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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Friday 6 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 Thursday 5 March 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Friday 6 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.

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)

Notices given on Tuesday 3 March

1
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the consultation, Regulatory and competition appeals: options for reform, which closed on 11 September 2013.
    (226141)
2
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of traineeships completed to date lasted (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months and (d) six months or more.
    (226127)
3
N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2014 to Question 211917, how many people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 died as a result of asthma in England and Wales in 2014.
    (225989)
4
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have ceased to pay income tax as a result of increases in the personal allowance since May 2010 in Cambridge constituency.
    (226220)
5
N
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2015 to Question 222889, for what reason the information requested in the original Question was not supplied.
    (226135)
6
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) the amounts not collected and (b) the reason for the remission or write-off was in respect of each remission and write-off included in HM Revenue and Customs Trust Statements since May 2010.
    (226131)
7
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225345, how many of the 125 contractors whose contracts were terminated or ended and were referred to HM Revenue and Customs for further investigation went on to be prosecuted.
    (226142)
8
N
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions he has used his powers of intervention under section 22 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 since May 2010; and for what reasons he used those powers on each such occasion.
    (226132)
9
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) council houses and (b) affordable housing units have been built in each year since 1985.
    (226229)
10
N
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been developed under the exceptions policy for affordable homes in rural areas in each of the last five years.
    (225981)
11
N
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the (a) distribution between each local authority in England of the total number of homes built under the proposed starter homes exceptions policy over the next five years and (b) amount of section 106 and community infrastructure levy contributions foregone as a consequence of this policy.
    (225986)
12
N
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total potential value of section 106 and community infrastructure levy contributions which will be forgone in sales designated under the proposed exemptions policy for starter homes.
    (226133)
13
N
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department made when assessing the potential availability of land for its proposed starter homes policy of the proportion of sites that might otherwise be brought forward for residential development without the introduction of that policy.
  [R] (226134)
14
N
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received about the use of the Aarhus Convention in challenging planning decisions in the High Court from (a) local authorities, (b) other bodies and (c) individuals; and if he will make a statement.
    (225984)
15
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 22 January 2015 enclosing a motion passed by Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council.
    (226004)
16
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the cost of (a) legal fees and (b) legal advice relating to appeals of regulatory decisions to (i) Ofcom and (ii) other regulators in (A) 2013-14, (B) 2012-13 and (C) 2011-12.
    (226041)
17
N
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the effects of (a) judicial review standard and (b) merits-based appeals on the ability of Ofcom to carry out its functions.
    (226042)
18
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on promoting sharing of Government-owned spectrum.
    (225982)
19
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the L-Band spectrum between 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz for improved on-train connectivity.
    (225983)
20
N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 214595, what criteria is used to decide how many UK military personnel are deployed to individual UN operations.
    (226035)
21
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) staff of his Department and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department in Scotland are paid less than the living wage.
    (226215)
22
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department provides to people leaving the Armed Forces in Scotland to seek further training and qualifications upon leaving the Armed Forces.
    (226216)
23
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on what future military support will be provided to Afghanistan.
    (226217)
24
N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff within the Scottish Government are participating in the Civil Service Reserves One per cent Challenge.
    (226218)
25
N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will collect information on the number of people with a learning disability who (a) register to vote under the new individual electoral registration system and (b) vote in the 2015 General Election.
    (226006)
26
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) secondary school places were in publicly-funded selective schools, (b) pupils attended schools outside their local authority area at Key Stage 3 and (c) selective school pupils do not live in the same local authority area as the school for each local authority area with selective schools in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (225999)
27
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will calculate the proportion of (a) pupils known to be eligible for free school meals achieving 5+ A*- C GCSEs (or equivalent) grades including English and mathematics and (b) all other pupils achieving 5+ A* - C GCSEs (or equivalent) grades including English and mathematics, by local authority and region for the 2013-14 GCSE results using the 2013 methodology.
    (226047)
28
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications her Department has received for the first application round of the talented leaders programme.
    (226048)
29
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school leaders her Department have recruited to the talented leaders programme to date.
    (226049)
30
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which areas are taking part in the talented leaders programme; and how many school leaders have been recruited to that programme in each area to date.
    (226050)
31
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will give a guarantee that in her tenure as Secretary of State for Education there will be no for-profit schools.
    (226230)
32
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in each ward in Copeland constituency (a) were eligible for and (b) received free school meals in each of the last five years.
    (226115)
33
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of (a) electricity and (b) gas energy customers in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland used home prepayment meters in each year from May 2010 up to the most recent period for which records are available.
    (226043)
34
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average amount of outstanding prepayment meter debt for (a) electricity and (b) gas home energy customers was in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each year from May 2010 up to the most recent period for which records are available.
    (226044)
35
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department's Human Rights and Democracy section work in the area of freedom of religion or belief.
    (226038)
36
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the rights of LGBTI people in Gambia.
    (226039)
37
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote the rights of LGBTI people overseas.
    (226223)
38
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the population is of each of the UK Overseas Territories.
    (226032)
39
N
Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what independent assessment has been made of the number of refugees living in the Tindouf camps; and what the most recent estimate of that number is.
    (225990)
40
N
Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the findings of the report of the European Anti Fraud Office on food aid for the Tindouf refugee camps.
    (225991)
41
N
Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on when the report to the European Anti Fraud Office on food aid for the Tindouf refugee camps was (a) undertaken, (b) completed and (c) published.
    (225992)
42
N
Mr Keith Simpson (Broadland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) full-time UK-based and (b) locally-engaged staff in his Department are working to support the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative in (i) London and (ii) overseas; and if he will make a statement.
    (225994)
43
N
Mr Keith Simpson (Broadland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British Embassies and High Commissions have included the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative within their business plans; and if he will make a statement.
    (225996)
44
N
Mr Keith Simpson (Broadland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to incorporate lessons learned from the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative into teaching at the Diplomatic Academy; and if he will make a statement.
    (225997)
45
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which schemes in Sheffield and South Yorkshire will be (a) cancelled, (b) delayed or (c) deferred as a result of the transfer of £650 million from the NHS capital budget for 2014-15 to the revenue budget.
    (225995)
46
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which schemes in Sheffield and South Yorkshire will be (a) cancelled, (b) delayed or (c) deferred as a result of the transfer of £197 million from the NHS Technology Fund budget for 2014-15 to the revenue budget.
    (225998)
47
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of devolution of spending to Greater Manchester on (a) patients who live outside the Greater Manchester area but who are registered with a GP there and (b) patients who wish to receive treatment at a hospital in Greater Manchester but who live outside the area.
    (226124)
48
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 26 January 2015 to Question 221450 and of 2 March 2015 to Questions 225136, 225137 and 225138, for what reasons funding is provided to University Hospital Bristol to treat patients with gamma knife radiosurgery; when that funding approval was given; and who authorised that funding.
    (225987)
49
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been diagnosed with malnutrition in (a) Copeland constituency and (b) Cumbria by (i) GPs and (ii) A&E doctors in each of the last five years.
    (226111)
50
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients at (a) North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust and (b) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust were seen by a consultant within two weeks of a GP referral for each type of cancer in each quarter since 2008.
    (226112)
51
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in each ward in Copeland constituency in (a) reception and (b) year 6 have been recorded as (i) overweight or (ii) obese in each of the last five years.
    (226113)
52
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding (a) in total and (b) per capita has been allocated for Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group for each year from 2013-14 to 2019-20.
    (226114)
53
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used for determining to which areas asylum seekers are dispersed.
    (226000)
54
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been dispersed to each region in each of the last six months.
    (226001)
55
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government is paying private landlords to house asylum seekers in Stockton-on-Tees local authority area.
    (226002)
56
N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding has been provided to local authorities, schools and the NHS to fund costs relating to asylum seekers in the last 12 months.
    (226003)
57
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what age police officers will be able to draw their pensions under her Department's proposed new pension scheme.
    (226125)
58
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, and in what capacity, Mark Jenner is currently employed by a UK police force.
    (226045)
59
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether public funds were used to facilitate payments of UCATT subscription fees by Mark Jenner when he joined that union between 1996 and 1998.
    (226046)
60
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how recent reductions in the National Police Air Service budget will be distributed between police forces in (a) the East Midlands and (b) the Eastern region.
    (226117)
61
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings Ministers in her Department have had with representatives of the National Police Air Service in the last 12 months.
    (226118)
62
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of the National Police Air Service base at Husbands Bosworth on flight times to (a) Corby, (b) Oundle, (c) Thrapston, (d) Raunds, (e) Irthlingborough, (f) Warmington and (g) Easton-on-the-Hill in Northamptonshire.
    (226119)
63
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what targets her Department has set for tackling (a) child labour and (b) other children's rights issues internationally; and if she will take steps to ensure such targets are included in the sustainable development goals.
    (226121)
64
N
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 214860, what the individual offences committed were in the violence against the person category referred to in the tables.
    (226031)
65
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for remissions relating to fees for employment tribunal proceedings have been (a) made and (b) awarded in each month since July 2013.
    (225985)
66
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225118, what the stages of the court reform programme are; and when his Department plans to finalise the resource allocation for each such stage.
    (226123)
67
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve disability access to Gilberdyke Railway Station.
    (226136)
68
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of railway stations in (a) England, (b) East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) Haltemprice and Howden constituency that will have full disability access by 2020.
    (226137)
69
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend the Access for All funding to Gilberdyke Railway Station.
    (226138)
70
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations in (a) England, (b) East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) Haltemprice and Howden constituency do not have disability access.
    (226139)
71
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of stations that will be only partially accessible to disabled passengers in 2020.
    (226140)
72
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications to the High Speed 2 need to sell scheme have been received to date; and how many such applications (a) have been fully reviewed, (b) have been accepted, (c) have been rejected and (d) are still under negotiation.
    (226224)
73
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the quality of reinstatement work carried out by utility companies and statutory undertakers; and if he will make a statement.
    (226034)
74
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the quality of reinstatement works by utility companies and statutory undertakers in the last year.
    (226129)
75
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to increase resources available to highway authorities to enforce requirements relating to reinstatement works by utility companies and statutory undertakers.
    (226130)
76
N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date it is scheduled that free wifi will be introduced on Virgin East Coast Main Line trains or at stations on that line.
    (226040)
77
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the current franchise agreement of Southern Rail in order to improve service quality.
    (225988)
78
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in 2013-14 received local housing allowance at a rate of (a) £250 per week for a 1-bedroom property or shared accommodation, (b) £290 per week for a 2-bedroom property, (c) £340 per week for a 3-bedroom property and (d) £400 per week for a property with four or more bedrooms.
    (226122)
79
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in London claimed (a) £250 per week for a one bedroom, (b) £290 per week for a two bedroom property, (c) £340 per week for a three bedroom property and (d) £400 per week for a four bedroom property in housing benefit in 2013-14.
    (226221)
80
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims there were for housing benefit of (a) £250 per week for a one bedroom property or shared accommodation, (b) £290 per week for a two bedroom property, (c) £340 per week for a three bedroom property and (d) £400 per week for a property with four or more bedrooms.
    (226222)
81
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221196, what the criteria were for selecting the 49 cases relating to the death of a claimant for peer review; what the date and location of death was of the claimant in each case; in how many of the cases the claimant had been sanctioned; what conclusions each review reached on whether his Department could have acted more appropriately or correctly or sympathetically in its dealings with the claimant; and if he will publish the detailed results of each review.
    (226226)
82
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222884, for what reason information that is currently available to his Department on jobseeker's allowance hardship payments between March 2012 and March 2015 will not be published until May 2015.
    (226227)
83
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the information his Department holds on how many people received jobseeker's allowance (JSA) hardship payments in each year from March 2012 to date; and how many JSA claimants (a) were sanctioned and (b) received hardship payments in each parliamentary constituency or the nearest proxy for constituencies in each such year.
    (226228)
84
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225675, when he or a Minister in his Department last met a former Remploy employee or representative.
    (226051)
85
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, what the agenda was and who the participants were in each meeting between a Minister in his Department and a former Remploy employee since May 2010; and what the proposed agenda is and participants will be in each such meeting that is currently planned.
    (226219)
86
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the average cost of travel to routine fortnightly interviews at Jobcentre Plus where claimants live more than a mile from their Jobcentre Plus office.
    (225993)
87
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of people who will be claiming legacy benefits or tax credits on 1 January 2021.
    (226033)
88
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken since 8 December 2014 to act on the conclusion of the Feeding Britain report.
    (226036)
89
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received (a) hardship payments and (b) short-term benefit advances in each of the last (i) five years and (ii) six months.
    (226126)

