Session 2015-16
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 29 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 29 June 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 29 June 2015
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.
For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions about the performance of the Crown Prosecution Service in prosecuting child sexual abuse cases.
(4111)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
N
Stuart Andrew
(Pudsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the future of ring-fencing science revenue spending.
(3727)
3
N
Stuart Andrew
(Pudsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on investment on science in Yorkshire in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that investment in boosting the economy in Yorkshire.
(4151)
4
N
Stuart Andrew
(Pudsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the relationship between ring-fencing his Department's science budget and the UK's science research capability.
(4152)
5
Hannah Bardell
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the future of the Green Investment Bank.
(4086)
6
N
Mr Peter Bone
(Wellingborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the potential effect on British companies of the UK leaving the EU.
(3993)
7
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that the work of Innovate UK in supporting business-led innovation benefits all areas of the UK.
(3987)
8
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to tackle Hajj and Umrah tour and travel operators who break UK law and exploit people seeking to undertake a religious pilgrimage.
(4203)
9
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to ensure that law enforcement and other agencies have the necessary expertise to deal with businesses who exploit people booking Hajj and Umrah tours.
(4205)
10
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices who started their apprenticeships since 2010 were already employed staff converted to apprenticeship status; and what the (a) age, (b) gender and (c) constituency was of each such person.
(4341)
11
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on devolving power on apprenticeship policy to local authorities.
(4357)
12
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of apprentices not paid the minimum wage since 2010; and what the (a) age, (b) gender and (c) parliamentary constituency was of each such apprentice.
(4371)
13
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase take-up of apprenticeships in engineering, construction and manufacturing.
(4372)
14
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adults he expects to be participating in non-apprenticeship vocational training by 2020.
(4267)
15
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from businesses in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands on the availability of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement.
(3910)
16
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015, to Question 892, what proportion of apprenticeship starts in Coventry were given to people aged over 18.
(3911)
17
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what forecast he has made of the number of adults who will be participating in non-apprenticeship vocational training by 2020.
(3869)
18
Stuart Blair Donaldson
(West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of Royal Mail's effectiveness in meeting the universal service obligation in Aberdeenshire.
(4176)
19
Stuart Blair Donaldson
(West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to ensure that the Royal Mail's universal service obligation continues to be met.
(4182)
20
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of the Competition and Markets Authority energy market investigation has been to date.
(3675)
21
N
Patrick Grady
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department collects information on the number of companies based in the UK which use (a) tin, (b) tungsten, (c) tantalum and (d) gold in the manufacture of consumer products.
(3858)
22
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when and with whom he consulted on the details of regulations to be introduced under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 for the purpose of requiring the publication of information showing whether there are differences in the pay of males and females.
(4031)
23
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to UK Export Finance's 2014-15 Annual Report, what the defence goods for Saudi Arabia are for which Kirintec Ltd has been given £190,480 a bond support facility.
(4318)
24
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps are being taken to support self-employed workers in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England.
(4059)
25
Sir Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 14 May 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms T Ali.
(4227)
26
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what target he has for the number of apprenticeship places to be taken by black and ethnic minority applicants; and if he will make a statement.
(4243)
27
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of apprenticeship applications is made by black and ethnic minority applicants.
(4244)
28
Mr Robin Walker
(Worcester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many different employers took on apprentices in (a) Worcester, (b) Worcestershire and (c) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.
(4169)
29
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for private ownership of the British Business Bank; and if he will make a statement.
(4294)
30
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his statement on 25 June 2015, HCWS 524, whether the sale of the bank into private ownership will be undertaken using priority investors.
(4310)
31
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his statement on 25 June 2015, HCWS54 on the Green Investment Bank, what discussions he plans to have with (a) business organisations, (b) green investors and (c) environmental groups before making a final decision to move that Bank into private ownership.
(4319)
32
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his statement on 25 June 2015, HCWS54 on the Green Investment Bank, whether the bank when privately-owned will be permitted to invest in nuclear technology.
(4320)
33
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his statement on 25 June 2015, HCWS54 on the Green Investment Bank, what control the Government will retain over the (i) appointment of the Chair of the Bank and (ii) strategic direction of the bank's activities following its move into private ownership.
(4321)
34
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his statement on 25 June 2015, HCWS54 on the Green Investment Bank, what the intended timescale is for moving the bank into private ownership.
(4322)
35
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his statement on 25 June 2015, HCWS54 on the Green Investment Bank, what percentage stake in the bank he will seek to maintain following a move into private ownership.
(4323)
36
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his statement on 25 June 2015, HCWS54 on the Green Investment Bank, whether existing staff and directors at the bank will be (a) gifted and (b) permitted to purchase shares in that Bank.
(4324)
37
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his statement on 25 June 2015, HCWS54 on the Green Investment Bank, whether shares in the bank will be offered directly to the public.
(4325)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
38
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for North Durham dated 4 February 2015 and 28 May 2015.
(4075)
39
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he will bring forward plans to give staff an additional three days of paid leave for volunteering; what estimate he has made of the potential cost of this policy to the (a) private sector and (b) public sector; and how many staff in the (i) private sector and (ii) public sector would be granted such additional paid leave.
(3855)
40
Catherine West
(Hornsey and Wood Green):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made on the next boundary review of parliamentary constituencies.
(4065)
41
Catherine West
(Hornsey and Wood Green):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to link National Insurance numbering systems with voter registration to improve registration levels.
(4204)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
42
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the positive economic benefits of lower fuel prices caused by the fuel duty freeze.
(4259)
43
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for cross-border loss of revenue in Northern Ireland of changes in the level of fuel duty in his preparations for the Budget in July 2015.
(3983)
44
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which UK companies' employees gain more in tax credits than they pay in tax and national insurance contributions.
(4207)
45
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) productivity and (b) competitiveness in the UK of (i) skill deficits in young working-age women and (ii) difficulties working mothers have in securing affordable childcare provision to maintain their work.
(4000)
46
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an evaluation of changes in UK natural capital since May 2010 when he publishes his Emergency Budget in July 2015.
(4002)
47
Richard Fuller
(Bedford):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total amount of tax credits paid to employees of each of the FTSE 100 companies.
(4087)
48
Richard Fuller
(Bedford):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he holds on which companies have the largest total amount of tax credits paid to their employees.
(4088)
49
Gordon Henderson
(Sittingbourne and Sheppey):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve customer service at HM Revenue and Customs for small businesses.
(4213)
50
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he holds on how many complaints have been received by the Financial Services Ombudsman relating to compensation for the mis-selling of endowment mortgages; what proportion of those complaints has been resolved; and what the average time taken to reach a resolution of those complaints was.
(3871)
51
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will attend the Financing for Development Summit in July 2015 in Addis Ababa.
(3939)
52
Dr Paul Monaghan
(Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the national debt, from which individuals or organisations has the money been borrowed; and to whom or to which organisations is the debt owed.
(4358)
53
Dr Paul Monaghan
(Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the gross value of sterling issued through the Government's quantitative easing initiation is included in calculations of the national debt.
(4359)
54
Dr Paul Monaghan
(Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis the national debt is calculated.
(4360)
55
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of EU nationals claim working and child tax credits within a year of arrival in the UK; how many EU nationals resident in the UK have been in the UK for less than four years; and what proportion of those EU nationals claim child or working tax credits.
(4118)
56
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effects on wage levels in each sector of the economy of the removal of tax credits from EU migrants for their first four years' stay in the UK.
(4121)
57
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of EU nationals who would not have chosen to migrate to the UK if they had not been entitled to tax credits for the first four years of their stay.
(4124)
58
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) working tax credits and (b) child tax credit for claimants in Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
(3841)
59
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the potential implications for the UK economy are of Greece leaving the EU.
(4326)
60
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) NATO, (b) the OECD and (c) the UN on the definition of (i) defence expenditure and (ii) official development expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
(3970)
61
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the availability and affordability of professional advice for those wishing to draw down their retirement income.
