Session 2014-15
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The Questions Book
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 17 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 Monday 16 March 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Tuesday 17 March 2015
For Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.
Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
★
2
Bob Blackman
(Harrow East):
What steps his Department is taking to protect children who are at risk of grooming.
(908083)
★
3
Gareth Johnson
(Dartford):
What assessment he has made of the performance of new providers of rehabilitation services in the rehabilitation of short-term prisoners.
(908084)
★
4
Mr Henry Bellingham
(North West Norfolk):
When he next plans to meet representatives from (a) the Law Society and (b) the Bar Council to discuss legal aid.
(908085)
★
5
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
What progress he has made on reducing the legal aid budget.
(908086)
★
6
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's oversight of claims-handling companies.
(908087)
★
7
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
What steps his Department is taking to protect children who are at risk of grooming.
(908088)
★
8
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
What recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of staffing in prisons in the West Midlands.
(908089)
★
9
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
What his strategy is for supporting victims of crime.
(908090)
★
10
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
What steps he is taking to reduce youth reoffending.
(908091)
★
11
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
What steps he plans to take to ensure access to justice regardless of ability to pay.
(908092)
★
12
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
What steps his Department has taken to reduce reoffending rates.
(908093)
★
13
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
What steps he is taking to ensure that the legal system does not discriminate against families on low incomes.
(908094)
★
14
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
What steps he is taking to ensure the safety of prisoners and staff on the prison estate.
(908095)
★
16
Ann Coffey
(Stockport):
What recent assessment he has made of the outcome of the pilots of section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
(908097)
★
17
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
How many foreign nationals have been released from prison since May 2010.
(908098)
★
18
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
What steps the Government has taken to provide greater protection and support for vulnerable victims during trials.
(908099)
★
19
Mike Weatherley
(Hove):
If he will bring forward legislative proposals to reduce the disparity between sentences for physical and online crime.
(908100)
★
20
Liz McInnes
(Heywood and Middleton):
What assessment he has made of recent trends in levels of prison officer recruitment, retention and training.
(908101)
★
21
Eric Ollerenshaw
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
What steps he is taking to ensure the safety of prisoners and staff on the prison estate.
(908102)
★
22
Maria Miller
(Basingstoke):
How many convictions there were for criminal offences committed using social media and websites in the latest period for which figures are available.
(908103)
★
23
Fiona Mactaggart
(Slough):
How many women who have been victims of domestic violence applied for legal aid in proceedings relating to their children in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(908104)
★
24
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
What steps he is taking to reduce reoffending.
(908105)
★
25
Stuart Andrew
(Pudsey):
What steps his Department is taking to protect children who are at risk of grooming.
(908106)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★
1
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(908107)
★
2
Charlie Elphicke
(Dover):
(908108)
★
3
Liz McInnes
(Heywood and Middleton):
(908109)
★
4
Tim Loughton
(East Worthing and Shoreham):
(908110)
★
5
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
(908111)
★
6
Stuart Andrew
(Pudsey):
(908112)
★
7
Mark Pawsey
(Rugby):
(908113)
★
8
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
(908114)
★
9
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
(908115)
★
10
Richard Graham
(Gloucester):
(908116)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 9 March
1
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals for an independent review of the effectiveness of the Prevent strategy.
(226656)
Notices given on Wednesday 11 March
1
N
Sir John Stanley
(Tonbridge and Malling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether there is a Defence Attaché in post in the British Embassy in Ukraine.
(227269)
2
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the implementation of recommendations of the Report of the Independent Commission on Mental Health and Policing, published in May 2013.
(227345)
3
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of homophobic hate crime there were in (a) Streatham constituency, (b) each London borough and (c) the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(227346)
4
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of disability hate crime there were in (a) Streatham constituency, (b) each London borough and (c) the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(227347)
5
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the level of street prostitution in (a) Streatham constituency, (b) each London borough and (c) the UK; and what steps she is taking to protect women working in street prostitution through (i) facilitating safe exit programmes and (ii) other measures.