Notices given on Wednesday 4 March

1
N
Sir James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what guidance he has provided to planning authorities on the relevance of amplitude modulation in applications for land-based wind turbines in advance of the review of evidence on wind turbine amplitude modulation his Department is appointing acoustics experts to conduct.
[Transferred]   (226005)
2
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of migrants who have drowned in the Mediterranean since the end of Operation Mare Nostrum and the start of Operation Triton.
[Transferred]   (226037)
3
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226327)
4
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings his Department has held with Macquarie Bank since May 2010; and who was present at such meetings.
    (226435)
5
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the contribution of 23 January 2014 by the Minister of State in his Department, Official Report, column 516, on Shrewsbury 24 (release of papers), when he expects the review of papers held in relation to those convicted in 1973 in relation to alleged incidents during the national building workers strike at building sites in the Shrewsbury area to be concluded.
    (226240)
6
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226328)
7
 
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many off-payroll engagements there were in each government department and its arm's-length bodies in each of the last five years.
    (226353)
8
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226341)
9
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make Police Scotland eligible for VAT refunds.
    (226372)
10
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which dates in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 officials from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) met representatives of the Public and Commercial Services Union to consult them, pursuant to the Employee Relations Agreement, regarding the operation of the staff performance management system in HMRC.
    (226387)
11
 
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of trends in pump petrol prices and oil prices.
    (226352)
12
 
Dame Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms HM Revenue and Customs has in place to investigate allegations of tax evasion by non-resident parents reported by parents with care following advice from the Child Maintenance Service.
    (226359)
13
 
Dame Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of calls made to the Tax Evasion Hotline was from parents with care who receive statutory child maintenance reporting alleged tax evasion by a non-resident parent in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
    (226360)
14
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226329)
15
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department requires local authorities to hold on the number of young carers in receipt of free school meals.
    (226363)
16
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225617 on Public Service Broadcasting, whether his Department plans to open the consultation before 7 May 2015.
    (226370)
17
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225610 on mobile telephones, whether he plans to publish that response before 7 May 2015; and whether that response will include the full Statement of Commitment.
    (226371)
18
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226330)
19
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on switching of mobile phone contracts by consumers from a losing provider-led process to a gaining provider-led process.
    (226349)
20
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the social risks associated with fixed odds betting terminals; and if he bring forward proposals to reduce the maximum stake on such terminals.
    (226382)
21
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226331)
22
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training his Department provides to military personnel on responding to emergencies and natural disasters; and how many such emergencies and natural disasters personnel of his Department have responded to since 2010.
    (226376)
23
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what gifts of (a) non-lethal and (b) military equipment have been made to (i) Turkey, (ii) Egypt, (iii) Jordan, (iv) Iraq and (v) Saudi Arabia in the last three years.
    (226377)
24
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what overseas training is planned for reserve forces in 2015; and where that training will take place.
    (226378)
25
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures his Department has to ensure value for money on purchases; if he will estimate what savings have been realised by use of such procedures in the last 12 months; and if he will make statement.
    (226379)
26
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has made in payments to employers of reservists for each employee or partner mobilised since changes in the Defence Reform Act 2014 took effect.
    (226380)
27
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to investigate whether the unauthorised work to excavate the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 represents a breach of the Deed of Gift for HMS Victory 1744.
    (226361)
28
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement WS337 of 3 March 2015 on Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre (Preferred Bidder), what estimate he has made of the annual (a) profits and (b) reductions in the cost of sea mounting that will result from the award of the contract to manage that centre; how long the contract with Solent Gateway Ltd will be for; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of that contract.
    (226301)
29
 
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written statement of 3 March 2015, HCWS330, on Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre (Preferred Bidder), what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the announcement of a preferred bidder will have on the future capacity of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
    (226355)
30
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2015 to Question 222466, what requests for (a) authorities and (b) consultations have been made to his Department in connection with (i) the European Infrastructure Consolidated Review and (ii) RAF Croughton in the last year.
  [R] (226250)
31
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222433, whether data obtained from (a) UK Reaper missions and (b) coalition partner missions in Syria is analysed at RAF Marsham as part of Project Crossbow.
  [R] (226252)
32
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223244, if he will increase the budget made available to Electoral Registration Officers who bid for additional support.
    (226367)
33
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223245, what information his Department holds on the uses to which funds released to individual Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) under section 31 of the Local Government Act in 2014-15 have been put by EROs.
    (226368)
34
 
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223247, what funding the Government has allocated to the Student Forum in each of the last five years.
    (226369)
35
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226332)
36
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of each of the recommendations relating to her Department in the report of the Serious Case Review into Child Sexual Exploitation in Oxfordshire; and if she will make a statement.
    (226238)
37
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226333)
38
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to improve targeting of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund to deep rural areas and off gas grid areas.
    (226287)
39
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the value of (a) Green Deal levies collected from and (b) Green Deal measures delivered to off grid areas to date.
    (226288)
40
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to implement proposals made by his Department's Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board in its recently published annual report for additional public money to be allocated to research, development and demonstration into (a) nuclear fuel fabrication, including in the development and manufacture of the next generation of safer, accident tolerant and more efficient nuclear fuels, (b) advanced reactor development, including into research and development in areas that aim to give UK companies a competitive edge in the design and manufacture of significant reactor components for small modular reactors and Generation IV reactors and (c) recycle and waste management, including into investment in research and development into advanced recycle and waste management technologies.
    (226343)
41
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the city of Newport of the proposed tidal lagoon power project.
    (226383)
42
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of private-sector investment in renewables energy in the UK in each year since 2010.
    (226236)
43
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans his Department has to promote the installation of solar panels across the government estate.
    (226237)
44
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226334)
45
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of dairy production which involves intensive indoor methods.
    (226260)
46
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will implement the recommendations contained in the recent report by the Dogs Trust entitled The Puppy Smuggling Scandal.
    (226356)
47
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is Government policy to support an EU action plan for improving governance and reducing deforestation in the agricultural sector in tropical forest countries.
    (226351)
48
 
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the lifting of a cannon from the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 by Odyssey Marine Exploration formed a part of the Marine Management Organisation investigation into unauthorised work on the HMS Victory 1744 wreck site.
    (226362)
49
 
