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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Monday 9 March 2015

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Friday 6 March 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Monday 9 March 2015

For Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.

Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.

Monday 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):  
    (907956)

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
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)
13
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)
14
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)
15
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)
16
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)
17
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)
18
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take in response to the resolution of the House of 26 February 2015 on Equitable Life.
    (226390)
19
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)
20
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)
21
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)
22
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase penalties for people convicted of assisting tax evasion.
    (226270)
23
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)
24
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)
25
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 (a) the Enterprise Investment Scheme and (b) Social Investment Tax Relief.
    (226422)
26
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 (a) London and (b) each London borough who are under the age of 35 and live with their parents.
    (226280)
27
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)
28
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)
29
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)
30
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)
31
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)
32
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)
33
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)
34
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)
35
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)
36
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)
37
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)
38
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)
39
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)
40
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)
41
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)
42
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 potential merits of the proposal to introduce independent oversight for all cavity wall insulation guarantees.
    (226267)
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, columns 18-23WH, on cavity wall insulation, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on the independence of the directors of CIGA.
    (226268)
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, what assessment his Department has made of the proposal to regulate the initial sales conversation of cavity wall insulation providers.
    (226269)
45
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 on conserving the habitat of eels since 2010.
    (226407)
46
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)
47
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)
48
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)
49
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.
    (226311)
50
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)
51
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)
52
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England and Monitor on the national tariff options for NHS mental health providers.
    (226439)
53
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)
54
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)
55
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)
56
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)
57
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)
58
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)
59
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)
60
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)
61
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)
62
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)
63
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)
64
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)
65
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)
66
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)
67
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)
68
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)
69
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)
70
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)
71
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)
72
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)
73
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)
74
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 was approved by (a) officials and (b) Ministers in her Department.
    (226443)
75
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)
76
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)
77
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)
78
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)
79
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)
80
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)
81
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 that all railways stations are fully accessible to disabled passengers.
    (226291)
82
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)
83
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)
84
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)
85
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)
86
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)
87
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)
88
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)
89
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)
90
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)
91
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)
92
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)
93
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)
94
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)
95
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)
96
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)
97
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)
98
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)
99
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)
100
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)
101
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)

Notices given on Thursday 5 March

1
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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.
[Transferred]   (226276)
2
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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.
[Transferred]   (226424)
3
N
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the benefit to the economy of London of a five per cent increase in the number of women in employment.
[Transferred]   (226298)
4
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, 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.
[Transferred]   (226403)
5
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the change has been in the proportion of renewable energy supplied via solar panels between 2004 and 2014.
[Transferred]   (226428)
6
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will establish a fully independent judicial inquiry into UK involvement in rendition and torture.
[Transferred]   (226282)
7
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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.
[Transferred]   (226286)
8
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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.
[Transferred]   (226321)
9
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.
[Transferred]   (226398)
10
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecasts he has made of economic growth in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
    (226490)
11
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue to the public purse from sales of beer since April 2014.
    (226465)
12
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Economic Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letters of 16 January 2015 and 19 February 2015 from the hon. Member for Warley on the sovereign debt restructuring process.
    (226540)
13
 
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission a review of the risks and opportunities that resource insecurity poses to the UK economy.
    (226466)
14
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many units of housing were sold under Right to Buy to Acquire provisions in each year since 2010 in the West Midlands.
    (226491)
15
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms are in place to represent the interests of consumers in relation to the extent of mobile telephone coverage and prices in the event of changes to the number of mobile network operators.
    (226464)
16
 
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has made to remove the avenues of acacia trees which have been planted on his Department's land.
    (226488)
17
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the protected nuclear safety baseline staff complement numbers are for each of the nuclear authorities within his Department; and how many personnel were in post authorisees as of 31 December 2014.
    (226484)
18
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) initial and (b) most recent in service date for the A400M aircraft is.
    (226485)
19
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place document 2010217-CWS_DESB-1_Gp-R-V4 in the Library.
    (226486)
20
 
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 1.5.2 of the Tornado Collision Service Inquiry Panel, what progress has been made to date on commissioning a review to determine whether safety enhancements are managed appropriately within his Department.
    (226517)
21
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the German government urging it to make appropriate financial contributions to British victims of thalidomide.
    (226515)
22
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on which countries have donated funds to Hamas.
    (226487)
23
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the UK will oppose restrictions on the availability of ketamine at the meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs from 9 to 17 March 2015.
    (226461)
24
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take advice from anaesthetists familiar with the needs of developing countries before voting at the meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs from 9 to 17 March 2015.
    (226462)
25
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department's Any Qualified Provider (AQP) programme guidance stipulates that before they are approved as AQPs by an NHS commissioning body, providers should only employ counsellors and psychotherapists who are (a) accredited with professional bodies and (b) accredited with professional bodies which are Accredited Voluntary Registers.
    (226510)
26
 
