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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 6 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 6 July 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 6 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.

Monday 6 July  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Law Officers' Departments applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5277)
2  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Law Officers' Departments applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5298)
3  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Attorney General, what instructions have been given to staff in the Law Officers' Departments dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5319)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
4 N
Phil Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which investment bank or banks his Department has had discussions with on the proposed privatisation of the Green Investment Bank.
      (5217)
5 N
Phil Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial targets the Green Investment Bank (a) achieved and (b) missed in the last financial year.
      (5218)
6 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3911, what steps his Department is taking to increase apprenticeship starts for people aged 18 and below.
      (4808)
7 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3910, what partnerships with business his Department has formed to increase the availability of apprenticeships in Coventry.
      (4809)
8 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3461, what steps his Department is taking to increase uptake of adult skills training in the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
      (4810)
9 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote automotive manufacturing in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
      (5103)
10 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote the export of automotive products; and if he will make a statement.
      (5104)
11 N
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on concluding UK-Ethiopia bilateral trade agreement; when he expects that agreement to be laid before Parliament for approval; and if he will make a statement to the House when that agreement is so laid.
      (5060)
12 N
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects bilateral trade agreements with each country with which such agreements are being negotiated to be (a) concluded and (b) laid before Parliament for approval.
      (5061)
13 N
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on concluding the Trade in Services Agreement; when he expects that agreement to be laid before Parliament for approval; and if he will make a statement to the House when that agreement is so laid.
      (5062)
14 N
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on concluding the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada; when he expects that agreement to be laid before Parliament for approval; and if he will make a statement to the House when that agreement is so laid.
      (5063)
15 N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the investment each Local Enterprise Partnership has secured in each of the last five years.
      (5040)
16 N
Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will encourage tour operators to give a full refund to anyone who has booked a package holiday to Tunisia, who now believes that their personal safety would be compromised if they were to travel to that area.
      (4936)
17  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5276)
18  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5297)
19  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5318)
20  
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of coal imports on the balance of trade.
      (5386)
21 N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value in sterling of (a) exports to Russia and (b) foreign direct investment from Russia lost as a result of sanctions on that country.
      (4756)
22  
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with small business representatives on support for meeting the costs of regulation 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
      (5442)
23  
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding is available for small businesses which incur significant costs in complying with regulation 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
      (5443)
24  
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of regulation 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures on small-scale manufacturers of candles and other scented goods.
      (5444)
25  
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the benefits to businesses of availability of superfast broadband across the UK.
      (5126)
26 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to reduce the volume of junk mail.
      (5043)
27  
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to secure OECD agreement to stop OECD members supporting coal projects overseas through export credit agencies.
      (5414)
28 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on each commitment made under each of the Government's 11 sector partnerships; and what the current status is of each sector partnership.
      (5013)
29 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the British Business Bank; and if he will make a statement.
      (5014)
30 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish a response to the Government's consultation on support for postgraduate study; and what deadlines he or officials in his Department have set in relation to this process.
      (5015)
31 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timescale he has set for establishing with business a new generation of national colleges to provide specialist skills for key technical sectors.
      (5016)
32 N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) women and (b) men aged 24 and over were enrolled in further education courses at level 3 or above in each academic year since 2010.
      (4804)
33  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in his Department are entitled to the use of a (i) car with a dedicated driver, (ii) car from the Government car pool and (iii) taxi ordered through a departmental account.
      (5463)
34 N
Corri Wilson (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate of the average daily cost to UK businesses of an unscheduled closure of the Channel Tunnel.
      (5059)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
35 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times Ministers in his Department have met officials working on the Chilcot Inquiry since that Inquiry commenced.
      (4913)
36 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with Sir John Chilcot in the last year.
      (4914)
37  
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what targets his Department has set for the electoral registration of young people; and whether his Department has plans to assess the potential merits of any auto-enrolment schemes for that purpose.
      (5201)
38  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5278)
39  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5299)
40  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5320)
41  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people on zero-hours contracts in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK.
      (5349)
42  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged between 16 and 24 in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been on zero-hours contracts in each of the last five years.
      (5377)
43  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been on zero-hours contracts in each of the last five years.
      (5378)
44  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the revised travel guidance used by Government departments on first class rail travel.
      (5464)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
45 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls to the HM Revenue and Customs self-assessment helpline were (a) abandoned by callers and (b) answered after a period of (i) 15, (ii) 30 and (iii) 45 minutes in the latest year for which data are available.
      (5210)
46 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs officials on improving waiting times for members of the public calling that Department's self-assessment helpline.
      (5211)
47 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of waiting times for members of the public calling the HM Revenue and Customs self assessment helpline.
      (5212)
48 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of calls to the HM Revenue and Customs self assessment helpline were abandoned without answer in each of the last three years; and what the median waiting time was for such abandoned calls.
      (5213)
49 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken was for HM Revenue and Customs to send out self assessment tax forms and online assessment password details in the last 12 months.
      (5216)
50  
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision his Department has made in the sales prospectus for RBS for consequential losses arising from the FCA interest rate hedging product mis-selling redress scheme.
      (5084)
51  
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision his Department has made in the sales prospectus for RBS shares for the cost of litigation (a) that has commenced and (b) that complainants have given notice of their plans to commence in respect of interest rate swap mis-selling.
      (5085)
52  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit claims are paid into Coutts bank accounts.
      (5412)
53  
Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people made donations of paper or other artefacts to non-governmental bodies in lieu of tax in each of the last two financial year for which records are available.
      (5447)
54  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of public spending per capita in Wales to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland; and if he will review the working of the Barnett formula.
      (5408)
55  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5294)
56  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5315)
57  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5336)
58  
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for future policy on pension tax relief.
      (5054)
59  
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for calls to HM Revenue and Customs.
      (5173)
60 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency are in receipt of (i) child tax credit, (ii) working tax credit and (iii) both such credits.
      (5214)
61 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency are in receipt of the disability element of working tax credit.
      (5221)
62 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to repay people who have made excess class 3 voluntary National Insurance contributions who will not qualify for state pension because of the introduction of a 30-year qualifying period in 2010.
      (4744)
63 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page two of the Impact Assessment for the Childcare Payments Act 2014, if he will make an updated estimate of the number of families who will be better off under the new scheme once free childcare for working families is doubled to 30 hours per week from 2016.
      (4932)
64  
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4358, what mechanisms other than the issuance of gilts are used to finance Government borrowing; and what the gross value is of borrowing through such mechanisms.
