Session 2015-16
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 1 July 2015
Notes:
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Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 1 July 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 1 July 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
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Attorney General, if he will make it his policy to enable a Select Committee to hold a confirmation hearings for the post of Director of Public Prosecutions.
(4608)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in the adult further education budget on the participation rate on such courses.
(4607)
3
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress has been made on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations; and if he will make a statement.
(4484)
4
Matthew Pennycook
(Greenwich and Woolwich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the decision to sell the Government's majority stake in the Green Investment Bank on investor confidence and that bank's ability to attract new and cost-effective sources of private capital.
(4619)
5
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what provision exists for Catapult centres to take on apprentices; and how many apprentices (a) aged under 19, (b) aged 19 to 24 and (c) aged 24 plus are currently employed in each Catapult centre.
(4605)
6
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on which dates the (a) Ministerial Medical Technology Strategy Group, (b) Aerospace Growth Partnership, (c) Agri-Tech Leadership Council, (d) Automotive Council UK, (e) Construction Leadership Council, (f) Information Economy Council, (g) International Education Council, (h) Nuclear Industrial Council, (i) Offshore Wind Industry Council, (j) Ministerial Industrial Strategy Group, (k) Oil and Gas Industry Council, (l) Professional and Business Services Council, (m) Space Leadership Council and (n) Defence Growth Partnership met in the last year; which (i) Minister and (ii) officials in his Department attended each such meeting; and what support his Department provides to each such group.
(4606)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
7
N
Crispin Blunt
(Reigate):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Cabinet Secretary plans to reply to the letter to him dated 10 June 2015 from the hon. Member for Reigate.
(4412)
8
Roger Mullin
(Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the contributions by the Leader of the House of 18th June 2015, Official Report, columns 478-80, how many drafts of the forthcoming report by Sir John Chilcot into the Iraq War have been received by the Government; and on which date each such draft was received.
(4492)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
9
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of trends in competition and switching rates in the private motor insurance market in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(4546)
10
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the cost to consumers of private motor insurance auto-renewals.
(4547)
11
Sir David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the effect of auto-renewals on competition in the private motor insurance market.
(4548)
12
N
Neil Carmichael
(Stroud):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what cross-departmental work on productivity his Department is co-ordinating.
(900666)
13
Ann Coffey
(Stockport):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to enable disputes relating to tax credits to be dealt with by email correspondence.
(4552)
14
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the FCA Redress Scheme in offering adequate compensation to small businesses affected by bank misconduct.
(4507)
15
George Kerevan
(East Lothian):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.152 of Budget 2015, HC1093, what progress his Department has made on introducing a new Horserace Betting Right.
(4609)
16
N
Conor McGinn
(St Helens North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs from residents and businesses in St Helens North constituency were unanswered in 2014-15.
(4440)
17
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on the reinstatement of the Aggregate Credit Levy Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(4474)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
18
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which local authorities have local jobcentre plus staff been appointed to assist in the delivery of the Troubled Families programme.
(4557)
19
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role Jobcentre Plus plays in the referral of benefit claimants to participate in the Troubled Families programme.
(4558)
20
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of participants in the Troubled Families programme to date have been single parents.
(4559)
21
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect pubs in rural areas.
(4403)
22
N
Vicky Foxcroft
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate how many new properties have been sold to foreign investors in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency, (b) London and (c) the UK.
(4450)
23
N
Vicky Foxcroft
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households are housed in temporary accommodation by other local authorities in the London Borough of Lewisham.
(4470)
24
N
Mr David Nuttall
(Bury North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether there are any barriers or regulations that prevent local authorities from requesting details of a person's tenure on council tax registration forms.
(3946)
25
N
Melanie Onn
(Great Grimsby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of changes to planning permission for onshore wind projects on investment in the offshore wind sector.
(4405)
26
N
Mr Steve Reed
(Croydon North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the oral statement by the Secretary of State for Transport of 25 June 2015, Official Report, column 1067-8, on Network Rail, what assessment he has made of the implications of that announcement for the Northern Powerhouse programme.
(4424)
27
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households were owner-occupied in (a) London and (b) Enfield in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15.
(4614)
28
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the housing completion rates were in (a) England, (b) London, (c) Enfield and (d) Enfield North constituency in each of the last five years.