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department's NHS Standard Contract stipulates any requirements for providers, before they are granted a contract by an NHS commissioning body, to only employ counsellors and psychotherapists who are (a) accredited with professional bodies and (b) accredited with professional bodies which are Accredited Voluntary Registers.
    (226511)
27
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who his Department and NHS England have consulted on the implementation of a fast track interim policy for hepatitis C patients from April 2015.
    (226492)
28
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the delivery of a fast track interim policy for hepatitis C medicines for patients who need it from April 2015.
    (226493)
29
 
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which medicines his Department plans to include in the fastrack interim policy for hepatitis C medicines.
    (226494)
30
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many restraining orders issued by the courts were breached (a) once, (b) twice and (c) on more than three occasions in each of the last five years.
    (226455)
31
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-molestation orders issued by the courts were breached (a) once, (b) twice and (c) on more than three occasions in each of the last five years.
    (226456)
32
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many restraining orders were (a) issued by the courts, (b) breached and (c) resulted in the imposition of a penalty in each of the last five years.
    (226457)
33
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-molestation orders were (a) issued by the courts, (b) breached and (c) resulted in the imposition of a penalty in each of the last five years.
    (226458)
34
 
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to commemorate the centenary of the first recruitment of women police officers in 1915.
    (226512)
35
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prohibited steps orders were (a) issued by the courts, (b) breached and (c) resulted in contempt proceedings or a sequestration order in each of the last five years.
    (226451)
36
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child arrangement orders issued by the courts were breached and resulted in the imposition of unpaid work in each of the last three years.
    (226452)
37
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child arrangement orders were (a) issued by the courts, (b) breached and (c) resulted in an enforcement order or contempt proceedings in each of the last five years.
    (226453)
38
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many specific issues orders were (a) issued by the courts, (b) breached and (c) resulted in contempt proceedings or a sequestration order in each of the last five years.
    (226454)
39
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Leader of the House, what his policy is on hon. Members' having second jobs.
    (226463)
40
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will replace the existing arrangements for Prime Minister's Questions with meetings in a committee room where the Prime Minister will answer from 20 randomly-selected backbenchers.
    (226516)
41
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225166, if the Electoral Commission will conduct research on the comparative success of different activities aimed at increasing electoral registration.
    (226495)
42
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission spent on Facebook targeted advertisements for the purpose of increasing electoral registration on National Voter Registration Day.
    (226496)
43
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will include a question on electoral registration forms asking how and why voters obtained their registration form in order to monitor the effectiveness of electoral registration activities.
    (226497)
44
 
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much it costs to register each overseas voter in the most recent period for which figures are available.
    (226514)
45
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Maritime Accident Investigation Branch plans to report on the accidents or incidents involving the (a) Nagato Reefer, (b) Dieppe Seaways, (c) Commodore Clipper, (d) St. Helen, (e) Pride of Canterbury, (f) Dover Seaways, (g) Cemfjord and (h) Hoegh Osaka vessels; and how many investigators are working on each such investigation.
    (226459)
46
 
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average length of time was for the Maritime Accident Investigation Branch to publish a report into the causes of maritime accidents or incidents in each year from 1990 to date.
    (226460)
47
 
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with British Airways on the resumption of direct flights to Sierra Leone and Liberia.
    (226543)
48
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that electronic signs on motorways provide information that is up-to-date.
    (226541)
49
 
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to Highways Agency patrol staff on time taken for the restoration of normal running on motorways following accidents.
    (226542)
50
 
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people eligible for employment and support allowance have their benefits suspended while medical reviews are conducted; and in the case of those claimants whose benefit is restored after a medical review, what steps are taken to ensure that national insurance payments are restored and future state pension and other benefits are protected.
    (226513)
51
 
