Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 4 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 Tuesday 3 March 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 4 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.
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
★
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)
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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)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 24 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.
(225140)
2
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)
3
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
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)
2
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)
3
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)
4
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 guidelines 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)
5
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)
6
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)
7
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)
Notices given on Friday 27 February
1
N
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
To ask the Attorney General, how many re-trials the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has pursued for each type of offence in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of all prosecutions brought by the CPS those re-trials represent.
(225766)
2
N
Mr Ian Davidson
(Glasgow South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to encourage retailers to stock more Fairtrade products and adopt Fairtrade principles.
(225703)
3
N
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what policies his Department has in place to protect product standards in British companies when they are taken over by foreign companies.
(225735)
4
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people earned an amount (a) in each bracket of £1,000 between £42,000 and £55,000 and (b) in each bracket of £10,000 over £55,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
(225794)
5
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 died of epilepsy in (i) England and (ii) the UK in each of the last five years.
(225700)
6
N
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2015 to Question 220917 and to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221596, what the surcharge is for payment by monthly direct debit for each licence administered by his Department.
(225793)
7
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Questions 223142 and 223143, when he expects to publish the breakdown of the estimated numbers of deaths resulting in inheritance tax liabilities by Westminster parliamentary constituencies for years later than 2011-12.
(225708)
8
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people earn between £10,500 and £13,500; what forecast his Department has made of the average amount of income tax such people will pay in 2015-16; and how much tax such people paid in the last year for which figures are available.
(225791)
9
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2015 to Question 225258, how many 16 to 18 year olds studied for BTEC qualifications at each level in (a) schools, (b) sixth form colleges and (c) further education colleges in each year from 2006-07 to 2011-12.
(225792)
10
N
Mr Ian Davidson
(Glasgow South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to raise awareness of the Fairtrade movement in schools.
(225704)
11
N
Roger Williams
(Brecon and Radnorshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on the legality of Israeli actions in occupied Palestinian territory; and if he will make a statement.
(225737)
12
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on improving the speed of diagnosis for people with an inflammatory musculoskeletal condition.
(225688)
13
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with rheumatoid arthritis are diagnosed and receive treatment within the first three months of referral from primary care.
(225707)
14
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what grounds a contract to run NHS PET-CT cancer scans was awarded to Alliance Medical.
(225738)
15
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that Ministers with financial interests in private health companies do not (a) make a profit from and (b) have influence over the award of NHS contracts to private healthcare companies.
(225739)
16
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished hospital episodes with a primary diagnosis of epilepsy there were among people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 in England in each of the last five years.
(225698)
17
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public money has been granted into research into epilepsy in each of the last five years.
(225699)
18
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent on the prescription of drugs to manage epilepsy in the NHS in each of the last five years.
(225701)
19
N
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public money has been invested into development of new drugs and treatments for epilepsy in each of the last five years.
(225706)
20
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to minimise disruption for patients at shift changeovers in hospital wards; and if he will make a statement.
(225740)
21
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospital wards provide sufficient (a) personal and (b) nursing care to patients; and if he will make a statement.
(225741)
22
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on helping each developing country increase its tax base since 2010.
(225705)
23
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223693, which the 26 countries are in which her Department is undertaking tax capacity work; how much funding is allocated to each such country; and how many people are employed to undertake that work.
(225736)
24
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2015 to Question 223530, and with reference to her Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, how the figure of £73,329,000 for planned expenditure in the Caribbean in 2014-15 was arrived at.
(225745)
25
N
Mr Ian Davidson
(Glasgow South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's report, The Impact of EU Sugar Policy Reform on Developing Countries, published in February 2012, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the effect of those reforms on those countries.
(225702)
26
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Work Programme providers on the development of their workforce.
(225762)
27
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is offered to Jobcentre Plus staff to enable them to better work with (a) lone parents and (b) ethnic minority jobseekers.
(225763)
28
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were referred to the Work Programme by Jobcentre Plus but not subsequently attached to the programme in each month since June 2011.