(4209)
62
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) review the effectiveness of the Pension Wise service and (b) publish that review.
(4210)
63
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the additional tax revenue from savers choosing not to annuitise their retirement savings following the pensions flexibilities introduced on 6 April 2015 in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
(4211)
64
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the additional tax revenue from savers choosing not to annuitise their retirement savings following the pensions flexibilities introduced on 6 April 2015 in (a) April 2015, (b) May 2015 and (c) June 2015.
(4212)
65
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans that the child element of child tax credit and the child element of universal credit will remain the same while universal credit is rolled out.
(4306)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
66
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the structure of the relationship between metro mayors and local authorities.
(4225)
67
Oliver Dowden
(Hertsmere):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support high streets.
(4219)
68
Oliver Dowden
(Hertsmere):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to protect the green belt; and if he will make a statement.
(4220)
69
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to launch his programme of pocket parks in towns and cities; and what budget he plans to allocate to that programme.
(4093)
70
N
Sir Oliver Heald
(North East Hertfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of affordable rented homes.
(4208)
71
N
Stephen McPartland
(Stevenage):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of properties that will not be completed upon the expiry of permitted development rights in May 2016; and if he will make a statement.
(4078)
72
N
Stephen McPartland
(Stevenage):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the housing market of the expiration of permitted development rights in May 2016; and if he will make a statement.
(4156)
73
John Pugh
(Southport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether as part of a city region devolution existing local authority boundaries can be varied where a case is made for doing so.
(4256)
74
John Pugh
(Southport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Local Government Boundary Commission can initiate a boundary review of a local authority in response to public representations without direct instruction from the Secretary of State or a request from the local authority in question.
(4257)
75
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities received in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Pendle constituency under the New Homes Bonus in each year since 2011.
(4317)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
76
Edward Argar
(Charnwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to ensure roll-out of superfast broadband to (a) Seagrave and (b) Thrussington in Charnwood.
(4254)
77
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the article written for the Huffington Post blog on 30 May 2015 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage, if he will publish the letters she sent to her EU counterparts on FIFA.
(4098)
78
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to introduce a Major Events Bill in this Parliament.
(4099)
79
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the terms of reference of the Earn or Learn implementation taskforce, how many of the two million new jobs and three million new apprenticeships he plans will be created in the cultural and creative sector.
(4100)
80
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish guidelines to encourage improvements in access to digital services for people with sensory loss.
(4034)
81
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the quality of access to on demand television content for people with sensory loss.
(4035)
82
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has held with television broadcasters on improving services for people with sensory loss.
(4036)
83
N
Vicky Foxcroft
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support local newspapers; and if he will make a statement.
(3860)
84
N
Vicky Foxcroft
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to encourage publishing groups to support local papers; and if he will make a statement.
(3861)
85
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of access services for on-demand content.
(3953)
86
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to improve access to digital services for people with sensory loss.
(3954)
87
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of access services for on-demand content.
(4223)
88
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to improve access to digital services for people with sensory loss.
(4224)
89
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the BBC Trust what steps it plans to take to monitor how the BBC fulfils its campaign on the duty of impartiality during the forthcoming referendum on the UK's EU membership.
(3644)
90
Sir Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 14 May 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms P Hamilton.
(4226)
91
Stephen McPartland
(Stevenage):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will announce a timetable for the Independent Review into the secondary ticketing market.
(4125)
92
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the value to the tourist economy of military, ceremonial and pageantry activities in London; and if he will make a statement.
(3965)
93
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to reduce the digital exclusion of people with sensory loss.
(4377)
94
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will review the effectiveness of existing legislation on subtitles and audio description for on-demand television.
(4378)
95
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with television representatives on the setting of targets on the provision of subtitles for on-demand television services.
(4379)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
96
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rules apply to media interviews with (a) service personnel dealing with nuclear weapons and (b) other serving military personnel.
(4001)
97
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) handguns, (b) rifles and (c) automatic weapons have been (i) lost and (ii) stolen in operations overseas in each of the last two years.
(4274)
98
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 2466, on armed forces: firearms how many of those firearms have been recovered.
(4296)
99
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 2466, on armed forces: firearms how many of those weapons were (a) handguns, (b) rifles and (c) automatic weapons.
(4297)
100
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the design of the Queen Elizabeth Class carrier decks has had to be adjusted to accommodate the heat produced by the F-35B lift fans.
(4370)
101
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the source of origin is of the meat and poultry products procured by his Department.
(3666)
102
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the make and model is of each of the official cars his Department provides for (a) senior military personnel and (b) Ministers.
(3667)
103
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015, to Question 3007, when he will announce further details of by how much running costs will be reduced on (a) consultants, (b) overtime and travel, (c) re-profiting of equipment and (d) infrastructure spend in 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
(3867)
104
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on private school fees for the families of armed forces personnel in each year since 2010; and how much his Department has spent on each such educational establishment in that time.
(3879)
105
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether badger culls have been conducted on land owned by his Department.
(4069)
106
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any fox hunting has been conducted on land owned by his Department since 2010.
(4070)
107
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any deer stalking has been conducted on land owned by his Department since 2010.
(4071)
108
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits to (a) the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, (b) RAF Cranwell and (c) Britannia Royal Naval College attended (i) state and (ii) independent secondary educational institutions in each year since 2010.
(4074)
109
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits to the (a) army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in each year since 2010 originate from each Commonwealth country.
(4314)
110
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the location is of each golf course owned by his Department.
(4315)
111
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the approximate land value is of each golf course owned by his Department.
(4337)
112
George Kerevan
(East Lothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 3244, what capabilities and specifications have been decided on for the next generation of RAF maritime reconnaissance aircraft; and which specific defence industrial organisations have made representations to his Department on the supply of aircraft or equipment to fulfil that role.
(4190)
113
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 126 and the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2877, if he will place in the Library the (a) correspondence and (b) minutes of meetings between 2010 and 2015 between his Department and Public Health England Advisory Committee on malaria prevention in relation to the use of Lariam or Mefloquine and reports of (i) hallucinations, (ii) psychosis and (iii) suicidal thoughts in personnel prescribed those medications.
(4194)
114
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 126 and the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2877, when he became aware that he had no correspondence between Public Health England and his Department on hallucinations, psychosis or suicidal thoughts in personnel prescribed Mefloquine or Lariam; and if he will make a statement.
(4195)
115
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Joint Personnel Administration IT system is able to discriminate between informally resolved and withdrawn service complaints; and if he will make a statement.
(4245)
116
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed in the office of the Service Complaints Commissioner in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(4246)
117
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many legacy complaints were handled by the Service Complaints Commissioner in each year from 2010 to 2014; how many of those complaints are outstanding; and if he will make a statement.
(4248)
118
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the results of the sexual harassment survey by the Army between March and April 2014; and if he will make a statement.
(4249)
119
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the 2014 review into bullying, discrimination and harassment in the Army; and if he will make a statement.
(4250)
120
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he shared his review into bullying, discrimination and harassment in the Army with the Service Complaints Commissioner; and if he will make a statement.
(4252)
121
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he is using to decide the future location of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
(3842)
122
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sites he is considering for the future location of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
(3843)
123
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of building a new barracks to relocate the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment within London; and if he will make a statement.
(3844)
124
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) London local authorities, (b) the Royal Parks and (c) the Mayor of London on the construction of a new barracks for the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment; and if he will make a statement.
(3845)
125
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which consortia his Department has had discussions on the possible redevelopment of the Hyde Park Barracks site; and if he will make a statement.
(3847)
126
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes he intends to make to military law as a result of the decision to ratify the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict; and if he will make a statement.
(3958)
127
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether VAT is payable by the Ministry of Defence on the construction of new barracks.
(3959)
128
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the receipts from any sale of Hyde Park Barracks will be retained by the Ministry of Defence.
(3960)
129
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to relocate the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment to Regent's Park Barracks; and if he will make a statement.