(227348)
6
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people on whom tasers were used by the police in (a) each London borough, (b) each police authority and (c) in the UK were aged (i) under 12, (ii) under 14, (iii) under 16, (iv) under 18, (v) under 21, (vi) under 24, (vii) over 35, (viii) over 40, (ix) over 50, (x) over 55, (xi) over 60, (xii) over 65, (xiii) over 70, (xiv) over 75 and (xv) over 80 in the last five years; and what proportion of those people were (A) from each ethnic group and (B) estimated to have had mental health problems.
(227349)
Notices given on Thursday 12 March
1
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many cases were referred to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for each higher education institution by students of each (a) gender and (b) ethnic origin in each of the last five years; and how many of those cases concerned (i) undergraduate and (ii) postgraduate students.
(227410)
2
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support the development of business and skills that will assist the UK in further developing trade links with Turkey.
(227479)
3
N
Sir Richard Shepherd
(Aldridge-Brownhills):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements are in place for Parliamentary Counsel to refer to the Law Officers proposals for legislation which appear to Parliamentary Counsel to be compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights but objectionable on fundamental grounds of fairness or legislative propriety.
(227412)
4
N
Sir Richard Shepherd
(Aldridge-Brownhills):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements are in place to ensure that the drafting of statutory guidance, codes of practice and other forms of secondary legislation is of a consistent quality across Government and fit for purpose.
(227413)
5
N
Sir Richard Shepherd
(Aldridge-Brownhills):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Acts of Parliament in the present Parliament included a power for Ministers to make supplementary and incidental provision by secondary legislation for the purpose of giving full effect to the Act or for similar purposes; and if he will make arrangements to restrict instances of those powers to cases where they can be justified by urgency or other factors preventing the Bill for the Act from dealing fully with consequential and incidental matters.
(227414)
6
N
Sir Richard Shepherd
(Aldridge-Brownhills):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes have been made in the structure and working arrangements of the Parliamentary Counsel Office in the present Parliament; and what steps have been taken to ensure that those changes do not adversely affect the quality of legislative drafting.
(227415)
7
N
Sir Richard Shepherd
(Aldridge-Brownhills):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which recommendations of Lord Renton's Report on the Preparation of Legislation, Cmnd. 6053, published in 1975, have yet to be implemented; and what arrangements are proposed for the implementation of those recommendations.
(227416)
8
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the tax treatment of people living as co-workers at intentional communities run by the Camphill Village Trust; and if he will make a statement.
(227495)
9
N
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cider and perry producers are registered as exempt from paying duty in (a) Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency, (b) Herefordshire and (c) the UK.
(227391)
10
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much waste was recycled in City of York local authority area in 2009-10 and in each subsequent year.
(227388)
11
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local government offices responsible for processing housing benefit and council tax discount scheme claims on withdrawal of pension fund money under the pension freedom rules that come into force in April 2015.
(227407)
12
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has made to the inquiry on the proposal for the Navitus Bay offshore wind farm on the effect on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site of that proposal.
(227432)
13
N
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the decision by Oxford Cambridge and RSA not to redevelop GCSE and A Level Turkish on the ability of students to acquire skills in Turkish; and if she will make a statement.
(227493)
14
N
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will support the proposals of her French counterpart for including specific reference to anti-Semitism in citizenship education at the meeting of EU Ministers of Education in Paris on 17 March 2015.
(227422)
15
N
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what public consultations her Department has conducted since January 2014; and how many responses her Department has received to each of those consultations.
(227442)
16
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) wild animals and (b) different species of animal are licensed under the Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012.
(227431)
17
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish best practice guidelines for people carrying out the control agreements and orders introduced under the Infrastructure Act 2015 to ensure that animals are killed in the most humane way possible.
(227483)
18
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many kittens and cats entered the UK under the EU Pet Travel Scheme in each of the last three years.
(227485)
19
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of cats that have been brought into the UK illegally in the last three years.
(227486)
20
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on bottled water in 2014.
(227423)
21
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226362, whether the preparation of cannon for lifting and the dusting of mobile sediments on the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 by Odyssey Marine Exploration in the summer of 2012 was included in the Marine Management Organisation investigation into unauthorised work on the HMS Victory 1744 wreck site.