(225764)
29
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 payments, (b) job outcome and (c) sustainment payments in Contract Package Areas 12 and 13 since June 2011.
(225765)
Notices given on Monday 2 March
1
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an analysis of the effect of welfare reforms since 2010 (a) on welfare recipients, (b) on people with disabilities, (c) by geographical area and (d) on single parents, families, and people of working age compared to pensioners.
[Transferred]
(225761)
2
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families were paid child benefit for (a) one child, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four children or more in the last year for which figures are available.
[Transferred]
(225783)
3
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, the average value of child benefit received by families with (a) one child, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four children or more in the last year for which figures are available.
[Transferred]
(225784)
4
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what periods there has been a vacancy for the role of Chief Scientific Advisor in his Department during the 2010-15 Parliament.
(225867)
5
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase the number of women participating in advanced manufacturing apprenticeships.
(225859)
6
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local post offices in rural areas remain in business.
(225865)
7
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons publication of the final report on the review of enforcement of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 in respect of copycat packaging has been delayed; and when he plans to publish that report.
(225807)
8
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timetable the Government has in place to provide civil injunctive powers to businesses, in respect of copycat packaging, under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
(225808)
9
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with which organisations the Minister for (a) Intellectual Property and (b) Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs has met to discuss the review of enforcement of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 in respect of copycat packaging.
(225809)
10
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) film, (b) television, (c) music and (d) publishing companies his Department consulted on the contents of the Government's policy paper UK vision for EU's digital economy before it was published.
(225810)
11
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what analysis he has undertaken of the reasons for the fall of drug manufacturing output in the UK since 2010; what steps he plans to take to ensure that the UK pharmaceutical industry is globally competitive; and if he will make a statement.
(225811)
12
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to UK vision for the EU's digital economy, published 20 January 2015, what steps the Government is taking to implement the recommendation that the European Commission should act to ensure access to digital media content across EU borders; and if he will make a statement.
(225812)
13
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received in favour of inclusion in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 of provisions to mandate that social, employment and environmental criteria have the same weight of consideration as cost or price when choosing and selecting a contract bid.
(225911)
14
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if, as an alternative to the provisions in Regulation 77 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 102), laid before the House on 5 February 2015, if he will bring foward legislative proposals to reserve contracts for tightly defined co-operatives, mutuals and social enterprises; and if he will make a statement.
(225913)
15
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of public sector procurement has been allocated to ethnic minority businesses in each year since 2010.
(225907)
16
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to make public sector procurements more inclusive to ethnic minority businesses.
(225908)
17
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of public sector procurement contract spending has been awarded to ethnic minority small and medium-sized enterprises in each year since May 2010.
(225925)
18
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of public sector procurement spend has been spent with small and medium-sized enterprises in each year since 2010.
(225931)
19
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to boost the growth of the financial technology industry.
(225806)
20
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change in tax liabilities for shipping companies in the tonnage tax scheme was in each (a) calendar and (b) financial year since the scheme was introduced; and what estimate he has made of the change in those liabilities in (i) 2014, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2015 and (iv) 2014-15.
(225876)
21
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of Enterprise Zones by businesses.
(225862)
22
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will (a) make a public response to the proposals submitted to his Department to PCS as an alternative to privatisation at the National Gallery and (b) refer those proposals to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee for full public scrutiny; and if he will make a statement.
(225912)
23
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to section one of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 2014, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities properly discharge their (a) duties to meet the needs of public library users and (b) other duties under the Act.
(225801)
24
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223691, what recent discussions he has requested from Ofcom on BT's position in the wholesale access market.
(225802)
25
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223687, whether the (a) County Durham, (b) Oxfordshire, (c) Hampshire, (d) Essex, (e) Wokingham, (f) Black Country and (g) South Yorkshire project teams are permitted to share information on BT's costs.
(225803)
26
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of implications for the film and cinemas sectors of the drop in cinema attendance.
(225804)
27
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support the maintenance of churches.
(225858)
28
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department collects on how many acts of (a) altruism and (b) violence the average child will see on television each year.