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the return of Famagusta in accordance with the UNSC Resolutions 550(1984) and 789(1992).
  [R] (226381)
50
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226335)
51
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on (a) real name registration on online platforms such as Weibo and (b) other aspects of internet freedom.
    (226374)
52
 
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 224123, HC Deb, cW, on unmanned air vehicles, which person or team in his Department lead responsibility for the application and deployment of UK remotely piloted aircraft systems in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq, (c) Syria and (d) the MQ-9 User Group.
  [R] (226251)
53
 
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place for regulating and ensuring correct practice by approved independent sector places for abortion services which fail to comply with the requirements of the revised Procedures for the Approval of Independent Sector Places for the Termination of Pregnancy and his Department's Guidance in Relation to the Requirements of the Abortion Act, both published in May 2014.
    (226257)
54
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226336)
55
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Novartis during price negotiations on the meningitis B vaccine on risk sharing in the development and implementation of that vaccine.
    (226346)
56
 
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the final advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the HPV vaccination programme for men who have sex with men.
    (226348)
57
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will develop a national strategy for specialist health services for the deaf.
    (226255)
58
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary mutual health services for deaf people have been commissioned by all clinical commissioning groups; and which such services have been commissioned by each such group.
    (226256)
59
 
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by Public Health England on the commissioning of addiction to medicines pilot projects.
    (226384)
60
 
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients are taking benzodiazepines; and if he will estimate how many such patients are taking that medication for more than the recommended time of four weeks.
    (226385)
61
 
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that it be mandatory for clinical commissioning groups to commission services to support patients withdrawing from prescribed medicines; and what criteria are used for deciding whether such services should be mandatory.
    (226433)
62
 
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve cervical screening rates.
    (226258)
63
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226337)
64
 
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the conclusions of the report, Childhood happiness and violence: a retrospective study of their impacts on adult wellbeing, published by the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University.
    (226350)
65
 
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ban companies from selling an individual's personal information to third parties.
    (226259)
66
 
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of rape were reported to the police by (a) women and (b) men in each area of (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 2005; how many such allegations resulted in prosecutions; and how many such prosecutions were successful.
    (226357)
67
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of each of the recommendations relating to her Department in the report of the Serious Case Review into Child Sexual Exploitation in Oxfordshire; and if she will make a statement.
    (226239)
68
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226338)
69
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what step the UK is taking to promote good governance and anti-corruption initiatives in (a) Jordan, (b) Gaza and the West Bank, (c) Turkey, (d) Nigeria, (e) Tunisia and (f) Mali.
    (226375)
70
 
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work her Department's Governance and Fragile States department has undertaken to promote better governance in fragile and conflict-affected states.
    (226434)
71
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle micronutrient deficiencies in countries defined by the World Health Organisation on high burden countries; and what further steps she plans to take in relation to such countries.
    (226231)
72
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department (a) spent on infrastructure in 2013-14 and (b) will spend on infrastructure in 2014-15 via (i) bilateral and (ii) multilateral channels.
    (226232)
73
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page eight of her Department's Annual Report and Accounts, published on 15 July 2014, what the content was of the commercial skills training received by senior civil servants in her Department; what accreditation those staff received upon completion of that training; and how many people at each grade in her Department received that training.
    (226233)
74
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what accreditation staff in her Department undertaking professional programme management training receive; and how many people at each grade in her Department have received such training.
    (226234)
75
 
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Heads of Profession there are in her Department; and what professional programme management qualifications each of those Heads of Profession holds.
    (226235)
76
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226339)
77
 
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) Welsh language library books and (b) other facilities there are for women in English prisons whose home postcode is in Wales.
    (226241)
78
 
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women who have home postcodes in Wales were (a) remanded in and (b) sent to English prisons in the most recent period for which figures are available.
    (226242)
79
 
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff of English prisons are Welsh speakers.
    (226243)
80
 
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women with home postcodes in Wales who have children and are held in English prisons have (a) applied to be placed in mother and baby units in English prisons, (b) were successful in their application and (c) were refused in the most recent period for which figures are available.
    (226244)
81
 
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of Welsh female prisoners held in English prisons in the most recent period for which figures are available.
    (226245)
82
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release on data management, published on 29 January 2015, whether his Department is taking disciplinary proceedings against officials identified as responsible for the loss of data relating to three independent judge-led inquiries.
    (226364)
83
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release on data management, published on 24 January 2015, if he will publish the findings of his Department's investigations on the loss of data relating to three independent judge-led inquiries.
    (226365)
84
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the independent review commissioned by his Department on data on discs relating to cases that was lost in the post is due to report its findings.
    (226431)
85
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason each policy contained in the 2010 Coalition Agreement which has not yet been implemented has not been implemented.
    (226344)
86
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226340)
87
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Stornoway was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in February 2015.
    (226253)
88
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Belfast was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in February 2015.
    (226254)
89
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve road safety for elderly pedestrians.
    (226290)
90
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the length of time taken by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to review medical information provided by applicants for driver's licences.
    (226366)
91
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has received from Macquarie Bank on investment in or financing of transport and infrastructure projects since May 2010.
    (226436)
92
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings his Department has had with Macquarie Bank since May 2010; and who was present at such meetings.
    (226437)
93
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place to ensure that parents with care responsibilities whose Child Support Agency (CSA) cases are subject to case closure and who are owed child maintenance arrears are fully informed about (a) the process and likely timescale of the arrears validation process, (b) the reasoning and calculations behind the finalised arrears balance figure they receive and (c) the options open to them regarding the collection of the finalised CSA debt following the closure of their case.
    (226246)
94
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the arrears validation element of the Child Support Agency case closure programme, by what processes will the Agency review cases where arrears recovery had been temporarily suspended, to ascertain whether the reasons for temporary suspension remain valid.
    (226247)
95
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in receipt of pension credit whose income from their state pension and pension credit was (a) less in the 2014-15 financial year than it was in the previous financial year, and (b) less in the 2013-14 financial year than it was in the 2012-13 financial year.
    (226248)
96
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people for whom the freezing of the savings element of pensions credit and increases in the basic state pension have had a net negative effect on their income in each of the last three financial years.
    (226249)
97
 
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to examine the arrears balances of individual Child Support Agency cases subject to case closure to re-value arrears arising from interim maintenance assessment.
    (226300)
98
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many HPV vaccine damage claimants have been registered in each year since 2008.
    (226347)
99
 
