Session 2015-16
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 4 June 2015
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 4 June 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 4 June 2015
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.
For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
N
Clive Efford
(Eltham):
To ask the Attorney General, whether criminal investigations are being carried out to determine whether UK financial institutions have been used to carry out illegal transactions related to FIFA.
(626)
2
N
Clive Efford
(Eltham):
To ask the Attorney General, when the Serious Fraud Office first became aware that UK financial institutions may have been used to carry out illegal transactions relating to FIFA; what action was taken; and when he was first made aware of this possibility.
(627)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the TTIP negotiations between the EU and the US to be concluded.
(657)
4
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will begin an investigation into the liability of ScottishPower and the alleged mis-selling of cashback warranties.
(728)
5
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was borrowed by adults in (a) Sheffield, Heeley constituency and (b) England in 24+ advanced learning loans in the last year.
(771)
6
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of money borrowed under 24+ advanced learning loans that will be repaid to the Exchequer.
(772)
7
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of 24+ advanced learning loans on participation levels in further education.
(773)
8
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to increase the number of advanced level apprenticeships.
(774)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
9
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the Government was of the inquiry into the leaking of a memorandum relating to the First Minister of Scotland during the General Election campaign.
(861)
10
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date he expects the report of the Chilcot inquiry to be published.
(864)
11
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225989, how many people (a) under the age of 18 and (b) aged 18 or over died as a result of asthma in England and Wales in 2014.
(796)
12
N
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nominations for honours were made through the Northern Ireland Assembly in each year since its inception; and whether the nomination was successful in each such case.
(682)
13
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on the abolition of the annual canvass undertaken by Electoral Registration Officers, as provided for in the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 c. 6 Part 1, Section 7(2)(b), during the course of the current Parliament.
(696)
14
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to alter the procedure by which the recommendations of the Boundary Commissions take effect upon the conclusion of their periodic reviews of constituency boundaries.
(698)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
15
N
Tom Brake
(Carshalton and Wallington):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what process his Department undertook to scrutinise the business case for the proposed Garden Bridge project.
(544)
16
N
Tom Brake
(Carshalton and Wallington):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of a new Thames pedestrian bridge at alternative locations to that of the proposed Garden Bridge project.
(545)
17
N
Tom Brake
(Carshalton and Wallington):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates he has met Joanna Lumley to discuss the proposed Garden Bridge project in each of the last three years.
(546)
18
N
Tom Brake
(Carshalton and Wallington):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates officials in his Department have met Joanna Lumley to discuss the proposed Garden Bridge project in each of the last three years.
(547)
19
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission an independent audit of the economic costs and benefits of UK membership of the EU.
(661)
20
N
Clive Efford
(Eltham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) Ministers in his Department and (b) the Financial Services Authority have had with the (i) Swiss authorities and (ii) US administration's Justice Department on the investigation of fraud, racketeering and money laundering at FIFA.
(640)
21
N
Clive Efford
(Eltham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to discover whether UK financial institutions have been used to carry out illegal transactions related to FIFA.
(641)
22
N
Clive Efford
(Eltham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Services Authority was informed of the possibility of UK financial institutions being used to carry out illegal transactions related to FIFA; what steps the Authority took to investigate; and when he was informed about that possibility.
(642)
23
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) HSBC, (b) Barclays and (c) Standard Chartered about allegations that their banks have been involved in money laundering by senior officials in world football administration.
(759)
24
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to subject to income tax the income HRH The Prince of Wales receives from the Duchy of Cornwall.
(557)
25
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people working in the retail sector are in receipt of tax credits.
(777)
26
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people working in the retail sector received working families tax credits in each of the last five years.
(778)
27
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each parliamentary constituency who earn less than the living wage are in receipt of (a) working families tax credit and (b) child tax credit.
(779)
28
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost to the Exchequer has been of paying (a) working families tax credits and (b) child tax credit to those who earn less than the living wage in each of the last five years.
(780)
29
N
Ian C. Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2015 to Question 228104, what progress his Department has made on the consultation process Building our Future, on HM Revenue and Customs reorganisation.
(650)
30
N
Ian C. Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2015 to Question 228104, what the outcomes have been of the conversations his Department has had with hon. Members and Welsh Assembly Members on HM Revenue and Customs reorganisation since October 2014.