(225923)
29
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase investment and training in television production in Yorkshire.
(225878)
30
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK defences against potential air attacks.
(225942)
31
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incursions into sovereign UK airspace took place in the last 12 months; and what the nature of those incursions was.
(225943)
32
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incursions into sovereign UK waters took place in the last 12 months; and what the nature of those incursions was.
(225944)
33
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to compensate teaching professionals who have been exposed to asbestos while working in educational establishments.
(225875)
34
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that all people working with young people report concerns about that person's welfare to the police.
(225853)
35
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the potential radicalisation of young people in school.
(225950)
36
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to establish an independent panel to oversee the regulation of the shale gas industry.
(225860)
37
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to prevent groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing.
(225861)
38
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the projected number of years of active energy projection from (a) nuclear power, (b) offshore wind turbines, (c) onshore wind turbines, (d) coal powered power stations, (e) gas powered power stations, (f) solar powered farms, (g) tidal lagoon, (h) biomass and (i) anaerobic digesters.
(225910)
39
Sir Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 19 January 2015 from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr P. Metcalfe.
(225877)
40
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Mauritanian counterpart on the arrest and trial of Biram Abeid and others involved in anti-slavery campaigns in that country; and if he will make a statement.
(225906)
41
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterpart on strengthening Iraqi military forces.
(225945)
42
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on establishing a cessation of hostilities in Ukraine.
(225946)
43
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to improve brain cancer patients' access to cancer drugs.
(225805)
44
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for proton beam therapy the NHS approved in each year since 2010; and what proportion of those applications were for child cancer patients.
(225813)
45
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on proton beam therapy treatment from (a) April to August 2014 and (b) August 2014 to January 2015.
(225814)
46
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for proton beam therapy the NHS declined in each year since 2010; and what proportion of those applications were for child cancer patients.
(225815)
47
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the (a) business plan and (b) grant agreement to provide funding for the organisation Action on Smoking and Health under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968.
(225819)
48
Mike Kane
(Wythenshawe and Sale East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the existing tariff funding arrangements on Manchester's two specialist cystic fibrosis units following the recent Memorandum of Understanding between Greater Manchester and NHS England for deciding on health and care services for Greater Manchester.
(225904)
49
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what precedures are in place to prevent the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) transfering NHS data to Wales for storage; whether the HSCIC definition of overseas includes Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(225905)
50
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value is of projected savings from paperless working included in NHS spending plans for each of the next three years.
(225901)
51
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent district nurses there were per head of population in (a) Cumbria, (b) Copeland and (c) Allerdale in each of the last 10 years.
(225914)
52
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that cholesterol data is collected and reported by GPs.
(225909)
53
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress on implementation of the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy, published in March 2013; and what progress has been made on achieving that strategy's aim of increasing the diagnosis rates of familial hypercholaesterolemia from 15 per cent to 50 per cent.
(225932)
54
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Destitution Domestic Violence (DDV) concessions are granted to individuals on a UK partner visa whose relationship has broken down because of domestic violence each year; and how many individuals granted a DDV concession are later granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK each year.
(225816)
55
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) help to promote awareness of Tell MAMA and (b) encourage reporting of anti-Muslims incidents.
(225817)
56
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints by victims of crime have been lodged against (a) the police and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last five years.
(225843)
57
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK.
(225947)
58
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent of links between the Muslim Brotherhood and people who have been arrested in the UK under anti-terrorism legislation.
(225948)
59
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who have been suspected of planning to commit terrorist attacks are appropriately monitored.
(225949)
60
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223847, what proportion of total bilateral overseas development assistance is spent in developing countries.
(225874)
61
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how state-funded organisations which support victims are regulated; and how the outcomes of the work of these organisations are monitored by his Department.
(225838)
62
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are in place for informing victims of the reasons for delays in criminal matters relevant to their case being listed for court.
(225839)
63
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce pre-trial hearings to determine the nature of cross-examination of victims and witnesses in crown court proceedings.