(227478)
22
N
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on shortening supply chains in food production; and if she will make a statement.
(227494)
23
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many falls (a) at home and (b) in total were recorded by health and social care providers in (i) York Central constituency and (ii) City of York local authority area in 2010 and each subsequent year.
(227385)
24
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many family members looking after a relative at home were registered as carers with the local authority in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area in (i) April 2010 and (ii) each subsequent April.
(227386)
25
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group spent on managing provider contracts in 2013 and in each subsequent year.
(227389)
26
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Public Health England has spent on marketing campaigning in each year since it was established; and how much of that spending was on campaigns on mental health.
(227480)
27
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England is taking to investigate the prevalence of the availability of antibiotics to treat sexually-transmitted infections via websites.
(227487)
28
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulatory powers the Care Quality Commission has to review the practice of online prescribing where it is aware of evidence that patients are being prescribed suboptimal treatment.
(227491)
29
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that national best practice guidelines are adhered to in provision of treatment of gonorrhoea through online pharmacies.
(227492)
30
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies weighing (a) less than and (b) more than 1,000g and which were born at (i) 22, (ii) 23 and (iii) 24 weeks' gestation survived in each of the last five years.
(227409)
31
N
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers he possesses to take action against abortion providers which fail to comply with his Department's interpretation of the Abortion Act 1967 as set out in the Guidance on the Requirements of the Abortion Act 1967.
(227430)
32
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department asked NICE to produce a clinical guideline and quality standard on adult hearing loss; and when he expects NICE to produce those documents.
(227433)
33
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor whether care assessments carried out under the Care Act 2014 include consideration of any companion animals.
(227484)
34
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department's logo does not appear on any published information about care.data.
(227481)
35
N
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on the implementation of the Care Act 2014 and the right of carers to an assessment and support.
(227488)
36
N
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Department for Education on the effect of the Care Act 2014 on young carers.
(227489)
37
N
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 225489, if the Commission will make it its policy to collect information from contractors operating on the parliamentary estate on how many of their workers are employed on a zero-hours contract.
(227405)
38
N
Sir Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of one or more benefits for which carers are eligible in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area on (i) 1 April 2010 and (ii) the same date in each subsequent year.
(227387)
39
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 living wage.
(227408)
40
N
Fiona O'Donnell
(East Lothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former incapacity benefit claimants found fit for work after being reassessed for employment and support allowance between October 2010 and March 2014 have found work as a result of the Work Programme in East Lothian constituency.
(227411)
Notices given on Friday 13 March
1
N
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to restrict the power of the courts to order convicted criminals awaiting deportation to relocate within the UK.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]
(908082)
2
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions the Tax Credit Office instructed bailiffs to collect overpaid tax credits from people in Preston constituency in each year since 2010.
[Transferred]
(227406)
3
N
Tracey Crouch
(Chatham and Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how and when the Government plans to evaluate the effectiveness of measures under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to prevent attacks by dogs on other animals.
[Transferred]
(227482)
4
N
Meg Munn
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice and guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on the effect of the Care Act 2014 on young carers.
[Transferred]
(227490)
5
N
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of funding allocated to the Youth Contract programme for 2014-15 has been disbursed to date; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(227390)
6
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Law Officers' Departments and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227541)
7
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to reform statute pertaining to patent.
(227504)
8
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices were doing their apprenticeships in technology companies in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
(227505)
9
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to help parents in work with the costs of childcare.
(227506)
10
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new technology businesses have been registered in (a) Windsor constituency, (b) Berkshire and (c) the UK since 2010.
(227507)
11
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to clarify intellectual property regulations.
(227518)
12
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227540)
13
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227552)
14
Mr Graham Allen
(Nottingham North):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the average time from receipt by the Charity Commissioners of an application to become a charity to final approval of that application; and if he will make a statement.
(227572)
15
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227542)
16
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227553)
17
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227550)
18
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227566)
19
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227543)
20
Mr Nick Raynsford
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 12 March 2015 to Question 226673, whether starter homes provided under his proposed exceptions policy could be counted towards off-site affordable housing obligations owed by developers under section 106 agreements made in respect of other development sites.