(651)
31
N
Ian C. Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2015 to Question 228104, on which occasions he or other representatives of his Department met staff from the Wrexham HM Revenue and Customs office to discuss the future of that office; and what the outcomes were of those meetings.
(652)
Questions to the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners
32
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, how many members of the clergy in each of the last 10 years have been women.
(734)
33
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what statistics the Church Commissioners collect on the number of LGBT men and women in the clergy.
(735)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
34
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to fulfil his Department's responsibilities for the promotion of community cohesion.
(729)
35
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to ensure that developments in the Thames Gateway area are sustainable, self-supporting and contribute to community cohesion and integration.
(730)
36
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government spending on the Troubled Families Programme.
(731)
37
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the rationale was for the Government's decision to introduce a directly-elected mayor in Manchester; and what account was taken in that decision of the result of the referendum on the introduction of a mayor in Manchester in 2012.
(862)
38
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) advice and (b) assistance he has recently provided to local authorities to help them promote trade in town centres; and if he will make a statement.
(305)
39
John Pugh
(Southport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will allow public representations or petitions to be received directly by the Local Government Boundary Commission.
(841)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
40
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the Government will bring forward proposals to require broadcasters to provide subtitles and audio description for on-demand programmes for the benefit of people with sensory loss; and if he will make a statement.
(923)
41
N
Mr Peter Bone
(Wellingborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to reform funding of the BBC.
(560)
42
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to safeguard consumers who wish to keep their current telephone number when switching providers; and if he will make a statement.
(927)
43
N
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that elderly people without sufficient means can block calls from call centres on PPI claims, accident claims and claims against banks without cost.
(678)
44
N
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions the Sports Minister has had with FIFA on the recent FBI investigation.
(679)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
45
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2015 to Question 227404, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) DCDS(MilCap)/14/01/10 dated 28 January 2014 and (b) MAA/DG/COMMS/SENIOR MOD ZD743/ZD812 dated 13 December 2013.
(789)
46
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many successful shipborne rolling vertical landings have taken place using the F-35B with (a) an empty weapons load and (b) the maximum weight weapons configuration to date.
(790)
47
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many successful night landings of the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B have been conducted by RAF pilots using night vision.
(791)
48
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Joint Strike Fighter F-35s are allowed to use (a) night vision and (b) the distributed aperture system when landing on an aircraft carrier at night.
(792)
49
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish details of the programme to install a Collision Warning System in the Typhoon aircraft.
(793)
50
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document D/VCDS&2ndPUS/8/1/4 PR11 Tornado CWS Further Work, identified in paragraph 1.4.6.606 of the Report into the Tornado collision of 3 July 2012 undertaken by the Director-General of the Military Aviation Authority.
(794)
51
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the procurement of the A400M.
(552)
52
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of his Department's budget for each of the next five years.
(667)
53
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 126, when he expects to be able to place in the Library the correspondence between his Department and Public Health England in relation to use of Lariam or Mefloquine and reports of (a) hallucinations, (b) psychosis and (c) suicidal thoughts in personnel prescribed those medications for the period 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement.
(739)
54
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 157, on the right of armed forces personnel to make a complaint following their illegal punishment following the receipt of a police caution in the last year and with reference to the contribution of the hon. Member for Broxtowe on 2 February 2015, Official Report, column 64, in which she gave a commitment to place notices in the usual places such as websites and magazines, if he will make a similar commitment; and if he will make a statement.
(905)
55
N
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on intelligence gathering as a result of the withdrawal of maritime patrol aircraft.
(680)
56
N
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department is of HMS Bulwark rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean.
(681)
57
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) criteria and (b) conditions his Department has placed on the loan of weaponry from the armed forces to other countries in the last year.
(827)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
58
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information is sought from the applicant for an Academy Order for a federated school to ensure that it complies with Regulation 46 of the School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012.
(646)
59
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library her Department's guidance on the requirements for governors making an application for an Academy Order on behalf of a federated school.
(647)
60
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of comments by a spokesman from her Department in Schools Week of 29 May 2015 that there is a technicality which needs resolving in the process of applying for an Academy Order on behalf of a federated school; and if she will revise Regulation 46 of the School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012.
(648)
61
N
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Academy Orders made on behalf of a federated school have been made on or after 1 September 2012; and how many such applications (a) she has approved and (b) have an Academy Agreement in place.