(3961)
130
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the future of Hyde Park Barracks; and if he will make a statement.
(3962)
131
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) NATO, (b) the OECD and (c) the UN on the definition of (i) defence expenditure and (ii) official development expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
(3963)
132
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with English Heritage on the possible listing of Hyde Park Barracks; and if he will make a statement.
(3964)
133
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Project Rose outline business case.
(3966)
134
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the size of site needed to accommodate the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment elsewhere in London; and if he will make a statement.
(3967)
135
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid in stamp duty in each financial year between 2000-01 and 2014-15.
(3968)
136
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the lease from the Royal Parks for the Hyde Park Barracks site.
(3969)
137
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assumptions are being made about the receipts from any sale of Hyde Park Barracks in consideration of the Ministry of Defence's spending review 2015 settlement; and if he will make a statement.
(3971)
138
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the value of (a) Hyde Park Barracks and (b) Regent's Park Barracks.
(3972)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
139
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to implement the recommendation of the Fifth Report of the Education Select Committee, Life lessons: PHSE and SRE in schools, published on 17 February 2015, on the teaching of personal, social, health and economic education in all primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.
(4146)
140
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on inclusion of education policy and oversight in the Northern Powerhouse Initiative.
(4032)
141
N
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on plans by awarding organisations to offer A levels in (a) Polish, (b) Gujarati, (c) Panjabi, (d) Bengali, (e) Turkish, (f) Urdu and (g) Modern Hebrew; and whether she plans to consult on the future availability of such qualifications in those subjects.
(3853)
142
Mrs Flick Drummond
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to Ofsted of inspecting local area provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities in the last three years.
(4263)
143
Mrs Flick Drummond
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will ask Ofsted to inspect local authority specialist education services for children with sensory impairments.
(4265)
144
Mrs Flick Drummond
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the effectiveness of Teachers of the Deaf and the quality of support they provide to deaf children and their families.
(4268)
145
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary and secondary students in (a) Sunderland and (b) England have been funded by the pupil premium in each of the last five years.
(4258)
146
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the pupil premium funding of the Pupil Premium was for secondary local authority schools in Sunderland in each of the last five years.
(4264)
147
Julie Elliott
(Sunderland Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much pupil premium funding has been allocated to primary local authority schools in Sunderland in each of the last five years.
(4266)
148
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy in on providing support for childcare costs incurred from providers not registered with Ofsted.
(4273)
149
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2015 to Question 1083, how much schools spent on recruiting teachers in (a) Sheffield and (b) England in each year since 2010.
(3936)
150
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2015 to Question 1083, how much the Training and Development Agency spent on recruitment in each year from 2010 until it was disbanded in April 2012.
(4144)
151
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2015 to Question 333, what guidance her Department issues to local authorities on the employment of educational psychologists.
(3948)
152
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2015 to Question 334, what plans her Department has to issue new guidance to local authorities on timeframes for visits to privately fostered children.
(3949)
153
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2015 to Question 356, what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each contract let to Mott MacDonald since 2012.
(3950)
154
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2015 to Question 333, what steps (a) her Department and (b) Ofsted plans to take to monitor the effect on children of there being no educational psychologists employed by the local authority in whose area their school is located.
(4347)
155
Liz McInnes
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools have gone from an inadequate to a good Ofsted rating in four years since 2005; and what steps her Department takes to recognise the achievements of headteachers, teachers and governors.
(4305)
156
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) dyslexia and (b) other learning disabilities are tested for at an early age, and that the relevant support is given to make sure the child does not fall academically behind their peers.
(4332)
157
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals preventing people aged under 18 years old from being categorised as intentionally homeless.
(4333)
158
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking in schools to tackle childhood obesity.
(4365)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
159
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions the Prime Minister has had with her foreign counterparts on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in advance of the 2015 UN Climate Conference in Paris.
(4137)
160
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the statement of 22 June 2015, Official Report, columns 617-36, on onshore wind subsidies, if she will place in the Library a list of all the onshore wind projects to which the grace period will apply.
(3674)
161
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households pay (a) the Standard Variable Tariff and (b) other tariffs in each income decile.
(3676)
162
N
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Retail Market Review-Implementation of Simpler Tariff Choices and Clearer Information, published in August 2013, in enabling energy bill payers to save money.
(3870)
163
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with (a) the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and (b) Radioactive Waste Management Ltd on ensuring that the decision-making process for deciding on a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste is open and transparent.
(4101)
164
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing compensation to communities sited along railway lines and roads used to carry radioactive waste from existing nuclear facilities to final disposal in a national geological disposal facility.
(4102)
165
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the (a) Welsh Assembly Government and (b) Northern Ireland Executive on participation of the devolved administrations in preparations for receipt of communications from communities putting themselves forward as prospective hosts for a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste activities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
(4103)
166
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what resources her Department allocated to the work of the Independent Review Panel organised by the Geological Society to oversee draft guidance for the National Geological Screening being undertaken by Radioactive Waste Management Ltd; and what payment has been made to each panel member in respect of (a) per diem costs, (b) compensation for work time lost due to participation and (c) travel and subsistence costs to date.
(4104)
167
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of proposals for a geological facility for radioactive waste up to 20 kilometres from land with the UK's obligations under the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic.
(4105)
168
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she plans to take to ensure that technology used for nuclear power meets rigorous safety, security and environmental standards.
(4366)
169
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the number of renewable heat installations installed as a result of the (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive since those schemes' inception.
(4027)
170
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the number of renewable heat installations installed in (a) Sheffield and (b) the UK as a result of the Renewable Heat Incentive.
(4028)
171
Harry Harpham
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2015 to Question 603, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK supply chain benefits from investment in the offshore wind industry.
(3934)
172
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2015 to Question 418, whether her Department received a paper on options for plutonium disposition from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in April 2015.
(3852)
173
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of how long it will take to complete the decommissioning of Sellafield if annual expenditure on that process remains at its current level.
(4148)
174
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when her Department plans to make a decision on the reuse of plutonium.
(4149)
175
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made on the decision on handling the UK's plutonium stockpile.
(4150)
176
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the plutonium stockpile.
(4222)
177
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of her plans to end the Renewable Obligation for onshore wind in 2016 on (a) the date by which onshore wind is expected to reach grid parity and (b) the ability of communities to generate their own power from onshore wind; and if she will make a statement.
(4062)
178
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information her Department holds on the number of onshore windfarms (a) in planning and (b) in operation that are wholly or partly community-owned in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(4063)
179
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Community Energy Strategy, published on 27 January 2014, what assessment she has made of the (a) financial and (b) non-financial benefits to local communities from (i) onshore wind, (ii) solar photovoltaic and (iii) other renewable generation; and if she will make a statement.
(4064)
180
Callum McCaig
(Aberdeen South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to support employment in the oil and gas sector in Aberdeen.
(4313)
181
Callum McCaig
(Aberdeen South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to her contribution of 22 June 2015, Official Report, column 618, on onshore wind subsidies, when details of the remote island Contract for Difference strike price will be published.
(4373)
182
Dr Paul Monaghan
(Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information her Department holds on the highest level of EBITDA on energy generation that has occurred in the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
(4335)
183
Dr Paul Monaghan
(Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Competition and Markets Authority updated issue statement, Energy market investigation, published on 18 February 2015.
(4367)
184
Dr Paul Monaghan
(Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the report, Analysis of Generation Profitability by the Competition and Markets Authority, published on 25 February 2015.
(4368)
185
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if her Department will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that any decisions taken on renewable energy policy with reference to Contracts for Difference will not have a disproportionate effect on the sustainability and security of electricity supply in Northern Ireland.
(3927)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
186
Peter Aldous
(Waveney):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on beak trimming of laying hens; and if she will make a statement.
(4338)
187
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle the overuse of antibiotics in farms; and if she will make a statement.
(4183)
188
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will launch a consultation on the proposal to ban seals being killed off the coast of the UK.