      (5395)
65  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs from people in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds and (c) Leeds North West constituency were unanswered for each of the last five years.
      (5390)
66  
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the relative benefits to the economy of access to (a) 2G, (b) 3G and (c) 4G mobile coverage.
      (5122)
67  
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the benefits to the economy of superfast broadband access.
      (5124)
68 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will initiate an inquiry into the relationship between the price of petrol and the cost of oil.
      (5045)
69 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Rural Fuel Rebate scheme operating in parts of Scotland and England to Northern Ireland.
      (5046)
70  
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the proposed offence of failure to prevent economic crime is intended to have extra-territorial effect where a UK link can be proven.
      (5446)
71 N
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his contribution of 29 June 2015, Official Report, column 1221, on Greece, how many UK citizens resident in (a) the UK and (b) Greece hold accounts with Greek banks.
      (5140)
72  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.259 of Budget 2015, HC 1093, which Department has been allocated as lead Department for the implementation of a marine reserve around the Pitcairn Islands.
      (5200)
73 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4306, whether he plans that the child element of child tax credit will be the same as the child element of universal credit throughout the roll-out of universal credit.
      (5134)
74 N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking in response to the outcome of the Government's consultation on matching SMEs rejected for finance with alternative lenders.
      (5017)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
75 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the findings of his Department's consultation, Parking reform: tackling unfair practices, published on 28 March 2015.
      (4811)
76  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fires were caused by an electrical source in the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of such fires.
      (5345)
77  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that tenants in the private rented sector are better protected from risks from (a) electricity, (b) gas, (c) faulty smoke detectors and (d) carbon monoxide.
      (5354)
78  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of elderly people involved in domestic fires.
      (5355)
79 N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of families with children living in temporary accommodation in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years.
      (4747)
80 N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of affordable homes built in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years.
      (4748)
81 N
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families with children living in bed and breakfast accommodation in the London Borough of Lewisham have been so accommodated for more than six weeks; and how many families with children are living in bed and breakfast accommodation in the London Borough of Lewisham.
      (5047)
82  
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the housing completion rates were in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham and (c) Lewisham, Deptford constituency in each of the last five years.
      (5096)
83 N
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households were owner-occupied in (a) London and (b) the London Borough of Lewisham in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2015.
      (5112)
84  
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the average house price has risen in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham and (c) Lewisham, Deptford constituency in the last five years.
      (5238)
85  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5279)
86  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5300)
87  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5321)
88  
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to implement new planning provisions on redevelopment of brownfield sites.
      (5174)
89  
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the new considerations on proposed wind energy developments issued on 18 June 2015 apply to local planning authorities that (a) do not have local plans and (b) have local plans that do not contain policies relating to renewable energy.
      (5087)
90  
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the National Planning Policy Framework for onshore wind projects of under 50MW takes precedence over new considerations to be applied to proposed wind energy developments issued on 18 June 2015.
      (5088)
91  
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will amend the National Planning Policy Framework for onshore wind projects of under 50MW.
      (5089)
92  
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the National Planning Policy Framework for onshore wind projects of under 50MW has been changed since 8 May 2015.
      (5090)
93  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 1001, how the assessment will be undertaken and when the assessment of costs and savings to local government will be completed.
      (5380)
94  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 1001, if his Department will provide extra funds to support those local authorities that have a higher number of children on their adoption list.
      (5383)
95  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of affordable homes that will be (a) started and (b) completed in (i) Leeds North West constituency and (ii) West Yorkshire in the next year.
      (5387)
96  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): 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) Leeds North West constituency, (b) Leeds and (c) the UK in the last year.
      (5388)
97  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will undertake a feasibility study of reverting the boundaries of Yorkshire to those prior to the splitting of the region after the Local Government Act 1972.
      (5389)
98  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the housing completion rates in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) Leeds and (d) Leeds North West constituency was in the last five years.
      (5391)
99  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve public accountability of the Local Government Ombudsman.
      (5057)
100 N
Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will request Maidstone Borough Council to require the applicant to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment for the proposed development at Hazelpits Farm, Headcorn (Application Ref: 15/503325/Hybrid) prior to the determination by Maidstone Borough Council's planning committee planned for 9 July 2015.
      (5183)
101  
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost was to local authorities in England of (a) collecting and (b) disposing of road sweepings in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (5234)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
102  
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to remove criminal sanctions for non-payment of the television licence fee.
      (5342)
103  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 3292 on creating a cultural protection fund, which key cultural organisations agree that this measure is needed.
      (5196)
104  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 3288, for what reasons he is not able to estimate the cost of collecting information on the number of volunteer-run libraries.
      (5198)
105 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3327, on public libraries: wifi, for what reasons it is impractical to place his current list in the Library.
      (5223)
106 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of tickets for the 2015 Rugby World Cup available on the secondary market.
      (5243)
107 N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average price of a ticket for the 2015 Rugby World Cup bought from the secondary market.
      (5244)
108  
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take in response to the High Court ruling in the judicial review case against the Government brought by UK Music and others.
      (5445)
109 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with EU bodies on the definition of broadband that can be described as superfast; and if he will make a statement.
      (5010)
110  
Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when and by whom his Department was first made aware of (a) the Crown Estate's round 3 zone selection process and (b) the potential effect of that process on (i) the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Sites and (ii) tourism in that area; and what responses his Department made to consultations on that matter.
      (5450)
111  
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote growth in tourism.
      (5393)
112  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5280)
113  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5301)
114  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5322)
115 N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
      (5031)
116 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to review the Treasure Act 1996.
      (5202)
117 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the continued viability of the Portable Antiquities Scheme after changes to its funding by the British Museum.
      (5203)
118  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help protect cultural sites in the Middle East.
      (5151)
119  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on establishing a cultural protection fund.
      (5152)
120  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of establishing a cultural protection fund.
      (5153)
121  
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Wales and (b) Ministers in the Welsh Government on the roll-out of 4G mobile telephone coverage in rural areas in Wales.
      (5121)
122  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made as to the effect of leisure aviation on the UK tourism sector; and if he will make a statement.
      (5436)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
123 N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many category A and B airprox incidents involving at least one fast jet of each event classification and each aircraft type have happened within a 100-mile radius of (a) Aberdeen, (b) Inverness, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Glasgow and (e) Prestwick Airport in each of the last five years.
      (4805)
124 N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the (a) Tornado or (b) Super Tucano aircraft involved in the airprox incident near Inverness Airport on 5 February 2015 had a collision warning system installed; and whether those systems activated a warning when the aircraft came within close proximity.
