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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 15 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 Monday 15 June 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 15 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.

Monday 15 June  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Attorney General, if he will make it his policy that people who have signed the Official Secrets Act should not be prosecuted for reporting information relating to possible child sex abuse offences.
      (1861)
2  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Attorney General, how many full-time equivalent staff who are qualified (a) barristers and (b) solicitors were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year from 2010 to 2015.
      (1930)
3  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Attorney General, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the years from 2010 to 2015.
      (1931)
4  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Attorney General, how many criminal prosecutions were undertaken by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the years 2010 to 2015.
      (2029)
5  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of the budget of the Crown Prosecution Service was spent on (a) premises, (b) administration, (c) staff, (d) external suppliers, other than external Counsel, (e) external Counsel and (f) other costs in each of the years 2010 to 2015.
      (2030)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
6  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, what the budget is for the UK Guarantees Scheme for each financial year to 2020-21.
      (2035)
7 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU member states on negotiating a trade deal between the EU and (a) China and (b) India.
      (1785)
8  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many parents have applied for shared parental leave since its introduction.
      (2246)
9 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on dumping of steel products in EU markets by China and Turkey.
      (1820)
10 N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in the adult skills budget on learners in Liverpool.
      (1656)
11 N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what impact assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of reductions in the adult skills budget, due to take effect in 2015-16, on students.
      (1849)
12  
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's announcement on reducing spending of 4 June 2015, if he will make it his policy to maintain the existing level of funding to further education colleges over the next five years.
      (1859)
13  
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what responsibilities the National Apprenticeship Service has for regulation of apprenticeships in the UK.
      (1971)
14  
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on allegations of illicit gold trafficking from South America by companies linked to the London bullion market; and if he will make a statement.
      (2089)
15  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value of international exports from (a) West Yorkshire, (b) North Yorkshire, (c) South Yorkshire, (d) East Yorkshire, (e) Greater Manchester, (f) Greater London and (g) Leeds was for each of the last five years; and whether his Department has made projections for that value in the next five years.
      (1783)
16  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that companies do not circumvent the 30-day standard for paying suppliers by relocating their payment departments to other countries.
      (1784)
17 N
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs contributed by onshore wind to the UK economy in each year since 2010.
      (1412)
18  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate the Government made of the potential profit from the Government's holding in Royal Mail before the announcement of the sale of Royal Mail.
      (2251)
19  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to strengthen links between the engineering industry and universities providing degree courses in subjects relevant to engineering.
      (1985)
20 N
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government about creation of the Small Business Conciliation Service.
      (1699)
21  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of potential business and research applications for graphene; and if he will make a statement.
      (2261)
22  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding his Department allocated to the National Graphene Institute in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
      (2262)
23  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his strategy is for the commercialisation of graphene-related applications; and if he will make a statement.
      (2263)
24  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many graphene-related patent applications were filed in the UK between 2011 and 2014; and what information his Department holds on the number of such applications filed worldwide in that period.
      (2264)
25  
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices have been employed in the private sector at the end of their apprenticeship in each of the last five years.
      (2168)
26  
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average cost to a company is of hiring an apprentice.
      (2170)
27  
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices were employed in companies employing fewer than (a) 20 and (b) 50 people in each of the last five years.
      (2171)
28  
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices have been employed in the public sector at the end of their apprenticeship in each of the last five years.
      (2172)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
29  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister in his Department is responsible for the Digital Inclusion Strategy.
      (2003)
30 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the contribution of 12 March 2014 by the then Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, Official Report, column 307, what discussions the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster have had about the status of metadata under the Wilson Doctrine; whether metadata is protected under the Wilson Doctrine; and if he will make a statement.
      (1514)
31  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual income of self-employed (a) men and (b) women was in each year since 2010.
      (2147)
32  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many start-up businesses have been created in (a) England, (b) Denton and Reddish constituency, (c) Tameside local authority and (d) Stockport local authority since 2010.
      (1843)
33  
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase electoral registration.
      (1887)
34  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many postal votes were rejected nationally at the 2015 General Election; and what steps he is taking to ensure that people whose postal vote was rejected on that occasion will not encounter the same problem in the future.
      (1996)
35  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the Chilcot report.
      (2006)
36  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses registered in (a) Leeds North West constituency, (b) Leeds and (c) West Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
      (2007)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
37  
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of economic inequalities on growth.
      (2079)
38  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 1239, on child benefit, what estimate he has made of the potential costs of obtaining the requested information.
      (1873)
39 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the next tranche of the share sale of Lloyds Bank to take place; and what steps he plans to take to ensure the widest share ownership.
      (1827)
40 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the use of personal service companies as a means of tax avoidance; and if he will make a statement.
      (1914)
41 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid their income tax via the use of personal service companies in each of the last five years.
      (1915)
42  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the contribution to (a) jobs and (b) GDP of sustainable fuels in the period up to 2030.
      (2117)
43 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 576, whether HM Revenue and Customs (a) sold working tax credit debt to external debt collection agencies and (b) contracted out the collection of working tax credit debt while retaining ownership.
      (1830)
44 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 578, for what reasons a temporary rise in tax credit related debt was forecast to take place before the replacement of tax credits by universal credit.
      (1831)
45 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 579, which experts were involved in the planning process for outsourcing working tax credit debt collection to the private sector; whether any of those experts had a financial interest in the debt collection sector; whether those experts advised HM Revenue and Customs to proceed with the use of private sector debt collection agencies; and whether advice from those experts was provided orally or in writing.
      (1832)
46 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 956 and with reference to the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation referred to in that Answer, for what reasons his policy is to accord HM The Queen the same privacy and confidentiality in relation to her tax affairs when she pays tax on a voluntary basis, unlike other taxpayers.
      (1899)
47  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department will take to help parents who do not have access to a computer or a working internet connection to register for tax-free childcare.
      (2018)
48  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects (a) registration for tax-free childcare to open and (b) the first payments under tax-free childcare to be delivered.
      (2020)
49  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a comparative assessment of the levels of financial support available under the current system of employer-supported childcare and tax-free childcare for a (a) single parent paying the basic rate of tax who has one child and who spends under £4,500 per annum on childcare, (b) single parent paying the higher rate of tax who has one child and who spends under £3,000 per annum on childcare, (c) single parent paying the basic rate of tax who has two children and who spends under £4,500 per annum on childcare, (d) single parent paying the higher rate of tax who has two children and who spends under £3,000 per annum on childcare, (e) two-parent household paying the basic rate of tax which has one child and which spends under £9,000 per annum on childcare, (f) two-parent household paying the higher rate of tax which has one child and which spends under £6,000 per annum on childcare, (g) two-parent household paying the basic rate of tax which has two children and which spends under £9,000 per annum on childcare and (h) two-parent household paying the higher rate of tax which has two children and which spends under £6,000 per annum on childcare.
      (2021)
50  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the role employers play in the delivery of tax-free childcare.
      (2144)
51  
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will respond formally to the Keep Me Posted campaign.
      (2141)
52  
Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy not to reduce the top rate of tax.
      (2115)
53 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners liable for income tax who are not sent tax forms by HM Revenue and Customs; and what steps he is taking to increase the number of pensioners being sent such forms.
      (1901)
54  
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, whether he will publish his correspondence of 20 May 2015 with government departments.
      (1852)
55  
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the amount of outstanding Government debt is on the Severn bridges.
      (2244)
56  
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money the Exchequer received in VAT receipts from the Severn bridges between 2003 and 2014.