(3984)
189
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3044, what the Government's policy is on renewal of the current ban on neonicotinoid pesticides after December 2015.
(3907)
190
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the proportion of antibiotic use in the UK which is accounted for by administration to animals on farms.
(4066)
191
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the use of antibiotics in animals was accounted for by mass medication in the last six years.
(4067)
192
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential effect on the spread of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria of increased use of antibiotics in farm animals; and if she will make a statement.
(4068)
193
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set a target to reduce farm antibiotic use.
(4080)
194
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to investigate the implications for human health of the appearance of antibiotic resistant strains of MRSA in pig meat.
(4081)
195
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take measures to reduce farm antibiotics use.
(4082)
196
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to complete the network of Marine Conservation Zones.
(4089)
197
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Single Inspection Taskforce will be established; and what Departmental resources she will allocate to it in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
(4090)
198
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that high animal welfare standards are incorporated into international trade agreements; and how her Department plans to measure such standards.
(4091)
199
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to (a) protect the Green Belt and (b) maintain national protections for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Parks, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and other environmental designations.
(4092)
200
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to designate the second tranche of Marine Conservation Zones.
(4096)
201
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to designate the third tranche of Marine Conservation Zones.
(4097)
202
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the extend to which the presence of antibiotic resistant organisms in the human gut is the result of horizontal gene transmission from bacteria of farm animal origin, notwithstanding the strains of bacteria concerned.
(4135)
203
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned on horizontal gene transmission between bacteria in the human gut which transfers antibiotic resistance from one organism to another regardless of its strain or of its human or animal origin.
(4136)
204
N
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Ministers and officials in her Department have met the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance.
(4157)
205
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish in full all monitoring data collected in each year of the badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
(4187)
206
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to ensure that she receives independent scientific advice on safety, effectiveness and humaneness for each year of the badger cull pilots in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
(4188)
207
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to ensure that monitoring data collected on the third year of the badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset is made available for independent scientific analysis; and what assessment she plans to make of that analysis as part of her decision on whether the culls should be extended to other areas.
(4189)
208
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect that withdrawal from the EU would have on British farming.
(4214)
209
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department plans to allocate to contributing to achieving the Government's target of three million more apprenticeships by expanding apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
(4215)
210
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of how many apprentices work in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
(4216)
211
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has allocated to delivery of the Government's 25-year plan to grow, buy and sell more British food.
(4217)
212
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her priorities are for reforming the Common Agricultural Policy; and if she will make a statement.
(4218)
213
N
James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the Indian government in protecting Asian elephants.
(3992)
214
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will maintain the current restrictions on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
(4153)
215
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to provide dedicated financial resources to the Food Crime Unit in the Food Standards Agency; and if she will make a statement.
(3902)
216
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to identify and develop new export market opportunities for (a) the devolved regions and (b) the rest of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(3928)
217
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect the welfare of pet dogs.
(4143)
218
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from charities on the protection and welfare of pet dogs.
(4174)
219
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department plans to reduce the disposal level of edible food in the UK.
(4336)
220
N
Angela Smith
(Penistone and Stocksbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on establishing the Farming Inspection Taskforce; and when she plans to make an announcement on that issue.
(4007)
221
N
Angela Smith
(Penistone and Stocksbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to change the number of farm inspections in each year.
(4008)
222
N
Angela Smith
(Penistone and Stocksbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's report, Better for Business, published in April 2014, what progress she made in cutting guidance to farms by 80 per cent by March 2015; and if she will make a statement.
(4009)
223
N
Angela Smith
(Penistone and Stocksbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 30 June 2014 to Question 201927, what progress she has made on reforming the 516 agricultural regulations as part of the Red Tape Challenge.
(4193)
224
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what salmon netting or trapping stations are operational around the English coast; where they are; and how many salmon were taken by each in each of the last five years.
(4304)
225
Andrew Stephenson
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many advertisements that failed to meet the minimum standards for online pet advertising were removed from pet-related internet sites in each month since January 2014.
(4270)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
226
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what statute was the interception of the communications of the (a) Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and (b) Legal Resources Centre of South Africa described by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal authorised.
(3731)
227
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what resources he plans to allocate to put in place a marine blue belt around the Overseas Territories to protect marine habitats in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
(4094)
228
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to designate a marine blue belt around the Overseas Territories to protect marine habitats.
(4095)
229
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons UK-resident EU citizens will not be allowed to vote in the EU referendum; and how many such people will be affected by that decision.
(3952)
230
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking in the case of Andargachew Tsege held in Ethiopia.
(4041)
231
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Ethiopia on the continued detention without trial and possible torture of the British citizen Andargachew Tsege; and what steps the Government plans to take to ensure Mr Tsege's return home.
(4006)
232
N
Patrick Grady
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he had with his counterparts in other EU states on the implementation of effective regulations to ensure EU-based companies do not import minerals from conflict regions.
(3856)
233
N
Patrick Grady
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the trade in minerals from conflict regions on (a) violence, (b) violence against women and children and (c) displacement of peoples from those regions.
(3857)
234
N
Patrick Grady
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that companies based in the UK do not purchase minerals from conflict regions for the manufacture of consumer goods.
(3859)
235
N
James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to designate a marine protected area around Ascension Island.
(3991)
236
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on support he is giving to EU proposals to promote sea access to Gaza.
(4042)
237
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the demolition of the Arab-Israeli village of Um Al Huran.
(4043)
238
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterparts on the prosecution of Israeli settlers for acts of violence against Palestinians.
(4044)
239
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether UK-supplied weaponry and components were used by Israel in its campaign against Gaza in 2014.
(4045)
240
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the efforts of his French counterpart to encourage new peace talks between Israel and Palestine.
(4138)
241
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the recommendations of the report published in March 2012 and funded by his Department on Palestinian children in military custody have been carried out.
(4142)
242
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian effect of the demolition of the villages of Umm Al Hiran and Atir in Israel.
(4191)
243
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance he gives to banks on the legality of conducting business with illegal settlements in the West Bank.
(4275)
244
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Israeli government to abandon plans for a new settler city in Gvaot.
(4276)
245
N
Mr David Jones
(Clwyd West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Ethiopian counterpart on the detention of Andargachew Tsege.
(4077)
246
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the planned visit of President Abdel Fatah ai-Sisi to the UK will take place; whether the Prime Minister plans to discuss the supply of military, security and police equipment to Egypt; and if he will make a statement.
(4073)
247
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on possible sanctions to be imposed on the Maldives government.
(3876)
248
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects on the implementation of EU law in the UK of removing the words ever closer union from the preamble to the EU Treaties on Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union.
(4003)
249
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many European Court of Justice cases have cited the words Ever Closer Union from the preamble to the EU Treaties and Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union in each of the last 10 years.
(4004)
250
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what effect the 1992 Edinburgh Agreement had on the application of EU treaties in the UK; and whether it is his Department's assumption that the European Court of Justice is obliged to follow the provisions of that Agreement.
(4123)
251
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the procedure provided for in Council Decision 2009/857/EC on the implementation of Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union has been invoked in each of the years since that Decision entered force; what the concerns of the member states that invoked the procedure were in each such case; and how those concerns were met in the final decision taken in each such case.
(4126)
252
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the proposed parameters of a permanent nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 would permit Iran to construct a graphite plutogenic reactor.
(3840)
253
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the decision of the Palestinian Authority to pay convicted Palestinian terrorists in Israeli prisons.
(3885)
254
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on holding elections in that country.
(4145)
255
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent the use of chlorine bombs in Syria.
(4311)
256
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of the Republic of Sudan on the arrest and detention of Rev. Yat Michael and Rev. Peter Yen Reith of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church.
(4374)
257
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of Egypt on the death sentence passed on the former President Mohammad Morsi.
(4375)
258
Sammy Wilson
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what sanctions his Department has considered imposing on Egypt in response to the death sentence passed on Mohammad Morsi.