      (4806)
125 N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fast jets involved in airprox incidents in UK airspace in the last 12 months had a collision warning system installed; and how many of those collision warning systems issued a command.
      (4807)
126 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) total cost and (b) number of units that will be produced by the F-35B aircraft programme.
      (5066)
127 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the unit costs of the A400M aircraft.
      (5067)
128 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the unit costs of the F-35B aircraft.
      (5068)
129 N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What his policy is on the size of the regular armed forces.
      (5069)
130  
Stephen Gethins (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on the local economy of the departure of RAF personnel from Leuchars.
      (5095)
131  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5281)
132  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5302)
133  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5323)
134 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Strategic Defence Review will consider the future of the Red Arrows.
      (4939)
135 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on withdrawing (a) service personnel, (b) civilian staff, (c) equipment and (d) other military assets from Germany to date.
      (4903)
136 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) armed forces personnel, (b) civilian staff, (c) equipment and (d) other British military assets have been withdrawn from Germany since 2013.
      (4904)
137 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on taxis for (a) military and (b) civilian staff in each month since April 2014.
      (4910)
138 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on educating the children of service personnel based in Germany in each year since 2010; and how many pupils have been so educated.
      (4915)
139 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's plans are for the maintenance of graves of former UK service personnel and their dependents currently in British army bases in Germany; and if he will make a statement.
      (4916)
140 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under which Minister in his Department responsibility for military airworthiness lies.
      (5144)
141  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) total and (b) set up costs of the Libyan training mission at Bassingbourn base were; what payments have been made by the Libyan government to cover (i) activation costs, (ii) flights, (iii) repairs, (iv) training, (v) facilities management and catering, (vi) infrastructure inventory and consumable items, (vii) personal costs, (viii) policing and (ix) transport; and if he will make a statement.
      (5130)
142  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2850, what estimate he has made of the total cost of repairs to be paid for by the Libyan government following the Libyan training mission at Bassingbourn base; what payments in respect of those repairs have been made by that government; and if he will make a statement.
      (5131)
143  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2855, how much the Defence Infrastructure Organisation has spent on Bassingbourn barracks since January 2013; what the nature and cost was of each improvement so funded at that barracks in that time period; and if he will make a statement.
      (5132)
144 N
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3418, on Libya: military training, where in the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 219659 the response to Question 3418 is contained; and if he will make a statement.
      (5147)
145  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2850, what estimate he has made of the cost of repairs required following the Libyan training mission at Bassingbourn base; and if he will make a statement.
      (5231)
146  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received a request from the Tunisian government for military training to improve border security between Tunisia and Libya.
      (5343)
147  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his private Ministerial office spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
      (5473)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
148  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that early years education is adequately funded on a per capita basis for the lifetime of the Parliament.
      (5164)
149  
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to work with local authorities to support the expansion of over-subsidised rural primary schools.
      (5077)
150 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of the one year delay in Parkfield School being able to move to a new site at Hurn; and if she will make a statement.
      (5048)
151 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Education Funding Agency first became aware that the site purchased for Parkfield School at Hurn, Christchurch, is a habitat for bats; and whether a full site survey was carried out prior to that purchase.
      (5049)
152 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what species of bat have been discovered at the site of Parkfield School, Hurn; which specific buildings on that site are bat habitats; what measures are being taken to remove or relocate those bats; and on what date the process of removal and relocation is expected to be complete.
      (5050)
153  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5282)
154  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5303)
155  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5324)
156 N
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) maintained schools and (b) academies did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics and also had a below median score for the proportion of students making expected progress in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14,
      (5175)
157 N
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics and also had a below median score for the proportion of students making expected progress in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14,
      (5176)
158 N
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools which were rated good or outstanding did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics and also had a below median score for the proportion of students making expected progress in 2014.
      (5177)
159  
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the amount spent annually by schools on agencies used to recruit teachers.
      (5477)
160  
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans for the funding rate review for the Government's proposal to provide 30 hours free childcare for three and four year olds to review the rate applicable for (a) all 30 hours or (b) the additional 15 hours.
      (5075)
161  
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to provide more funding for deaf people to procure the services of interpreters.
      (5055)
162 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the College of Social Work is planned to close.
     [R] (5025)
163 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funds her Department has allocated to the College of Social Work to date.
     [R] (5026)
164 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who she plans will assume the functions relating to advising on social worker training provided by the College of Social Work after its closure.
     [R] (5027)
165 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the remit of the Child Protection Taskforce is.
     [R] (5028)
166 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who she plans will advise the Child Protection Task Force on child protection; and what resources the Government has allocated to its work.
     [R] (5029)
167  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 1002, in which other situations her Department plans to use such powers.
      (5381)
168  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 1002, whether her Department plans to use its powers in all cases where local authorities are unwilling to join regional adoption agencies.
      (5382)
169  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to introduce relationship skills to the school curriculum.
      (5154)
170  
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support Sandwell Children's services to improve by their next inspection.
      (5091)
171  
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to support children's services in (a) Sandwell MBC and (b) other areas which have been declared as inadequate.
      (5092)
172  
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking in response to children's services in Sandwell being declared inadequate; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure children's services can perform to a good standard.
      (5093)
173  
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department is doing to ensure children's services rated as inadequate can be improved and begin to achieve their targets.
      (5094)
174 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from local authorities (a) in and (b) outside London on the effect on education services in their area of out of area placements for homeless families; and if she will make a statement.
      (4917)
175  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in her Department are entitled to the use of a (i) car with a dedicated driver, (ii) car from the Government car pool and (iii) taxi ordered through a departmental account.
      (5462)
176  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her private Ministerial office spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
      (5471)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
177  
Michelle Donelan (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will take steps to identify effective ways to encourage public sector buildings to utilise roof space by installing solar panels.
      (5266)
178  
Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether it is her policy to include the 2009 Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment as a material consideration in planning decisions on National Infrastructure projects.
      (5449)
179  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when her Department plans to publish the results of the 14th onshore oil and gas licensing round.
      (5394)
180  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5283)
181  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5304)
182  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5325)
183  
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many installations of (a) solar thermal, (b) ground source heat pumps, (c) biomass and (d) air source heat pumps took place under the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive in 2014-15; and what forecasts her Department had made of the number of such installations in that period.
      (5117)
184  
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment she has made of the environmental effects of importing coal.
      (5397)
185  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she plans to make a further announcement about Contracts for Difference; and whether she plans for onshore wind developments to be able to qualify for such contracts.