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
    (226342)
100
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were affected by the changes to the Home Responsibilities Protection scheme which allow for time bringing up children to be included as a full qualifying year for the State Pension.
    (226373)
101
 
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 225360, whether he will place in the Library a copy of the contract with Maximus Health and Human Services Ltd.
    (226345)
102
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of parents with care with child maintenance arrears whose CSA cases will be closed as part of the scheduled case closure process who will opt to have their child maintenance arrears (a) written-off as part of the shutdown and (b) transferred to the child maintenance service for future collection.
    (226386)
103
 
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of Child Support Agency arrears owing in cases with a current liability that will be (a) written off in full, (b) written off in part, (c) re-valued to take account of a previous IMA and (d) transferred to the Child Maintenance Service for collection as a result of the 2015 to 2018 phased closure of such cases.
    (226432)
104
 
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payments assessments were carried out within 16 weeks by (a) Capita and (b) Atos in 2014.
    (226354)
105
 
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amounts not paid by his Department for each benefit as a result of detection of benefit fraud in each area of (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 2005.
    (226289)
106
 
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals (a) have been reassessed by Atos for personal independence payments (PIPs) in place of disability living allowance, (b) are now in receipt of PIPs and (c) did not qualify for PIP in each area of (i) Suffolk, (ii) England and (iii) Wales since 2010.
    (226358)
Monday 9 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
 
★ 1
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What change there has been in the level of unemployment in North West Norfolk constituency since 2010.
    (907907)
★ 2
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What support his Department provides to young people seeking employment or education.
    (907908)
★ 3
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): What assessment he has made of the effect of the benefit cap on long-term unemployment.
    (907909)
★ 4
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): What the average monthly value has been of benefit sanctions imposed since May 2010.
    (907910)
★ 5
Richard Harrington (Watford): What progress has been made on reform of the Child Support Agency.
    (907911)
★ 6
Paul Flynn (Newport West): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on people subject to the under-occupancy penalty of a reduction in funding for discretionary housing payments in 2015-16.
    (907912)
★ 7
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What comparative assessment he has made of unemployment rates in the UK and other European countries.
    (907913)
★ 8
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): What assessment he has made of the effect of the benefit cap on rates of employment.
    (907914)
★ 9
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): What progress he has made on the Not Just For Boys campaign.
    (907915)
★ 10
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): What progress his Department has made on the roll-out of universal credit.
    (907916)
★ 11
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What support his Department provides to young people seeking employment or education.
    (907917)
★ 12
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What proportion of people over the age of 50 who have been referred to the Work Programme have found work as a result.
    (907918)
★ 13
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): How many disabled people have moved into work as a result of the Work Programme.
    (907919)
★ 14
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): What assessment he has made of the performance of the Health and Safety Executive in reducing road traffic accidents at work.
    (907920)
★ 15
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What plans his Department has to review the effectiveness of the mandatory reconsideration process.
    (907921)
★ 16
John Pugh (Southport): What assessment he has made of the effects on divorced partners of their exclusion from widowed parents' allowance; and what consultation his Department has undertaken on the potential financial effect on children of that policy.
    (907922)
★ 17
David Rutley (Macclesfield): What comparative assessment he has made of unemployment rates in the UK and other European countries.
    (907923)
★ 18
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What comparative assessment he has made of the unemployment rates of (a) young people and (b) others.
    (907924)
★ 19
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps he is taking to support people with learning difficulties to find work.
    (907925)
★ 20
Steve Brine (Winchester): What progress he has made on reducing the unemployment rate.
    (907926)
★ 21
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): What his Department's policy is on sanctioning claimants who miss appointments because of probationary commitments.
    (907927)
★ 22
Steve Baker (Wycombe): What recent progress he has made on the roll-out of universal credit.
    (907928)
★ 23
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What his most recent estimate is of the number of working households claiming housing benefit.
    (907929)
★ 24
Mr Andrew Robathan (South Leicestershire): What assessment he has made of trends in the number of people ceasing to claim benefits.
    (907930)
★ 25
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): How many people have moved to smaller homes as a result of housing benefit deductions under the social sector size criteria.
    (907931)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (907947)
★ 2
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford):  
    (907948)
★ 3
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury):  
    (907949)
★ 4
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):  
    (907950)
★ 5
Adam Afriyie (Windsor):  
    (907951)
★ 6
John Pugh (Southport):  
    (907952)
★ 7
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton):  
    (907953)
★ 8
Andrew Griffiths (Burton):  
    (907954)
★ 9
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury):  
    (907955)
★ 10
Chloe Smith (Norwich North):  
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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)

Notices given on Tuesday 3 March

1
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much each Business Bank programme has awarded in each month since it began operation to date.
    (226116)
2
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what awards the Green Investment Bank made in each month of the last year.
    (226120)
3
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what level of awareness of finance options provided by the Business Bank was recorded in the last small business survey.
    (226143)
4
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have received support from UKTI Support for Exports programmes in the 2014-15 financial year to date.
    (226144)
5
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 224093 to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole, if she will place in the Library the education estate survey results for each of the qualifying education estate sites in Sunderland.
    (226007)
6
N
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of workless households in social housing.
    (226225)