(4376)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
259
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of NHS services in south east London.
(3863)
260
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS trusts that will be put into the unsustainable providers regime in the next five years in (a) England and (b) London.
(3864)
261
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of hospitals in London to meet the London quality staffing standards for (a) maternity, (b) A&E and (c) paediatric care.
(3865)
262
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust on expanding capacity within its accident and emergency and maternity departments.
(3877)
263
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial and clinical performance of (a) Lewisham and Greenwich, (b) King's College Hospital and (c) Guy's and St Thomas' hospital trusts.
(3878)
264
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address the effect of the overuse of antibiotics in farms animals.
(4177)
265
Richard Benyon
(Newbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to include aortic stenosis in future cardiovascular strategies.
(3997)
266
Richard Benyon
(Newbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to task NICE with publication of guidelines for heart valve disease.
(3998)
267
Richard Benyon
(Newbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to ensure earlier referral of heart valve patients from secondary to tertiary care; and if he will make a statement.
(3999)
268
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2995, how his Department will support clinical commissioning groups to improve a transformation plan ruled inadequate.
(4200)
269
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2995, how his Department will support clinical commissioning groups to help them fulfil their transformation plans.
(4201)
270
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2995, what plans he has to allocate funding for children and young people's mental health service transformations to those clinical commissioning groups who do not produce a transformation plan.
(4202)
271
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the proposed devolution of health care functions to Metro Mayors and Combined Authorities.
(4343)
272
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to prevent public funds paid to (a) the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, (b) Marie Stopes International, (c) the Family Planning Association and (d) Brook Charity from being used to support lobbying activities; and if he will make a statement.
(4130)
273
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy not to record the NHS number for every termination of pregnancy contracted out by the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
(4131)
274
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of terminations of pregnancy commissioned for delivery in the private sector had NHS numbers missing from the patient's electronic record in each of the last five years for which data is available.
(4132)
275
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to require every termination of pregnancy provider routinely to record a patient's NHS number.
(4133)
276
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost is to the NHS of an (a) medical and (b) surgical abortion when commissioned for delivery by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.
(4134)
277
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2015 to Question 2148, whether it is his policy that a registered medical practitioner may form a good faith opinion for the purposes of section 1(1)(a) of the Abortion Act 1967 after having signed the statutory form HSA1.
(4147)
278
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2015 to Question 216, whether it is his policy that services provided by the Family Planning Association constitute sufficient social, medical and practical support for women experiencing unplanned pregnancies in the UK; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of social, medical and practical support for women experiencing unplanned pregnancies in England and Wales.
(4185)
279
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2015 to Question 1960, what representations his Department has received from (a) other developed countries, (b) UN bodies, (c) EU institutions, (d) international health bodies and (e) international ethics bodies on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015.
(4186)
280
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to prioritise research on dementia during this Parliament.
(3985)
281
N
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for the funding of the UK stem cell donor register and cord blood programme over the next five years.
(3986)
282
N
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of implementation of safe staffing guidance in the NHS.
(3989)
283
N
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons he has not implemented the recommendation of Sir Robert Francis that the development of safe staffing guidance should be undertaken by NICE rather than NHS England.
(3990)
284
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made in supporting local authorities to map and identify older residents at particular risk of loneliness.
(4175)
285
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the publication, Public Health England Marketing Strategy 2014 to 2017, what discussions he has had with Public Health England on whether its plan to develop marketing campaigns to drive earlier diagnosis based on the Be Clear on Cancer campaign model will include a focus on raising awareness of cervical screening across the UK.
(4052)
286
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the publication, Public Health England Marketing Strategy 2014 to 2017, what discussions he has had with Public Health England on its trial for improving screening uptake; and whether improving cervical screening uptake will form part of that trial.
(4053)
287
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to recruit young people with the requisite skills to become NHS doctors and nurses.
(4221)
288
N
Mark Field
(Cities of London and Westminster):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will cap the legal fees paid by the NHS in clinical negligence cases; and if he will make a statement.
(3738)
289
N
Colleen Fletcher
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS walk-in centres there were in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years.
(3940)
290
N
Colleen Fletcher
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England waited for more than a year for NHS treatment in each of the last five years.
(3981)
291
N
Colleen Fletcher
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce childhood obesity in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.
(3982)
292
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what independent evaluation his Department has commissioned on the effect of the Autism Awareness programme.
(4049)
293
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the funding for his Department's Autism Awareness programme has been spent; and what advertising programmes have been funded for that programme.
(4050)
294
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the reach and scope of the Autism Awareness programme during the 2015-16 parliamentary session.
(4051)
295
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with a postal address in Wales have used hospital services in (a) Countess of Chester, (b) Arrowe Park, Wirral, (c) Clatterbridge, Wirral, (d) The Christie, Manchester, (e) Agnes Hunt, Gobowen and (f) Liverpool Children's Hospital in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(4251)
296
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many five to 16 year olds in Cumbria have a diagnosed mental health condition.
(3733)
297
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 16 to 24 year olds in Cumbria have a diagnosed mental health condition.
(3735)
298
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are employed by each NHS Trust in Lancashire; how many such nurses were recruited from outside the UK; and from which countries such nurses were recruited.
(3668)
299
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) gender of the deceased person, (b) international classification of disease code for the underlying cause of death, (c) time taken to register the death, (d) year of death and (e) year the death was registered was for each death registered in Kettering constituency at least 366 days after the date of death in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014; and whether for each such death the deceased person was aged (A) under five, (B) five to 15, (C) 15 to 24, (D) 25 to 34, (E) 35 to 44, (F) 45 to 54, (G) 55 to 64 or (H) over 65 years when they died.
(4196)
300
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths were registered in Kettering constituency at least 366 days after the date of death in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
(4197)
301
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths were registered in Kettering constituency at least 183 days after the date of death in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
(4198)
302
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths were registered in Kettering constituency in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
(4199)
303
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical commissioning groups adhere to the Armed Forces Covenant when responding to Individual Funding Requests for the treatment of ex-servicemen.
(3732)
304
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer.
(4154)
305
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent GPs there are in Warrington.
(3645)
306
N
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on the financial position of Warrington and Halton NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
(3665)
307
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the criteria are by which NHS area teams assess Individual Funding Request (IFR) applications; whether there is a maximum threshold for the price of a medicine for which an IFR can be submitted; and whether different criteria are applied according to price.
(4345)
308
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will issue a commissioning position on the use of Lomitapide for the treatment of Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia; and if he will make a statement.
(4346)
309
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many working days (a) in total and (b) on average per staff member were lost due to sickness in the London Ambulance Service in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
(3866)
310
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require Birmingham Children's Hospital and Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Trusts to fund jointly a paediatric neuromuscular consultant.
(4334)
311
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of trans-fats consumption on public health.
(3672)
312
N
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the voluntary reduction in trans-fats in food since 2012; and if he will bring forward proposals to ban trans-fats in the UK.
(3673)
313
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the number of intensive care unit beds in the UK on the number of transplants that per capita the NHS can provide.
(4312)
314
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intensive care unit beds there are per capita in the UK.
(4316)
315
N
Liz McInnes
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects that Public Health England's programme of work on liver disease will be published.
(3846)
316
N
Liz McInnes
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the programme of work for liver disease being developed by Public Health England will include a hepatitis C improvement framework.
(3848)
317
N
Liz McInnes
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis his Department decided the national waiting time criteria for referral to (a) specialist services for HIV treatment and (b) hepatitis C treatment; and what the reason is for the difference in duration between the two sets of criteria.
(3905)
318
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many continence advisors were employed in the NHS in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.
(4127)
319
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of destroyed unused prescribed medication; and if he will make a statement.
(4128)
320
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of attendances at A&E because of (a) urinary tract infections, (b) catheter-related infections and (c) stoma care issues in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(4129)
321
N
Grahame Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will respond to the Health Select Committee's report on End of Life Care, published on 10 March 2015, HC 805.