(225840)
64
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many local authority areas Restorative Justice is available for victims of crime; and how many victims accessed this service in the last year for which figures are available.
(225841)
65
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Crown and (b) magistrates' courts supply discrete waiting areas for victims and witnesses.
(225842)
66
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) victims and (b) witnesses had access to discrete waiting areas in courts in England and Wales in the last year for which data is available.
(225844)
67
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints from victims have been received by the Courts and Probation Service in each of the last five years.
(225845)
68
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve communication between civil, family and criminal courts.
(225846)
69
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of stalking or harassment have reported being the subject of vexatious civil or family court applications in each of the last five years.
(225847)
70
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for redress to civil or family courts during each of the last five years were deemed to be vexatious.
(225848)
71
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of crime were given support by state-funded organisations in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
(225849)
72
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what costs may be incurred by the victim when applying for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
(225850)
73
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many forms or documents need to be completed by people applying for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
(225851)
74
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) applied for and (b) were granted compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.
(225852)
75
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases where a suspect had been charged in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 their trial began after more than (i) six and (ii) 12 months.
(225854)
76
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in criminal proceedings in courts in England and Wales.
(225855)
77
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners and what proportion of the prison population have committed suicide in each of the last 20 years.
(225903)
78
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Leader of the House, what plans the Government have to facilitate Wales and England cross-border health policy debate after his proposals for English votes for English laws have been implemented.
(225799)
79
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Leader of the House, what the effects on the budgets of the devolved administrations will be from his proposals for English votes for English laws.
(225800)
80
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Prime Minister, whether information made available to Desmond de Silva QC for his report on the Patrick Finucane Review included information on Brian Nelson's discharge from the army and his subsequent recruitment and deployment as an army intelligence agent.
(225818)
81
Mr Dominic Grieve
(Beaconsfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on proposals to connect the High Speed 2 railway line with Heathrow Airport.
(225879)
82
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the embankments of the M67 in Denton were last assessed for fly tipping.
(225868)
83
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on the removal of fly-tipping from motorway embankments.
(225869)
84
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of progress on the M60/M67 interchange pinch point work.
(225870)
85
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the carriageway, hard shoulder, slip roads, embankments and central reservations of the M67 and M60 will next be cleaned of litter and fly tipping.
(225871)
86
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will arrange for the flytipping and litter on the embankments of the M67 in Denton to be removed.
(225872)
87
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is providing to regional airports to promote the use of such airports by commercial airlines.
(225863)
88
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality and level of care for people with dementia in the North West.
(225864)
89
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve access for people with disabilities at rural train stations.
(225866)
90
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the retention of Welsh as a requirement for applicants to senior managerial public roles in areas where Welsh is the main language.
(225797)
91
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with (a) cabinet colleagues and (b) the Welsh Government on making St David's Day a bank holiday in Wales.
(225798)
92
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wrexham constituency have been unsuccessful in an application for personal independence payments since June 2013.
(225873)
93
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment applications are awaiting determination in (a) Wrexham constituency and (b) Wales.
(225924)
94
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have waited more than six months for a personal independence payment application to be determined in (a) Wrexham constituency and (b) Wales in each of the last three years.
(225926)
95
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues in his Department on the level of compliance amongst oil and gas (i) companies and (ii) contractors operating on the UK Continental Shelf with International Labour Organisation Convention 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise.
(225856)
96
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the level of compliance amongst oil and gas (a) companies and (b) contractors operating on the UK Continental Shelf with International Labour Organisation Convention 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise since 2005; and if he will take steps to conduct a further such assessment.
(225857)
97
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) predecessor departments have made during periods of low oil prices in the last 30 years of the level of compliance amongst oil and gas (i) companies and (ii) contractors operating on the UK Continental Shelf with International Labour Organisation Convention 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise; and if he will make a statement.
(225902)
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
★
1
Nicola Blackwood
(Oxford West and Abingdon):
What plans he has to build new and upgrade existing trunk roads network.
