Climate Change and the Environment Agency on the Thames Barrier from November 2013 to date.
    (225578)
49
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the correspondence between the Committee on Climate Change and her Department on that Committee's second Climate Change Risk Assessment from 6 May 2010 to date.
    (225579)
50
 
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the conclusions of the Environment Agency's long-term investment scenarios were refelcted in funding decisions taken as part of the 2014 National Infrastructure Plan's six-year flood defence grant-in-aid capital programme.
    (225606)
51
 
Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the non-financial regulatory constraints are on research on the potential of insects as a sustainable source of livestock feed; and what steps her Department is taking to encourage such research.
    (225605)
52
 
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to end rape and sexual assault in South Sudan as part of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative; and what support the Government is providing to the authorities in South Sudan to ensure that those responsible for such crimes in that country are held to account.
    (225535)
53
 
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support cultural exchanges between artists and educators in the UK and their counterparts in Gaza.
    (225607)
54
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he and other Ministers of his Department have made to their counterparts in Bahrain on the use of torture in that country.
    (225630)
55
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions officials of his Department have had with their counterparts in Bahrain on (a) democratic participation in that country and (b) programmes aimed at increasing such participation.
    (225631)
56
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to restrict rights of nationals of states acceding to the EU to enter and work in the UK.
    (225597)
57
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps hisDepartment is taking to help Libya move towards peace in the short and medium term.
    (225601)
58
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the abuse of women in foreign embassies in the UK.
    (225509)
59
 
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the cost effectiveness modelling for the HPV vaccine and adolescent boys will take account of (a) the costs of paying welfare benefits to men and women affected by HPV-related diseases, (b) the social care costs to local authorities and (c) the costs to employers of staff with HPV-related diseases.
    (225529)
60
 
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the cost effectiveness modelling for the HPV vaccine and adolescent boys will take account of the number of men who are likely to have sex with unvaccinated women both in the UK and abroad.
    (225530)
61
 
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the average cost to the NHS of treating each case of (a) cervical, (b) vaginal, (c) vulval, (d) penile, (e) anal, (f) oropharyngeal, (g) base of tongue, (h) tonsil and (i) laryngeal cancer.
    (225531)
62
 
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether funding has been secured for continuation of the National Cancer Peer Review.
    (225551)
63
 
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the cost effectiveness modelling for the HPV vaccine and adolescent boys will take into account the costs of treating (a) genital warts, (b) anal cancer, (c) penile cancer, (d) relevant head and neck cancers, (e) vaginal cancer, (f) vulval cancer and (g) recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
    (225552)
64
 
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assumptions have been made in the cost effectiveness modelling for offering HPV vaccinations to men who have sex with men (MSM) in respect of how many MSM (a) will be vaccinated each year and how many will remain unvaccinated, (b) will acquire HPV before they are offered a vaccination, (c) will acquire genital warts before they are offered a vaccination, (d) will not be offered an HPV vaccination because their GUM clinic will decide not to routinely offer it and (e) will not be offered the vaccination because they have not disclosed their sexual behaviour.
    (225553)
65
 
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the cost effectiveness modelling for the HPV vaccine and adolescent boys will take into account the increased risk of HIV infection in men and women who are HPV positive.
    (225628)
66
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress Health Education England has made in ensuring that a module on perinatal mental health is included in core training for midwives.
    (225555)
67
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress Health Education England has made in developing a mutual health e-learning package to support continuing professional development for GPs by January 2015; and how many GPs have used that package.
    (225556)
68
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress Health Education England has made in developing training programmes for health and care employers to ensure that all staff have an awareness of mental health problems and how they may affect their patients by January 2015; and if he will make a statement.
    (225557)
69
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress Health Education England has made in ensuring that training is available so that there can be a specialist GP in every clinical commissioning group trained in the physical and mental health needs of armed forces veterans by summer 2015.
    (225558)
70
 
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received NHS eye tests in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency in each of the last five years.
    (225544)
71
 