(4046)
322
Grahame Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that recommendations by NICE on the availability of new drug treatments are fully implemented by NHS England.
(4139)
323
Grahame Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role is played by NHS England in deciding on the cost-effectiveness of new drug treatments.
(4140)
324
Grahame Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from NICE on the timely implementation of its recommendations on the availability of new drugs for the treatment of Hepatitis C.
(4141)
325
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is notified of funding decisions by NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group before those decisions are published.
(4178)
326
N
Marie Rimmer
(St Helens South and Whiston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for mental health patients in St Helens South and Whiston constituency.
(4167)
327
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold meetings with his counterparts in Northern Ireland and Wales to discuss the introduction of BRCA testing for ovarian cancer in those areas.
(4166)
328
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress NHS England has made in its review of the draft clinical commissioning policy for Duodopa; and how the views of clinicians and those affected by Parkinson's disease have been taken into account during that review.
(4398)
329
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date NHS England plans to publish decisions made by its Specialised Commissioning Committee on the draft clinical commissioning policies for (a) Duodopa for advanced Parkinson's disease and (b) other specialised services that are currently under consideration.
(4399)
330
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department evaluates the effectiveness of statins used in the NHS.
(4327)
331
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to maintain current levels of financial support for the assistance of Alzheimers patients.
(4328)
332
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of organ donation.
(4329)
333
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in England and Wales are waiting for a week or more for an appointment with a GP; and what steps he is taking to decrease the length of such waits.
(4330)
334
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the access of cervical cancer screenings to women under the age of 25.
(4331)
335
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of NHS dentists.
(4363)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
336
Kirsty Blackman
(Aberdeen North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to employers sponsoring workers on Tier 2 visas on potential changes to their employees' immigration status as a result of 2011 immigration rules changes requiring workers who have been in the UK more than five years to earn more than £35,000 gross per annum; and what steps she is taking to help employers support such employees.
(4295)
337
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from higher education institutions on the proposed reduction of English Language test centres.
(4344)
338
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from each country have been accepted by the UK in each of the last five years.
(3737)
339
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2015 to Question 1469, what information her Department has received from chief officers on the number of front-line police officers who will be employed in the West Midlands in each of the next five years.
(3908)
340
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2015 to Question 2493, what funding the Government has provided to the UK Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme since January 2014.
(3909)
341
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all of the 13.7 million facial images in the Police National Database Custody Suite Photographs held by the National Police Chiefs Council are of individuals convicted of offences; and what proportion of people on that database have no criminal record.
(3730)
342
N
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of the Syrian refugee Raja Khouja and her husband Mahmoud Alhassan who are due to be deported to Saudi Arabia on 25 June 2015; and what her policy is on the deportation of individuals to countries which use the death penalty.
(3988)
343
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the capacity of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to hold the police to account pursuant to its obligations under Section 1.5 of the IPCC Home Office Framework Agreement.
(4010)
344
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is capable of fulfilling the role set out for it in Section 1.7 of the IPCC Home Office Framework Agreement.
(4011)
345
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether the Independent Police Complaints Commission has adequate resources to fulfil its statutory duty on investigating serious and sensitive cases.
(4012)
346
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of serious and sensitive cases investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission in the last five years.
(4013)
347
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authorities have expressed an interest in taking refugees under the resettlement programme for the most vulnerable Syrian refugees; and how many such refugees each local authority has agreed to host.
(4037)
348
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what target she has for the number of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees to be relocated to the UK in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.
(4038)
349
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to meet the UK's commitments on the number of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees to be relocated to the UK.
(4039)
350
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) budget is, (b) full-time equivalent staff is and (c) objectives are for 2015-16 of the taskforce on migration issues in the Mediterranean.
(4261)
351
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of acts of criminal damage or violence undertaken in the pas de Calais region against vehicles owned by UK companies or citizens since July 2014; and what representations she has made to French authorities on that matter.
(4269)
352
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the French policing response at Calais; and whether she plans to meet the French interior minister and local police to discuss the security situation at that port.
(4271)
353
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she next plans to meet (a) ferry operators, (b) Eurostar and (c) Eurotunnel to discuss the situation in Calais.
(4272)
354
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the funding she committed in September 2014 to strengthening border security measures at Calais to (a) bring forward planned expenditure and (b) increase the funding available.
(4380)
355
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will issue guidance on the definition of on duty with regard to police officers' widows and widowers pensions.
(3880)
356
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on pensions for police officers' widows and widowers; and if she will make a statement.
(3881)
357
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on parity between Great Britain and Northern Ireland with regard to police officers' widows and widowers pensions.
(3882)
358
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been removed from Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(4110)
359
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Metropolitan Police time was spent on the front line in each year since 2008.
(3977)
360
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were recruited by the Metropolitan Police Service in each year since 2008; and what proportion of such officers were (i) female and (ii) black and minority ethnic.
(3978)
361
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the Metropolitan Police Service were (a) female and (b) black and minority ethnic in each year since 2008.
(3979)
362
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers there were in the British Transport Police in London in each year since 2008.
(3980)
363
N
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy not to classify overseas students as immigrants.
(3623)
364
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to control immigration.
(4106)
365
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to speed up the process of removing Muslim extremists living in the UK.
(4364)
366
David Simpson
(Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of Syrian refugees entering the UK.
(4402)
367
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Torfaen):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers there were in Torfaen constituency on (a) 6 May 2010 and (b) 7 May 2015.
(4079)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
368
Edward Argar
(Charnwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to improve the humanitarian situation in Yemen.
(4369)
369
N
Mary Creagh
(Wakefield):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which 20 companies were awarded the most funding by her Department for technical and advisory services in each of the last five years.
(3729)
370
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential humanitarian effect of creating a secure sea route for EU trade with Gaza between Cyprus and Gaza port.
(3951)
371
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make an assessment of the potential humanitarian effect of ending restrictions on trade between Gaza and the West Bank.
(4054)
372
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make an assessment of the potential humanitarian effect of ending restrictions on exports out of Gaza; and if she will make a statement.
(4055)
373
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimates she has made of the level of youth unemployment in Gaza; and if she will make a statement.
(4170)
374
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
(4171)
375
Carolyn Harris
(Swansea East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian effect on Palestinians in the West Bank of restrictions on their movement.
(4192)
376
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she plans to take to produce reports showing how UK aid is (a) effective and (b) value for money on a country by country basis; and if she will make it her policy such that reports are produced by organisations independent of her Department.
(3671)
377
N
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what processes are in place to ensure that (a) people and (b) non-governmental organisations in the Palestinian territories receiving UK aid payments are not associated with terrorist organisations.
(3728)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
378
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average daily out-of-cell time was for prisoners in each prison in each of the last 10 years.
(4056)
379
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many out-of-cell hours offenders are provided with at each prison establishment that operates planned restricted regimes.
(4057)
380
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long each prison governor at each prison has been in post.
(4058)
381
Alan Brown
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the awarding of costs against claimants on the ability and willingness of people to bring claims for disability discrimination; and if he will make a statement.
(3937)
382
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants at (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown Courts changed their plea before trial in the latest year for which figures are available.
(4015)
383
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many additional days were added to prisoners' sentences and (b) in what proportion of adjudications days were added in (i) 2000, (ii) 2010 and (iii) the latest year for which information is held; and for what reasons the days were so added in each such year.
(4016)
384
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences of a violent nature were committed by women who were (a) under a community order or suspended sentence order and (b) on licence for a previous non-violent offence in the last year.
(4017)
385
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of utilisation was of each magistrates' court in the latest year for which figures are available.
(4018)
386
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders on licence in West Yorkshire have travelled abroad unsupervised in each of the last three years.
(4019)
387
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse is of preparing a (a) full pre-sentence report and (b) fast delivery report in magistrates' courts, including the time spent by probation staff in court whilst the report is being delivered and considered.
