Session 2015-16
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 7 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 Tuesday 7 July 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 7 July 2015
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.
For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of investor-state dispute settlements which (a) the Government and (b) another UK public body has been involved in resulted in a (i) tribunal ruling in favour of the Government or public body, (ii) ruling in favour of an investor, (iii) settlement resulting in a cash payment from the Government or another public body and (iv) settlement resulting in a change of policy, regulation or law in each year since 1997.
(5579)
2
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many investor-state dispute settlements (a) the Government and (b) other public bodies in the UK have been involved in each year since 1997.
(5580)
3
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which arbitration centres for investor-state dispute settlement the UK is subject to.
(5581)
4
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what agreements which the UK is party to include an investor-state dispute settlement system as part of that agreement.
(5582)
5
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which projects in Merseyside have been funded by the Green Investment Bank in each year of that bank's operation.
(3892)
6
N
Nigel Mills
(Amber Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings officials of UKTI have had with business organisations to discuss the Bribery Act 2010 and guidance on that Act since 2015; and on what dates those meetings took place.
(5518)
7
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 (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures on the competition position of EU-based scented oil manufacturers compared to US-based manufacturers.
(5600)
8
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2015 to Question 225678, what total amount of funds has been allocated via intermediaries in each bidding round of the Regional Growth Fund; and what proportion of such funds has not yet been drawn down.
(5249)
9
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the status is of the Eight Great Technologies; what progress has been made on the commercialisation and development of those technologies; and what recent steps the Government has taken to support that progress.
(5250)
10
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms received support directly through Reshore UK in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May 2015.
(5251)
11
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he plans for the Centre of Agricultural Informatics and Metrics of Sustainability to be operational.
(5252)
12
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he plans for the Energy Systems Catapult to be operational.
(5253)
13
N
Daniel Zeichner
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what statistics he holds on (a) reliability of delivery and (b) success rate of Royal Mail post for (i) Cambridge and (ii) the UK.
(5498)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
14
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of schizophrenia patients who die by suicide each year.
(5420)
15
Dr Paul Monaghan
(Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library the unredacted minutes of the 15 committee meetings chaired by the then Lord Chancellor that met between May and July 1997 to discuss legislation on the devolution of power to Scotland, Wales and the English regions.
(5530)
16
N
John Stevenson
(Carlisle):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people live in England and work in (a) Scotland and (b) Wales.
(3464)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
17
N
Mr Clive Betts
(Sheffield South East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when all challenges to the 2005 Rating List for England and Wales will be finally resolved.
(5497)
18
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse of restricted access to social security for citizens of other EU countries for the first four years of their residency in each of the next three financial years; and whether such restrictions apply to (a) child benefit and (b) tax credit claims.
(5572)
19
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals his officials plan to make on the taxation of e-cigarettes to the European Commission's Fiscalis Programme.
(5563)
20
Tom Elliott
(Fermanagh and South Tyrone):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on child benefit in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
(5567)
21
Neil Parish
(Tiverton and Honiton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to limit Agricultural Property Relief from inheritance tax to encourage longer term farm business tenancies.
(5524)
22
Neil Parish
(Tiverton and Honiton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the taxation of rural land and how that taxation effects decisions to let land on farm business tenancies.
(5527)
23
N
Mr Gavin Shuker
(Luton South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to make country-by-country tax reporting rules publicly available.
(5427)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
24
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many citizens of other EU countries live in social housing in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England; and what proportion of all citizens of other EU countries resident in each constituent part of the UK are so housed.
(5573)
25
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on requiring social housing providers to verify the length of residency of citizens from other EU countries.
(5575)
26
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how he intends to prohibit (a) social housing providers and (b) housing associations from accepting as residents citizens from other EU countries who do not meet the criteria of a four-year residency before accessing social housing.
(5576)
27
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the total affordable housing stock in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England is leased to citizens of other EU countries.
(5584)
28
N
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.77 of Autumn Statement, Cm 8961, what progress he has made on further integrating services by developing and extending the principles underpinning the Troubled Families programme approach to other groups of people with multiple needs.
(5499)
29
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on regional devolution and economic development of the decision to pause the electrification of the TransPennine rail route between Leeds and Manchester.