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of people undergoing regular eye tests.
    (225545)
72
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 221764, which representatives of the pharmaceutical industry were consulted to establish that the scoring tool used by NHS England was a fair assessment of the clinical benefits of a drug; and when that consultation took place.
    (225581)
73
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support and guidance his Department and NHS England have made available to clinical commissioning groups to enable them to effectively commission services for smaller population groups.
    (225646)
74
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the working group to examine the commissioning and provision of psychological therapies will be established.
    (225647)
75
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the working group to examine the commissioning and provision of psychological therapies will examine neuro and neuropsychiatric services.
    (225648)
76
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what secondary and tertiary mental health services for deaf patients are commissioned nationally by NHS England.
    (225660)
77
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the working group on the commissioning and provision of psychological therapies will be established; and what its scope, terms of reference and membership will be.
    (225661)
78
 
Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Impact Assessment for the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015, which derives key valuables in its cost benefit analysis from the work of Pechey et al; what account he has taken of the statements in that article that it relies on best guess estimate and that its authors have an economic or personal stake in the issue.
    (225624)
79
 
Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will delay implementation of standardised tobacco packaging until data on its effects on smoking prevalence in Australia is available.
    (225625)
80
 
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the need for a medical exemption certificate has been properly communicated to sufferers of diabetes by the NHS Business Service Authority and pharmacies.
    (225627)
81
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many influenza vaccinations for elderly and disabled people were administered in (a) the West Midlands region and (b) Birmingham in the 2014-15 winter period.
    (225504)
82
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many influenza vaccinations for elderly and disabled people were allotted for (a) the West Midlands region and (b) Birmingham for the 2014-15 winter period.
    (225516)
83
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of taking Regorafenib off of the Cancer Drugs Fund list on the health outcomes of gastrointestinal stromal tumour cancer patients.
    (225505)
84
 
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to implement the meningitis B vaccine in 2015.
    (225510)
85
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to prevent discrimination against former carers.
    (225537)
86
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support the Government provides to former carers entering employment or training following the death of the person they are caring for.
    (225538)
87
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of domiciliary sight tests for the diagnosis of (a) visual impairment and (b) eye health conditions in (i) children and (ii) adults with disabilities.
    (225539)
88
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of implementation rates of domiciliary sight tests for (a) children and (b) adults with disabilities.
    (225540)
89
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to improve the uptake of sight tests by children with disabilities.
    (225541)
90
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children with a learning disability took a sight test in 2013-14.
    (225542)
91
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of carers over the age of 50 who have not obtained full-time work within a period of (a) three and (b) six months following the death of the person they were caring for since 2010.
    (225543)
92
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to protect former carers from discrimination.
    (225573)
93
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the socioeconomic background of carers over the age of 50 who have become unemployed after the death of the person they were caring for, since 2010.
    (225574)
94
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many carers over the age of 50 have become unemployed after the death of the person they were caring for, since 2010.
    (225575)
95
 
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of carers over the age of 50 who have obtained full-time work within a period of (a) three and (b) six months following the death of the person they were caring for, since 2010.
    (225576)
96
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign students at schools and colleges that have lost their right to sponsor such students were removed from the UK in each of the last four years.
    (225645)
97
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-EU students who were given visas to study in the UK failed to leave the UK after their studies had ended in each of the last four years.
    (225663)
98
 
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many schools and colleges that have had their right to sponsor overseas students removed have been subjected to criminal proceedings in each of the last four years.
    (225664)
99
 
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are detained in prison for immigration control purposes under the service level agreement between her Department and the National Offender Management Service; and when that agreement is due to be renewed.
    (225536)
100
 