(4020)
388
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the production of pre-sentence reports for courts in each of the last three years.
(4021)
389
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of life-sentenced prisoners were (a) recommended or (b) not recommended for transfer to an open prison by their respective parole board in each of the last five years.
(4022)
390
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the monetary value was of fines (a) imposed, (b) collected, (c) legally cancelled, (d) administratively cancelled and (e) outstanding in (i) England and Wales and (ii) West Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
(4023)
391
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) murders, (b) burglaries, (c) rapes and (d) sex offences against children were committed in the latest year for which information is available; and how many and what proportion of those offences were committed by individuals who were on bail at the time.
(4024)
392
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) offences were committed by offenders on bail and (b) offenders committed offences whilst on bail in the latest year for which information is available.
(4025)
393
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders had (a) between 15 and 49, (b) between 50 and 99 and (c) 100 or more convictions in the last 12 months.
(4026)
394
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in respect of which prisons he has received recent reports on the religious radicalisation of prisoners.
(4113)
395
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females received each sentencing outcome for each type of offence in each police force area in the most recent year for which information is available; and what the average custodial sentence length was for each gender for each offence type in each police force area.
(4114)
396
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) offences in West Yorkshire were committed by offenders on bail and (b) offenders in West Yorkshire committed offences whilst on bail during the most recent year for which information is available.
(4115)
397
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who have served an indeterminate sentence for public protection have re-offended after release; and (a) how many and (b) which offences have been committed by such re-offenders in each of the last five years.
(4116)
398
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the offences and length of time served in prison are of each of the 20 longest serving female prisoners.
(4117)
399
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of a sentence handed down was for each offence in (a) Crown and (b) magistrates' courts for (i) females and (ii) males in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(4184)
400
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2015 to Question 1334, what the cost was of the research on prisoners' clothing and their self-esteem; and for what reasons the study was not sufficiently large to meet the quality assurance process required by the National Offender Management Service for publication.
(4307)
401
N
Colleen Fletcher
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appellants in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England are waiting for the Tribunals Service to list their first-tier tribunal social security and child support appeal in respect of employment and support allowance.
(3941)
402
N
Colleen Fletcher
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to the Tribunals Service from appellants in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England relating to (i) personal independence payments, (ii) employment and support allowance, (iii) income support, (vi) jobseeker's allowance and (v) tax credits were successful in (A) each quarter in 2014 and (B) the latest period for which figures are available.
(4072)
403
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many homicides in prison have taken place in each of the last 10 years.
(3873)
404
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaths in custody are under investigation by police as suspected homicide.
(3874)
405
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have died in each prison in each of the last six months.
(3875)
406
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent by his Department on the development and implementation of plans for a secure college.
(3734)
407
Justin Madders
(Ellesmere Port and Neston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which bodies his Department consulted on the terms of reference for the review of the employment tribunal fees regime.
(4085)
408
N
Jessica Morden
(Newport East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assurance he has received from Steria that work and jobs at the Newport shared services centre will not be off-shored.
(4076)
409
N
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people appeared at Aldershot Magistrates' Court in respect of traffic offences in each of the last three years (a) in total and (b) who are resident on the Isle of Wight; and if he will estimate the average travelling time for residents of the Isle of Wight to attend that court.
(3624)
Questions to the Leader of the House
410
N
Kirsty Blackman
(Aberdeen North):
To ask the Leader of the House, whether he plans to publish his proposals for English votes for English laws before 21 July 2015.
(3872)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
411
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent progress has been made on implementation of the recommendations of the Hallett Report into the administrative scheme for On the Runs published on 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
(4107)
412
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions since its formation after the publication of the Hallett Report into the administrative scheme for On the Runs on 17 July 2014 has her Department's implementation team met; and who attended each such meeting.
(4108)
413
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of appeals she has received from retired police officers on decisions by the Firearms Branch of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to withdraw their personal protection weapons were successful in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(4109)
414
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with her Irish counterpart on parades in Northern Ireland.
(3850)
Questions to the Prime Minister
415
Ann Coffey
(Stockport):
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds, what the (a) objectives, (b) remit, (c) membership, (d) start date and (e) report date are of the task force chosen by the Secretary of State for Education; and whether he plans to publish the conclusions of that taskforce.
(3996)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
416
N
Margaret Ferrier
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on Firefighters' Pension Scheme reforms.
(3619)
417
N
Margaret Ferrier
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has made to the Department for Communities and Local Government on the effect of Firefighters' Pension Scheme reforms in Scotland.
(3620)
418
N
Margaret Ferrier
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will discuss levels of food bank use in Scotland with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in order to assess the potential link between reductions in welfare provision and food bank usage.
(3621)
419
N
Margaret Ferrier
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has made to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on changing the benefit sanctions regime in Scotland.
(3622)
420
N
Margaret Ferrier
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the timescale for the rollout of universal credit in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
(4180)
421
N
Margaret Ferrier
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the commissioning of analysis on the effect of welfare changes since 2010 on poverty levels in Scotland.
(4181)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
422
Edward Argar
(Charnwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statistics his Department holds on road traffic accidents at the Thrussington to Seagrove Road crossover with the A46 in each year from 2005 to 2014.
(4247)
423
Edward Argar
(Charnwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to improve the A46-Seagrave to Thrussington road crossover junction.
(4253)
424
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the electrification of the Midland Mainline; and if he will make a statement.
(4179)
425
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the importance of hub connectivity for airports and businesses in the North of England; and what steps his Department is taking to encourage growth in (a) the UK domestic network and (b) from London airports to the North of England.
(4339)
426
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's assessment of the evidence received in favour of the expansion of either Heathrow or Gatwick airport and the effect on job creation in the North.
(4340)
427
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3011, whether the (a) London and Bristol, (b) London and Cardiff, (c) London and Swansea, (d) London and York, (e) London and Newcastle, (f) London and Edinburgh, (g) Edinburgh and Inverness and (h) Edinburgh and Aberdeen routes are expected to experience the expected 15 minute journey time improvements.
(3736)
428
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long it will take for (a) electric IEP trains and (b) other bi-mode IEP trains running on diesel to reach 125 mph on flat and straight track in (i) five and (ii) nine car formations.
(3883)
429
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library copies of all Rail Delivery Group Annual Reports held by his Department.
(3884)
430
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2634, and with reference to the Northern franchise invitation to tender of 27 February 2015, whether his plans to enable the simplification of regulated fares structures within the consolidated fares baskets that invitation to tender were dependent on bidders' use of the flex mechanism; and what alternative mechanisms are available to bidders for that franchise for the purpose of simplifying overall regulated fare structures.
(3925)
431
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his Department's updated organisation chart; if he will update his Department's Ministerial transparency data series for the period since March 2014; and if he will encourage Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Road to publish their Board minutes no later than three months after those meetings occur.
(3926)
432
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from what date he expects to require train companies to improve compensation arrangements for passengers when trains are more than a few minutes late; what improvements to compensation arrangements he plans to make; and whether he has decided how many minutes late a train will have to be for passengers to claim compensation under this revised system.
(4005)
433
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to change the (a) extent and (b) scope of the Midland Main Line electrification project.
(4162)
434
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will undertake an affordability review of Network Rail's enhancement projects.
(4163)
435
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 3117, whether any of those meetings took place outside the UK.
(4164)
436
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 1318, when he expects that work with the rail industry to develop options for introducing part-time season tickets will be completed.
(4165)
437
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will develop a uniform standard for ensuring disruptive and heavily intoxicated airline passengers are not permitted to fly on subsequent occasions.
(4298)
438
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of (a) burglary, (b) criminal damage, (c) drugs, (d) fraud or forgery, (e) robbery, (f) sexual offences, (g) theft and handling, (h) violence against the person and (i) serious public disorder there were on (i) London Underground, (ii) London Overground, (iii) London buses, (iv) London tramlink and (v) the Docklands Light Railway in each year between 2008 and 2014.