      (2247)
57  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the independent advice he received on the sale of the Government's stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland.
      (2105)
58  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to help people keep more of their earnings.
      (1853)
59 N
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Wales are in receipt of child benefit; and how many receive benefit for (a) one, (b) two and (c) three or more children.
      (1700)
60 N
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Wales paid tax at (a) basic, (b) higher and (c) additional tax bands in each of the last five years.
      (1701)
61 N
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England about promoting economic growth and financial stability across the whole of the UK.
      (1702)
62  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average earnings of working claimants of (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit in (i) the London Borough of Islington and (ii) Islington South and Finsbury constituency.
      (2187)
63  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who are in receipt of child tax credit in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency have more than two children.
      (2198)
64  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people claiming child benefit in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency are in work.
      (2199)
65 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed child tax credits in the last year, and how many such people had more than (a) two and (b) three children.
      (1694)
66 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value was of (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit paid to parents in respect of children not residing in the UK in the most recent year for which data is available.
      (2063)
67 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awards of (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit were made to parents in respect of a child not residing in the UK in the most recent year for which data is available.
      (2064)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
68 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with mortgage lenders on the implications for lending of an extension of the right to buy to housing association tenants.
      (1650)
69 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of properties that will be sold in each of the first five years of the right to buy for housing association tenants.
      (1651)
70 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to determine which council houses will be sold under the proposed extension of right to buy for housing association tenants; and whether those criteria will be the same for all local authorities.
      (1652)
71 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether funds raised from the sale of council houses under the extension of the right to buy for housing association tenants will be used to cover the cost of discounts for buyers in the same local area or on a national basis.
      (1653)
72 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how discounts for buyers under the proposed extension of the right to buy for housing association tenants will be funded in areas where local authorities have no council housing stock to sell.
      (1654)
73  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what geographic area is covered by the Government's Northern Powerhouse initiative.
      (1801)
74  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the key functions and responsibilities of metro mayors will be.
      (1802)
75  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress the North East Local Enterprise Partnership has made on each of its principal functions since its formation.
      (1803)
76  
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to ensure neighbourhoods with a concentration of social housing do not suffer from educational underperformance and high accident and obesity rates; and what plans he has to foster a sense of community in such neighbourhoods.
      (1972)
77  
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new residential properties completed for (a) social rent, (b) affordable rent, (c) market rent, (d) shared equity and (e) shared ownership in (i) Peterborough City Council local authority area, (ii) the East of England and (iii) England were classified as affordable in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.
     [R] (2243)
78 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to improve the transparency of operation of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs); and what his policy is on increasing the powers made available to BIDs.
      (1902)
79  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average retail price was of a (a) one-bed, (b) two-bed, (c) three-bed and (d) four-bed unit outside London in (i) council, (ii) registered social landlord and (iii) private housing in the most recent period for which figures are available.
      (2182)
80  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average retail price was of a (a) one-bed, (b) two-bed, (c) three-bed and (d) four-bed unit in (i) council, (ii) registered social landlord and (iii) private housing in York Central constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
      (2183)
81  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of housing stock (a) outside London and (b) in York Central constituency consists of houses in multiple occupation.
      (2184)
82  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many units of housing in York Central constituency were (a) rented from the City of York Council, (b) rented from registered social landlords, (c) rented from private landlords and (d) owned or mortgaged property in the most recent period for which figures were available.
      (2185)
83  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support business and trade in market towns.
      (1871)
84  
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the London Borough of Enfield local authority received in (a) central government funding and (b) government grants in each of the last five years.
      (1779)
85  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to streamline the Neighbourhood Planning process.
      (2145)
86  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2015 to Question 227, if his Department will make an estimate of the average cost as a proportion of local market rent levels, of homes built under the affordable rent model by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) the London Borough of Islington and (iv) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
      (2087)
87  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council homes whose cost is classified by his Department as high there are in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency.
      (2195)
88  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value of council homes classified as high by his Department is in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Islington and (c) Islington South and Finsbury constituency; and how many bedrooms such properties possess.
      (2196)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
89  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on UK ratification of the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
      (1800)
90 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 8 June 2015, HCWS17, on the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council, what specific concerns the UK representative raised about the implications of the Digital Single Market for copyright and for funding content.
      (1817)
91  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions Ministers and officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in Luxembourg in relation to that country's forthcoming Presidency of the Council of the EU.
      (1863)
92  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to formally consult (a) the Scottish Government, (b) the Scottish Parliament, (c) the Welsh Government, (d) the National Assembly for Wales, (e) the Northern Ireland Executive, (f) the Northern Ireland Assembly, (g) cities in England and (h) local authorities in England about BBC Charter renewal.
      (1864)
93  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on the future of Channel 4; and whether any officials in his Department are working on plans for the future of that channel.
      (1865)
94  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of diversity in the boards and executives of publicly-funded cultural bodies.
      (1866)
95  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on which major European country has the most comprehensive and cheapest superfast broadband coverage.
      (1867)
96  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answers of 4 June 2015 to Questions 618 and 619, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for its policy on introducing age-restriction controls for websites; and what assessment he has made of whether establishing an independent regulator will require primary legislation.
      (1872)
97 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 561, when the independent statutory review of the consumer protection measures in the secondary ticketing market will commence; what funding has been allocated to that review; and what the source of that funding will be.
      (1895)
98 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 4 June 2015, Official Report, column 739, when he plans to create a cultural protection fund; and what funding will be allocated to that fund.
      (1896)
99 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 563, what the precise location is of each of the four masts; on what date and in which order the masts were built; and how many people are provided with coverage by each of the masts.
      (1897)
100  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is the Government's policy that the UK will sign the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions.
      (2001)
101  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of apprenticeships in the cultural and creative sector.
      (2004)
102  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, when the Government will review progress against its ultrafast ambition; when he plans to publish that review; whether that review will be carried out independently; what that review will cover; and how much has been budgeted for that review.
      (2031)
103  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, when the Government will review the results of the market test pilots; and when he plans to publish that review.
      (2032)
104  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, when he will raise the universal service obligation to 5 mbps; and what form that obligation will take.
      (2033)
105  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, what estimate he has made of the cost of subsidising satellite broadband to a further one per cent of premises; how much of that cost will be borne by each of the superfast broadband programmes; when that scheme will be announced; and how that scheme will be publicised.
      (2034)
106  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, how much public sector spectrum has been released since 2010.
      (2036)
107  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, which Department will be responsible for operational management of public sector spectrum; and how the release target will be reset.
      (2037)
108  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, what discussions he has had with stakeholders and the EU Commission on the Commission's review of the EU Framework for Communications; and if he will make a statement.
      (2038)
109  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Ofcom Communications Review discussion document will be published.
      (2039)
110  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, if he will launch a consultation on implementation of the European Broadband Directive.
      (2040)
111  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, when he plans to publish the results of the consultation on the Electronic Communications Code.
      (2041)
112  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the Electronic Communications Code.
      (2042)
113  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, when he plans to publish the roadmap for an Internet of Things infrastructure; and how many full-time equivalent officials are working on that roadmap.
      (2043)
114  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, when the Internet of Things Advisory Board will be established; and what that Board's budget will be.
      (2044)
115  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital communications infrastructure strategy, published on 18 March 2015, how many full-time equivalent officials are working on reviewing the use of IPv6; and if he will make a statement.