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the UK's policy will be on substantial changes to the international drugs control regime at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna in March 2015.
    (225649)
101
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of the United States are domiciled in the UK; and how many of those nationals have received visas to work (a) in the banking sector and (b) elsewhere in the financial services sector.
    (225596)
102
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that new psychoactive substances identified by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction are monitored by the Forensic Warning System.
    (225633)
103
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiries of the hon. Member for Chesterfield on behalf of Mr S Jackson, passed to her Department by the Prime Minister on 12 january 2015, reference JACK03010/03141925.
    (225507)
104
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal cases were abandoned between January 2014-January 2015 as a result of diplomatic immunity.
    (225508)
105
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the numbers of internally displaced Sunni former residents of Iraqi cities taken over by ISIL.
    (225592)
106
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to help the Iraqi government support the return of former residents of cities previously occupied by ISIL in Iraq who fled those cities upon occupation.
    (225593)
107
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of tax collection capacity in developing countries.
    (225599)
108
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps herDepartment is taking to improve education in Commonwealth countries.
    (225600)
109
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that environmental sustainability features within every part of the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals framework.
    (225653)
110
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the performance of the UK Aid Transparency Guarantee.
    (225654)
111
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he plans to review burial and cremation law.
    (225548)
112
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to promote mediation in the resolution of family and other legal disputes; and if he will make a statement.
  [R] (225655)
113
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions on nuclear power policy he had with his Austrian counterpart and other representatives of the Austrian government during the European Council meeting in Brussels from 12 to 13 February 2015.
    (225594)
114
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral evidence to the Liaison Committee on 24 February 2015, what assessment he has made of the military threat posed by Russia in the Baltic states.
    (225595)
115
 
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will visit the Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire to make an assessment of the extent of the improvement works being carried out and the effect of those works on neighbouring businesses.
    (225546)
116
 
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate measures are in place to assess the toxicity of fumes entering aircraft cabins from aircraft engines; what steps he has taken to ensure the prevention of adverse effects on pilots, cabin crew and passengers caused by toxic levels of fumes; and if he will make a statement.
    (225506)
117
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission research into the reasons why the largest category of people transferred from incapacity benefit to the fit-to-work group have been people with mental health issues.
    (225554)
118
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the scoring system in his Department's new guidelines for claimants with mental health issues to decide eligibility for support groups differentiates between men and women.
    (225547)
119
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many first contact notice of closure letters have been sent to (a) Segment 1 and (b) Segment 2 CSA cases in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland.
    (225652)
120
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to bring forward proposals to amend Regulation 36 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 to introduce MOT-style 13 month gas appliance and flue servicing duties on landlords.
    (225517)
Tuesday 3 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
 
★ 1
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): What criteria the Government will use to determine the right time for the UK to recognise Palestine as a state.
    (907827)
★ 2
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in North Africa on the political and security situation in Libya.
    (907828)
★ 3
Sir David Amess (Southend West): What recent assessment he has made of progress with the Middle East peace process.
    (907829)
★ 4
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): Whether he has had discussions with the Argentinian government on the future of the Falkland Islands; and if he will make a statement.
    (907830)
★ 5
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): What plans officials of his Department in Argentina have to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Welsh community in Patagonia.
    (907831)
★ 6
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What assessment he has made of the success of recent diplomatic initiatives relating to peace and security in Eastern Ukraine.
    (907832)
★ 7
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What reports he has received on displacement of Bedouin in Southern Israel.
    (907833)
★ 8
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What recent assessment he has made of the extent of Iran's financial and material support for Hamas and Hezbollah.
    (907834)
★ 9
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): What representations he has made on the potential demolition of the village of Umm al-Hiran in Negev.
    (907835)
★ 10
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): What steps his Department is taking to ensure a lasting ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
    (907836)
★ 11
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): What assessment he has made of the level of public demand for a renegotiated settlement between the UK and the EU.
    (907837)
★ 12
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): What steps he is taking to secure the return of the UK citizens who were aboard the MV Seaman Guard Ohio when she was detained by the Indian authorities.
    (907838)
★ 14
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What his priorities are for the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council in March 2015.
    (907840)
★ 15
Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What steps the Government has taken since 2010 to increase British influence around the world.
    (907841)
★ 16
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): What recent discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on discrimination and violence against people of minority faiths in that country.
    (907842)
★ 17
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): What assessment he has made of the level of public demand for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
    (907843)
★ 18
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield): What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Libya.
    (907844)
★ 19
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): What assessment he has made of the strategic analysis capability of his Department in relation to Russia and the Middle East.
    (907845)
★ 20
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): What his policy is on the future role of the UK in the EU.
    (907846)
★ 21
John Howell (Henley): What recent assessment he has made of progress in the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries.
    (907847)
★ 22
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What steps he is taking to tackle extremist ideology and to reduce its appeal worldwide.
    (907848)
★ 23
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What his priorities are for the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council in March 2015.
    (907849)
★ 24
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What recent steps he has taken to support international action on ensuring freedom of belief and protection for religious minorities.
    (907850)
★ 25
David Mowat (Warrington South): What recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of a two-state solution emerging in the Middle East.
    (907851)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Henry Smith (Crawley): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (907817)
★ 2
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East):  
    (907818)
★ 3
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish):  
    (907819)
★ 4
Steve Brine (Winchester):  
    (907820)
★ 5
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South):  
    (907821)
★ 6
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West):  
    (907822)
★ 7
Naomi Long (Belfast East):  
    (907823)
★ 8
Grahame M. Morris (Easington):  
    (907824)
★ 9
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East):  
    (907825)
★ 10
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):  
    (907826)