      (5172)
186  
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultation the UK Government has conducted with the Scottish Government on changes to UK-wide subsidy for onshore wind and onshore wind investment in Scotland.
      (5128)
187  
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to develop the offshore wind industry in Scotland.
      (5158)
188  
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the level of subsidy which the proposed new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point is projected to require over its lifetime.
      (5159)
189  
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she plans to hold the next round of Contract for Difference auctions before the end of 2015.
      (5160)
190  
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with investors who have sunk costs in the onshore wind pipeline under the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) scheme.
      (5195)
191  
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on jobs and the supply chain of the closure of the Renewables Obligation for onshore wind.
      (5242)
192 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what dates meetings have taken place between her Department and the Northern Ireland Executive on Contracts for Difference; and on what dates future such meetings are planned.
      (4906)
193 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings of the report published by Greenpeace on 30 June 2015 that nuclear regulators in Europe have failed to act on lessons from the Fukushima tsunami incident in April 2011; and if she will make a statement.
      (4941)
194  
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, over what timeframe she plans to issue licences for the extraction of oil deposits under Sussex and Surrey.
      (5074)
195  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to tackle fuel poverty of park home residents through the (a) Energy Company Obligation and (b) Warm Homes Discount.
      (5058)
196 N
Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the importance of trees and tree planting to achieving carbon capture.
      (4922)
197 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs that will be lost as a result of the closure of the subsidy scheme for new onshore wind farms.
      (5220)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
198  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5284)
199  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5305)
200  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5326)
201 N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical her Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
      (5032)
202  
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which poor broadband access prevents farmers to accessing online CAP applications.
      (5123)
203 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to roll out further badger cull trials; and if she will make a statement.
      (4738)
204 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy that part-payments under the Basic Payment Scheme be made when the full payments have not been processed.
      (4801)
205 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what checks her Department carries out on the traceability of food labelled with its country of origin; and if she will make a statement.
      (5185)
206  
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to tackle abuse of the Pet Travel scheme.
      (5165)
207  
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will implement the recommendations of the Dogs' Trust report, The Puppy Smuggling Scandal, published in November 2014.
      (5229)
208  
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to achieve the commitment to treble the number of apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
      (5346)
209  
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings her Department has had with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on trebling the the number of apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
      (5347)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
210 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department and UK embassies are taking to promote LGBT rights (a) in British Overseas Territories, (b) the Commonwealth and (c) globally.
      (4911)
211 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on promoting LGBT rights (a) in British Overseas Territories, (b) in the Commonwealth and (c) globally in the last year.
      (4912)
212  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Romanian counterparts on tackling corruption in that country.
      (5406)
213  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with counterparts in NATO countries on the new NATO Force Integration Unit to be built in Romania.
      (5407)
214  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5285)
215  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5306)
216  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5327)
217  
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions has he had with the Burmese government on (a) the Rohingya community in Rakhine state and (b) democracy and human rights in that country.
      (5435)
218 N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
      (5033)
219 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement.
      (4812)
220 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU sanctions against the Russian Federation.
      (4813)
221 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British personnel are deployed in Afghanistan in non-combat roles.
      (5039)
222 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on support to the YPG and YPJ in repelling ISIS in Syria; and if he will make a statement.
      (5071)
223 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken in response to recent incidents of Russian jets operating near UK airspace.
      (5072)
224 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which countries (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department plan to pay official visits in the next 12 months.
      (5073)
225  
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of escalation of the conflict in Colombia.
      (5481)
226  
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of killings of Colombian human rights activists.
      (5482)
227  
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the Colombian peace process.
      (5483)
228  
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on human rights abuses in Colombia.
      (5484)
229  
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Colombia on the imprisonment of civil society activists and trade unionists in that country.
      (5485)
230  
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent Human Rights Watch report on alleged senior military involvement in false positive cases in Colombia.
      (5486)
231  
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to secure the release of Andargachew Tsege in Ethiopia; and if he will make a statement.
      (5392)
232  
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have held with business organisations to discuss the Bribery Act 2010 and guidance on that Act since January 2015; and on what dates those meetings took place.
      (5441)
233  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his French counterpart on improving collaboration between the French and UK governments in providing governance and capability training for Tunisian national and regional government bodies.
      (5352)
234 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Nigeria on the recent sentencing to death of nine people for blasphemy in that country; and if he will make a statement.
      (4803)
235  
Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has requested the UN Security-General to lead personally negotiations on securing unrestricted humanitarian access in Rakhine State, Burma.
      (5236)
236 N
Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether it is legally possible for each other EU member state to commit to a future change to the Lisbon Treaty before formal processes to agree those changes have been gone through in each of those countries.
      (5191)
237  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his private Ministerial office spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
      (5472)
238  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much UK embassies spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
      (5474)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
239 N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Trust managers on Guys and St Thomas' Hospital Trust running services currently provided by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; and which services have been the subject of those discussions.
      (5030)
240  
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which A&E departments in (a) Leicestershire and (b) the East Midlands have 24 hour mental health support.
      (5079)
241  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department issues to Directors of Public Health on working with businesses in the weight management sector.
      (5255)
242  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet with representatives of the weight management sector to discuss their potential contribution to tackling obesity.
      (5256)
243  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the contribution that companies in the weight management sector can make to tackling obesity.
      (5257)
244  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local authority areas have commissioned tier 2 weight management services for the period 2014 to 2018.
      (5258)
245  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2015 to Question 2552, when he will provide an update on plans to publish the Government's proposed obesity strategy; and if he will make a statement.
      (5488)
246  
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all pancreatic cancer patients have access to dietetic treatment, advice and support; and if he will make a statement.
      (5351)
247  
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to commence work on the development of clinical guidance for pancreatic cancer.
      (5356)
248  
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure new treatment options for pancreatic cancer are made available on the NHS at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement.
      (5379)
249  
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 3 December 2014 to Question 216468, what progress he has made in establishing trials for pancreatic cancer patients using stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.
      (5489)
250 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent advice his Department has issued to (a) the NHS and (b) local authorities on how to protect vulnerable people during a period of severe hot weather; and when that advice was last issued and revised.
      (5011)
251 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been admitted to hospital with (a) sunstroke and (b) other heat-related conditions in each of the last five years.
      (5012)
252 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to inform the public of steps to take to minimise damage to health during periods of severe hot weather.
      (5020)
253 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Transport on the health effects of travelling on public transport during hot weather.