[R]
(227520)
21
Mr Nick Raynsford
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department made of the number of starter homes that could be provided on sites in commercial or industrial use that (a) were otherwise unlikely to be brought forward for residential purposes and (b) are not currently identified for residential development but which might be brought forward as a windfall element in a local authority's five year land supply when assessing the availability of land for starter homes under the proposed exceptions policy.
[R]
(227569)
22
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227554)
23
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227544)
24
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227555)
25
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227545)
26
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what technologies are being developed with support from his Department's Small Business Research Initiative programme; and what assessment he has made of the future potential uses of those technologies.
(227522)
27
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227556)
28
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students are taught in schools rated by Ofsted as good or outstanding in (a) the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Berkshire and (c) the UK.
(227516)
29
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to enable people with local business expertise to enhance teaching in schools.
(227517)
30
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate the proportion of students who left school having had practical work experience in (a) the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Berkshire and (c) the UK in each of the last three years.
(227568)
31
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff her Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227546)
32
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what total amount her Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227557)
33
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227547)
34
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227558)
35
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to protect residents from persistent noisy neighbours.
(227573)
36
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what total amount her Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227559)
37
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227560)
38
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of a ketogenic diet in treating brain cancer patients.
(227519)
39
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has in place to monitor and assess the progress of local clinical commissioning groups in implementing the recommendations of NHS England's Action for Diabetes strategy.
(227501)
40
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures and indicators his Department uses to monitor and assess the quality of diabetes care.
(227502)
41
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to implement the recommendations of Diabetes UK's report State of the Nation (England): Challenges for 2015 and beyond, published in January 2015.
(227503)
42
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227548)
43
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what technologies are being developed with support from the Small Business Research Initiative programmes of (a) his Department and (b) NHS England; and what assessment he has made of the future potential uses of those technologies.
(227523)
44
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227561)
45
Andrew Jones
(Harrogate and Knaresborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of potential savings from mergers of police forces.
(227570)
46
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff her Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227549)
47
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what total amount her Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227562)
48
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what total amount her Department and its agency spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227563)
49
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227564)
50
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many off-payroll engagements there were in (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms-length bodies in each of the last five years.
(227508)
51
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227565)
52
Dame Anne Begg
(Aberdeen South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's 2013 Impact Assessment No. DWP0031, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the (a) £123 million estimated cost of caseworker activity related to Child Support Agency (CSA) case arrears as part of the CSA case closure programme and (b) £20 million estimated cost of setting up areas on the Child Maintenance Service System; and if he will make a statement.
(227571)
53
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
(227551)
54
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what total amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
(227567)
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
★
1
Mark Pawsey
(Rugby):
What recent progress her Department has made on its policies and programmes to tackle female genital mutilation and early forced marriage.
(908142)
★
2
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
What assessment she has made of the humanitarian effects of the blockade of Gaza.
(908143)
★
3
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
What steps her Department is taking to improve working conditions in developing countries.
(908144)
★
4
Karl Turner
(Kingston upon Hull East):
What steps her Department is taking to improve working conditions in developing countries.
(908145)
★
5
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
What steps her Department is taking to help children affected by the crisis in Syria.
(908146)
★
6
David Rutley
(Macclesfield):
What progress her Department has made on its work to end aid dependency through jobs.
(908147)
★
7
Guy Opperman
(Hexham):
What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the efforts made by the (a) UN and (b) UK to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
(908148)
★
8
Gemma Doyle
(West Dunbartonshire):
What steps her Department is taking to help developing countries to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
(908149)
★
10
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
What steps her Department is taking to improve working conditions in developing countries.
(908151)
★
11
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
What controls her Department places on humanitarian aid to Gaza to prevent such aid being used by Hamas for military purposes; and if she will make a statement.
(908152)
★
12
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
What steps her Department is taking to help children affected by the crisis in Syria.