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 the 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)

Notices given on Wednesday 25 February

1
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Question 211703, how many people were recorded on a general practice register with a diagnosis of asthma in 2013-14.
    (225503)

Notices given on Thursday 26 February

1
N
Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken since 2010 to increase British influence around the world.
[Question Unstarred]   (907839)
2
N
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers were fined for not paying their employees the national minimum wage in 2013-14.
    (225582)
3
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many export licences have been issued to UK companies selling military equipment to the Ukrainian armed forces in the last two years.
    (225523)
4
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is providing to coalfield communities to help develop new businesses; and what estimate he has made of the number of jobs which will be created as a result of such initiatives.
    (225584)
5
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women working in the (i) technology and (ii) engineering sectors.
    (225669)
6
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to figure 31 of the Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2014, published in December 2014, what proportion of apprentices aged 25 or older were working for their employer prior to starting their apprenticeship in each academic year since 2009-10.
    (225676)
7
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bids by local enterprise partnerships to (a) the Regional Growth Fund and (b) the Exceptional and Regional Growth Fund have been (i) received, (ii) selected and (iii) not selected in each bidding round in each region since those funds were established.
    (225677)
8
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of regional growth fund monies allocated to local enterprise partnerships have been drawn down in each bidding and in each region since those funds were established.
    (225678)
9
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many business tenants are in place in each Enterprise Zone.
    (225679)
10
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many jobs have been created in each Enterprise Zone since May 2010.
    (225680)
11
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the salary is of the chief executive officer of his Department's Community Organising programme.
    (225609)
12
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who work in public sector mutuals.
    (225682)
13
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what restrictions apply to people who were recently employed as local planning officers working in the private sector on planning applications in the same local authority area in which they were previously employed.
    (225561)
14
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of planning applications which are determined under delegated authority by planning officers in (a) England and (b) each of the district authorities in Gloucestershire.
    (225562)
15
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the Statement of Commitment between the Government and mobile network operators signed on 17 December 2014.
    (225610)
16
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) small and medium-sized enterprises based and (b) broadband connection vouchers distributed in each SuperConnected City.
    (225611)
17
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the oral Answer of the Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy of 15 January 2015, Official Report, column 989, what discussions his Department has had with HM Revenue and Customs on resolving difficulties faced by musicians and other creative professionals in complying with changes to the way VAT is charged on digital services.
    (225571)
18
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) RAF Regiment, (b) Royal Marines and (c) Regular Army personnel have been made redundant in each of the last five years; and how many such personnel (i) have been re-hired on full-time reserve service contracts and (ii) have joined the Reserves.
    (225520)
19
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British military personnel have been assigned to support the training of the Ukrainian armed forces.
    (225521)
20
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what former British military equipment has been (a) gifted and (b) sold to the Ukrainian armed forces in the last two years.
    (225522)
21
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department's funding for a university technical college on the side of the former Anfield Comprehensive School was withdrawn.
    (225671)
22
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 223251, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of households installing wind turbines.
    (225589)
23
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 223250, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of households installing solar panels.
    (225590)
24
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisations made reports in the first round of reporting under the Adaptation Reporting Power; and which of those organisations have informed her Department that they will not be reporting in the second round of reporting under that power.
    (225583)
25
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with NICE on its potential new indicator on obesity to be included in NICE's Quality and Outcomes Framework indicator menu.
    (225639)
26
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients identified by their general practitioner as being obese have (a) received follow-up advice on how to lose or manage their weight and (b) succeeded in losing weight and maintaining their weight loss in the last 12 months.
    (225670)
27
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of funding is required for the National Cancer Peer Review Programme to continue.
    (225518)
28
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to make an announcement on the future of the National Cancer Peer Review Programme.
    (225519)
29
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the current value of unused NHS property.
    (225563)
30
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value is of NHS property declared surplus to requirements since 2010.
    (225564)
31