      (2045)
116  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of fibre-optic broadband businesses in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Tameside local authority area, (c) Stockport local authority area and (d) the North West.
      (1966)
117  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which recruitment agencies have received the five largest allocations of funding from (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies since 2010.
      (1981)
118  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what process he plans to adopt for the selection of a Chair and members of the review of measures relating to secondary ticketing that will be established under the provisions of section 94 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
      (2023)
119  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the review of measures relating to secondary ticketing that is to be established under section 94 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, when he plans to announce the (a) identity of the Chair and other members, (b) scope and (c) timetable of that review.
      (2024)
120 N
Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who selected which towns and cities are eligible for Broadband Connection Vouchers.
      (1551)
121 N
Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which projects in Wales have been (a) considered and (b) chosen for local television licences since 2010.
      (1661)
122 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of Attitude is Everything's Charter of Best Practice for live music events.
      (2069)
123  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support tourism to market towns.
      (1868)
124  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support legacy initiatives from the 2014 Tour de France.
      (1869)
125  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support UK cities considering bidding for the title of 2023 European Capital of Culture.
      (1870)
126 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the mobile and fixed broadband demands of internet advertising; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of that advertising on network requirements over the current Parliament.
      (1710)
127 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to abolish roaming charges for mobile phone users (a) travelling to and (b) unintentionally connecting to a network based in the Republic of Ireland.
      (1528)
128 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with television companies about the digital exclusion of people with sensory loss; and if he will make a statement.
      (1546)
129  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of (a) trends in participation in disabled sport and (b) the implementation of the Government's Paralympics 2012 legacy.
      (1948)
130  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues in other departments on steps to reduce online bullying and blackmail of children.
      (1987)
131  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will take steps to prevent rogue mobile telephone towers being set up to listen to people's calls without their knowledge.
      (1988)
132  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support his Department provides to assist in protecting small and medium-sized enterprises from cyber abuse and online security breaches.
      (1990)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
133 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in his Department's budget announced on 4 June on (a) his Department's travel budgets, (b) recruitment of officials to his Department and (c) equipment programmes.
      (1645)
134 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what budget headings he plans to make the £500 million savings announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 4 June 2015; and if he will make a statement.
      (1674)
135 N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter of 23 February 2010 from the Service Complaints Commissioner, reference 030/10, what steps the Service Complaints Commissioner has taken to provide full and proper determination of a service complaint submitted by Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) RH Jollys into allegations of wrongful disclosure of personal data to third persons with malicious intent.
      (1511)
136  
James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the level of noise emanating from Defence Technical Training College at Lyneham.
      (1877)
137  
James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to train aircraft marshalls at Defence Technical Training College, Lyneham using redundant Jaguars; and what assessment he has made of the level of noise resulting from such testing.
      (1878)
138  
James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether adequate training for aircraft marshalls could be achieved using aircraft mock-ups.
      (1879)
139  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian staff in his Department are proficient in (i) Arabic, (ii) Persian, (iii) Turkish, (iv) Berber, (v) Kurdish, (vi) Polish and (vii) Russian.
      (1844)
140  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies spent on legal fees in each year since 2010; and under what budget sub-headings that expenditure was made.
      (1845)
141  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which five recruitment agencies received the most fees from (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies since 2010.
      (1846)
142  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the UK ended production of Polonium-210; and if he will make a statement.
      (1847)
143 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force personnel are deemed unfit for active service.
      (1787)
144 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 1248, which squadrons will be reduced in size as a result of the reduction in personnel planned between 2015-16 and 2019-20; and how he plans to reduce personnel numbers in each rank of the RAF in order to achieve that reduction.
      (1816)
145 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 1245, by how much he plans to reduce his Department's expenditure on (a) consultants and (b) overtime and travel; and how he plans to re-profile equipment and infrastructure spending.
      (1818)
146 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2015 to Question 500, which units of the Royal Navy will be reduced in size as a result of the reduction in personnel planned from 2015-16 to 2019-20; and how he plans to reduce the number of personnel in each such rank in order to achieve that reduction.
      (1898)
147  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) warrant officers of each rank are based at each officer training establishment.
      (2046)
148  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs of training cadets from outside the UK have been at each officer training establishment in each of the last five years.
      (2047)
149  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of the estate of HMA Sandhurst.
      (2048)
150  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the value for money to the Army of adopting the officer training procedures of the Royal Marines.
      (2049)
151  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will integrate the Parachute Regiment and the SAS into the RAF.
      (2050)
152  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK's nuclear capabilities are sufficient to meet the deterrence requirements.
      (2051)
153  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will establish an independent civilian armed forces inspectorate.
      (2052)
154  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK submarines are not a danger to fishing boats.
      (2053)
155  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that a Royal Marine officer can become Chief of the Defence Staff.
      (2054)
156  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what continuous improvement programme there is for his Department's procurement practices.
      (2055)
157  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will examine the potential savings from unifying basic training for all armed services.
      (2056)
158  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average size of an infantry battalion (a) was in 2010 and (b) is now.
      (2057)
159  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the most senior serving army officer is in Northern Ireland; and to whom he or she reports.
      (2058)
160  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential military benefits of China's recent land reclamation and construction activities in the Spratly Islands archipelago; and if he will make a statement.
      (2256)
161  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Five Power Defence Arrangements cover the defence of Malaysia's exclusive economic zone; and if he will make a statement.
      (2257)
162 N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether France has requested the deployment in Africa of any UK Reapers or other unmanned aerial systems.
     [R] (1516)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
163 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish draft regulations defining the term coasting before the committee stage of the Education and Adoption Bill in this House.
      (1518)
164 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 8 June 2015 to Questions 814 and 815, if she will take steps to ensure that all applications for Academy Orders from federated schools comply with regulation 46 of the School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/1035).
      (1529)
165  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of schemes that seek to put couples who have been unsuccessful in fertility treatment in touch with local adoption services; and whether the Government supports such schemes.
      (1958)
166  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to make the adoption process simpler and more straightforward.
      (1961)
167  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she intends to take to raise awareness of the possibility of adoption for (a) people who may be eligible to become adoptive parents and (b) women in unplanned pregnancy who do not wish to raise a child themselves.
      (1962)
168  
James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the need for changing the formula by which spending is determined in English schools.
      (2238)
169 N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the HM Treasury press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down public debt, published on 4 June 2015, what plans she has for funding for education and training for 16 to 19 year olds during the 2015-16 academic year.
      (1850)
170 N
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to reduce the budget for the education and training of 16 to 19-year olds to meet the £450 million savings to be found in her Department in this financial year.
      (1520)
171 N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will take steps to maintain the schools budget and per-pupil spending in Hertfordshire.
      (2066)
172  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many local authority areas do not have the capacity to expand the provision of childcare from 15 hours to 30 hours; and what steps the Government plans to take in those areas to provide such capacity.
      (2019)
173  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy that families with parents in full-time further education will be eligible for 30 hours a week free childcare under the Government's new childcare proposals.
      (2129)
174  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential cost of the introduction of 30 hours a week free childcare.
      (2132)
175  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to include provisions in the Childcare Bill for extra funding for children currently in receipt of disability living allowance for children or enhanced child tax credits as a consequence of a disability.
      (2133)
176  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what eligibility provisions she plans to propose for children of families in which parents live apart or with different legal partners to be entitled to 30 hours a week free childcare under the Government's childcare proposals.
      (2134)
177 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many former troops requalified as teachers between 2010 and 2015; and how many such teachers she plans to train by 2020.