(4671)
29
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the average house price has risen in (a) England, (b) London, (c) Enfield and (d) Enfield North constituency in the last five years.
(4672)
30
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households are on the social housing waiting list in the London Borough of Enfield; and how many of those households require a (a) one bedroom, (b) two bedroom and (c) three bedroom property.
(4673)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
31
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Ashfield of 1 June 2015 on superfast broadband in Lilley Close, Selston, Nottinghamshire.
(4480)
32
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the effect to a local economy of hosting the Tour of Britain.
(4396)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
33
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what outstanding safety issues there are relating to the A400m Atlas aircraft; and if he will make a statement.
(4554)
34
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dogs his Department quarantined and transported back to the UK following the end of Operation Herrick in 2014; and when each such animal was transported back to the UK.
(4604)
35
Brendan O’Hara
(Argyll and Bute):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service personnel and (b) other staff employed by his Department have received redundancy payments in each of the last five years.
(4621)
36
Brendan O’Hara
(Argyll and Bute):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff made redundant by his Department in each of the last five years were later taken up as reservists.
(4622)
37
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to support Kurdish forces fighting ISIL in the Syrian town of Kobane and the surrounding area.
(4676)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
38
Neil Coyle
(Bermondsey and Old Southwark):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Oral Answer of 15 June 2015, Official Report, column 20, when she plans to respond to the Fifth Report of the Education Select Committee, Session 2014-15, HC 145 on Life Lessons: PSHE and SRE in Schools.
(4624)
39
N
Conor McGinn
(St Helens North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding is received per pupil in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England.
(4441)
40
Mr Iain Wright
(Hartlepool):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated in the last five years on a link between brain development and nurturing in early years; and what additional resources her Department is providing in (i) Hartlepool, (ii) North East England and (iii) England to ensure infants' brains are stimulated and developed.
(4687)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
41
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average annual power output is for solar panels installed in the UK.
(4394)
42
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average annual power output is of wind turbines installed in the UK.
(4395)
43
N
Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans she has to address the effects of the Renewable Heat Incentive on the ground source industry; and what consultation she plans to undertake with that industry on that incentive.
(4483)
44
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many seismologists and geologists are employed by her Department; what advice her Department sought from seismologists and geologists on fracking in Lancashire and East Sussex; what the cost of this advice was; and if she will publish the advice she received from external services.
(4288)
45
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 3414, what estimate her Department has made of projected expenditure on (a) Contracts for Difference and (b) Renewables Obligation since (i) publication of Table 2 in Annex A of the Annual Energy Statement in November 2014, and (ii) the Round One allocation in February 2015.
(4553)
46
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria she proposes to set for independent monitoring of the environmental effects of shale gas operations at proposed shale gas sites.
(4493)
47
Dr Paul Monaghan
(Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Energy companies' Consolidated Segmental Statements 2009 to 2014, what assessment she has made of the reasons why the cost of hydro-electricity to Highland and Island consumers has risen in tandem with gas prices although the cost of producing hydro-power has not changed.
(4551)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
48
N
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which places in London have air pollution levels that exceeded the EU limit on (a) NO2, (b) Ozone, (c) PM10 particles and (d) PM 2.5 particles in each year since 2010.
(4471)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
49
Steve Baker
(Wycombe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure that any progress towards a permanent seat on the UN Security Council for India is made conditional on that country's compliance with UN resolutions relating to Kashmir.
(4623)
50
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of napalm bombing taking place in Biafra land, Nigeria.
(4503)
51
N
Vicky Foxcroft
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the UK, Germany and France voted against proposed EU legislation in the EU Council of Ministers that was approved by a qualified majority in each year from 2010 to 2014.
(3930)
52
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Pakistan on its attempt to close the offices of Save the Children in Islamabad.
(4482)
53
N
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides to Bosnia.
(3887)
54
Mark Pritchard
(The Wrekin):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Turkish counterpart on the relationship between the Turkish security services and ISIL in Syria.
(4513)
55
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on (a) the situation in Syria and (b) the recent attacks by ISIL on the Syrian town of Kobane.
(4677)
56
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on attacks by ISIL on the Syrian town of Kobane.