(649)
62
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the future of A-levels and GCSEs for (a) Turkish, (b) Greek, (c) Gujarati, (d) Modern Hebrew, (e) Panjabi, (f) Polish, (g) Bengali and (h) other community languages; and if she will outline steps that will be taken in pursuit of that policy.
(842)
63
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects to respond to the letter from Dorset County Council seeking to prevent St Ives School increasing its age range.
(659)
64
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter from Dorset County Council seeking to prevent St Ives School increasing its age range.
(660)
65
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding she has provided to schools for the removal of asbestos in the last three years.
(710)
66
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department will spend to remove asbestos from primary and secondary schools in the next financial year.
(845)
67
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the number of hours outside contracted hours worked by teaching assistants in (a) Sheffield and (b) England over the last three years.
(846)
68
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what records her Department keeps on the number of job applications for each advertised teaching position.
(847)
69
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department assesses demand for teachers in each subject area.
(848)
70
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of levels of supply and demand for qualified teachers in STEM subjects.
(849)
71
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many qualified STEM teachers there are per (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupil in each parliamentary constituency.
(850)
72
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many STEM teachers remain in the teaching profession (a) two years and (b) five years after their initial qualification.
(851)
73
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Teach First teachers remain in the teaching profession after (a) two years and (b) five years.
(852)
74
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Teach First teachers in each (a) subject and (b) parliamentary constituency (i) began teaching and (ii) left the teaching profession in each of the last five years.
(853)
75
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will reinstate the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.
(854)
76
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the number of teaching assistants who are performing a full teaching role in schools in England.
(855)
77
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average salary is for teaching assistants in (a) state maintained schools, (b) free schools and (c) academy schools.
(856)
78
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to promote in primary and secondary schools (a) participation in home economics by and (b) the catering industry as a career for boys.
(816)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
79
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department has received a report from Ray Noble relating to the Mozes community energy co-operative.
(554)
80
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of OFGEM's plans to re-examine the current gas mains replacement programme on long term stability of gas supply in the UK.
(781)
81
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the merits of (a) the Prism reactor, (b) Areva Mox, (c) Canmox, and (d) immobilisation for the disposition of plutonium; and if she will make a statement.
(559)
82
Christina Rees
(Neath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans her Department has to sponsor alternative green energy projects in Wales in the next 12 months.
(717)
83
Christina Rees
(Neath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs created in the Swansea Bay region as a result of the construction of the proposed tidal lagoon.
(718)
84
Christina Rees
(Neath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the number of pre-pay gas and electricity meters installed in England, Wales and Scotland without the authority of the account holder in the last 12 months; if she will prohibit the installation of such pre-payment meters without such authority; and if she will make a statement.
(860)
85
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made in relation to the construction of Hinckley C nuclear power station; and if she will make a statement.
(903)
86
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she expects the Smartmeter rollout to be completed.
(904)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
87
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) licensed dog breeders and (b) pet shops licensed to sell puppies there are in the UK.
(741)
88
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under section 3(1) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in England in 2014.
(857)
89
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under section 2 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1871 in England in 2014.
(858)
90
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on repeal of the Hunting Act.
(906)
91
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on allergen requirements and restrictions for restaurants.
(818)
92
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of red grouse in the UK; and what estimate she has made of the value of red grouse shooting to the UK economy.
(819)
93
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department took to celebrate World Milk Day on 1 June 2015.
(736)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
94
N
Hilary Benn
(Leeds Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the latest position regarding training of the Syrian moderate opposition is; and if he will make a statement.
(662)
95
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish details of each (a) meeting and (b) overnight stay by Tony Blair in each UK embassy in each year between 2010 and 2014.
(770)
96
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK is able to identify those responsible for human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; and what steps the Government is taking to impose sanctions on North Korean officials similar to the financial sanctions imposed by HM Treasury on people responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran and Ukraine.
(726)
97
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what human rights conditions are required of the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for European-funded aid projects in that country; if he will press for greater use of such conditions; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such projects.
(782)
98
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what human rights conditions are attached to the UK's cultural engagement projects inside the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
(783)
99
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring mechanisms there were of the effect on the people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of engagement projects funded by his Department in that country between 2010 and 2015.
(784)
100
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Department's report, Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Country of Concern, published on 12 March 2015, what steps the British Embassy in Pyongyang has taken to challenge widespread sexual abuse and domestic violence against women in that country.