      (1669)
178 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to her Department is of a school to academy conversion.
      (1919)
179 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a definition of coasting schools before the Second Reading of the Education and Adoption Bill.
      (1920)
180 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools that will be categorised as coasting.
      (1921)
181 N
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria will be used to determine whether a school is coasting.
      (1922)
182  
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what benefits she is seeking through amendment of the provision of teachers' pay and conditions warning notices.
      (1974)
183  
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department will take to ensure that new providers who take over schools that have been issued with academy orders are better suited to provide education for pupils in those schools.
      (1975)
184  
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to determine the power to delegate decisions on academy orders to regional schools commissioners; who will have that power; and if she will make a statement.
      (1976)
185  
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a warning notice will be issued before each academy order is issued.
      (1977)
186  
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all schools classified as coasting will be issued with an academy order.
      (1978)
187  
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the governance of first wave academies; and if she will make a statement.
      (2149)
188  
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review secondary school funding formulae in (a) Peterborough and (b) England; and if she will make a statement.
      (2150)
189  
Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans reductions in spending on education and training for 16 to 19 year olds in order to implement the decision announced on 4 June 2015 to reduce the funding of her Department.
      (2022)
190  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the joint commissioning with clinical commissioning groups of speech and language therapy.
      (2162)
191  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department has provided to (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) further education colleges, (d) local education authorities and (e) academy chains to help them comply with statutory requirements placed on them by the Counter-Terrorism Act 2015.
      (2165)
192  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of good quality drug and alcohol education in England and Wales.
      (2166)
193  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure equal access to all-age careers guidance services across the UK.
      (2143)
194  
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has for improving the provision of and access to careers guidance.
      (2202)
195  
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what assessment she has made of the effect on productivity of delivering efficiency savings from her Department's budget.
      (1965)
196  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on mental health services for school students in (a) York Central constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years.
      (2173)
197  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from parents or representatives of pupils with Batten disease; and if she will make a statement.
      (1949)
198  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has published for schools and local authorities on supporting pupils with terminal or degenerative medical conditions.
      (1950)
199  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of special needs support for pupils with Batten disease.
      (1951)
200  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on strategies adopted by secondary schools to educate young people in coping with poor mental health and suicidal thoughts.
      (1984)
201  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to prevent young people in schools and colleges from developing racist mindsets.
      (1991)
202  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on using the school curriculum as a means of educating young people about the effects of unhealthy eating and obesity.
      (1992)
203  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the female uptake of in-school sporting activities.
      (1993)
204  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received on AQA's decision to discontinue the Polish A-level from 2018; and if she will make a statement.
      (2169)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
205 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what impact assessment the Government has made of proposals for further tidal lagoons in the Severn Estuary.
      (1824)
206  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she plans to attend the next meeting of her Department's nuclear stakeholder forum for non-governmental organisations.
      (1937)
207  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the proposed timetable is for the completion of the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon.
      (2016)
208  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment she has made of the financial position of (a) EDF Energy and (b) Areva in relation to their potential contribution to the construction and running of the planned nuclear power plant at Hinkley C.
      (2130)
209  
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will take steps to prevent the funding for new nuclear power stations being linked to the supply of technology from Chinese companies; and if she will make a statement.
      (1888)
210  
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions her Department has had with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on the possibility of a Chinese state company building a new reactor at the Bradwell nuclear site.
      (1997)
211  
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the benefits of ensuring that any deal with foreign investors on the funding of new nuclear power stations is independent from the manufacture and supply of the components required to build that infrastructure.
      (2131)
212  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government has taken to reduce energy use in York Central constituency by the (a) public and (b) private sector.
      (2178)
213  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes have been retrofitted to reduce energy use in the last 10 years.
      (2179)
214  
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her policy is on the future of the Renewables Obligation Scheme.
      (2012)
215 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment in the Northern Ireland Executive on (a) retention of the Strategic Energy Framework target of 40 per cent electricity from renewables by 2020 and (b) the contribution of that strategy to meeting the UK's international obligations.
      (1530)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
216  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to require fishermen to be licensed in order to slaughter seals that threaten their fishing stocks.
      (1799)
217  
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle dangerous levels of air pollution in towns and cities.
      (2122)
218 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 8 July 2014, to Question 203903, what recent steps she has taken to implement the ban on neonicotinoids.
      (1644)
219  
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of the national pollinator strategy in protecting the bee population; and whether it is her policy that the ban on harmful pesticides will remain.
      (2011)
220 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ban wild animals from performing in circuses.
      (1547)
221  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect the seal population in British waters from illegal slaughter.
      (1883)
222  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many seals are slaughtered annually in British waters.
      (1884)
223  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many seals are illegally slaughtered annually in British waters.
      (1885)
224  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the illegal culling of seals in UK coastal waters.
      (1946)
225  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to prevent slurry being illegally dumped into rivers.
      (1947)
226  
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of the report, The Greyhound Industry: Don't bet on fair treatment, published by the Dogs Trust on 1 January 2015.
      (2084)
227  
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how frequently her Department plans to update the National Pollinator Strategy.
      (1928)
228  
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dairy farms there were in (a) Carlisle constituency and (b) Cumbria in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014.
      (1841)
229  
Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle excessive levels of air pollution in towns or cities.
      (2153)
230  
Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to increase preparedness for extreme weather and flooding as a result of climate change.
      (2154)
231  
Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role her Department is playing in preparations for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Paris in December 2015.
      (2155)
232  
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in other EU member states on the effect of proposed changes to the minimum landing size of bass on salmon and sea trout stocks.
      (2110)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
233  
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to include the rights of older people in his Department's work on human rights and consider how such rights may be protected globally.
      (1791)
234  
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on recent comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would be denied access to Iran's military facilities and nuclear officials under a nuclear deal; and what assessment he has made of the effect such a stance by Iran would have in the IAEA's ability to verify that country's adherence to a permanent nuclear deal.
      (2008)
235  
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on whether Iran has denied International Atomic Energy inspectors access to its Arak and Parchin facilities.
      (2009)
236  
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of Iran's level of co-operation with International Atomic Energy Agency investigations into its current and previous nuclear activities.
      (2010)
237  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what key issues relating to EU reform the Government has identified from the Balance of Competences review.
      (1804)
238  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his objectives are for negotiations with representatives of the EU and EU member state governments on EU reform.
      (1805)
239 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Nigerian counterpart and (b) the President of Nigeria on suicide bomb attacks in that country.
      (1826)
240 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to provide additional support to the next Governor of Gibraltar in protecting the interests of the people of Gibraltar.
      (1829)
241 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 humanitarian situation affecting the Rohingya people in Rakhine State; and if he will make a statement.
      (1916)
242 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received from the Burmese government on the humanitarian situation affecting the Rohingya people in Rakhine State; and if he will make a statement.
      (1917)
243 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Saudi Arabia on the transfer of Shaker Aamer to a country outside the US; and what discussions he has had with Saudi officials on the possibility of Shaker Aamer being transferred to the UK.
      (1512)
244 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the US government to have Shaker Aamer transferred to the UK after he is transferred to a country outside of the US.
      (1513)
245 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits British Consular staff have made to Shaker Aamer in each of the last 10 years.
      (1515)
246 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British diplomats have been withdrawn or expelled from Russia in each of the last 20 years; and what the explanation was for each such withdrawal or expulsion.
      (1786)
247 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many unauthorised incursions Russian (a) naval and (b) air forces made into (i) UK and (ii) NATO Allies' territory in each of the last 10 years.