(907867)
★
2
Mary Macleod
(Brentford and Isleworth):
What recent progress has been made by the Airports Commission.
(907868)
★
3
Stephen Mosley
(City of Chester):
What plans he has for electrification of railway lines in the North West.
(907869)
★
4
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
What financial assistance he is providing to local authorities to repair potholes.
(907870)
★
5
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
What recent discussions he has had with train operating companies on increasing the use of rural railway stations; and if he will make a statement.
(907871)
★
6
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
What plans he has to review vehicular access rights to bus lanes.
(907872)
★
7
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
What plans he has to introduce new rolling stock on the rail network.
(907873)
★
8
Sir Alan Haselhurst
(Saffron Walden):
When he expects to publish the invitation to tender for the Greater Anglia rail franchise.
(907874)
★
9
Richard Graham
(Gloucester):
What plans he has to improve railway stations to cater for increased rail traffic.
(907875)
★
10
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
What steps he is taking to develop the north-south road network in Lincolnshire.
(907876)
★
11
Mr Tim Yeo
(South Suffolk):
What assessment he has made of recent trends in the number of rail passenger journeys.
(907877)
★
12
Damian Collins
(Folkestone and Hythe):
How much has been raised in revenue by the HGV road user levy since its introduction.
(907878)
★
13
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
What estimate he has made of the benefit cost ratio of the High Speed 2 Wigan spur.
(907879)
★
14
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
What financial assistance he is providing to local authorities to repair potholes.
(907880)
★
15
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
What steps he is taking to increase levels of cycling and walking.
(907881)
★
16
Guy Opperman
(Hexham):
What recent progress his Department has made on the feasibility study on dualling of the A69.
(907882)
★
17
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
What recent progress has been made on the proposed improvements to the A27 between Worthing and Lancing.
(907883)
★
18
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of compensation payments to passengers for delayed rail travel.
(907884)
★
19
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
What criteria his Department uses to allocate subsidies and premiums to train companies for the operation of rail franchise agreements.
(907885)
★
20
Duncan Hames
(Chippenham):
When he expects negotiations on the Great Western rail franchise to be completed.
(907886)
At 10.05am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★
1
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(907897)
★
2
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
(907898)
★
3
Christopher Pincher
(Tamworth):
(907899)
★
4
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
(907900)
★
5
Duncan Hames
(Chippenham):
(907901)
★
6
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
(907902)
★
7
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
(907903)
★
8
Caroline Dinenage
(Gosport):
(907904)
★
9
Robert Jenrick
(Newark):
(907905)
★
10
Mr Stephen Hepburn
(Jarrow):
(907906)
At 10.15am
Oral Questions to the Leader of the House and the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
★
1
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent representations he has received from catering, maintenance and other staff of the House on the management of the House.
(907887)
★
2
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Leader of the House, how many sittings of public bill committees took place in the last Parliament; and how many such sittings have taken place in this Parliament to date.
(907888)
★
3
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of parliamentary mechanisms in holding the Government to account since 2010.
(907889)
★
4
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what training and advice is provided to House staff on how to deal with transgender people visiting the parliamentary estate.
(907890)
★
5
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he has taken to enhance the role of backbenchers.
(907891)
★
6
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the procedure for tabling motions for money resolutions for Private Members' Bills; and if he will make a statement.
(907892)
★
7
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Leader of the House, how many e-petitions which have been signed by 100,000 or more people have been debated in the House?
(907893)
★
8
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of waste on the parliamentary estate was recycled in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent period for which figures are available.
(907894)
★
9
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of select committees since 2010.
(907895)
★
10
Mr Graham Allen
(Nottingham North):
To ask the Leader of the House, what progress he has made in establishing a House Business Committee; and if he will make a statement.
(907896)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 26 February
1
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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 police force 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)
Notices given on Friday 27 February
1
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Teach First participants who remain in (a) their original position and (b) teaching after their initial two year training programme in (i) Hull and (ii) nationally in (A) 2014-15 and (B) 2009-10.