(844)
101
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to encourage reform of the Prisoners of Conscience Affairs Committee in Burma; and if he will seek the empowerment of that Committee to ensure the release of all political prisoners.
(737)
102
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of whether human rights violations against the Rohingya in Burma meet the international legal definitions of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
(738)
103
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made his Department's budget for each of the next five years.
(668)
104
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects of the proposed resettlement of Bedouin in Southern Israel on the peace process; and if he will make a statement.
(669)
105
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on official discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
(670)
106
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from the government of Sri Lanka about allegations of war crimes in that country.
(671)
107
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Yemen on the safety of British citizens in that country.
(549)
108
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the workings and processes of the Egyptian government's judicial process.
(727)
109
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on the issue of religious freedom (a) in relation to the case of Asia Bibi and (b) in general.
(835)
110
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Israeli government about forced evictions and harassment of the inhabitants of the village of Susya on the West Bank.
(555)
111
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 60 of background briefing notes to the Queen's Speech 2015, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) British citizens living overseas for more than 15 years in the (i) EU and (ii) rest of the world and (b) EU citizens resident in the UK who will not be eligible to vote in the upcoming European Union referendum.
(553)
112
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his Norwegian counterpart the decision of the Norwegian parliament to repeal that country's lead shot ban.
(820)
113
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure ISIL does not have access to chemical weapons.
(823)
114
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to strengthen economic and political ties with the Falkland Islands.
(866)
115
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the bombing of a church, school compound and priests' compound in Kauda, South Sudan, on 25 May 2015.
(758)
116
N
Wes Streeting
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will (a) sign the Safe Schools Declaration and (b) support implementation of that declaration in countries where armed conflict is taking place.
(653)
117
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of human rights in Mexico.
(834)
118
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the government of Mexico on drug trafficking.
(840)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
119
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request a report from the Chair of the Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on how much Southend University Hospital received from car parking charges in each of the last two years and what use was made of those funds by that hospital; and if he will make a statement.
(684)
120
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request a report from the Chair of the Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on how many press officers were employed by Southend University Hospital in each of the last two years and what the average cost was of employing each of those press officers; and if he will make a statement.
(685)
121
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by Southend University Hospital on employing locums in each (a) ward and (b) position in each month since January 2014.
(686)
122
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how much Southend University Hospital plans to spend on employing locums in each (a) ward and (b) position in each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
(687)
123
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) recent discussions he has had and (b) discussions he plans to have with Southend University Hospital about its policy towards car parking charges; and if he will make a statement.
(688)
124
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) recent discussions he has had and (b) discussions he plans to have with Southend University Hospital about its policy on the payment of bonuses to senior managers; and if he will make a statement.
(689)
125
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) recent discussions he has had and (b) discussions he plans to have with Southend University Hospital about its policy on away days for senior management; and if he will make a statement.
(690)
126
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints about Southend University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been received by his Department in each week since January 2014; what response his Department gave to each such complaint; and if he will make a statement.
(785)
127
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints about Southend University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been received in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(786)
128
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the level of income received by Southend University Hospital from car parking operations; and if he will make a statement.
(836)
129
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the speech at the Hay Festival by the Minister for Life Sciences on 21 May 2015, what plans he has to introduce a sugar tax.
(673)
130
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the mental health budget has been spent on forensic psychiatry in each of the last five years.
(674)
131
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions were related to heroin overdoses in each of the last five years.
(675)
132
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the indirect cost to the NHS of the Care Quality Commission.
(676)
133
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how much the NHS spends on agency and contract staff.
(677)
134
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the treatments for pancreatic cancer listed by the Cancer Drugs Fund will continue to be made available to patients on the NHS.
(917)
135
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative research his Department has made on the incidence of Hepatitis B and HIV infection in the population of (a) men who have sex with men (MSM) and (b) the MSM population in civil partnerships or same sex marriages; what assessment his Department has made on this incidence in respect of the safety of blood donation; and if he will make a statement.
(740)
136
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether minutes exist for each meeting of the Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group undertaken to date; if he will publish the agendas for and minutes of each such meeting; and if he will make a statement.
(910)
137
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the names and positions are of the members of NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group.
(912)
138
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the names and positions are of the members of NHS England's Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group.
(913)
139
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 227026, when he expects NHS England to publish the minutes of all meetings of the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group held to date; and if he will make a statement.