      (1788)
248 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Russian diplomats have been expelled or withdrawn in each of the last 20 years; and for what reason each such expulsion or withdrawal occurred.
      (1813)
249 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met representatives of the government of Somaliland.
      (1821)
250 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of British citizens in (a) Yemen, (b) Syria, (c) Libya, (d) Somalia and (e) Iraq.
      (1822)
251 N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the human rights of the Baha'i community in Iran with his Iranian counterpart.
      (1655)
252 N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British nationals in Yemen.
      (1698)
253  
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Iran's compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1929; and if he will make a statement.
      (1780)
254  
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the status of Iran's ballistic missile programme; and what assessment he has made as to whether that programme has any links to the country's nuclear programme.
      (1860)
255  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what foreign incursions have been detected (a) over the airspace and (b) in the territorial waters of the island of Rockall in each year since 1985; and when such incursions took place.
      (1969)
256 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the proposal by Iran under a nuclear deal for a 24-day notification period for access to nuclear facilities in that country by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors.
      (1789)
257 N
John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, by how much Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium has exceeded the amount permitted under the Joint Plan of Action.
      (1911)
258 N
John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much enriched uranium Iran intends to export.
      (1912)
259 N
John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of attempts by Iran to purchase enriched uranium from abroad.
      (1913)
260 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding the Government plans to contribute to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's supply-reduction-focused counter-narcotics work in Pakistan.
      (1649)
261 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223790 on Pakistan, what information his Department holds on the reasons Pakistan's Interior Minister reported in March 2014 that there were six British nationals facing the death penalty for drug offences in that country.
      (1657)
262 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the risk that UK support for law-enforcement-led counter-narcotics activity in Pakistan could contribute to capital convictions for drug offenders in that country.
      (1658)
263 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department took steps to review the Government's counter-narcotics support to Pakistan following the Pakistan government's announcement in March 2014 that it would execute all prisoners on that country's death row.
      (1697)
264  
Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department takes to regulate the use by former Members of UK Embassies and High Commissions in a personal capacity.
      (1881)
265  
Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish his Department's rules and guidance governing the accommodation of former hon. Members in the official residences of UK Ambassadors and High Commissioners.
      (1882)
266  
Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on which dates each former hon. Member has been accommodated in each official residence of a UK Ambassador or High Commissioner since 2007.
      (1889)
267  
Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost has been of accommodating each former hon. Member in official residences of UK Ambassadors and High Commissioners since 2007.
      (1890)
268  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme.
      (2025)
269  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the proposed verification mechanism to monitor Iran's nuclear programme in a permanent nuclear agreement.
      (2026)
270  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of Iran's willingness to agree, implement and adhere to the Additional Protocol as part of an agreement on its nuclear programme.
      (2027)
271 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Israel about the displacement of trees in Palestine under the Olive Tree Project; and if he will make a statement.
      (1851)
272  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the flow of migrants from ports in Libya.
      (2059)
273  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for UK policy of the Chinese Military Strategy white paper published in May 2015; and if he will make a statement.
      (2255)
274  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had on the Spratly Islands dispute with (a) claimants to those islands, (b) Five Power Defence Arrangements signatories and (c) the US; and if he will make a statement.
      (2258)
275  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the US to ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea; and if he will make a statement.
      (2259)
276  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Chinese government on land reclamation and construction activities in the Spratly Islands archipelago; and if he will make a statement.
      (2260)
277 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of Saudi Arabia on the sentence on Raif Badawi; and if he will make a statement.
      (1509)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
278  
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of financial deficits of NHS trusts on safety and quality of care.
      (2080)
279  
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of people in England involuntarily addicted to prescribed drugs in each year since 2010.
      (2081)
280  
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who have been prescribed benzodiazepines and z drugs for longer than four weeks in each year since 2010.
      (2082)
281  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask the House's Health Committee, when constituted, to undertake an inquiry into the proposed fee increase by the Health and Care Professionals Council; and if he will make a statement.
      (1842)
282 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Personalised Health and Care 2020: Using Data and Technology to Transform Outcomes for Patients and Citizens, published in November 2014, what plans NHS England has to pilot the use of patient-centred outcome measures in diabetes care; and if he will make a statement.
      (1756)
283 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to publish a national diabetes strategy; and if he will make a statement.
      (1757)
284 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many block contracts were in place for mental health services in England in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2014-15; with which mental health providers those block contracts were commissioned in each such year; and what proportion of the total value of specialised mental health services those contracts represented in each such year.
      (1758)
285 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 224465, with which mental health providers the 93 block contracts in specialised mental health services in 2014-15 were commissioned.
      (1759)
286 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to implement the recommendations of the report of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Taskforce, Future in Mind, published in March 2015; and if he will make a statement.
      (1760)
287  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 20, what methodology his Department plans to use to monitor gender ratios at birth; and if he will consider using the same analytical methods used by Coleman and Dubuc in their 2007 paper, An increase in the sex ratio of births to India-born mothers in England and Wales: evidence for sex-selective abortion.
      (1959)
288  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received of other developed countries legalising germ-line modification of the type permitted by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations.
      (1960)
289  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Government funding was allocated to research into therapies using embryonic stem cells in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how much such funding will be so allocated in the next five years.
      (2073)
290  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Government funding was allocated to research into therapies using stem cells derived from non-embryonic sources in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how much such funding will be so allocated in the next five years.
      (2074)
291  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of abortions (a) for Down's Syndrome, (b) registered under statutory grounds and (c) since his Department's last report.
      (2085)
292  
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his policy that a registered medical practitioner may lawfully sign the statutory HSA1 form before receiving any information from the woman named on that form where a good faith opinion for the purposes of section 1(1)(a) of the Abortion Act 1967 is formed between the signing of the form and the termination; and if he will make a statement.
      (2148)
293 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to expedite the provision through the NHS of immunotherapy treatments for cancer; and if he will make a statement.
      (1825)
294 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment NHS England has made of the accuracy and effectiveness of the traditional BMI test in determining levels of obesity in adults.
      (1828)
295  
Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to improve the accuracy of tests for Lyme disease.
      (1999)
296 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England were waiting for a wheelchair assessment in the most recent period for which figures are available; and how many people who have assessed as eligible for a wheelchair since February 2014 have waited (a) more than three, (b) more than six and (c) more than 12 months for the delivery of that equipment.
      (1918)
297 N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of Health Education England's workforce planning.
      (1647)
298  
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage the Health and Care Professions Council to evaluate the effect of its recent increase in mandatory registration fees.
      (1792)
299 N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many locum (a) doctors and (b) general practitioners were employed by the NHS in each of the last five years.
      (1517)
300 N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve cervical screening coverage for women over the age of 50.
      (1544)
301 N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve public awareness of the link between HPV and the development of cervical cancer.
      (1670)
302 N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of women over the age of 50 being diagnosed with advanced stage cervical cancer.
      (1833)
303  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with Public Health England on the types of cancers that it will include in potential local pilot tests within the Be Clear on Cancer programme; and whether it is proposed that cervical cancer will be included in that programme.
      (1998)
304  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request Public Health England to extend its planned symptoms campaigns, as part of the Public Health England Marketing Strategy for 2014-17, to include cervical cancer symptoms.
      (2000)
305  
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to implement HPV vaccinations for (a) boys and (b) men who have sex with men.
      (2123)
306 N
Nusrat Ghani (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust cancellations of intracranial surgical interventions at Buxted Medical Centre.