(3976)
439
N
Chris Law
(Dundee West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the continuation, cessation or expansion of the Regional Air Connectivity Fund.
(4047)
440
N
Chris Law
(Dundee West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the number of jobs (a) created and (b) supported by the Regional Air Connectivity Fund.
(4048)
441
Chris Law
(Dundee West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of Regional Air Connectivity funding that will be made available in each of the next three years.
(4400)
442
N
Clive Lewis
(Norwich South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what services are outsourced under the Greater Anglia rail franchise; and whether he plans to require such services to be brought in-house when the next such franchise is let.
(3851)
443
Justin Madders
(Ellesmere Port and Neston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 3171, what steps his Department is taking to reduce accidents on the M56 between junctions 12 and 14.
(3947)
444
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the Challenge Fund has been allocated in each region since that fund was announced.
(4033)
445
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the transport capital infrastructure spending announced in each Budget Statement in each year since 2011 was allocated to each (a) region and (b) constituency of the UK.
(4040)
446
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support rail and rolling stock replacement in the north east.
(3544)
447
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to support the replacement of rolling stock on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
(3854)
448
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees of Network Rail earned more than £142,000 in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2014-15.
(3955)
449
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve safety and reduce risk to passengers and the public in the Sussex area of the South East Route; and if he will make a statement.
(3956)
450
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid in bonuses to Network Rail executives in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2014-15.
(3957)
451
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve asset resilience in the Sussex area of the South East Route; and if he will make a statement.
(3973)
452
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated to line resilience projects in the Sussex area of the South East Route for each year of Control Period 5.
(3974)
453
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of Network Rail's ability to deliver major projects to time and budget; and if he will make a statement.
(4299)
454
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Control Period 5 renewal and refurbishment plan for the Sussex area of the South East Route.
(4300)
455
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned expenditure in the Sussex area of the South East Route is for each year of Control Period 5.
(4301)
456
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase route capacity in the Sussex area of the South East Route; and if he will make a statement.
(4302)
457
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level of punctuality for passenger rail services in the Sussex area of the South East Route operated by (a) Southern Railways, (b) First Capital Connect, (c) London Overground and (d) First Great Western was in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
(4303)
458
Mark Tami
(Alyn and Deeside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of traffic accidents in which the use of a satellite navigation system has been a contributing factor in the last five years.
(3975)
459
N
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on putting a Union flag on all new and renewed driving licences.
(4155)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
460
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make regulations under section 78 of the Equality Act 2010 for the purpose of requiring the publication of information showing whether there are differences in the pay of males and females.
(4029)
461
Fiona Mactaggart
(Slough):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the UK last nominated a member of the expert committee of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; and for what reason she has not made a nomination in relation to forthcoming vacancies.
(3995)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
462
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department plans to publish as a result of the consultation on its draft complaints procedure; and (a) when and (b) where his Department plans to publish that information.
(4260)
463
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to implement the new complaints procedure in response to its consultation on the draft complaints procedure.
(4262)
464
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants there were in each year since 2010; and how many such claimants had Social Fund Loan payments deducted in each such year.
(4172)
465
Jonathan Ashworth
(Leicester South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants had Social Fund Loan repayments wrongly deducted from their benefits in each year since 2010; and how many of those deductions were due to (a) prior full loan repayment and (b) non-existence of the loan.
(4173)
466
Kirsty Blackman
(Aberdeen North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2015 to Question 2685, if he will make it his policy to respond to Parliamentary Questions seeking benefits statistics which are held by his Department in Stat-Xplore by publishing extractions of the relevant data in those Answers.
(3935)
467
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of devolving the Work Programme to Metro Mayors and Combined Authorities.
(4342)
468
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants are awaiting an assessment for employment and support allowance; and how many such claimants have waited three months or more for that assessment.
(3646)
469
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for his Department and its subsidiary agencies are paid less than the living wage.
(3647)
470
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applied for short term benefit advance in (a) 2014 and (b) 2014-15; and how many such applications were successful.
(3648)
471
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants were affected by mandatory reconsideration in 2014-15; and how many such claimants waited 14 days or more to receive a decision following that consideration.
(3862)
472
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Answer of 24 June 2015, Official Report, columns 885-86 and to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2955, (a) for what reason his Department changed its policy on publishing statistics on the deaths of disability claimants, (b) when those statistics will be published, (c) how much those statistics will cost to produce, (d) for what reason those statistics could previously only be provided at disproportionate cost, (e) when his Department began collecting those statistics and (f) for what reason it began collecting those statistics.
(4401)
473
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the claimant would be if income under (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payments was subject to taxation.
(4014)
474
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the guidance given to jobcentre staff in pilot jobcentres on the Claimant Commitment and the responsibility of individuals to increase their earnings.
(4030)
475
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preston constituency who applied for employment and support allowance in (a) December 2014 and (b) January 2015 (i) have had medical assessments and (ii) are still waiting for medical assessments.
(3669)
476
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preston constituency who applied for personal independence payments in (a) December 2014 and (b) January 2015 (i) have had medical assessments and (ii) are waiting for medical assessments.
(3670)
477
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each benefit delivery area (a) applied for and (b) received funeral payments in 2014.
(3868)
478
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of whether the introduction of a mandatory four-year contributory period applied to both UK and EU nationals prior to eligibility for the tax credit element of universal credit would be permissible under EU law.
(4119)
479
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of EU nationals is eligible for universal credit in those areas in which that benefit is being trialled.
(4120)
480
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what forms of local and central government support are available to an EU national working on the minimum wage other than tax credits.
(4122)
481
Matthew Pennycook
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benchmark analysis of average household earnings his Department used to determine that £23,000 should be the new level at which the household benefit cap is set.
(4255)
482
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will develop a single and clear set of guidelines for micro-businesses who will be required to automatically enrol their employees with a pension scheme for the first time to ensure that they can access the information they require cost-effectively.
(3931)
483
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department plans to offer micro-businesses in adapting to new automatic enrolment pension provisions; and if he will make a statement.
(3932)
484
Toby Perkins
(Chesterfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the potential risk of pensions auto-enrolment packages and products being mis-sold to micro-businesses.
(3933)
485
Stephen Pound
(Ealing North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will end the requirement for residents of Ealing to attend personal independence payment assessments in Deptford; and if he will make a statement.
(4112)
486
Andy Slaughter
(Hammersmith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the Work and Pensions Select Committee report, Benefit sanctions policy beyond the Oakley Review, HC 814, published on 24 March 2015.
(3938)
487
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Torfaen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse arising from the under-occupancy penalty in Torfaen constituency in financial year 2014-15.
(3849)
488
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Torfaen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of payment of (a) out-of-work and (b) in-work benefits to people in Torfaen constituency in financial year 2014-15.
(3903)
489
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Torfaen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the Government's projected £12 billion reduction in welfare expenditure that will take place in Torfaen constituency.
(3904)
490
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Torfaen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people liable to the under-occupancy penalty (a) found alternative accommodation and (b) paid the penalty.
(3906)
491
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a learning disability are currently claiming jobseeker's allowance.
(4240)
492
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to tackle delays in carrying out work capability assessments for people with a learning disability.
(4241)
493
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people who will be claiming universal credit when it is fully rolled out.
(4242)
494
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of changing the household benefit cap on the ability of victims of domestic violence to find affordable accommodation after leaving a refuge; and if he will make a statement.
(4361)
495
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households, (b) adults and (c) children have been affected by the benefit cap in each local authority area since the nationwide roll-out in Scotland.
(4060)
496
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish an impact assessment on the reduction of the benefit cap.
(4061)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
497
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with manufacturers of anti-freeze on the addition of bittering agents to reduce ingestion by animals.
[Transferred]
(4362)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
498
Caroline Nokes
(Romsey and Southampton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his statement of 22 June 2015, Official Report, columns 617-9, whether local people will have the final say on planning applications for solar farms.
[Transferred]
(4206)