(922)
140
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were waiting to see a GP for more than one week in (a) Sheffield, Heeley constituency and (b) Sheffield in each year since 2010.
(703)
141
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the decision by the Cancer Drugs Fund not to fund olaparib for patients with BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer.
(704)
142
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to offer personalised medicines to women with BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer with limited treatment options.
(705)
143
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients benefit from scientific research into personalised medicines.
(706)
144
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulance vehicles there were in the UK in each of the last five years.
(925)
145
Christian Matheson
(City of Chester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Cheshire West & Chester Council, (b) Cheshire East Council and (c) East Cheshire NHS Trust on the provision of sexual health services in Cheshire in (i) 2014 and (ii) 2015 to date.
(708)
146
Christina Rees
(Neath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of recent research by the Institute of Cancer Research into the effect of a genetically created herpes-based virus as a remedy against forms of skin cancer.
(721)
147
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on reviewing EU legislation on access to cancer drugs for children.
(824)
148
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many gastric band operations the NHS has carried out in each of the last five years; what the cost to the public purse was of such operations in each of those years.
(825)
149
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age group have been diagnosed with dementia in each of the last five years in the UK.
(826)
150
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the NHS has to use the drug T-Vec for the treatment of skin cancer.
(868)
151
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on (a) the treatment of and (b) research on Type 1 diabetes in each of the last five years.
(869)
152
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age group were diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in each of the last five years.
(870)
153
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the prevalence of salmonella in chicken sold in shops and restaurants in the UK.
(871)
154
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of food poisoning have been reported from salads containing (a) salmonella and (b) bacteria in the last 12 months.
(872)
155
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the BMA and (b) other medical bodies on recent developments in treating cancer with platinum-based therapy.
(873)
156
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the BMA and (b) other medical bodies on the links between caesarean section births and obesity.
(875)
157
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been hospitalised from the effects of consuming skunk cannabis in the UK in each of the last five years.
(879)
158
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans his Department has to respond to a (a) heatwave and (b) cold snap in (i) London North West Healthcare NHS Trust area and (ii) the NHS England area.
(732)
159
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to manage an increase in the birth rate in Ealing Local Authority Area.
(733)
160
N
Wes Streeting
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors he took into account in deciding the timing of the announcement of the closure of accident and emergency services at King George Hospital.
(558)
161
N
Wes Streeting
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of A&E departments likely to close in each region in each of the next five years.
(654)
162
N
Wes Streeting
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of maternity units likely to close in each region in each of the next five years.
(655)
163
N
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken pursuant to the meeting between the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Care Quality on 18 March 2015.
(643)
164
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which of the seven demonstrator sites the NHS National Diabetes Prevention Programme began operating.
(828)
165
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been identified as possibly diabetic by the NHS Health Check in the last 12 months.
(829)
166
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether school nurses will have a role in the National Diabetes Prevention Programme.
(830)
167
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been assessed by the NHS Health Check in the last 12 months.
(831)
168
John Woodcock
(Barrow and Furness):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the most recent findings from the Care Quality Commission Inpatient Survey.
(924)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
169
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from Welsh Assembly Ministers about the (a) Dyfed Powys Police Helicopter and (b) National Police Air Service.
(760)
170
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers in the Metropolitan Police have travelled overseas at public expense to investigate crimes committed abroad in the last period of 12 months for which figures are available; and what information her Department holds on how many officers in other UK police forces so travelled in the same period.
(306)
171
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have left the employment of immigration centres in Scotland in each year since 2006; and for what reasons those people have left that employment.
(539)
172
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006; and what the capacity of such centres was in each of those years.
(540)
173
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees in immigration removal centres in Scotland have taken their own life since 2006.
(541)
174
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on training for (a) staff and (b) detainees in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006.
(542)
175
N
Ian Murray
(Edinburgh South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported (a) incidents, (b) assaults and (c) serious assaults there were on staff in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006.
(543)
176
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people that have been trafficked to the UK to have their organs harvested in each of the last five years.
(817)
177
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for the possession of skunk cannabis in the UK in each of the last five years.
(878)
178
N
Wes Streeting
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the likely number of officers in the Metropolitan Police Service (a) overall and (b) in Redbridge in each of the next five years.
(656)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
179
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid her Department provided to the (a) health sector, (b) education sector and (c) other sectors (i) globally and (ii) in Africa in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(926)
180
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes her Department is operating (a) in Yemen and (b) to address the implications of the conflict in that country.