(4681)
57
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his contribution of 9 June 2015, Official Report, column 1056, what progress he has made on raising the question of import duties imposed on cane sugar with his EU counterparts.
(4468)
58
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff were employed by HM Consulate-General in Istanbul on (a) 1 January 2010, (b) 1 January 2015 and (c) 1 June 2015.
(4690)
59
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the political and security situation in Yemen.
(4691)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
60
Ann Coffey
(Stockport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on implementing its response to the independent health working group report on child sexual exploitation published in May 2014.
(4616)
61
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of newly-diagnosed pancreatic cancer patients who start treatment within 62 days of diagnosis; and if he will make a statement.
(4533)
62
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of a potential link between a diagnosis of diabetes and an increased risk of pancreatic cancer.
(4509)
63
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent conversations he has had with Health Ministers in the devolved administrations to improve awareness of (a) pancreatic cancer and (b) other types of cancer across the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(4510)
64
Mark Durkan
(Foyle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve public awareness of pancreatic cancer.
(4511)
65
N
Mary Glindon
(North Tyneside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for regional or national multi-disciplinary care teams to incorporate aspects of Huntington's disease care; and if he will make a statement.
(4481)
66
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to announce the compensation arrangements for those affected by contaminated blood supplied by the NHS.
(4508)
67
Harry Harpham
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of a link between access to GPs and attendances at accident and emergency departments.
(4686)
68
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were recruited by each NHS Trust in Lancashire in 2014; and how many of those nurses trained (a) at the University of Central Lancashire, (b) at Edge Hill University, (c) at Bolton University, (d) at other universities, (e) in Italy, (f) in Spain, (g) in other EU countries and (h) in non-EU countries.
(4286)
69
Charlotte Leslie
(Bristol North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions of individual (a) benzodiazepine drugs and (b) antidepressants were dispensed in the community in 2014.
(4563)
70
N
Conor McGinn
(St Helens North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in St Helens North constituency are identified as suffering from long-term illnesses; and what the comparable average figure is in the (a) North West and (b) UK.
(4416)
71
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential cost and benefits of advanced genetic testing techniques for the clinical assessment and treatment of ovarian cancer; and if he will make a statement.
(4475)
72
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group had to wait longer than 48 hours for a GP appointment in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
(4674)
73
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely spend on agency (a) doctors and (b) nurses by (i) North Middlesex University NHS Trust and (ii) Royal Free London NHS Trust in each financial year up to 2019-20.
(4675)
74
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on agency (a) doctors and (b) nurses by (i) North Middlesex University NHS Trust and (ii) Royal Free London NHS Trust in each of the last five years.
(4683)
75
Mr Virendra Sharma
(Ealing, Southall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group to reach a decision on the availability of the drug Ivacaftor for cystic fibrosis patients with one of the eight non-G551D gating mutations.
(4491)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
76
N
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications from Eritrean nationals were decided in (a) April and (b) May 2015; and what decision was taken in each such case.
(4392)
77
N
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review and update her Department's country guidance on Eritrea relating to illegal exit and national service to take better account of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea.
(4393)
78
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the location of how many registered sex offenders from the West Yorkshire police area has been unknown for (a) up to one year, (b) one to five years, (c) five to 10 years and (d) over 10 years.
(4488)
79
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings her Department has had or plans to have with (a) representatives of church groups, (b) the Muslim Council of Britain, (c) the Board of Deputies, (d) the Christian Institute and (e) other faith groups on extremism disruption orders.
(4287)
80
Ian C. Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police civilian staff in (i) North Wales and (ii) the UK have been allocated to investigation of sexual offences in each of the last 10 years.
(4504)
81
Ian C. Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost has been of investigations into sexual offences in (a) North Wales and (b) the UK in each of the last 10 years.
(4505)
82
Stewart McDonald
(Glasgow South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on the economy of non-EU migrants working in the UK having to leave the UK if they earn less then £35,000 per annum.
(4487)
83
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of reasons for changes in the level of violent crime against the person in (a) Enfield and (b) London in the year to May 2015; and if she will make a statement.
(4682)
84
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Office for National Statistics' latest annual population statistics to June 2014, what steps she is taking to ensure that annual net migration is brought back down to the tens of thousands.