(908153)
★
13
Mark Lazarowicz
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
What steps her Department is taking to help developing countries to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
(908154)
★
14
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
What steps her Department is taking to help developing countries to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
(908155)
★
15
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
What steps her Department is taking to improve working conditions in developing countries.
(908156)
At 11.53am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★
1
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
(908132)
★
2
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
(908133)
★
3
Rosie Cooper
(West Lancashire):
(908134)
★
4
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
(908135)
★
5
Pauline Latham
(Mid Derbyshire):
(908136)
★
6
Pat Glass
(North West Durham):
(908137)
★
7
Debbie Abrahams
(Oldham East and Saddleworth):
(908138)
★
8
Paul Blomfield
(Sheffield Central):
(908139)
★
9
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
(908140)
★
10
Sir Malcolm Bruce
(Gordon):
(908141)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★
1
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 18 March.
(908117)
★
2
Teresa Pearce
(Erith and Thamesmead):
(908118)
★
3
James Morris
(Halesowen and Rowley Regis):
(908119)
★
4
Natascha Engel
(North East Derbyshire):
(908120)
★
5
Jim Sheridan
(Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
(908121)
★
6
Fiona Mactaggart
(Slough):
(908122)
★
7
Michael Connarty
(Linlithgow and East Falkirk):
(908123)
★
8
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
(908124)
★
9
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
(908125)
★
10
Paul Uppal
(Wolverhampton South West):
(908126)
★
11
Liz McInnes
(Heywood and Middleton):
(908127)
★
12
John Howell
(Henley):
(908128)
★
13
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
(908129)
★
14
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
(908130)
★
15
Chris Kelly
(Dudley South):
(908131)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 9 March
1
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of UK foreign policy on radicalisation.
(226657)
2
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Muslim groups her Department has met with to discuss the Prevent strategy in the last two years.
(226658)
3
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the confidence of the British Muslim community in the Prevent strategy.
(226659)
4
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations expressing concerns about the effectiveness of the Prevent strategy she has received in the last two years.
(226660)
Notices given on Wednesday 11 March
1
N
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 23 February 2015, Official Report, column 292WS, on Protecting Public Money, which are the (a) five local enterprise partnerships and (b) local authorities which have been paying for lobbyists in potential non-compliance with the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity.
(227168)
Notices given on Thursday 12 March
1
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many local authorities council tax has not increased in each year since 2010.
(227496)
2
N
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to review the use of detention for immigration purposes.
(227497)
Notices given on Friday 13 March
1
N
Mr David Ward
(Bradford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to government and opposition in Bangladesh to help address the constitutional crisis in that country.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]
(908150)
2
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the proportion of advice provided to businesses under the Growth Vouchers scheme to date that has been provided directly by his Department and it's agencies.
(227521)
3
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of disposable income of each (a) age group and (b) income group in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland was in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
(227515)
4
N
Sir Richard Shepherd
(Aldridge-Brownhills):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations were made to the Government about the constitutional propriety of the General Anti-Avoidance Rule introduced by the Finance Act 2013 (a) in relation to whether the Rule seeks to make citizens responsible for shortcomings of the legislative process, (b) in relation to whether the Rule requires the courts to give effect to interpretations offered by an advisory body which is unaccountable and unelected and (c) on any other grounds.
(227513)
5
N
Sir Richard Shepherd
(Aldridge-Brownhills):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review the use of subordinate legislation to amend primary legislation; and if he will propose arrangements to restrict such powers to cases of necessity.
(227514)
6
N
Chris Leslie
(Nottingham East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons details of the latest sale of Government held shares in Lloyds Banking Group were not published by UK Financial Investments.
(227537)
7
N
Chris Leslie
(Nottingham East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fees are payable to JP Morgan for its role in managing the trading plan to sell the remaining holdings of Government held shares in Lloyds Banking Group.
(227538)
8
N
Chris Leslie
(Nottingham East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's announcement, Government sells more shares in Lloyds through trading plan, published 9 March 2015, how many shares in Lloyds Banking Group the Government sold, at what price per share.