(5570)
30
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he was first informed about the decision to pause the electrification of the TransPennine rail route between Leeds and Manchester.
(5571)
31
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3462, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of affordable social housing; and if he will make a statement.
(5506)
32
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of houses to be built in the UK in each of the next five years.
(5507)
33
Michelle Donelan
(Chippenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to call in those planning applications for further consideration which have been initially rejected but allowed on appeal.
(5542)
34
Michelle Donelan
(Chippenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that local residents have more of a say over planning decisions in their area.
(5543)
35
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will allow Cumbria County Council to receive revenue from the new homes bonus.
(5268)
36
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department plans to provide to Cumbria County Council to make up their funding shortfall.
(5270)
37
N
Sue Hayman
(Workington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to allow councils in Cumbria to keep funds raised by business rates from the nuclear industry.
(5357)
38
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
(5247)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
39
N
Daniel Zeichner
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the conclusions of his Department's report, Connectivity, Content and Consumers, published in July 2013, what progress has been made in establishing and enforcing targets on subtitled and audio-description TV services for on-demand content on the 80 per cent of on-demand providers in the UK who offer no subtitles at all.
(5522)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
40
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pigs have been involved in explosive tests undertaken by his Department in each year since 2010.
(5267)
41
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 4070, whether any trail hunting by organised fox hunts has taken place on land owned by his Department since 2010.
(5458)
42
N
Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to apply the recommendations of the Haddan-Cave report of the Nimrod Review to the A400M Future Length Aircraft development programme.
(5519)
43
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment by number and by rank is of 17[R] Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
(5459)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
44
N
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of the category of distant placements for looked-after children on the number placed more than 20 miles from their last known address (a) in children's homes and (b) with foster carers; and if she will make a statement.
(5367)
45
N
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of recent changes introduced to improve safeguarding of children who go missing from care on the number of children who go missing from (a) care, (b) placements outside the local authority boundaries and (c) distant placements; and if she will make a statement.
(5368)
46
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to raise literacy standards amongst children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
(5365)
47
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many child adopters have been recruited by adoption agencies in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) West Yorkshire, (d) Leeds and (e) Leeds North West constituency in each of the last five years.
(5536)
48
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding she has made available to support child adoption; and how much of that funding was allocated in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) West Yorkshire, (d) Leeds and (e) Leeds North West constituency in each of the last five years.
(5537)
49
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding is received per pupil in (a) Leeds North West constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.
(5603)
50
N
Craig Whittaker
(Calder Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) performance of local authorities in ensuring that 16 and 17-year-olds with special educational needs and disabilities have Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans in place before they turn 18 and (b) adequacy of support given to young people with EHC plans as they transition into adult social care.
(5359)
51
N
Craig Whittaker
(Calder Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the performance of local authorities' (a) implementation of the Local Offer and (b) provision of young people and their parents with information on all special educational needs services available in their local area.
(5360)
52
N
Craig Whittaker
(Calder Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to monitor whether local authorities are including the full range of independent providers of children's services in their Local Offers as part of the SEN Code of Practice.
(5361)
53
N
Craig Whittaker
(Calder Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the performance of local authorities in moving children with special education needs (SEN) statements onto Education, Health and Care plans under the new SEN Code of Practice.
(5362)
54
N
Craig Whittaker
(Calder Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children with special educational needs and disabilities statements have been given Education, Health and Care plans since the implementation of the new SEN Code of Practice.
(5509)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
55
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to help (a) households and (b) businesses improve their energy efficiency.
(3891)
56
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to which periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical her Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
(5248)
57
N
John Stevenson
(Carlisle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many onshore wind turbines there were in (a) Cumbria and (b) the UK in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14
(3463)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
58
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will conduct a review into the biodiversity of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(5502)
59
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to preserve biodiversity of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(5503)
60
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the badger cull at preventing bovine tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement.
(5504)
61
N
Stewart McDonald
(Glasgow South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 3146, how many staff working at her Department for contractors do not earn the living wage; what services such staff deliver; and whether her Department plans to become an accredited living wage employer.
(5521)
62
Neil Parish
(Tiverton and Honiton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met the Tenant Farmer's Association to discuss the future of Farm Business Tenancies.
(5523)
63
Neil Parish
(Tiverton and Honiton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to explore mechanisms for encouraging longer lengths of term on farm business tenancies.