      (1909)
307  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for health professionals of the decision by the Health and Care Professions Council to increase its mandatory registration fee; and what information he holds on whether that Council assessed the affordability of that increase for (a) part-time and (b) other members.
      (1880)
308  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he holds on what knowledge his Department had of the emergence of risks associated with sodium valproate within the first five years following first prescription of that drug.
      (2077)
309  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which recruitment agencies have received the five largest allocations of funding from (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies since 2010.
      (1968)
310  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to clinical commissioning groups on the commissioning of speech and language therapy.
      (2163)
311  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what national guidelines his Department has issued on provision of speech and language therapy.
      (2164)
312  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health beds are provided in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands.
      (1806)
313  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has in place to assist mental health trusts when no beds are available for the provision of mental health care.
      (1807)
314  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contractual arrangements exist between NHS mental health services and Cygnet Health Care.
      (1808)
315  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements mental health and NHS trusts have in place to provide mental health care when no mental health care beds are available.
      (1809)
316  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust in meeting demand for treating patients referred for mental health conditions.
      (1810)
317  
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what assessment he has made of the effect on productivity of delivering efficiency savings from his Department's budget.
      (1964)
318  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on mental health services in (a) York Central constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years.
      (2174)
319  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff work in mental health services in York Central constituency; and how many such staff have been employed for at least five years.
      (2176)
320  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors, (b) dentists, (c) nursing staff, (d) scientists, (e) personnel in professionals allied to medicine, (f) pharmacists, (g) personnel in other registrant professions and (h) total staff were recruited from overseas to work in the NHS in each year since 2005.
      (2177)
321  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) school nurses and (d) community mental health nurses there were in York Central constituency in each of the last five years.
      (2239)
322  
Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals in the North East are treating patients with (a) stereotactic radiosurgery (b) stereotactic ablative radiotherapy; and how many patients have been treated in both categories since April 2013.
      (2119)
323  
Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answers of 17 March 2015 to Questions 227042 and 227043, from which budget NHS England will allocate funding for the building of the proton beam centres at the Christie Hospital in Manchester and University College Hospital London; and what contingency arrangements are in place for the planned budget being exceeded.
      (2250)
324 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of known conditions that meet NHS England's definition of an ultra-rare disease; and how many people in England are known to have been diagnosed with such diseases.
      (2067)
325 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS England's definition is of an ultra-rare disease.
      (2068)
326 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is standard practice for NICE to delay publication of draft guidance for technology appraisals as a result of pre-election purdah.
      (2071)
327 N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve cervical screening rates among people with learning disabilities.
      (1665)
328 N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will make an assessment of the efficacy of self-sampling for HPV testing as an alternative to the current HPV screening for people over the age of 50.
      (1666)
329 N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will fund research into the potential benefits of self-sampling for HPV testing for people over the age of 50 in addition to the current STRATEGIC study for 25-29 year olds.
      (1667)
330 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that injured military veterans do not have to pay for their social care costs out of their military compensation; and if he will make a statement.
      (1548)
331 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the reasons for the increase in the mandatory registration fee for membership of the Health and Care Professionals Council; and if he will make a statement.
      (1811)
332  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the British Medical Association and other medical bodies the treatment of leukemia with T-cells.
      (1793)
333  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
      (1943)
334  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the incidence of self-harm.
      (1945)
335  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support dementia patients and their families.
      (1994)
336  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under the age of 18 were admitted to hospitals in England and Wales for incidents of self-harm in 2014.
      (1995)
337  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will make available further details on the funding announced in the Budget 2015 for the (a) purchase and (b) provision of training in their use of defibrillators for use in public places.
      (2249)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
338  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportation appeals in which Article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998 was cited there were in each of the last five years; and how many such appeals were (a) lost and (b) won by the appellant.
      (1797)
339 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources her Department has allocated to the Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit in 2014-15; and what changes to those resources are expected in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
      (1823)
340 N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the terms of the independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner's appointment.
      (1668)
341  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of (a) the conclusions of the Global Drug Survey 2015 and (b) progress made to restrict online sales of illegal drugs in 2014.
      (1939)
342  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risks to people fitted with medical electronic devices of the use by police of tasers; and what steps she has taken to mitigate those risks.
      (2120)
343  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicle checks UK Border Force undertook at each UK port of entry in each year since 2010.
      (1932)
344  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been removed from the UK under the Dublin Convention in each year since 2010.
      (1933)
345  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Ministers in her Department (a) last met and (b) next plan to meet their counterparts in the Netherlands to discuss border enforcement between the UK and Dutch ports.
      (1934)
346  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were prosecuted for trafficking and immigration offences following Border Force action in each period for which records exist in each year from 2010 to June 2015; and how many such prosecutions were successful.
      (1935)
347  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force staff were employed in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2015; and how many staff are expected to be so employed on 31 March 2016.
      (1936)
348 N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of police officers is per head of population in each police force in England and Wales.
      (1900)
349 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that letting agents are able to verify the immigration status of tenants who are subletters.
      (1903)
350  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the consultation response for the draft equipment interference code of practice.
      (1781)
351  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations and individuals have been granted exemptions from the provisions of the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
      (1782)
352  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the draft equipment interference code of practice with human rights legislation.
      (1862)
353  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the deportation of people to countries which use the death penalty.
      (2013)
354  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any UK police forces use International Mobile Subscriber Identity catchers.
      (2118)
355 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow widows and widowers of police officers who died after retirement from the police service to keep their pensions if they re-marry.
      (2070)
356  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions there are for oversight of the activities of the Security Service in the devolved assemblies of the UK.
      (2060)
357  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to make the Security Service more transparent and accountable.
      (2061)
358  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure the Security Service is properly audited.
      (2062)
359  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to prevent racist attacks on people with young families.
      (1983)
360  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to prevent the development of an underage binge-drinking culture.
      (1986)
361  
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications were refused and subsequently granted on appeal in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
      (1794)
362  
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of refused visas granted on appeal was in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
      (1795)
363 N
Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a ban on the proposed rally by far right groups on 4 July 2015 in Golders Green.
      (1646)
364  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 March 2015, HCWS401, when the Government plans to respond to the Special Report of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Privacy and Security: A modern and transparent legal framework, HC 1075.
      (2111)
365  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Interception of Communications Commissioner and (b) the Information Commissioner on the proposed Investigatory Powers Bill.
      (2186)
366  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Interception of Communications Commissioner and (b) the Information Commissioner on the adequacy of existing privacy safeguards and proposals for new communications data legislation.
      (2188)
367  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make the proposed Investigatory Powers Bill subject to pre-legislative scrutiny.
      (2200)
368 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in Cheshire in each year since 1997.
      (1508)
Questions to the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission
369  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the House is taking to remove bicycles left on cycle racks on the estate.
      (2240)
370  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, how much was spent on the upgrade work to the North Entrance to the parliamentary estate in the last Parliament; for what reason cyclists are forbidden from using that entrance; and whether a safety assessment was made of the potential implications of excluding cyclists from that entrance.
      (2241)
371  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the provision of covered cycle rack spaces on the parliamentary estate.
      (2242)
372  
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 955, what information the Commission holds on the proportion of hon. Members who travelled from their constituency address to the House in (a) less than one, (b) more than one but less than two, (c) more than two but less than three, (d) more than three but less than four and (e) more than four hours in 2009.