      (5021)
254 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what precautions (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England are taking in case of heatwaves in summer 2015.
      (5023)
255 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time for accessing talking therapies was for people with mental health problems in Birmingham, Northfield constituency in each year since 2010.
      (5184)
256 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the performance of NHS Property Services in maintaining the upkeep of NHS buildings for which it is responsible.
      (4907)
257 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contractors commissioned to undertake work for NHS Property Services have had to wait more than (a) one, (b) three and (c) six months to be paid in each of the last three years.
      (4908)
258 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS Property Services keeps a schedule of dilapidations and schedule of works.
      (4909)
259 N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in raising the number of health visitors available to new mothers and improving the universal service offer by 2015.
      (5064)
260 N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all families benefit from targeted support under the Healthy Child Programme.
      (5065)
261  
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken as part of the Government's dementia strategy to (a) improve the safety of people with dementia while at home and (b) raise awareness of safety around household electrical appliances for people with dementia.
      (5353)
262 N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase public awareness of the symptoms of cancer.
      (4746)
263 N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department allocated to each category of expenditure on cancer research in each of the last five years.
      (4924)
264  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) tackle addiction to and (b) reduce deaths caused by prescription drugs.
      (5401)
265  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to his Department has been of prescribing anti-depressant drugs in each year since 2010; and what estimate he has made of such costs in the next financial year.
      (5402)
266  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each clinical commissioning group spent on anti-depressant prescription drugs in the financial year 2014-15.
      (5403)
267  
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time in A&E was in (a) Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (b) University Hospital Lewisham, (c) London and (d) England in each of the last four (i) quarters and (ii) years.
      (5161)
268  
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on agency (a) doctors and (b) nurses in Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in each of the last five years.
      (5162)
269 N
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on agency staff in (a) Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last four (i) quarters and (ii) years.
      (5182)
270 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to establish a ring-fenced fund for (a) the provision of and (b) research into drugs for rare diseases.
      (4945)
271  
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 3515, what evidence on costs the NHS considers before deciding to offer screening for genetic conditions; and if he will make a statement.
      (5241)
272  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5287)
273  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5308)
274  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5329)
275  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to establish a ring-fenced fund for drugs for rare diseases.
      (5384)
276  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the work by NICE on (a) A&E, (b) mental health and (c) community safe staffing levels has now been taken on by NHS England; and if he will make a statement.
      (5166)
277  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department jointly commissioned NICE to produce guidelines on safe staffing levels.
      (5167)
278  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the status is of guidelines published by NICE on safe staffing levels in (a) maternity settings and (b) the adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals.
      (5168)
279  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NICE, (b) NHS England, (c) the NHS Trust Development Authority and (d) Monitor on the future publication of guidelines on safe staffing levels.
      (5169)
280  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the (a) evidence received by, (b) findings and (c) initial recommendations of NICE on its draft guidelines on (i) accident and emergency, (ii) community and (iii) mental health staffing levels.
      (5170)
281  
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on possible links between quality of care, operational productivity and safe staffing levels from (a) Lord Carter, (b) Robert Francis and (c) others.
      (5413)
282 N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
      (5034)
283 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of (a) asthma and (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was in (i) England, (ii) London and (iii) each London borough in each of the last five years.
      (4802)
284 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged (a) four to five years and (b) 10 to 11 years were recorded as obese in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) each primary care trust in London and (iv) each London borough in each of the last five years.
      (4928)
285 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of (a) mumps, (b) measles, (c) rubella, (d) diphtheria, (e) tetanus, (f) pertussis, (g) hib disease there were in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) primary care trusts in London and (iv) London boroughs in each of the last five years.
      (5097)
286 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of eligible people were immunised against TB in (a) England, (b) London, (c) primary care trusts in London and (d) London boroughs in each of the last five years.
      (5136)
287 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of TB were recorded in (a) England, (b) London, (c) primary care trusts in London and (d) London boroughs in each of the last five years.
      (5137)
288 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of two year olds were immunised against (a) MMR and (b) diptheria, tetanus, pertussis and hib in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) primary care trusts in London and (iv) London boroughs in each of the last five years.
      (5138)
289 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions there were for asthma in London in each of the last five years.
      (5139)
290  
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the NHS of the new immigration rules being introduced from April 2016.
      (5469)
291 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people NHS England treated for eating disorders in each of the last five years.
      (5225)
292 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for treatment for children and young people was after being diagnosed for eating disorder in the last 12 months.
      (5226)
293 N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the implications for UK policy of possible changes in the law in that country on the use of fashion models below a certain Body Mass Index level and its effect on children and young people with eating disorders.
      (5227)
294 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3672, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the population whose trans-fat intake exceeds two per cent of food energy.
      (4923)
295 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3673, how many (a) businesses and (b) products sold in the UK used artificial trans-fats in (i) 2012 and (ii) the latest date for which figures are available.
      (4925)
296 N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on mental health in England in each year since 2000.
      (4929)
297 N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on primary care in England in each year since 2000.
      (4930)
298  
Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve diabetes (a) care and (b) prevention; and if he will make a statement.
      (5156)
299 N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the next prioritisation process for treatments currently on the National Cancer Drugs Fund list will take place.
      (5187)
300 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage people to visit elderly neighbours with poor health.
      (5044)
301 N
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the contract held by Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust with Ernst & Young.
      (4933)
302 N
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists are accepting new patients in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Dewsbury constituency.
      (4934)
303 N
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what purposes NHS hospital trusts may contract (a) management consultancy and (b) accountancy services; and what information his Department holds on such spending.
      (4935)
304 N
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department collects on average waiting times for (a) appointments with NHS dentists and (b) GP appointments.
      (5019)
305 N
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for an appointment with a NHS dentist has been in the last 12 months.
      (5022)
306  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the long-term health effects of excessive use of video games and the internet by primary school children; and what steps he is taking to address that matter.
      (5188)
307  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has made to NHS England on the development of commissioning policies on robotic assisted surgery.
      (5398)
308  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients who might benefit from insulin pump therapy across England are identified and offered therapy; and if he will make a statement.
      (5400)
309  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of commissioning support units in managing backlogs in applications for Continuing Healthcare Retrospective Review claims.
      (5404)
310  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish a commissioning policy on the use of robotic assisted surgery for kidney and bladder cancer patients.
      (5411)
311 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 2849, how many GP practices in receipt of funding under the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee in (a) England, (b) London, (c) the London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency have closed in each of the last 10 years up to 1 April 2014.