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed employment and support allowance in Thirsk and Malton constituency in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
    (226489)
52
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of employment and support allowance who have had their benefit sanctioned subsequently cancelled their claim for that benefit in each region and constituent part of the UK in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014.
    (226530)
53
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average loss of income from non-receipt of benefits and (b) average period of time on sanctions was for claimants of employment and support allowance who had their benefit sanctioned in each region and constituent part of the UK in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014.
    (226531)
54
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of mandatory reconsiderations of employment and support allowance claims in Scotland have resulted in no sanction being applied to claimants in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014.
    (226532)
55
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance who have had their benefits sanctioned subsequently cancelled their claim for that benefit in each region and constituent part of the UK in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014.
    (226533)
56
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average loss of income from non-receipt of benefits and (b) average period of time on sanctions was for claims of jobseeker's allowance who had their benefit sanctioned in each region and constituent part of the UK in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014.
    (226534)
57
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance had their benefits sanctioned in Scotland in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014 (a) in each group, (b) of each gender, (c) of each ethnicity, (d) by parental status and (e) by carer status.
    (226535)
58
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of employment and support allowance had their benefits sanctioned in Scotland in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014 (a) in each group, (b) of each gender, (c) of each ethnicity, (d) by parental status and (e) by disability
    (226536)
59
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of reviews of entitlement to jobseeker's allowance in Scotland resulted in no sanction being applied to the claimant between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014.
    (226537)
60
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of mandatory reconsiderations of jobseeker's allowance claims in Scotland have resulted in no sanction being applied to the claimant in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014.
    (226538)
61
 
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of reviews of entitlement to employment and support allowance in Scotland resulted in no sanction being applied to the claimant in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014.
    (226539)
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 by 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)