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS properties in Sussex are currently unused; and what estimate he has made of the value of those properties.
    (225565)
32
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on retention of unused NHS properties left vacant after three years.
    (225566)
33
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the proceeds of NHS property sales since 2010 have reverted to (a) HM Treasury and (b) the NHS.
    (225567)
34
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals her Department's Counter-Terrorism Referrals Unit has made to (a) Facebook, (b) Twitter, (c) Google and Youtube and (d) other websites or service providers in each of the last three years.
    (225636)
35
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new psychoactive substances have been identified by the Forensic Early Warning System in each of the last four years.
    (225637)
36
N
Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on legal fees in the case of The Queen (on the application of O) and the Secretary of State for International Development.
    (225572)
37
N
Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in legal aid claims was paid to Leigh Day in 2013-14.
    (225672)
38
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223614, how many such applications by grandparents for child arrangement orders were successful in each of those financial years; and how many such orders were breached in each of those financial years.
    (225681)
39
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many IR35 cases brought to tribunal led to (a) prosecution and (b) acquittal in each of the last five years.
    (225673)
40
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hours of training Milford Haven staff have received from staff at the Swansea Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre on knowledge of the coastline currently covered by Liverpool Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre.
    (225612)
41
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff transferred from Swansea Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre to Milford Haven Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre between January 2012 and February 2015.
    (225613)
42
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed at (a) Swansea and (b) Milford Haven Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre in (i) August 2013, (ii) February 2014, (iii) August 2014 and (iv) February 2015.
    (225614)
43
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hours of shift time were staffed below risk-assessed levels at (a) Swansea and (b) Milford Haven Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre in (i) July 2013, (ii) January 2014, (iii) July 2014 and (iv) January 2015.
    (225615)
44
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many shifts were staffed below risk-assessed levels at (a) Swansea and (b) Milford Haven Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre in (i) July 2013, (ii) January 2014, (iii) July 2014 and (iv) January 2015.
    (225616)
45
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of money that has been saved by the Government by making vehicle tax registration available online.
    (225668)
46
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the A595 has been closed to traffic because of (a) roadworks and (b) accidents in each of the last 10 years.
    (225585)
47
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents occurred on the A595 in each of the last 10 years; and how many such accidents resulted in fatalities.
    (225586)
48
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of likely numbers of road users on the A595 in each of the next 10 years.
    (225587)
49
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requests his Department has received for additional funding for the A595.
    (225588)
50
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has made to Southern Railway about its performance.
    (225568)
51
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has made to Network Rail about engineering works at London Bridge station and their effects on rail services into and out of that station.
    (225569)
52
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what circumstances may his Department remove a franchise from a train operating company before the scheduled end of a franchise contract.
    (225570)
53
N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission research into the effect of benefit sanctions on the (a) mental and (b) physical health of people on jobseeker's allowance or the work-related activity group of employment and support allowance.
    (225560)
54
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people making an application for universal credit are not registered on the real-time information system.
    (225640)
55
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224791, what topics he discussed with staff during his visit to Preston Benefit Centre on 11 April 2014.
    (225638)
56
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of Child Support Agency cases within each segment of the planned case closure programme in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
    (225674)
57
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224963, on which dates he or his Ministerial colleagues have met a former Remploy employee since May 2010; and when any further such meetings are planned.
    (225675)
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)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 4 March.
    (907852)
★ 2
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):  
    (907853)
★ 3
Barry Gardiner (Brent North):  
    (907854)
★ 4
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough):  
    (907855)
★ 5
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):  
    (907856)
★ 6
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):  
    (907857)
★ 7
Mr David Ward (Bradford East):  
    (907858)
★ 8
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):  
    (907859)
★ 9
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South):  
    (907860)
★ 10
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central):  
    (907861)
★ 11
Guy Opperman (Hexham):  
    (907862)
★ 12
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):  
    (907863)
★ 13
Jim McGovern (Dundee West):  
    (907864)
★ 14
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston):  
    (907865)
★ 15
Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon):  
    (907866)