      (5149)
312 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 2849, how many GP practices in (a) England, (b) London, (c) the London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency have closed in each of the last ten years to April 2014.
      (5222)
313  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in his Department are entitled to the use of a (i) car with a dedicated driver, (ii) car from the Government car pool and (iii) taxi ordered through a departmental account.
      (5465)
314 N
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries use 0844 numbers; and what steps he plans to take to reduce the use of such numbers in the next five years.
      (5038)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
315  
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the High Court judgement in Detention Action v First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Ors [2015] EWHC 1689 (Admin) and the subsequent decision on 26 June 2015 by the Court of Appeal to lift the stay on that ruling, if she will suspend forced returns of people who have previously had their asylum appeal heard under the Fast Track Rules.
      (5478)
316  
Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers and others have the ability to prevent protesters harassing or intimidating women seeking advice on sexual health and abortion.
      (5385)
317 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3908, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of front-line police officers nationally; and if she will make a statement.
      (4943)
318 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2015 to Question 326, if she will make it her policy to make available additional resources for responding to child abuse allegations over the next 12 months.
      (4944)
319  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3491 on Immigration: Commonwealth Games 2014, what the countries of origin were of people (a) whose departures were unconfirmed, (b) who applied for asylum or another form of leave and (c) who were granted asylum or another form of leave; and what the reasons for the applications for asylum or other form of leave to remain were in each such case.
      (5239)
320 N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to increase police visibility.
      (5141)
321 N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the set-up costs of the Police Remuneration Review Body were.
      (5142)
322 N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual running costs of the Police Remuneration Pay Review Body have been since the formation of that body.
      (5143)
323 N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contribution by the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 10 February 2015, Official Report column 637, what the timescale is for her Department's review of the police funding formula.
      (5230)
324 N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fraud offences involving online shopping have been recorded in each year since 2010.
      (5245)
325 N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there were in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
      (4749)
326  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of banning all psychoactive substances on medical research.
      (5405)
327  
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women in each of the last five years were killed by their current or former partner.
      (5056)
328  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5288)
329  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5309)
330  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5330)
331  
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Police Community Support Officers working for police forces in (a) Sheffield, (b) Yorkshire and (c) the UK in (i) 2010 and (ii) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
      (5118)
332  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on how many illegal migrants have been located at Calais and Coquelles by (a) Border Force staff, (b) Eurotunnel and Eurostar staff, (c) ferry company staff and (d) the French authorities in each time period for which records are kept since January 2014.
      (5259)
333  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records the Border Force keeps on illegal migrants prevented from entering the UK by UK authorities or companies at the Port of Calais and Coquelles.
      (5260)
334  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for compensation the Passport Office (a) approved and (b) rejected between April 2014 and April 2015; and how much compensation was (i) claimed and (ii) paid in relation to those claims in that period.
      (5261)
335  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines have been (a) imposed and (b) paid for the carrying of illegal migrants at ports of entry to the UK in the Pas de Calais region in each time period for which records are kept since January 2014.
      (5262)
336  
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what surplus was generated by HM Passport Agency between April 2014 and April 2015.
      (5487)
337 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were removed from the UK under the Dublin Convention in (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) 2014.
      (4942)
338 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the revised commutation factors for the police pension scheme will be published.
      (5186)
339  
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the eligibility criteria are for entry to the UK for citizens of (a) Palestine and (b) Israel.
      (5053)
340 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time was taken to answer calls made to the 101 police non-emergency number in (a) the UK and (b) South Yorkshire in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.
      (5070)
341 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of calls to the 101 police non-emergency number were dropped calls in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) the UK in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.
      (5133)
342  
Julian Knight (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to (a) increase the awareness of and (b) use notices under section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 for the police to remove Travellers from public land.
      (5157)
343  
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were made for asylum in the UK by Libyans between June 2014 and the end of November 2014; how many Libyans who made such applications (a) remain in the UK awaiting a decision and (b) have been refused asylum; and if she will make a statement.
      (5129)
344  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the police is of a (a) breath, (b) blood and (c) urine test performed on a person suspected of drink driving.
      (5113)
345 N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with universities on ensuring that lecturers do not encourage the development of extremist views.
      (5042)
346  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with HM Inspectorate of Constabulary on that body's recent report into child abuse investigations by the police and the proportion of such investigations that were inadequate.
      (5263)
347  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that more police investigations into child abuse are conducted to an adequate standard.
      (5264)
348  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in her Department are entitled to the use of a (i) car with a dedicated driver, (ii) car from the Government car pool and (iii) taxi ordered through a departmental account.
      (5466)
349  
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence were recorded against serving police officers through health and safety self-reporting by police officers in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
      (5480)
Questions to the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission
350  
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 3834, how many items were in the Parliamentary Art Collection on 31 March 2000; and what the current valuation for insurance purposes is of those items.
      (5197)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
351  
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms her Department currently has in place for the distribution of humanitarian aid to Yemen.
      (5078)
352 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has allocated to each country for supporting refugees and internally displaced people resulting from the political situation in Burundi.
      (5224)
353  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5289)
354  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5310)
355  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5331)
356 N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes to; what quantity of each periodical is so obtained; and what the cost of such subscriptions was in 2014.
      (5018)
357  
Roger Mullin (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been devoted to education projects in African countries in each of the last five years.
      (5376)
358  
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will work with the government of Tunisia to improve inter-faith dialogue.
      (5344)
359  
Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of whether the funding needs of internally displaced people in non-government controlled Kachin state, Burma, are being fully met; how much funding is being provided to meet those needs by the Government; and what information she holds on how much funding is being provided to meet those needs by the Burmese government.
      (5235)
360  
Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to inter-faith projects in Burma in 2015-16.
      (5237)
361  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what criteria her Department calculated the number of unsafe abortions averted, as identified in her Department's report entitled, Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy, published in September 2012.
      (5194)
362  
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department takes to ensure that all UK aid is responsive to climate change and low carbon development.
      (5415)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
363  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 3689, how many prisoners that were selected for the national community service volunteers scheme and were released for up to four weeks (a) committed an offence on their release, (b) failed to attend the programme and (c) breached the conditions of their temporary licence in each of the last five years.
      (5437)
364  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 3689, how many prisoners have been selected for the national community service volunteers scheme to be released for up to four weeks in each of the last five years.
      (5438)
365  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 3688, what offences are included in the Violence against the person category.
      (5439)
366  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5290)
367  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5311)
368  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5332)
369 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has held with the Northern Ireland Executive on repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and its potential effect on the Good Friday Agreement.