(225795)
Notices given on Monday 2 March
1
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases since the introduction of the Victims' Right to Review Scheme have the Crown Prosecution Service changed a decision following a victim's request for a review.
(225951)
2
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Attorney General, how many victims of crime have asked the Crown Prosecution Service to review a decision not to bring charges or to terminate proceedings since the introduction of the Victims' Right to Review Scheme.
(225952)
3
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223288, what steps he is taking to encourage institutions of further and higher education to put in place financial protection for overseas students.
(225880)
4
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many electrical engineers graduated from UK universities in each of the last 10 years.
(225921)
5
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial support his Department will provide to local authorities for centralising the local land charges registers.
(225820)
6
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the centralisation of local land charges registers.
(225821)
7
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to implement the changes to local land charges registers resulting from the Infrastructure Act 2015.
(225822)
8
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how CON29 search data will be allocated when LLC1 data has been centralised.
(225823)
9
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what alternative he considered to centralising local land charges in the Land Registry; and what assessment he made of their appropriateness and cost effectiveness of those alternatives.
(225824)
10
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish the findings of the Government's employment review to improve the clarity and status of the employment of the British workforce.
(225937)
11
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many growth vouchers have been (a) issued and (b) redeemed to date; how many businesses have made enquiries on the growth vouchers scheme; and how many applications for growth vouchers have been received in each month since the scheme started.
(225938)
12
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the programmes administered by the business bank are and how many businesses received support from such programmes in each month since those programmes began.
(225939)
13
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of support provided by each business bank programme was from a non-major bank in each month since those programmes began.
(225940)
14
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new business start-ups there have been in (a) Bradford East and (b) Bradford (i) since 2010 and (ii) from 2005 to 2010.
(225897)
15
N
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Written Statement HCWS319 of 27 February 2015, what the urgent cash requirement on services was that made an advance of £15 million sought from the Contingencies Fund necessary.
(225930)
16
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in each parliamentary constituency have been employed on zero-hours contracts in each month since May 2010.
(225918)
17
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on VAT liability for (a) franchisees of LighterLife UK and (b) LighterLife UK.
(225829)
18
N
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on buy-to-let house purchases in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
(225830)
19
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of private residence relief in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year since 2010; and what his forecast is of the cost of such relief in each of those areas in each year to 2020.
(225888)
20
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224963, on which dates since May 2010, Ministers in his Department met a former Remploy employee.
(225889)
21
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many business rates appeals (a) are outstanding, (b) have been received and (c) have been cleared, by region; and what the median number of days taken is to clear business rates appeals in each region.
(225941)
22
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Bradford East and (b) Bradford paid income tax in (i) 2010 and (ii) the last year for which figures are available.
(225920)
23
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory homeless people there were in each constituency in Wales in each of the last 10 years.
(225881)
24
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2015 to Question 225228, what criteria his Department uses to decide on which regional commercial radio stations to advertise superfast broadband.
(225882)
25
N
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223689, when he expects to announce in which month 90 per cent of UK premises will have access to speeds of more than 24 mbps.
(225833)
26
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he or officials of his Department have had with representatives of Rolls-Royce in the last six months about supply to his Department.
(225933)
27
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received from (a) Rolls-Royce and (b) Rolls-Royce employees about relocation of operations.
(225934)
28
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial support his Department (a) provides and (b) plans to provide to Rolls-Royce.
(225935)
29
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) children and (b) instructors in the cadet forces that have been exposed to asbestos while utilising his Department's property.
(225884)
30
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of his Department's properties containing asbestos which are available for use by the cadet forces.
(225886)
31
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in which parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham applied for additional funding for universal infant free meals; and which schools in which parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham received funding from the additional £16.3 million allocated in the capital funding round for universal infant free school meals.
(225826)
32
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had on human rights in Mexico with President Pena Nieto during his visit.
(225915)
33
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the issue of human rights in Mexico at the current session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
(225916)
34
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the monitoring of human rights in Mexico; and if he will make a statement.