(5525)
64
Neil Parish
(Tiverton and Honiton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she plans to include the need for longer term farm business tenancies in the Government's proposed long-term economic plan for food and farming.
(5526)
65
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the size of the bee population.
(5559)
66
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from charities, experts and lobby groups on the UK bee population.
(5560)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
67
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to involve the devolved administrations in its negotiations with the EU and the governments of other EU member states on reform of the UK's terms of membership of the EU in respect of matters that fall wholly or partly within devolved competences.
(5538)
68
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what powers the Government proposes to repatriate from the competence of the EU; and what EU Treaty provisions and legislative measures he proposes should be altered as part of such repatriation.
(5574)
69
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Egypt on the court rulings on 16 May 2015 recommending the death penalty for 122 people, including former President Mohamed Morsi, the academic Emad Shahin and other Muslim Brotherhood officials.
(5544)
70
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is the Government's policy to regard the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation.
(5545)
71
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the government of Egypt on the legal action being taken against the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies; and if he will make a statement.
(5569)
72
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage nuclear non-proliferation and multilateral disarmament of existing nuclear weapons.
(5363)
73
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the scale of international at-sea piracy; and what steps the Government is taking to counter piracy at sea.
(5364)
74
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides to UK holidaymakers who get into difficulty when travelling abroad.
(5501)
75
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Yemeni and Ethiopian governments on the detention of Andargachew Tsige.
(5529)
76
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU and NATO member states on the detention of Andargachew Tsige.
(5535)
77
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to secure the release of Andargachew Tsige from his detention or imprisonment by the Ethiopian government.
(5539)
78
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to identify the whereabouts of Andargachew Tsige.
(5540)
79
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from human rights organisations on the detention of Andargachew Tsige.
(5541)
80
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4468, what steps he has taken to include the import duties currently imposed on cane sugar coming into Europe among the matters he intends to raise in the course of discussions to re-negotiate the UK's relationship with the EU.
(5557)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
81
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency review into the safety of alteplase; and when this review will be published.
(5418)
82
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what impact assessment has been undertaken on (a) the NHS Five Year Forward View, (b) the New Models of Care Programme and (c) the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Devolution deal; and where such assessments are published.
(5419)
83
N
Mr Peter Bone
(Wellingborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.
(5269)
84
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2761, what assessment he has made of whether organisations or groups other than Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) are capable to deliver the services for which ASH has applied for grant funding.
(5547)
85
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2761, on smoking and health finance, what the job title is of the official who will decide whether such a grant is awarded; and what criteria that official will apply in reaching that decision.
(5548)
86
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2691, whether his Department has received representations on the use of grant funding provided to outside groups being used for the lobbying of his Department.
(5554)
87
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contribution his Department is making to Government proposals on the taxation of e-cigarettes being made to the European Commission's Fiscalis Programme.
(5562)
88
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2761, on smoking and health: finance, whether the award of such a grant is made on a competitive and transparent basis.
(5566)
89
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish its methodology for ranking treatments to commission for ultra-rare diseases.
(5417)
90
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the minutes of the meetings of (a) NHS England's Clinical Priorities Group which met on 25 and 26 June 2015 and (b) the Specialised Services Commissioning Committee which met on 30 June 2015.
(5456)
91
N
Dr Poulter
(Central Suffolk and North Ipswich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 3297, what funds his Department has provided for general adult mental health and psychiatric research (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a proportion of the total research and development budget in each year since 2000.
(5493)
92
N
Dr Poulter
(Central Suffolk and North Ipswich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 3297, what funds his Department has provided for child and adolescent mental health and psychiatric research (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a proportion of the total research and development budget in each year since 2000.
(5494)
93
N
Dr Poulter
(Central Suffolk and North Ipswich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 3297, what funds his Department has provided for old age mental health and psychiatric research (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a proportion of the total research and development budget in each year since 2000.
(5495)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
94
N
Mr David Davis
(Haltemprice and Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what statute and what warranty system the use of IMSI catchers is permitted to intercept communications and communications data.
(5369)
95
N
Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many commercial drivers (a) have been and (b) are in the process of being fined for bringing people illegally into the UK via North East France in (i) the last month, (ii) between the last one and six months and (iii) between the last six and 12 months.