      (5209)
370  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to increase access to legal aid for people with a mental illness.
      (5052)
371  
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the diagnosis is of young people in each public and private prison or young offender institution who have a mental illness; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure young people and children in such institutions diagnosed with mental health issues receive appropriate support.
      (5240)
372 N
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases have cited the Human Rights Act 1998 since that Act came into effect.
      (5148)
373 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle prisoners being radicalised by religious extremism; and if he will make a statement.
      (4757)
Questions to the Leader of the House
374 N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 4228, which bills affect (a) England only and (b) England and Wales only.
      (5035)
375 N
Phil Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Leader of the House, which Government bills have been introduced with provisions which extended to Wales in each of the last five years.
      (5036)
376 N
Phil Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 4228, what criteria he used to determine whether the legislation in question affected a particular country or combination of countries.
      (5037)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
377  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5291)
378  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5312)
379  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5333)
380  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to extend the Prevent Strategy to Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
      (5119)
381  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons Northern Ireland was not included in the scope of the Prevent Strategy; and if she will make a statement.
      (5120)
Questions to the Prime Minister
382 N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 24 June 2015 to the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds, Official Report, column 886, how the Child Protection Taskforce plans to engage with the child protection profession, children's services departments and practising social workers.
      (5098)
383 N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 24 June 2015 to the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds, Official Report, column 886, how the Child Protection Taskforce plans to engage with backbench and Opposition hon. Members; and if he will expand the membership of that body to include representatives from those groups.
      (5099)
384  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost to the public purse has been of (a) clothes, (b) luggage and (c) other travel accessories bought for himself or his wife since he was first appointed Prime Minister in 2010.
      (5461)
385  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with representatives of News International since his reappointment as Prime Minister in May 2015.
      (5468)
386  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost to the public purse has been of the purchase of (a) red wine, (b) white wine, (c) champagne and (d) fortified wine for the use at Chequers since he was reappointed Prime Minister in May 2015; and on how many occasions each such beverage has been served.
      (5475)
387  
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, how many days he spent at (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) Chequers in an official capacity since he was reappointed Prime Minister in May 2015.
      (5476)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
388  
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the contribution of the leader of the House of 2 July 2015, if he will place in the Library copies of independent assessments which confirm that the Scottish achieves the recommendations of the Smith commission report.
      (5448)
389 N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met the Minister of State for Trade and Investment to discuss trade and investment opportunities for Scotland.
      (4734)
390 N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to lead trade and investment missions for Scottish companies to North America.
      (4735)
391 N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to lead trade and investment missions for Scottish companies to Asia.
      (4736)
392 N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish a strategy for the promotion of Scotland as a location for trade and investment.
      (4737)
393  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5292)
394  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5313)
395  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5334)
396 N
Stewart McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 3377 on High Speed 2 railway line: Scotland, what the content of the discussion at that meeting was.
      (4750)
397 N
Stewart McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of the (a) High Speed 2 line extending to Scotland and (b) construction of that line beginning in Scotland.
      (4751)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
398  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a summary of the responses to the Cycle Racing on the Highway consultation which closed on 21 October 2013.
      (5051)
399 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Law Commission's report on taxi and private hire services, Cm 8864, published May 2014.
      (5135)
400 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will conduct a further review into the capacity of the road network in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
      (5100)
401 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the development of connected and autonomous vehicles.
      (5101)
402 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the uptake and production of ultra-low emission vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
      (5102)
403 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library (a) Major Project Authority reports on High Speed 2 for 2013-14 and (b) an update on such reports for 2015.
      (4739)
404  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5293)
405  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5314)
406  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5335)
407  
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to mitigate the effects of Operation Stack on traffic flow across Kent.
      (5199)
408 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of track Network Rail plans to electrify during Control Period 5.
      (4758)
409 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the benefit-cost ratio for Great Western Main Line electrification was on the most recent date for which figures are available.
      (4759)
410 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department received from Network Rail in (a) final and (b) draft form (i) a full Control Period 5 recast and (b) a revised Control Period 5 Business Plan between 1 December 2014 and 30 March 2015.
      (4905)
411 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates in the last six months he has held meetings with the chief executive of Network Rail at which officials were not present.
      (4921)
412 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 4164, whether any of the meetings referred to in that Answer which were held outside the UK were on alternative mechanisms for funding rail infrastructure management activities in the UK.
      (4926)
413 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Chief Executive of Network Rail has sought formal direction to proceed on any matter in his capacity as Network Rail's Accounting Officer since 1 September 2014.
      (5189)
414 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what departmental resources his Department plans to make available to Dame Colette Bowe during her investigation into investment planning; how many officials he plans will work on that report; whether he plans that Dame Colette Bowe will report directly to him; and if he will publish the terms of reference for that inquiry.
      (5190)
415 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Network Rail's total expenditure has been to date on (a) TransPennine and (b) Midland Main Line electrification.
      (5205)
416 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the Great Western Main Line electrification project his Department plans will use (a) Series 1 overhead line equipment, (b) Series 2 overhead line equipment and (c) overhead line equipment built to other designs.
      (5206)
417 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) subject and (b) date has been of all formal written directions sought by his Department's Permanent Secretary since 4 September 2012.
      (5207)
418 N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2015 to Question 228504, what progress he has made on considering the case for compensation for passengers using Southern Railway's Metro Line who have been affected by the regular disruption to rail services at London Bridge.
      (5204)
419 N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Southern Railway on compensation for passengers using Southern Railway's Metro Line who have been affected by the regular disruption to rail services at London Bridge.
      (5215)
420 N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the statement of 25 June 2015, Official Report, column 1067, on Network Rail, what assessment he has made of the potential effect the measures approved in this will have on plans for station improvements and step-free access for (a) Peckham Rye station and (b) Queens Road Peckham station in south London.
      (5219)
421  
Simon Hoare (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on applying a 32 tonne weight limit to volumetric vehicles.
      (5410)
422  
Simon Hoare (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish his Department's response to its consultations on the (a) review of HGV periodic testing and inspection exemptions and (b) goods vehicle operating licensing exemptions.
      (5440)
423 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department notified bidders for the TransPennine Express Rail franchise that rail electrification would not be delivered on the original timetable.
      (4937)
424 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect of the delay to electrification of the Transpennine line on procurement of new rolling stock for the Transpennine franchise.
      (4938)
425 N
Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made in discussions with train operating companies on the introduction of flexible rail season ticket options.