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)

Notices given on Wednesday 25 February

1
N
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of people in the Scottish Highlands and Islands are classed as living in fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement.
    (225368)

Notices given on Thursday 26 February

1
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff employed at the Tax Credit Office in Preston are currently paid (a) more and (b) less than the Living Wage.
[Transferred]   (225140)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government is making in implementating the EU Directive 2014/55/EU on invoicing in public sector procurement; what steps he has taken to ensure that all Departments will be in a position to implement the directive fully by autumn 2018; and if he will make a statement.
    (225591)
3
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have been overpaid after they applied for accelerated incremental progression payments; how much has been overpaid; how much will have to be paid back by service personnel; what the average amount to be repaid by a serviceman or woman is; and by what date such repayments must be made.
    (225641)
4
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of forgiving debt owed by service personnel who applied for accelerated incremental progression.
    (225642)
5
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department has given to service personnel who have been overpaid because they applied for an accelerated incremental progression; when the guidlines for who was eligible for such payments were changed to invalidate the extra pay; how many people applied for such payments before the guidance in Joint Service Publication 754 was changed; and who was responsible for changing that guidance.
    (225643)
6
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will include animal welfare in the school curriculum.
    (225527)
7
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve traffic flow and safety on the A1 between London and the A46 at Newark.
    (225528)
8
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library the progress report by KPMG of its review of bus market franchising when it is issued in early March 2015.
    (225524)
Thursday 5 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 26 February

1
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224693, what the date, location and nature has been of the Environment Agency's spending on maintaining channels and flood defences on the River Ribble and its tributaries in the Savick Brook and Preston Asset Management Systems since 2010.
    (225644)
2
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers of what rank retired from each constabulary in the North West in each year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
    (225526)
3
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2015 to Question 224736, how many domestic violence court sittings took place in each magistrates court in Lancashire in 2014; and how many domestic violence trials took place in each of those courts during those sittings.
    (225525)
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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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)
Monday 9 March  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 25 February

1
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff employed at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency office in Preston were made redundant when it closed; and what the total cost was of those redundancies.
    (225392)
2
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to central and local government officials responsible for processing housing benefit and council tax benefit claims on withdrawal of pension fund money under the pension freedom rules that come into force in April 2015.
    (225351)
3
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed at his Department's offices at Palatine House, Preston; and what planned staffing levels at those offices are in each of the next three financial years.
    (225393)
4
N
Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff directly employed by his Department at the Carer's Allowance Unit, Palatine House, Preston earn (a) more and (b) less than the national minimum wage.
    (225394)

Prepared 27th February 2015