      (1979)
373 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will consider what facilities can be made available to hon. Members and staff who are hard of hearing in non-public meetings in rooms on the Estate; and if he will make a statement.
      (1510)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
374  
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Yemen; and if she will make a statement.
      (2017)
375  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to reduce violence against women in developing countries.
      (1940)
376  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to reduce violence against children in developing countries.
      (1941)
377 N
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's priorities will be at the UN Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa in July 2015; and what her assessment is of the likely outcome of that conference.
      (1891)
378 N
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will support at the UN Financing for Development conference the creation of a new international tax body under the auspices of the UN.
      (1910)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
379  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the European Convention on Human Rights.
      (1886)
380  
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a new legal status of guardian of the property and affairs of a missing person.
      (1796)
381  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on legalising assisted suicide for people who are terminally ill or are permanently and incurably suffering.
      (1938)
382  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps have been taken to improve the conditions at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre since Ofsted rated it as inadequate; and whether the contract awarded by his Department to G4S for running that centre is under review.
      (2014)
383  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of theft in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Stockport local authority area, (c) Tameside local authority area and (d) the North West in (i) each year since 2010 and (ii) 2015 to date.
      (1967)
384  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which recruitment agencies have received the five largest allocations of funding from (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies since 2010.
      (1980)
385 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 1068, if he will publish the results of his Department's stock-take of youth offending teams.
      (1819)
386 N
Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 900, if he will specify the contract management arrangements in place to ensure that funds put aside for enhanced redundancy schemes following the privatisation of probation services are used for the purposes for which they are provided and how they have operated in practice.
      (1761)
387 N
Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 898, what total amount of money was (a) spent by the Government on enhanced redundancy schemes immediately prior to the letting of probation contracts to Community Rehabilitation Companies and (b) awarded by the Government to Community Rehabilitation Companies for enhanced redundancy schemes following the letting of such contracts.
      (1762)
388 N
Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 902, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with Community Rehabilitation Companies on the possible voluntary return of unused funds put aside for enhanced redundancy schemes following the privatisation of probation services.
      (1763)
389 N
Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 901, what specific pro rata formula was used to determine the amount of money given to each Community Rehabilitation Company for enhanced redundancy schemes following the privatisation of probation services; and what cash amount was awarded to each such company.
      (1764)
Questions to the Leader of the House
390 N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will make it his policy that a select committee of this House considers any changes to Standing Orders to create English votes for English laws before a motion is tabled for their approval.
      (1923)
391 N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the Implications for Devolution of England, Cm 8969, published in December 2014, whether he will use Option 3 in the paper as the basis for his proposals on English votes for English laws.
      (1924)
392 N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Leader of the House, whether under his proposals for English votes for English laws, an English Grand Committee will be required to vote on a legislative consent motion before the Third Reading of any bill with England-only implications.
      (1925)
393 N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Leader of the House, whether under his proposals for English votes for English laws, bills may be split so that parts of them can be considered as England-only.
      (1926)
394 N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Leader of the House, whether under his proposals for English votes for English laws, the Speaker will determine whether a bill is considered by all hon. Members or by those representing English constituencies.
      (1927)
395 N
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals to establish a Joint Committee on Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
      (1790)
396  
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Leader of the House, whether he plans to arrange for the Psychoactive Substances Bill to be debated before the summer recess.
      (2146)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
397  
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to tackle low pay in Northern Ireland.
      (1848)
398 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of changes in technological skills and capacity of dissident republican groups and their potential effect on the peace process.
      (1662)
399 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has held with the Irish government on the potential implications of the European Union (Referendum) Bill on Northern Ireland.
      (1663)
400 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with Invest NI on the potential implications of the European Union (Referendum) Bill on investment to Northern Ireland.
      (1664)
401  
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of progress in closing the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland.
      (2090)
402  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the outcomes of the recent visit by HRH the Prince of Wales to Northern Ireland.
      (1944)
Questions to the Prime Minister
403  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will establish a Cabinet Committee on the Arts and Creative Industries.
      (2002)
404  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will appoint a Minister in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to the Earn or Learn Implementation Taskforce.
      (2005)
405 N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Prime Minister, what information he holds on work undertaken or progress made by the Chilcot Inquiry since January 2015; whether that inquiry (a) has received or (b) will receive public funds in respect of the period from January to June 2015; and when he next plans to next update the House on progress with that inquiry.
      (1812)
406 N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to lay a copy of the report on investigatory powers by David Anderson QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, under section 7(5) of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014.
      (1519)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
407  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportional contribution of transport to air pollution in London in each of the last five years.
      (2078)
408  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to provide economic support for the development and the roll-out of sustainable fuel production for the aviation sector.
      (2116)
409  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recently published Civil Aviation Authority statistics on incidence of smoke or fumes in aeroplane cabins.
      (2015)
410 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which sections of the Railways Pension Scheme are operating in deficit; and when he expects the next valuation of the Railways Pension Scheme to be carried out.
      (1549)
411 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of the 8 June to Question 881, whether the Stakeholder Executive's review recommended that a Special Director be appointed to Network Rail's board.
      (1550)
412 N
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the widening of the A1(M) in Hertfordshire.
      (2065)
413  
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the local economy of congestion on the A47; and if he will make a statement.
      (2128)
414 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits of Integrated Transport Authorities.
      (1543)
415 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what incentives his Department provides to encourage councils to create Integrated Transport Authorities.
      (1659)
416 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on allowing a smaller group of local authorities in a region to create an Integrated Transport Authority if all of the local authorities in that region are not willing to take part.
      (1660)
417  
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to electrify the Wrexham to Bidston railway line.
      (2088)
418  
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Severn bridges will revert to public ownership.
      (2248)
419  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce road accidents on rural roads.
      (1942)
420  
Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account has been taken of the safety of blind and partially sighted pedestrians in the introduction of an ultra-low emission zone in London.
      (2151)
421  
Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has given to local transport authorities on protecting the safety of blind and partially sighted bus users when (a) placing floating bus stops, (b) closing bus stops and (c) placing temporary bus stops.
      (2152)
422  
Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will encourage the installation of artificial sound generators on quiet electric and hybrid-electric buses in London to ensure their audibility for the safety of blind and partially-sighted pedestrians.
      (2203)
423  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the proposed timeframe is for rolling out his Department's £45 million investment in low-emission taxis.
      (1989)
424 N
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the electrification of the Great Western Line between London and Swansea will be completed.
      (1703)
425  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the level of risk of unauthorised remote access to aircraft avionics systems; and if he will make a statement.
      (2252)
426  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the level of risk of unauthorised access to air traffic control information systems; and if he will make a statement.
      (2253)
427  
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) US Federal Aviation Administration and (b) European Aviation Safety Agency on cyber-security risks to (i) aircraft avionic systems and (ii) air traffic control information systems.
      (2254)
428  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote the opening of (a) Haxby Station in York Outer constituency and (b) other new railway stations.
      (2083)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
429  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had in Wales on a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.
      (1854)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
430  
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of paying winter fuel allowance payments directly to energy providers; and if he will make a statement.
      (1798)
431  
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of women recorded as economically inactive who have achieved qualifications (i) up to and including KS4, (ii) at KS5 and (iii) in higher education in each year since 2010.
      (2245)
432  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many homeless households living in temporary accommodation would be affected by the reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000 per annum if management fees were exempted from calculation of income from benefits.
      (2142)
433  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside local authority area, (c) the North East and (d) the UK who have disputed sanction of their benefit have had that sanction overturned on appeal in each of the last five years.