      (4931)
426 N
Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the results were of his Department's 2014 pilot study of how rail season tickets could be better tailored towards part-time workers.
      (4940)
427 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the safety implications of drivers being interviewed on film whilst driving.
      (4745)
428  
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have been procured for the Government Car Service since May 2010; and what the country of origin is of each such vehicle.
      (5232)
429  
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have been procured for the Government Car Service in 2015; and what the country of origin is of each such vehicle.
      (5233)
430  
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve local cycle infrastructure in cities and towns in Yorkshire.
      (5416)
431  
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of abolishing the blood alcohol content test when a person has been arrested for suspected drink driving.
      (5114)
432  
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he holds on whether Govia Thameslink Railway (a) has made or (b) intends to make an agreement with Transport for London to share the same pay as you go fares on suburban rail routes in London.
      (5076)
433  
Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Bristow Helicopters on future service levels for the search and rescue helicopter service in North West Wales.
      (5115)
434  
Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans his Department has for delivering the search and rescue service in North West Wales should Bristow Helicopters not be able to fulfil its contractual obligations to provide that service.
      (5116)
435  
Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journeys have been affected by power line failures on the East Coast Main Line in the last 12 months.
      (5339)
436  
Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to make the East Coast Main Line more resilient to power line failures.
      (5340)
437  
Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times there have been power line failures on the East Coast Main Line in each of the last three years.
      (5341)
438 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding he is making available to (a) Warrington and Cheshire West and (b) Chester councils to enable residents to travel toll-free across the Silver Jubilee Bridge and Mersey Gateway Bridge when those bridges are opened.
      (5041)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
439  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5295)
440  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5316)
441  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5337)
442  
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people of voting age there were in each local authority area in Wales (a) in each of the last 10 years and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.
      (5127)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
443  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on how many occasions the Government Equalities Office applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5286)
444  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on how many occasions the Government Equalities Office applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5307)
445  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what instructions have been given to staff in the Government Equalities Office dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5328)
446  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what representations the Government has made to employers on the introduction of company policies to tackle sexism at work and the use of staff representatives with whom employees can raise such issues.
      (5155)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
447 N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons unsuccessful applications for Short Term Benefit Advance in 2014.
      (5024)
448  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets for call answering times he has set for his Department's telephone line for use by disability living allowance claimants switching to personal independence payments.
      (5081)
449  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what preparations his Department has made for changes in the number of telephone calls to the Department when disability living allowance claimants are transferred to personal independence payments.
      (5082)
450  
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the contract his Department holds with Capita to provide personal independence payment assessments.
      (5470)
451  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5296)
452  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
      (5317)
453  
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
      (5338)
454  
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of charges for the use of the Child Maintenance Scheme on families and children.
      (5080)
455 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 10 June 2015, Official Report, column 136WH, on organophosphate sheep dip, in what ways the Health and Safety Executive made the report referred to in that contribution and its content publicly available.
      (5192)
456  
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to people with a disability who are in receipt of benefits and who want to start their own business.
      (5265)
457  
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent changes there have been in the median earnings of (a) working age adults with a disability and (b) working age adults with no disability in the last three years; and what steps he is taking to ensure that people with a disability are able to secure employment suitable to their needs and abilities.
      (5348)
458  
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the rate of employment and self-employment among (a) working age adults with a disability and (b) working age adults with no disability in the last three years.
      (5396)
459  
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications of his policies of the conclusions on the increasing employment penalty facing people with a disability as set out in the recent OECD report, Entrepreneurship and Self-employment by People with Disabilities by Professor John Kitching.
      (5490)
460  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2015 to Question 1696, what his timetable is for changing automatic entitlement to housing benefit for people aged 18 to 21.
      (5083)
461  
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of the use of dividends as income in order to reduce liabilities under Child Support Agency calculations; and if he will make a statement.
      (5163)
462 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit applicants have been asked to travel from Neston Job Centre to Ellesmere Port Job Centre to make their claim because IT systems at Neston did not fully support the delivery of universal credit.
      (4918)
463 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres in each region have had to ask applicants to travel to another jobcentre to make their universal credit claim due to problems with IT systems.
      (4919)
464 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres in each region (a) do and (b) do not enable clients to claim universal credit.
      (4920)
465 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the benefit cap on levels of homelessness in each year since its introduction.
      (5105)
466 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential effect on the savings arising from implementing the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 of removing housing costs from the scope of those regulations.
      (5145)
467 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what employment support initiatives his Department plans to fund from savings arising from implementation of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015; and when he plans to commence those initiatives.
      (5146)
468 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of families with children affected by the benefit cap have a child under (a) one year old, (b) two years old, (c) three years old and (d) four years old.
      (5178)
469  
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of families affected by the benefit cap placed in (a) temporary accommodation by a local authority and (b) other accommodation have moved into work.
      (5179)
470  
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parents with children affected by the benefit cap have a child under (a) one year old, (b) two years old, (c) three years old and (d) four years old.
      (5180)
471  
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the households affected by the household benefit cap are in (a) social housing, (b) temporary and emergency accommodation and (c) private tenancies (i) in the UK and (ii) in each region of the UK.
      (5181)
472 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in the West Midlands region live in poverty.
      (4927)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
473  
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many hours in a month an employee on a zero-hours contract has to work to be counted as employed in monthly employment statistics.
   [Transferred]  (5350)
474  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) England who have been diagnosed with (i) bladder, (ii) kidney and (iii) prostate cancer, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
   [Transferred]  (5399)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
475 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has allocated to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for each year from 2015 to 2018.
   [Transferred]  (5228)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
476  
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the relative benefits to businesses of access to (a) 2G, (b) 3G and (c) 4G mobile coverage.
   [Transferred]  (5125)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
477 N
Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department is providing to tree planting programmes to at least maintain the current level of carbon capture capacity from trees.
   [Transferred] [R] (5106)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
478 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking in response to findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea on national service conscripts being used within foreign-operated companies.
   [Transferred]  (5208)
479  
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of commercial fishing around Ascension Island occurred in the outer (a) 25nm of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), (b) outer 50nm of the EEZ, (c) outer 75nm of the EEZ and (d) outer 100nm of the EEZ.
   [Transferred]  (5375)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
480  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a parliamentary mechanism for initiating judicial inquiries.
   [Transferred]  (5409)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
481  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department offers to seafarers' stranded vessels as a result of their employer's liquidation; and what steps he is taking to reduce incidences of ships being detained in UK ports due to financing problems.
   [Transferred]  (5479)

Prepared 3rd July 2015