(4443)
85
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value is of contracts currently held with her Department by Teleperformance Ltd; and what each such contract relates to.
(4615)
86
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entry clearance officers were employed by her Department in Mumbai on 1 June (a) 2010 and (b) 2015.
(4689)
87
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) names and (b) previous occupations are of the non-executive member of the Home Office Board.
(4692)
88
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a decision on the application of the Mayor of London for the use of water cannon in London.
(4693)
89
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many surveillance warrants she signed (a) between 2010 and 2015 and (b) since 7 May 2015.
(4694)
90
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on police pensions.
(4695)
91
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials were employed in her Department on 1 January (a) 2010 and (b) 2015.
(4696)
92
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of the National Crime Agency previously worked for the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
(4697)
93
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days of sick leave employees in her Department took in 2014.
(4701)
94
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) names and (b) salaries are of officials of director general rank in her Department.
(4702)
95
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals have been granted following refusal of the granting of a settlement visa since 1 January 2015.
(4704)
Questions to the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission
96
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, whether all contractors supplying a service to the House have now been signed up as living wage employers.
(4404)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
97
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on the quality and quantity of aid (a) promised and (b) delivered to Nepal following the earthquakes of 25 April and 12 May 2015.
(4561)
98
N
Patrick Grady
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department allocates annually for research into neglected tropical diseases.
(4389)
99
N
Patrick Grady
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department allocates each year to ensure that people in the developing world living with HIV who have also contracted tuberculosis have access to anti-tuberculosis drugs.
(4390)
100
N
Patrick Grady
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department allocates each year to ensure that individuals in the developing world living with HIV have access to HIV drugs.
(4391)
101
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Kobane following the recent attack by ISIL.
(4670)
102
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of the research and development pipeline for diagnostics, drugs and vaccines for poverty-related and other neglected diseases.
(4502)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
103
Ann Coffey
(Stockport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to complete the evaluation of the pilots of section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
(4545)
104
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) pork and (d) poultry meat is purchased annually for consumption in prisons; and what proportion of each type of meat is British.
(4564)
105
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants with no previous convictions or cautions were given a custodial sentence for a first offence in magistrates' courts in 2014.
(4514)
106
Mark Pritchard
(The Wrekin):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to repeal section 11(3) of The Supreme Court Act 1981 and introduce a new mechanism for the removal of a judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal that does not require an Act of Parliament.
(4506)
107
Mark Pritchard
(The Wrekin):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to remove the power of veto held by the Lord Chief Justice on the Lord Chancellor's power to remove circuit and district judges.
(4512)
108
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce reoffending.
(4549)
109
Cat Smith
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the privatisation of the collection and enforcement of fines, compensation and other charges imposed by the criminal courts.
(4538)
110
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges have been appointed since (a) 1 January and (b) 7 May 2015.
(4703)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
111
Angela Crawley
(Lanark and Hamilton East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who the members of the management board of her Department are; and how many of those members are women.
(4626)
112
George Kerevan
(East Lothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 2.152 of Budget 2015, HC1093, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the extension of the Horserace Betting Right to Northern Ireland.
(4610)
113
Ian Paisley
(North Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost under each cost heading was of the Hallett Review into On The Runs.
(4688)
Questions to the Prime Minister
114
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings the Government's Anti-Corruption Champion has had with business organisations to discuss the operation of the Bribery Act 2010 and Government guidance on that Act since he took up his post.
(4472)
115
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Prime Minister, when (a) his Department and (b) the Cabinet Office has held meetings with business organisations to discuss the operation of the Bribery Act 2010 and that Government guidance on the Act since January 2015.
(4473)
116
N
Conor McGinn
(St Helens North):
To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he has attended meetings of the British-Irish Council since 2010.
(4417)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
117
Angela Crawley
(Lanark and Hamilton East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, who the members of the management board of his Department are; and how many of those members are women.
(4627)
118
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will visit Preston to commemorate the Battle of Preston in 1715.
(4236)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
119
Lucy Allan
(Telford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the electrification of the train line between Wolverhampton and Telford.
(4685)
120
Angela Crawley
(Lanark and Hamilton East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the members of the management board of his Department are; and how many of those members are women.