(225917)
35
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional opportunities there will be for volunatary sector providers to undertake Government-funded HIV prevention activities in 2015-16 outside of the HIV Prevention England contract; how such opportunities will be advertised; and when the tendering period for such contracts will open and close.
(225922)
36
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations will receive funding from the national HIV prevention programme in 2015-16; how much each such organisation will receive; and what activity will be funded by that funding.
(225936)
37
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what purposes is Action on Smoking and Health permitted to spend the grant it has been given under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968.
(225827)
38
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to monitor the use by Action on Smoking and Health of its funding under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968.
(225828)
39
N
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in receipt of Continuing Healthcare funding have been diagnosed with cancer.
(225898)
40
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for mental health talking therapies in (a) England, (b) the North of England and (c) Cumbria Clincial Commissioning Group.
(225890)
41
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent dental surgeons there were per head of population in (a) Cumbria, (b) Copeland and (c) Allerdale in each of the last 10 years.
(225891)
42
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients attended A&E because they were unable to access a dentist in Cumbria in each of the last five years.
(225892)
43
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent GPs there were per head of population in (a) Cumbria, (b) Copeland and (c) Allerdale in each of the last 10 years.
(225893)
44
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of British nationals who have travelled to fight in Iraq and Syria who have been subjects of interest in investigations carried out by the Security Services in the last five years.
(225834)
45
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police officers have information on the amount of pension they would receive under a new pension scheme before they are required to make a decision on their participation in such a scheme.
(225832)
46
N
Ian Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers employed in Wrexham constituency for frontline duties in each of the last five years.
(225883)
47
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question 221047, whether the application of the OECD's Statistical Reporting Directives to income received results in income from returnable investments being treated as negative ODA.
(225900)
48
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of children that have been exposed to asbestos while serving a custodial sentence in the last five years.
(225885)
49
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of youth custody establishments which contain asbestos.
(225887)
50
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has conducted into coercive control in domestic violence complaints.
(225894)
51
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of relevant cases were victim impact statements submitted to Crown courts in criminal proceedings in each of the last five years.
(225895)
52
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require East Midlands Trains to reinstate half hourly off-peak rail services northwards from Kettering.
(225896)
53
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU Member States on encouraging the European Aviation Safety Agency to investigate the potential effects of repeated exposure to toxins inside aeroplanes.
(225927)
54
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that public health facilities have the resources available for the testing of pilots for genetic conditions which might make them susceptible to the potential effects of repeated exposure to toxins inside aeroplanes should the Civil Aviation Authority decide to institute such tests.
(225928)
55
N
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on the feasibility of making the monitoring of toxins inside aeroplanes mandatory on UK aeroplanes.
(225929)
56
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when road improvements started on the M1 southbound carriageway (Wakefield); when he expects those roadworks to be completed; from what time in the day those roadworks are operable and traffic is diverted from all three carriageways; and if he will make a statement.
(225836)
57
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on (a) consumers and (b) retailers of the inclusion of tyres in the transposition of Article 2(h) of EU Regulation 168/2013 in those European countries that have done so.
(225825)
58
N
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many representations his Department has received on the quality of the A595 in each of the last 10 years.
(225831)
59
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the compensation payable to ticket holders experiencing serious delays on Southern Rail.
(225899)
60
N
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been fined for non-payment of rent and services in social housing in each year since 2011.
(225835)
61
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the number of jobs in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
(225919)
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)
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)
Notices given on Friday 27 February
1
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Student Finance England's processes for approving student finance applications and transferring payments to approved applicants.
(225709)
2
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance he has provided to Student Finance England on the length of time taken to (a) approve student finance applications and (b) transfer funds after approval.
(225710)
3
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure interim financial support is provided to students when approval of their applications to Student Finance England has been delayed.
(225711)
4
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which student groups he has recently met to discuss the performance of Student Finance England.
(225712)
5
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Student Finance England's complaints procedure.
(225713)
Notices given on Monday 2 March
1
N
Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West and Royton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the date, amount and reason for being additional is of each item of the £100 billion of compliance revenues secured since April 2010.
(225837)