(832)
181
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the number of refugees (a) within and (b) outside Yemen as a result of the ongoing conflict in that country.
(833)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
182
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has (a) issued and (b) plans to issue on the use of agency staff at the Probation Service.
(691)
183
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department (i) have had since January 2015 and (ii) plan to have in the next six months with the Chief Executive of the Essex Community Rehabilitation Company; and if he will make a statement.
(692)
184
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budgeted annual expenditure is of the Essex Community Rehabilitation Company for this financial year; and if he will make a statement.
(693)
185
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) chief executives, (b) deputy chief executives and (c) assistant chief officers of community rehabilitation companies have left their post since 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement.
(694)
186
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on how many safety officers are employed by Essex Community Rehabilitation Company to help (a) female and (b) male victims of domestic violence.
(695)
187
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the salary was of the (a) Chief Executive and (b) Chairman of Essex Community Rehabilitation Company in 2014; what each such salary will be in 2015; and if he will make a statement.
(837)
188
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of conditions and the performance of staff at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre.
(865)
189
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people and of what gender in each North Wales police force area committed an offence resulting in immediate custody in each year since 2011; and what the offence type and length of sentence was in each such year.
(787)
190
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of sentenced women in each police force area in Wales were sentenced to immediate custody in each year since 2011.
(788)
191
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the introduction of a Bill of Rights to replace the Human Rights Act 1998.
(867)
192
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consult on a British Bill of Rights before its introduction; if he will publish the terms of reference for such a consultation; and if he will make a statement.
(697)
Questions to the Prime Minister
193
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is on reform of the political honours system.
(863)
194
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will provide an update on the progress of the Chilcot inquiry; and when he expects the Maxwellisation process to be completed.
(556)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
195
N
Mr Christopher Chope
(Christchurch):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which parliamentary constituencies have electorates more than 10 per cent (a) greater and (b) smaller than the UK average.
(658)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
196
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated to Network Rail for the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line.
(550)
197
N
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work to (a) start and (b) be completed on the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line.
(551)
198
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff working at DVLA Swansea provide a good customer service since the closure of regional DVLA offices.
(236)
199
N
Sir Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons staff working at DVLA Swansea use a telephone answering system which gives a message and then cuts members of the public off without allowing them to leave a message or wait for their call to be answered; and if he will make a statement.
(237)
200
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidences of criminal damage have been reported on trains in the UK in each of the last five years.
(821)
201
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the cost of criminal damage on trains in the UK in each of the last five years.
(822)
202
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on replacing pacer trains on rail services in the north of England.
(838)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
203
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from Ministers in the Welsh Government about the (a) Dyfed Powys Police Helicopter and (b) National Police Air Service.
(761)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
204
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to reopen the Access to Elected Office fund in the present Parliament; and if she will make a statement.
(699)
205
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government has taken to evaluate the effectiveness of the Access to Elected Office fund between 2010 and 2015.
(700)
206
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest award made to an individual candidate was by the Access to Elected Office fund between May 2010 and May 2015.
(701)
207
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much was disbursed to political candidates (a) in each region, (b) of each political party, (c) of each gender and (d) of each ethnic group by the Access to Elected Office fund between May 2010 and May 2015.
(702)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
208
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) ministerial colleagues and (b) representatives from the steel industry on Tata Steel's plans to close the British Steel pension scheme.
(843)
209
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the £1.2 million spent on research by National Employment Savings Trust in fiscal year 2013-14.
(707)
210
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the National Employment Savings Trust is exempt from the requirements for improved governance of workplace pensions schemes set out in his Department's publication, Better workplace pensions: Putting savers' interests first, Cm 9000.
(918)
211
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the National Employment Savings Trust plans to complete (a) the independent assurance audit and (b) the other constituent parts of the voluntary assurance framework.
(919)
212
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what forecast he has made of when his Department's loan to meet the scheme implementation costs for the National Employment Savings Trust will be repaid; and what the process is for that repayment.
(920)
213
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many citizens of other EU member states with Parkinson's disease receive disability living allowance or personal independence payments.
(911)
214
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what systems and procedures exist between the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the Child Support Agency (CSA) to ensure that where, following a six-month warning notice of CSA case closure, a parent with care applies in advance to the CMS, the new application is not processed prematurely and a case opened by the CMS, prior to the CSA case being closed.