Notices given on Wednesday 4 March

1
N
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Attorney General, whether he has sought ministerial representations in a public interest consultation exercise under section 4(e) of the Protocol between the Attorney General and the Prosecuting Bodies with regard to any cases currently being dealt with by one of the prosecuting bodies.
    (226430)
2
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total amount of student loans outstanding as of January 2015.
    (226426)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) television, (b) print, (c) online and (d) billboard advertising mentioning the word apprenticeship in the last 12 months.
    (226412)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what amount his Department spent on (a) television, (b) print, (c) online and (d) billboard advertising in each of the last five years.
    (226413)
5
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what amount his Department has allocated for spending on (a) television, (b) print, (c) online and (d) billboard advertising in the next 12 months.
    (226414)
6
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he plans to conclude a framework agreement for the Ordnance Survey Government company; and if he will publish that agreement.
    (226281)
7
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when a Framework Agreement for the new Ordnance Survey GovCo will be published.
    (226415)
8
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what impact assessment his Department has undertaken on the conversion of Ordnance Survey into a Government-owned company.
    (226417)
9
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment regarding Ordnance Survey's change to a Government-owned company.
    (226438)
10
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total amount of awards made by the Green Investment Bank was in each of the last 12 months.
    (226313)
11
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of UKTI customers reported positively on the quality of UKTI services in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of current UKTI customers report significant business benefit as the result of using UKTI's services.
    (226314)
12
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have found employment through (a) the Work Programme, (b) the Youth Contract and (c) an apprenticeship in (i) City of Bristol and (ii) Bristol North West constituency in each year since 2010.
    (226398)
13
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many current and former employees of the Department for Work and Pensions (a) have received late pension payments since the spin out of MyCSP in 2010, (b) have not received any pension payments from MyCSP since October 2014, (c) have received delayed pension estimates from MyCSP and (d) are waiting for a pension estimate from MyCSP.
    (226283)
14
N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pension payments by MyCSP to retired employees of the Department for Work and Pensions have been (a) missed and (b) delayed in each month since September 2014.
    (226284)
15
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) occupational pensions payments and (b) lump sum pensions payments from the Civil Service Pensions Scheme have been paid after the due date since the transfer of administration of that scheme from Capita to MyCSP.
    (226397)
16
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 225382, what data HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) holds on action taken through the civil courts in cases in which HMRC has assisted.
    (226400)
17
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that public funding allocated to licensed independent sector places for the termination of pregnancy is not used to campaign for changes in UK law; and if he will make a statement.
    (226286)
18
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that large multinational internet retailers comply with the Diverted Profits Tax.
    (226427)
19
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the saving to the public purse of restricting child benefit to three children in the next financial year.
    (226429)
20
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take in response to the motion passed by the House on 26 February 2015 on Equitable Life.
    (226390)
21
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question 224902, tabled by the hon. Member for Holborn and St Pancras on 23 February 2015 for Named day answer on 26 February 2015.
    (226308)
22
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of HM Revenue and Customs' contract with Synnex-Concentrix UK; and whether the contract covers processing mandatory reconsideration of tax credit claims.
    (226273)
23
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest time taken to process a mandatory reconsideration for a tax credit claim is; and how many such mandatory reconsiderations are awaiting a decision.
    (226307)
24
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase penalties for those found guilty of assisting tax evasion.
    (226270)
25
N
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will direct HM Revenue and Customs to issue guidance on whether 65-plus Guaranteed Growth Bonds cashed in following a bondholder's death will be subject to taxation.
    (226317)
26
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the European Commission asked the Government for further information in connection with the application for state aid approval for changes to (a) the Enterprise Investment Scheme and (b) social investment tax relief.
    (226318)
27
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2014, paragraph 2.77, what the date was of the Government's application for State Aid approval for changes to EIS/SITR.
    (226422)
28
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on how many complaints were made against estate agents to the Property Ombudsman in London, and in each London borough, in each year since 2010; and how many such complaints were upheld in each year.
    (226276)
29
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people in London, and in each London borough, who are under the age of 35 and live with their parents.
    (226280)
30
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 218656, what the reason was for the time taken to answer that question.
    (226408)
31
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase numbers of post-16 college students taking part in physical and sporting activity.
    (226271)
32
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of which of his Department's policies has been most successful in achieving greater (a) sporting and (b) physical activity amongst women and girls since May 2010.
    (226272)
33
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure there are enough spaces for 16 to 19 year olds to play sport.
    (226275)
34
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to improve female participation in sport at (a) player and (b) manager level.
    (226324)
35
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the deadline is for sites to be acquired and built under the Mobile Infrastructure Project.
    (226405)
36
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish a map of mobile not-spots.
    (226440)
37
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225611, on broadband: urban area, how much funding from the SuperConnected Cities budget has been assigned to each city; and how much has been spent (a) in total, (b) on broadband connection vouchers, (c) on free WiFi in public buildings, (d) on advertising and (e) on other items to date in (i) the programme as a whole and (ii) each city.
    (226442)
38
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to announce which A-levels will no longer be available in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
    (226295)
39
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have gone missing from (a) residential children's homes and (b) foster care in each of the last five years.
  [R] (226410)
40
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to outsource child safeguarding functions from local authorities; and if she will make a statement.
  [R] (226411)
41
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children from disadvantaged backgrounds have been unable to access free entitlement to childcare for (a) two-year-olds and (b) three and four-year-olds in London in each of the last five years.
    (226297)
42
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and by what percentage the cost of childcare has increased (a) in nurseries and (b) for childminders in London since 2010.
    (226316)
43
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 3 February 2015 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in his Department, Official Report, column 21WH, on cavity wall insulation, what assessment his Department has made of the proposal to extend the required number of independent inspections of ECO cavity wall installations beyond five per cent.
    (226265)
44
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 3 February 2015 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in his Department, Official Report, column 22WH, on cavity wall insulation, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits of putting in place an independent assessment of properties two years after cavity wall insulation is installed.
    (226266)
45
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 3 February 2015 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in his Department, Official Report, column 22WH, on cavity wall insulation, what assessment his Department has made of the proposal to introduce independent oversight for all cavity wall insulation guarantees.
    (226267)
46
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 3 February 2015 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in his Department, Official Report, columns 18-23WH, on cavity wall insulation, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on the independence of the directors of CIGA.
    (226268)
47
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 3 February 2015 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in his Department, Official Report, column 22WH, what assessment his Department has made of the proposal to regulate the initial sales conversation of cavity wall insulation providers.
    (226269)
48
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the change has been in the proportion of renewable energy supplied via solar panels between 2004 and 2014.
    (226428)
49
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency has spent since 2010 on observing the habitat of eels.
    (226407)
50
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise in UN fora the forcible recruitment of child soldiers in South Sudan.
    (226425)
51
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure the vaccination of eligible people who have not previously accessed the shingles vaccine.
    (226309)
52
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the shingles vaccination will be included as an indicator in the Public Health Outcomes Framework along with other recommended vaccination programmes.
    (226310)
53
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government plans to make the shingles vaccine available to everyone who requests it in the 70-79 age group, as recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.
    (226311)
54
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current shingles vaccination schedule is for 70 to 79 year olds; and if he will make a statement.
    (226312)
55
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2014, Official Report, column 56W, on mental health services, how many mental health services he has visited since June 2014; and what the date was of each such visit.
    (226418)
56
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England and Monitor about the national tariff options for NHS mental health providers.