Notices given on Thursday 5 March

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he 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.
[Transferred]   (226450)
2
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding has been provided to the independent panel inquiry into child sexual abuse.
    (226478)
3
N
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Locality for the Community Organising programme.
    (226524)
4
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to prevent British financial institutions facilitating the sale of (a) oil and (b) historic artefacts by ISIL.
    (226502)
5
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to bring forward secondary legislation to grant new powers to the Financial Policy Committee in respect of a leverage ratio framework.
    (226476)
6
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) North Hertfordshire District Council and (b) East Hertfordshire District Council received in New Homes Bonus in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
    (226473)
7
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect green belt and green open spaces in North Hertfordshire local authority area.
    (226474)
8
N
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will work with the Department for Education to take further steps to open schools sports facilities to the wider community.
    (226518)
9
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether social media news feeds are considered by Ofcom in their assessment of media plurality.
    (226522)
10
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of songbirds killed illegally on the Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas in the autumn migration periods in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
    (226498)
11
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Navy spent per day per head on food for (a) officers and (b) serving ratings in the last period for which figures are available.
    (226504)
12
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Fleet Auxiliary spent per day per head on food for (a) officers and (b) serving ratings in the last period for which figures are available.
    (226505)
13
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Army spent per day per head on food for (a) officers and (b) serving ratings in the last period for which figures are available.
    (226506)
14
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Permanent Secretary of her Department plans to respond to the letter from the Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts of 12 February 2015.
    (226499)
15
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 10.42 of the Prevent Review, published in 2011, what steps her Department took between 2011 and 2014 to improve training and information on radicalisation for schools.
    (226500)
16
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2015 to Question 225665, what work her Department undertook between 2011 and 2014 to implement the review of the Prevent Strategy in 2011, and what evaluation was undertaken of that work.
    (226501)
17
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve guidance on child sexual exploitation.
    (226467)
18
N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the change in household energy prices in the last 12 months.
    (226475)
19
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there are any plans in place for the Public Forest Estate land at the Cinderford Northern Quarter site in the National Heritage Forest of Dean will to be transferred to any other party for development.
    (226483)
20
N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on (a) how many sets of accounts for expenditure in 2013 by NATO and its agencies have not been finalised and (b) what the timetable is for completing those accounts and passing them to the International Board of Auditors of NATO; and what assessment he has made of when such accounts will be audited and published.
    (226471)
21
N
Sir Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on (a) how many sets of accounts for expenditure in 2013 by NATO and its agencies have been completed, (b) how many such sets have been audited by the International Board of Auditors of NATO, (c) how many audited accounts have been published together with their audit reports, and on what dates, and (d) what the timetable is for (i) publishing the remaining audited accounts and audit statement and (ii) auditing and publishing any as yet unaudited 2013 accounts.
    (226472)
22
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) acute, elderly and general nurses and (b) other qualified nurses have been employed in each NHS region in each Agenda for Change band in each year since 2009-10.
    (226521)
23
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation his Department carried out with mental health trusts on the 4 March 2015 deadline for decisions on payment tariff options; and what representations his Department has received on an extension to that deadline.
    (226544)
24
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups have announced their funding allocation to mental health services for 2015-16.
    (226545)
25
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to ensure that all clinical commissioning groups offer all mental health trusts the additional mental health investment set out in December 2014 planning guidance Forward View into Action; and how many mental health trusts have received this investment to date.
    (226546)
26
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) women, (b) men and (c) children were (i) overweight and (ii) obese in Birmingham, Northfield constituency (A) in total and (B) in each ward.
    (226519)
27
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be accountable to (a) the Secretary of State for Health under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
    (226480)
28
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be directly accountable to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
    (226481)
29
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be directly accountable to the individual local authorities under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
    (226482)
30
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis of financial risk to the (a) Greater Manchester councils, (b) Greater Manchester Hospital trusts and (c) Greater Manchester clinical commissioning groups his Department has made during Manchester NHS devolution negotiations.
    (226507)
31
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that NHS England and his Department assist the Greater Manchester NHS system with additional financial support in the event of year-end budget deficits being accrued under the Manchester devolution proposal.
    (226508)
32
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any photographs of religious leaders are displayed in the offices of ministers in his Department.
    (226479)
33
N
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department's planned consultation on the Gangmasters' Licensing Authority (GLA) will consider (a) extension of the remit of the GLA into further labour sectors and (b) how the core licence-monitoring and intelligence-gathering function of the GLA can be protected.
    (226551)
34
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to identify and prosecute any British citizens or residents for possession of or trafficking in historic artefacts stolen from Iraq or Syria.
    (226503)
35
N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each force area were assigned to response in each of the last five years.
    (226525)
36
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans that the independent panel inquiry into child sexual abuse will assume statutory status.
    (226477)
37
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Rohingya people from Burma who have fled to Bangladesh since 2012; and what assistance the Government is providing to those people.
    (226550)
38
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on whistleblowers who have been dismissed from their employment and are unable to afford employment tribunal fees.
    (226468)
39
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse of an employment tribunal was in the 12 months (a) before and (b) after the introduction of fees.
    (226469)
40
N
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to review the effect of the introduction of fees for employment tribunals.
    (226470)
41
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral contribution of 5 March 2015 in response to the hon. Member for East Ham, for what reasons those provisions to cycle lanes in part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 have not yet been implemented; and when he expects those powers to be implemented.
    (226547)
42
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) television, (b) print, (c) online and (d) billboard advertising mentioning the word pension in the last 12 months.
    (226526)
43
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what amount his Department spent on (a) television, (b) print, (c) online and (d) billboard advertising in each of the last five years.
    (226527)
44
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants who had been referred for sanction were not sanctioned following provision of a recognised good reason for not having fulfilled their claimant conditions in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (226520)
45
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the average proportion of jobseekers' time accounted for by (a) compliance activity and (b) employment support activity.
    (226523)
46
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed 16 to 24 year olds accessed jobcentre plus services in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
    (226548)
47
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have been refused hardship payments in each month since October 2012.
    (226549)
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)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11 March.
    (907992)
★ 2
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton):  
    (907993)
★ 3
Lisa Nandy (Wigan):  
    (907994)
★ 4
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock):  
    (907995)
★ 5
Maria Miller (Basingstoke):  
    (907996)
★ 6
Naomi Long (Belfast East):  
    (907997)
★ 7
Mark Hunter (Cheadle):  
    (907998)
★ 8
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):  
    (907999)
★ 9
Sir David Amess (Southend West):  
    (908000)
★ 10
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):  
    (908001)
★ 11
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):  
    (908002)
★ 12
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):  
    (908003)
★ 13
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport):  
    (908004)
★ 14
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire):  
    (908005)
★ 15
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):  
    (908006)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 3 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.
    (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.
    (907941)

Notices given on Thursday 5 March

1
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) value and (b) proportion of export contracts supported by UKEF were aimed at smaller exporters in each of the last 12 months.
    (226528)
2
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he expects the current assessment phase of the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative to be complete.
    (226529)
3
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) manpower and (b) financial support has been allocated to date to the officer training academy in Afghanistan; what plans he has to continue such support and for what duration; and what assessment his Department has made of the value added to the effectiveness of the Afghan armed forces by the work of the UK-supported military academy.
    (226509)

Prepared 6th March 2015