(914)
215
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases the Child Maintenance Service opened a new case in error before a case subject to the Child Support Agency case closure process was closed in the last 12 months.
(915)
216
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223811, what progress has been made in completing the new Data Warehouse required by his Department to provide full IT functionality to support the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme.
(916)
217
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what period of time parents who were formerly in receipt of Child Support Agency maintenance via that agency's collection service will experience a gap in child maintenance payments before their new applications to the Child Maintenance Service made within the six-month notice period are processed and a new payment schedule notified to the paying parent.
(921)
218
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming disability living allowance who will cease to receive disability benefits after being assessed for personal independence payment in each month from July 2015 to July 2016.
(767)
219
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people his Department will assess for personal independence payment in each month from July 2015 to July 2016.
(768)
220
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets he has set for the time taken to process new applications for personal independence payment.
(769)
221
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprenticeship places were taken up by people (a) already in employment with the same employer, (b) already in employment with a new employer and (c) who were previously unemployed in each of the last five years.
(775)
222
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of those previously unemployed found work as a result of an apprenticeship in the last three years.
(776)
223
N
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the following households in the London Borough of Southwark with (a) dependent children, (b) a single person, (c) pensioners, (d) one or more people employed and (e) a disabled member are claiming housing benefit.
(644)
224
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many (a) single-parent households, (b) households with dependent children, (c) households with a disabled member, (d) pensioner households and (e) households with one or more person employed in Camberwell and Peckham constituency are subject to the under-occupancy penalty.
(907)
225
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many households in the London Borough of Southwark have downsized as a result of the under-occupancy penalty since April 2013.
(908)
226
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) single-parent households, (b) households with dependent children, (c) households with a disabled member, (d) pensioner households and (e) households with one or more person employed in the London Borough of Southwark are subject to the under-occupancy penalty.
(909)
227
N
John McNally
(Falkirk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what organisation his Department has awarded contracts or sub contracts to for the provision of welfare to work programmes in Scotland in each year since 2010.
(548)
228
Christina Rees
(Neath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Neath constituency have been affected by the under-occupancy penalty in the last 12 months.
(859)
229
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be affected by the under-occupancy penalty between 2015 and 2020.
(722)
230
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will announce details of how his Department will reduce spending on social security by £12 billion by 2017-18.
(723)
231
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the number of working people claiming housing benefit on housing benefit spending.
(724)
232
Rachel Reeves
(Leeds West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of families living in temporary accommodation of reducing the benefit cap from £26,000 to £23,000 per year.
(725)
233
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accidents have been reported during the transportation of workers to North Sea oil rigs in each of the last five years.
(876)
234
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training standards are required for workers on North Sea oil rigs prior to their deployment on these oil rigs.
(877)
235
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of housing benefit for 18 to 21 year olds who were (a) employed, (b) unemployed and (c) inactive in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
(763)
236
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration was of housing benefit claims by 18 to 21 year olds who were (a) employed, (b) unemployed and (c) inactive in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
(764)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
237
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of full maintenance grants to households earning (a) more and (b) less than £17,000 per year was in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
[Transferred]
(765)
238
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of partial maintenance grants to households earning (a) more and (b) less than £17,000 per year was in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
[Transferred]
(766)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
239
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died from the effects of consuming skunk cannabis in the UK in each of the last five years.
[Transferred]
(880)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
240
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to promote the economic and environmental benefits of shooting sports in the UK.
[Transferred]
(874)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
241
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what power the Government has to investigate private banks registered in British Overseas Territories for alleged money laundering.
[Transferred]
(762)
242
N
Tulip Siddiq
(Hampstead and Kilburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will bring forward proposals to allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote in any referendum on EU membership.
[Transferred]
(645)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
243
Christina Rees
(Neath):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) health bodies, (b) youth organisations, (c) local government and (d) the devolved administration on legal highs; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(719)
244
Christina Rees
(Neath):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research her Department has undertaken to ascertain the safety of legal highs; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(720)
245
Christina Rees
(Neath):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition her Department uses of the term psychoactive substance.
[Transferred]
(795)
246
Keir Starmer
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a Long Service Medal to recognise the contribution of long-serving police officers; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(839)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
247
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Poplar and Limehouse):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what regulations apply to asbestos in buildings; when such regulations are laid; and for what duration those regulations are in force.
[Transferred]
(709)