    (226439)
57
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS staff have signed up to the five NHS Sign up to Safety pledges.
    (226441)
58
N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 224944, if he will place in the Library NHS England's monthly data on individual funding requests relating to specialised services.
    (226396)
59
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to expedite giving patients access to the meningitis B vaccine.
    (226296)
60
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for mental health talking therapies is in (a) the North West and (b) Warrington.
    (226419)
61
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent dental surgeons there were per head of population in (a) Warrington and (b) the North-West in each year since 2010.
    (226420)
62
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that care workers in the NHS have a sufficient level of English language proficiency to understand and communicate medical terminology.
    (226322)
63
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of diabetics who are offered structured courses to help them self-manage their diabetes.
    (226406)
64
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent school nurses there have been in each of the last five years.
    (226409)
65
N
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 279W and 28 February 2014, Official Report, column 583W, on NHS: innovation, for what reason NHS England has not published the minutes of the meetings referred to in the Answers; and if he will direct NHS England to publish those minutes.
    (226401)
66
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of increasing cervical screening rates on (a) prevention and (b) early diagnosis of cervical cancer.
    (226261)
67
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of health inequalities on outcomes for (a) people with kidney disease from BAME communities, (b) other people with kidney disease and (c) the general population.
    (226262)
68
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prioritise treatments and interventions to tackle health inequalities amongst (a) people with kidney disease from BAME communities and (b) other people with kidney disease.
    (226263)
69
N
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the financial consequences for the NHS of low cervical screening rates.
    (226264)
70
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to detect and deter the theft of postboxes in Christchurch constituency.
    (226391)
71
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 UK nationals who have travelled to participate in terrorist activity in (a) Iraq, (b) Syria, (c) Yemen, (d) Libya, (e) Pakistan, (f) Somalia, (g) Kenya, (h) Tanzania, (i) Nigeria and (j) another country.
    (226292)
72
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 subjects of interest to investigations of the intelligence agencies who have subsequently travelled to participate in terrorist activity in (a) Iraq, (b) Syria, (c) Yemen, (d) Libya, (e) Pakistan, (f) Somalia, (g) Kenya, (h) Tanzania, (i) Nigeria and (j) another country.
    (226293)
73
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK nationals who travelled to fight in the Iraq-Syria conflict zone have been previously (a) a subject of interest in an investigation of the intelligence agencies, (b) arrested for terrorism related offences, (c) charged with any other criminal offence and (d) convicted of any other criminal offence.
    (226294)
74
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when full details of the new police pension scheme CARE 2015 were communicated to serving police officers.
    (226285)
75
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers in Warrington who (a) will be eligible for the new police pension scheme and (b) have received a statement of their likely benefits under that scheme.
    (226302)
76
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been recruited by the Metropolitan Police Service in each year since 2010; and how many such officers are (a) of BAME origin and (b) women.
    (226277)
77
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many administrative staff have been recruited by the Metropolitan Police Service in each year since 2010; and how many such staff are (a) of BAME origin and (b) women.
    (226278)
78
N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the decision to send Mark Jenner of the Special Demonstration Squad into a covert long-term surveillance operation in the 1990s approved by (a) officials and (b) Ministers of her Department.
    (226443)
79
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment and analysis her Department has carried out of the effects and extent of child labour in the regions and sectors where the Department works; and how resources are allocated through its economic development strategy to address that issue.
    (226320)
80
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what costs have been incurred in (a) legal aid and (b) other court costs arising from the issuing of anti-social behaviour orders in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
    (226325)
81
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of (a) the cost of legal aid and (b) other court costs arising from the introduction of injunctions to prevent nuisance and annoyance.
    (226326)
82
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will establish a fully independent judicial inquiry into UK involvement in rendition and torture.
    (226282)
83
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice is available to owners of tax exempt vehicles supplied under the Motability scheme on how to ensure that they are not penalised incorrectly for parking without payment.
    (226392)
84
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was to the Highways Agency of collecting litter from the verges and central reservations of (a) motorways and (b) trunk roads in England in each of the last three years for which information is available.
    (226393)
85
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 6W, what the outcome was of the competition inviting bids from train operators in the South East of England to run a pilot project of flexible ticketing; and if he will make a statement.
    (226394)
86
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of ensuring all railways stations are fully accessible to disabled passengers.
    (226291)
87
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on safety of proposed changes to EU requirements on qualification for the driving of heavy goods vehicles; and what representations he has received on this issue.
    (226323)
88
N
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2015 to Question 222661, for what reason a copy of the contracted franchise payment profiles for all train operating companies until 2023 has not yet been placed in the Library; and when he now plans to place a copy of that document in the Library.
    (226299)
89
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 225389, what representations he has received on the comparative terms of the East Coast Rewards scheme and the Virgin Stagecoach Nectar scheme.
    (226416)
90
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency cases remain to be migrated to the Child Maintenance Service; and what estimate he has made of when that process will be complete.
    (226303)
91
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the Child Support Agency has been made since 2010.
    (226304)
92
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what interim evaluation has been made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service compared to the Child Support Agency since its establishment.
    (226305)
93
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to close loopholes in securing child maintenance payments from non-resident parents since 2010.
    (226306)
94
N
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225560, when his Department plans to conclude its reviews of all claimant communications and sanctions processes; and if he will publish the results of that review.
    (226395)
95
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephones he expects to be available to claimants in Jobcentre Plus in each of the next five years; and what is the average number of telephones in each Jobcentre Plus.
    (226274)
96
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2015 to the hon. Member for East Ham to Question 222906, if he plans for the number of universal credit claimants in May 2015 to be between 50,000 and 150,000.
    (226399)
97
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department next plans to release statistics on the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme.
    (226388)
98
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents with care who have child maintenance arrears but who are not receiving ongoing maintenance through the Child Support Agency have been contacted by his Department since the Child Support Management of Payments and Arrears (Amendment) Regulations 2012 came into effect to be asked whether they wish the Agency to continue pursuing those arrears.
    (226389)
99
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken a review of the results of the controlled approach to implementation of the power contained in the Child Support Management of Payments and Arrears (Amendment) Regulations 2012 allowing part payment of child maintenance arrears in full and final satisfaction of a debt where both parents consent; and if he will assess the merits of his Department adopting a pro-active rather than reactive approach to use of that power in suitable cases.
    (226444)
100
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the progress and effectiveness of the Disability Confident campaign in Hertfordshire.
    (226423)
101
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of unemployment rates in the UK and other European countries in each year since 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
    (226424)
102
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington have (a) applied for a personal independence payment (PIP) and (b) been unsuccessful in their application for a PIP since the introduction of the PIP scheme.
    (226421)
103
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in London, and in each London borough, who do not have a bank account.
    (226279)
104
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the benefit to the economy of London of a five per cent increase in the number of women in employment.
    (226298)
105
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in employment earn less than the average hourly cost of a nursery place in London.
    (226315)
106
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason war pensions and payments made under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme are treated differently when assessing the contributions the claimant must make towards their social care; and if he will make a statement.
    (226321)
107
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending his Department's transparency indicators to apply to the timeliness of benefit processing.
    (226319)
108
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been in receipt of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance since June 2011; and how many such people have been attached to the Work Programme.
    (226402)
109
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families have participated in the Troubled Families Programme to date; and in how many cases a family member has secured a sustained job outcome following participation in the programme.
    (226403)
110
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there are circumstances in which it is appropriate for a manager in Jobcentre Plus to press an adviser to increase the number of benefit sanctions he or she is issuing to clients.
    (226404)
Tuesday 10 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
 