      (2230)
434  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside local authority area, (c) the North East and (d) the UK who have disputed sanction of their benefit have had that sanction overturned after it was reconsidered or successfully appealed in each of the last five years.
      (2231)
435  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside local authority area, (c) the North East and (d) the UK who have disputed sanction of their benefit have had that sanction overturned after it was reconsidered in each of the last five years.
      (2232)
436  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside local authority area, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have disputed sanction of their benefit in each of the last five years.
      (2233)
437  
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure people with adult learning difficulties (a) receive appropriate support when looking for a job and (b) are supported enough to retain that job once in work.
      (1970)
438  
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that reforms to the pensions system do not unfairly affect widows who have relied on their husband's earnings and have not themselves made a sufficient contribution.
      (1973)
439  
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will (a) remove the two-week waiting period for non-vulnerable people to receive a hardship payment and (b) suspend sanctions for claimants with children and claimants with mental ill health.
      (2075)
440  
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of the report by UK Churches, Time to Rethink Benefit Sanctions, published in March 2015, on waiting periods for hardship payments and sanctions on claimants with children and for claimants with mental ill health.
      (2076)
441  
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what assessment he has made of the effect on productivity of delivering efficiency savings from his Department's budget.
      (1963)
442  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on how many people have commenced paying the under-occupancy penalty following the death of (a) a spouse, civil partner or partner, (b) sibling, (c) parent and (d) child.
      (2181)
443  
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of reducing the benefits cap to £23,000 per annum on (a) young adults, (b) pregnant women, (c) couples with children, (d) veterans and (e) disabled people; and how many households in each of those groups will be affected by that reduction.
      (2234)
444  
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure planned changes to entitlements to housing benefit and local housing allowance do not adversely affect (a) young adults, (b) formerly looked after children, (c) pregnant women, (d) couples with children, (e) veterans and (f) disabled people.
      (2235)
445  
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the two year freeze on benefit levels on (a) young adults, (b) pregnant women, (c) couples with children, (d) formerly looked after children, (e) veterans and (f) disabled people; and what estimate he has made of the real terms effect on the levels of each type of benefit of that freeze.
      (2236)
446  
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of households affected by the under-occupancy penalty have received payments to mitigate in full deductions from claims for (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance in (i) England, (ii) Northern Ireland, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Wales.
      (2237)
447  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from people with Batten disease or their representatives; and if he will make a statement.
      (1855)
448  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that people diagnosed with Batten disease receive the fast track service when applying for disability living allowance.
      (1856)
449  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that people diagnosed with Batten disease receive the higher rate of disability living allowance from the point of diagnosis.
      (1857)
450  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that people diagnosed with Batten disease who have successfully applied for disability living allowance receive that allowance indefinitely without any need to renew their application.
      (1858)
451  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on requiring applications to renew disability living allowance for people with degenerative medical conditions; and what evidence is used by assessors to confirm the degenerative nature of those conditions.
      (1955)
452  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on requiring parents with multiple children diagnosed with the same medical condition to fill in a disability living allowance application for each child; and if he will bring forward proposals to require such parents to fill in only one application for all their children.
      (1956)
453  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what medical conditions disability living allowance can be awarded to applicants indefinitely.
      (1957)
454 N
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) number and (b) total amount of benefit payments have been received by people living in (i) Iraq and (ii) Syria in (A) 2012, (B) 2013, (C) 2014 and (D) 2015 to date.
      (1648)
455 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason a person's National Insurance number is printed on a bank statement as a prefix to a monthly pension entry; and if he will make a statement.
      (1545)
456  
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of lowering the overall benefit cap to £23,000 on the number of children living in a household in (a) London, (b) Enfield and (c) Enfield North constituency with an income below 60 per cent of median household income.
      (2106)
457  
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children living in households in (a) London, (b) Enfield and (c) Enfield North constituency that will be affected by a reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000.
      (2107)
458  
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households with dependent children in (a) London, (b) Enfield and (c) Enfield North constituency that will be affected by a reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000.
      (2108)
459  
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of out of work households in (a) London, (b) Enfield and (c) Enfield North constituency that will be affected by the reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000.
      (2109)
460  
Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of carer's allowance in (a) Glasgow Central constituency, (b) Glasgow City and (c) Scotland in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (1874)
461  
Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were in poverty in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow and (c) Glasgow Central constituency in (i) 2005, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2015.
      (1875)
462  
Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants living within Glasgow Central constituency were sanctioned in (a) May 2014, (b) June 2014, (c) July 2014, (d) August 2014, (e) September 2014, (f) October 2014, (g) November 2014, (h) December 2014, (i) January 2015, (j) February 2015, (k) March 2015, (l) April 2015 and (m) May 2015.
      (1876)
463  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission on the Government's progress on the poverty reduction targets set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010.
      (2086)
464  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to regularly report on apprentices' (a) wages, (b) number of hours worked, (c) age, (d) level of education and (e) duration of training.
      (2167)
465  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of a Discretionary Housing Payment in Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
      (2189)
466  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for housing benefit were approved in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
      (2190)
467  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants aged 18 to 21 years in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency are in receipt of housing benefit.
      (2192)
468  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for discretionary housing payments were approved in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
      (2193)
469  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of discretionary housing payment claimants in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency are in work.
      (2194)
470  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made towards meeting the 2020 poverty reduction targets set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010; and if he will make a statement.
      (2197)
471  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants aged 18 to 21 years in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency who are currently in receipt of housing benefit have children.
      (2201)
472 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of lowering the overall benefit cap to £23,000 on expenditure on temporary accommodation in (a) London and (b) the UK.
      (1671)
473 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of lowering the overall benefit cap to £23,000 on out of borough placements of homeless families by local authorities in (a) London and (b) the UK.
      (1672)
474 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of lowering the overall benefit cap of £23,000 on levels of homelessness among families with children in (a) London and (b) the UK.
      (1673)
475 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish an impact assessment of plans to reduce the household benefit cap to £23,000 per year.
      (1695)
476 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged 18 to 21 who will retain entitlement to housing benefit under proposals to remove automatic entitlement to housing benefit from those people.
      (1696)
477 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on rent arrears of requiring housing benefit claimants to pay 10 per cent towards the cost of their rent; and if he will make a statement.
      (1711)
478 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who had previously been deported from the UK received benefit payments in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
      (1892)
479 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of benefit payments made to people who had previously been deported from the UK in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
      (1893)
480 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of (a) loans issued from the Social Fund and (b) successor arrangements made by local authorities in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
      (1894)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
481  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to make it compulsory for producers to add bittering agents to anti-freeze products which contain ethylene glycol.
   [Transferred]  (2121)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
482  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the terms of reference and timescale are of the Government's planned review into the funding rate of free childcare for three and four year olds.
   [Transferred]  (1929)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
483  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the levels of air pollution at (a) Collygate in York and (b) other measured points in York Central constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
   [Transferred]  (2180)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
484  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on infrastructure related to mental health services in (a) York Central constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years; and what such investment is planned in the current year.
   [Transferred]  (2175)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
485  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the level of graffiti appearing on publicly-funded buildings.
   [Transferred]  (1982)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
486  
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance her Department has given to the Palestinian Authority and its agencies in each of the last three years for which information is available.
   [Transferred]  (2028)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
487  
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse from the abolition of the industrial buildings allowance on the Severn Bridges.
   [Transferred]  (2191)

Prepared 12th June 2015