(227539)
9
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average ratio of personal debt to equity for each (a) income and (b) age group defined by the Office for National Statistics in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
(227528)
10
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for fast food restaurants have been (a) approved and (b) rejected in residential areas in each local authority area in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(227529)
11
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on the planning implications of the strategy of McDonald's for opening fast food restaurants in residential areas.
(227530)
12
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 430W, on broadband, in which enterprise zones superfast broadband is currently (a) available throughout and (b) partially available.
(227524)
13
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the use of email addresses received from respondents to her Department's Teacher Workload survey.
(227531)
14
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to improve educational provision for children with autism.
(227575)
15
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on total customer debt to suppliers of (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each year since 2010 up to the most recent period for which records are available.
(227526)
16
N
Pamela Nash
(Airdrie and Shotts):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the average customer debt to suppliers of (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each year since May 2010 up to the most recent period for which records are available.
(227527)
17
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people died from smoking-related diseases in each local authority area in Lancashire in 2014.
(227509)
18
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people died from alcohol-related conditions in each local authority area in Lancashire in 2014.
(227512)
19
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to reduce waiting times for urgent referrals of epilepsy patients.
(227574)
20
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what comparative assessment the Commission has made of the costs of offering iPADs and equivalent Android devices free of charge to all hon. Members.
(227498)
21
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the suitability of the iPAD for the opensource, open standards and opendata approach to digital services promoted by the Government Digital Service.
(227499)
22
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what discussions the Commission has had with (a) Apple and (b) providers of other devices and platforms in advance of the decision to offer iPADs free of charge to all hon. Members.
(227500)
23
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226547, what assessment he has made of the merits of deploying civil enforcement officers rather than using cameras to enforce mandatory cycle lanes; and if he will make a statement.
(227536)
24
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preston constituency (a) applied for and (b) received a Social Fund funeral payment in 2014.
(227510)
25
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preston constituency are in receipt of carer's allowance.
(227511)
26
N
Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when it was decided that bailiffs could be used to recover allege overpayment of tax credits; who took that decision; and whether it is his policy that processes to recover alleged overpayments are stayed at the request of an hon. Member for such an allegation to be investigated.
(227525)
27
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance referred to the Work Programme in 2013 or earlier (i) have and (ii) have not achieved a sustained job outcome.
(227532)
28
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to support faith-based employment support initiatives since May 2010.
(227533)
29
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to implement consistent communications by his Department on mandatory reconsideration.
(227534)
30
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to support job clubs run by volunteers since May 2010.
(227535)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 10 March
1
N
Sir Andrew Stunell
(Hazel Grove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the recommendations of the Epidemiology Report on bovine TB on the Cheshire Edge by Sue Ridout; and if she will make a statement.
(227073)
2
N
Sir Andrew Stunell
(Hazel Grove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will reallocate surplus funds from the current round of bids on the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme to additional projects designed to close physical gaps in coverage along the Cheshire Edge Zone in East Cheshire and Stockport.
(227074)
3
N
Sir Andrew Stunell
(Hazel Grove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the work of Official Prison Visitors; and if he will make a statement.
(226922)
4
N
Sir Andrew Stunell
(Hazel Grove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the respective responsibilities are of (a) prison governors and (b) prison chaplains in developing effective counselling and support for vulnerable prisoners; and if he will make a statement.
(226923)
5
N
Sir Andrew Stunell
(Hazel Grove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the recruitment, training, management and deployment of Official Prison Visitors; and if he will make a statement.
(226924)
Notices given on Thursday 12 March
1
N
Sir John Stanley
(Tonbridge and Malling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue a direction to the Chief Executive of NHS Care Services to reply to the letter of 13 February 2015 sent by the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling to his company's Head of Communications, Dr Belinda Webb-Blofeld, for urgent response.
(227434)
2
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2014 to Question 215438, and with reference to the speech of 4 February 2015 to CPRE and the Campaign for Better Transport by the Minister of State in his Department, what steps the Government is taking to work with local authorities and the private sector to improve service stations.
(227417)
3
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2014 to Question 216696, what assessment he has made of the success of the European debt recovery agency in recovering outstanding charges.
(227418)