★ 1
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What recent estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of uncollected tax in the UK.
    (907957)
★ 2
Jessica Morden (Newport East): What proportion of recipients of tax credits are in employment.
    (907958)
★ 3
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): What steps he is taking to invest in infrastructure.
    (907959)
★ 4
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What recent estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of uncollected tax in the UK.
    (907960)
★ 5
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What recent representations he has received on fiscal steps to address funding pressures in the NHS.
    (907961)
★ 6
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): If he will make a comparative assessment of the level of duty on wine paid in the UK and in other EU member states.
    (907962)
★ 7
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What recent assessment he has made of the growth in average earnings compared to the rate of inflation since May 2010.
    (907963)
★ 8
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What plans he has to introduce penalties for financial advisors who promote aggressive tax avoidance and tax evasion schemes.
    (907964)
★ 9
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): What recent representations he has received on caps on local authority borrowing for building homes.
    (907965)
★ 10
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What recent discussions he has with the Finance Secretary of the Scottish Government on devolution of taxes.
    (907966)
★ 11
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): What fiscal steps he has taken to support businesses.
    (907967)
★ 12
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): What assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of youth employment.
    (907968)
★ 13
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): What his policy is on the future of tax allowances related to marriage.
    (907969)
★ 14
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): What steps he is taking to support jobs in the North East of Scotland by maximising the economic recovery of North Sea oil and gas.
  [R] (907970)
★ 15
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What recent assessment he has made of growth in the economy.
    (907971)
★ 16
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the housing market on the economy.
    (907972)
★ 17
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What recent estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of uncollected tax in the UK.
    (907973)
★ 18
Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): What fiscal steps he has taken to support businesses.
    (907974)
★ 19
John Howell (Henley): What assessment he has made of the most recent forecasts of GDP growth.
    (907975)
★ 20
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): If he will estimate the number of people in Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency who will no longer pay income tax as a result of the increased personal allowance.
    (907976)
★ 21
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What recent assessment he has made of the effects and merits of the current rate of VAT.
    (907977)
★ 22
John Glen (Salisbury): What recent progress has been made on the allocation of Libor fines.
    (907978)
★ 23
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): What assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of the Government's policies on deficit reduction.
    (907979)
★ 24
Robert Jenrick (Newark): What recent progress he has made on his long-term economic plan.
    (907980)
★ 25
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): What proportion of recipients of tax credits are in employment.
    (907981)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (907982)
★ 2
Andrew Griffiths (Burton):  
    (907983)
★ 3
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside):  
    (907984)
★ 4
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):  
    (907985)
★ 5
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes):  
    (907986)
★ 6
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood):  
    (907987)
★ 7
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough):  
    (907988)
★ 8
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):  
    (907989)
★ 9
Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble):  
    (907990)
★ 10
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth):  
    (907991)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 4 March