(4628)
121
Oliver Dowden
(Hertsmere):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a feasibility study has been undertaken on modifications to the Elstree rail tunnels; and whether his Department has undertaken a cost analysis on those modifications.
(4550)
122
Oliver Dowden
(Hertsmere):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the capacity of the Elstree rail tunnels to accommodate rail freight trains for the proposed Radlett rail freight terminal.
(4620)
123
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the clarity of the guidance given to local authorities on determining the eligibility for blue badges of community transport operators.
(4490)
124
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the number of jobs and businesses that rely on the Bus Service Operators Grant; and what assessment he has made of the effect of this Grant on the availability of bus services in Merseyside.
(4467)
125
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of trees used for ecological mitigation planting for High Speed 2 will be sourced from the UK.
(4611)
126
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which ancient woodlands are under discussion with Natural England to be added to the ancient woodland inventory of Phase 1 of High Speed 2.
(4612)
127
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons HS2 Ltd is challenging the classification of the additional woods to be added to the ancient woodland inventory; and if he will make a statement.
(4613)
128
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of June 25 2015 to Question 3539, which external organisations have held meetings and on which dates with the Rail Infrastructure Futures unit since that unit's creation.
(4427)
129
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of June 25 2015 to Question 3449, what the total value was of the contracts entered into by Network Rail in connection with (a) Midland Main Line and (b) TransPennine electrification.
(4428)
130
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral statement of 25 June 2015, Official Report, column 1067-8, on Network Rail, which of the Midland Main Line speed improvement works referenced in that statement are additional to projects already committed under Control Period 5.
(4429)
131
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 3530, by what date he expects Pacer trains to be withdrawn from service by those franchises managed by his Department.
(4442)
132
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on assessing the case for electrifying the rail line from Bristol to Derby.
(4466)
133
N
Mr Stewart Jackson
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to respond to the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety constituency data on road traffic accidents, published in March 2015; and if he will make a statement.
(4168)
134
N
Mr Stewart Jackson
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to issue a green paper on young drivers; and if he will make a statement.
(4397)
135
N
Conor McGinn
(St Helens North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral statement of 25 June 2015, Official Report, column 1067-8, on Network Rail, what effect changes to Network Rail's programme will have on upgrading of stock on and electrification of the lines between (a) Liverpool and Manchester and (b) Liverpool and Wigan.
(4423)
136
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral statement of 25 June 2015, Official Report, column 1067-8, on Network Rail, what his policy is on electrification of the Leeds-Harrogate-York line.
(4425)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
137
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to implement the conclusions of the Equality Strategy - Building a Fairer Britain, published in December 2010, particularly those in Section 3 of that strategy involving the devolution of power to local authorities.
(4684)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
138
Mr Alistair Carmichael
(Orkney and Shetland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each local authority area were eligible to receive carer's allowance on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many and what proportion of such people were in receipt of carer's allowance in each local authority area on that date.
(4562)
139
Angela Crawley
(Lanark and Hamilton East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who the members of the management board of his Department are; and how many of those members are women.
(4629)
140
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the forecast total value of housing benefit payments that will be made in each of the next five years.
(4451)
141
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value of payment of housing benefit was in (a) the UK, (b) West Midlands and (c) Coventry in the last five years.
(4452)
142
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the total value of payment of housing benefit was for properties in London in the most recent period for what figures are available.
(4453)
143
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to invite disability living allowance claimants in Birmingham to apply for personal independence payments.
(4540)
144
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of carrying out the personal independence payment assessments on people with lifelong or degenerative conditions who are receiving disability living allowance.
(4541)
145
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of reductions in the welfare budget on children with sensory loss.
(4542)
146
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial penalty Capita received for missing its six-week target for carrying out personal independence payment assessments.
(4543)
147
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment decisions based on Capita assessments have been taken to mandatory reconsideration on the ground that the assessment was inaccurate; and what proportion of those mandatory reconsiderations have been successful.
(4544)
148
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the phone number which disability living allowance claimants must phone in order to make a claim for personal independence payments will be free to call from (a) mobiles and (b) landlines.
(4555)
149
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what annual saving he expects to accrue to the Exchequer from the transfer of existing disability living allowance claimants to personal independence payments.
(4556)
150
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) Enfield and (iv) Enfield North constituency in the last five years.