1
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms have (a) approached and (b) directly received support from Reshore UK in each month since it began operation.
    (226445)
2
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what total value of business has been won as a result of UK Trade & Investment Support for Exports programmes in 2014-15 to date.
    (226446)
3
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what key performance indicators have been set for the Government's contribution to the Future Fifty programme.
    (226447)
4
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions and on what dates his Department's board has met in the last 12 months; and who was in attendance at each such meeting.
    (226448)
5
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many business mentors in each region are currently available through the Government's national network of mentors and the mentorsme portal; and what plans he has to join up those programmes with (i) the Business Growth Service, (ii) Growth Hubs and (iii) local enterprise partnerships.
    (226449)
6
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for the risk of hepatitis A entering Britain in imported frozen food of the recent hepatitis A outbreak in Australia thought to be from frozen berries imported from China.
    (226450)
Wednesday 11 March  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 
★ 1
Naomi Long (Belfast East): What progress she has made on her consultation with the Electoral Commission on the transparency of donations and loans to political parties in Northern Ireland.
    (907932)
★ 2
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): When she plans to make a progress report on the Government's economic pact for Northern Ireland.
    (907933)
★ 3
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): When she plans to make a progress report on the Government's economic pact for Northern Ireland.
    (907934)
★ 4
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What assessment she has made of the current political situation in Northern Ireland.
    (907935)
★ 5
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What further steps the Government plans to take to resolve outstanding issues relating to flags and parades.
    (907936)
★ 6
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What steps the Government is taking to reduce the cost of living in Northern Ireland.
    (907937)
★ 7
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): What assessment she has made of the current political situation in Northern Ireland.
    (907938)
★ 8
Mr Andrew Robathan (South Leicestershire): What recent progress has been made on the status and operation of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland.
    (907939)
★ 9
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What further steps the Government plans to take to resolve outstanding issues relating to flags and parades.
    (907940)
★ 11
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What steps the Government is taking to reduce the cost of living in Northern Ireland.
    (907942)
★ 12
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What assessment she has made of the potential effects on Northern Ireland of further devolution of powers to the Scottish Government.
    (907943)
★ 14
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What steps the Government is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
    (907945)
★ 15
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What recent discussions she has had with the First Minister on early intervention policies in Northern Ireland.
    (907946)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 4 March

1
N
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been prosecuted for fuel laundering in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]   (907944)
2
N
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to promote tourism to Northern Ireland.
[Question Unstarred]   (907941)

Prepared 5th March 2015