(4678)
151
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in work were claiming housing benefit in May (a) 2010 and (b) 2015 in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) Enfield and (iv) Enfield North constituency.
(4679)
152
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged between 18 and 21 in the London Borough of Enfield were in receipt of housing benefit in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
(4680)
153
Joan Ryan
(Enfield North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) Enfield and (c) London are affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
(4700)
154
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many people who are not subject to the work-search requirements as set out in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 have been affected by the benefit cap since April 2013.
(4590)
155
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many jobseeker's allowance claimants who fulfil all the work-search requirements as set out in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and have never been subject to sanctions have been affected by the benefit cap since April 2013.
(4591)
156
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households affected by the benefit cap since April 2013 have been subject to that cap while living in temporary accommodation in which they have been placed by a local authority.
(4592)
157
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the amount spent by local authorities on providing advice and assistance, including temporary accommodation to families who have presented as homeless, following the introduction of the benefit cap in April 2013.
(4593)
158
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to lower the benefit cap to £23,000 per year.
(4594)
159
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will instruct the Social Security Advisory Committee to undertake an independent review of (a) the operation of the benefit cap since April 2013 and (b) proposals to lower the benefit cap to £23,000 per year.
(4595)
160
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) public opinion polling and (b) focus group research in relation to the benefit cap in each of the last five years.
(4596)
161
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on research evaluating the effect of the benefit cap (a) before and (b) after that cap's implementation.
(4597)
162
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to limit the benefit cap to £23,000 per year through (a) primary legislation, (b) secondary legislation and (c) other methods.
(4598)
163
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households living in (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) privately rented housing who have been affected by the benefit cap have been evicted from their homes since April 2013.
(4599)
164
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households in each region of England, Wales and Scotland affected by the benefit cap since April 2013 have been tenants of (a) local authorities, (b) housing associations and (c) private sector landlords.
(4600)
165
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households which include a claimant who is classed as disabled under the Equality Act 2010 have been affected by the benefit cap since April 2013.
(4601)
166
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households which include a claimant from an ethnic minority background that have been affected by the benefit cap since April 2013.
(4602)
167
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households which include a claimant who is in receipt of (a) employment support allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) severe disablement allowance that have been affected by the benefit cap since April 2013.
(4603)
168
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's statistical release entitled Benefit cap: number of households capped to February 2015, published on 14 May 2015, what information his Department holds on the reasons why 23,100 households are subject to the cap.
(4617)
169
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) cost of childcare to households subject to the benefit cap which consist of a single parent with dependent children.
(4618)
170
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's statistical release, entitled Benefit cap: number of households capped to February 2015, published on 14 May 2015, how many capped households which consist of a single parent with dependent children include at least one child aged (a) under three years and (b) between three and four years.
(4625)
171
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 21015 to Question 1695, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to lower the benefit cap before his Department's impact assessment is published.
(4652)
172
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release of 14 May 2015, Benefit cap: thousands move into work or off housing benefit, how many of the 22,400 households who have moved into work since being made subject to the benefit cap are now in (a) full-time and (b) part-time work.
(4698)
173
Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release of 14 May 2015, Benefit cap: thousands move into work or off housing benefit, how many of the 35,600 households that are no longer subject to the benefit cap are still in receipt of housing benefit.
(4699)
174
N
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.
(4413)
175
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a learning disability are claiming employment and support allowance and are in the (a) work related activity and (b) support group.
(4414)
176
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payment assessments for people with a learning disability.
(4415)
177
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications of the High Court ruling of June 2015 relating to delays in payment of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for his plans for implementing PIP.
(4426)
Questions to the Attorney General
178
Ian C. Lucas
(Wrexham):
To ask the Attorney General, how many sexual offences leading to prosecution there have been in (a) North Wales and (b) the UK in each of the last 10 years.
[Transferred]
(4589)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
179
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 3596, which specific species of non-human primates have been experimented on by his Department in 2014; and how many such experiments have been performed on each such species.
[Transferred]
(4653)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
180
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the bail system.
[Transferred]
(4501)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
181
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with its Nepalese counterpart on reports of an increase in child trafficking and exploitation following the earthquakes of 25 April and 12 May 2015.
[Transferred]
(4560)