(5358)
96
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria she plans to apply to determine which psychoactive substances are not covered by the proposed psychoactive substances ban.
(5601)
97
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the size of the international trade of illegal drugs and narcotics; and what steps the Government is taking to reduce such trade.
(5366)
98
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the ruling by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal IPT/13/194/CH, that Amnesty International has been subjected to unlawful surveillance by the Government; and if she will make a statement.
(5602)
99
N
Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first passports have been issued to British children born overseas in each of the last three years; what the average length of time was to process applications from each overseas country in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
(5451)
100
N
Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff worked in HM Passport Office processing applications for first passports for UK children born overseas in May (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015; and if she will make a statement.
(5453)
101
N
Derek Twigg
(Halton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in Cheshire on 31 March 2015.
(5491)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
102
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the UK makes a contribution to the post-2015 UN agenda on the Millennium Development Goals.
(5555)
103
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the UK's contribution to the performance of the UN's Millenium Development Goals.
(5583)
104
Mr Alistair Carmichael
(Orkney and Shetland):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on re-establishing the position of Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence against Women and Girls Overseas.
(5568)
105
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on projects relating to (a) the provision of clean water, (b) sewage, (c) women's sanitary projects and (d) other essential hygiene projects in 2014.
(5520)
106
N
Mr Gavin Shuker
(Luton South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has reached a decision on whether to fund an extension of the Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility - beyond NIAF 2.
(5500)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
107
N
Vernon Coaker
(Gedling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the level of outstanding fines was for courts in Nottinghamshire in 2014-15.
(5457)
108
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were remitted by each High Court in North West England to each magistrates court in the North West for sentencing in 2014.
(5150)
109
N
Mr Mark Hendrick
(Preston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
(5246)
Questions to the Prime Minister
110
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
To ask the Prime Minister, when he next plans to meet the President of Egypt.
(5577)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
111
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been allocated from the public purse for the rail investment programme in the North of England; and what the priorities for that programme are.
(5556)
112
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the electrification of the TransPennine rail route between Leeds and Manchester.
(5558)
113
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what opportunities his Department gave local authorities to make representations to it before the decision was made to pause the electrification of the TransPennine rail route between Leeds and Manchester.
(5564)
114
Jo Cox
(Batley and Spen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which occasions he met Network Rail to discuss the electrification of the TransPennine rail route between Leeds and Manchester; and when he received updates from Network Rail on that project.
(5565)
115
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3925, whether the potential fares simplification that can take place on the Northern franchise without the use of flex will include regulated fares.
(5421)
116
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department received from Network Rail a (a) final and (b) draft updated Control Period 5 Delivery Plan between 1 December 2014 and 30 March 2015.
(5505)
117
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current gap is between Network Rail's Control Period 5 funding and the company's expected total outlay during that Control Period.
(5510)
118
N
Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the saving to Network Rail is in Control Period 5 of not proceeding with (a) Midland Main Line electrification and (b) TransPennine electrification during that Control Period.
(5511)
119
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department has provided to rail freight flows from (a) Tilbury and (b) London Gateway ports in each year since 2009-10.
[R] (5422)
120
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department has provided to rail freight operations from (a) Tilbury and (b) London Gateway ports in each year since 2009-10.
[R] (5423)
121
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail freight services were operated between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports in each of the last 10 years; and what volume of rail freight moved this amounted to in each year.
[R] (5424)
122
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the future viability of rail freight services between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports.
[R] (5425)
123
N
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) frequency of and (b) volume moved by rail freight services between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports.
[R] (5426)
124
N
Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the technology firm Uber in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(5508)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
125
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much benefit expenditure was lost to relatives claiming benefit for claimants who had died in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how much such expenditure was falsely claimed by claimants registered as living (a) in the UK and (b) abroad.
(5496)
126
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how epilepsy is taken into account in (a) work capability assessments, (b) entitlement to benefits and (c) assessments for availability for work for people with that condition.
(5528)
127
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4707, on social security benefits, if he will make it his policy to collect and publish data in Stat-Xplore on how many sanctions and appeals are related to claimants not performing online requirements such as job search; and if he will estimate the proportion of (a) sanctions and (b) appeals which are related to such requirements.
(5492)
128
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will define new targets for child poverty.
(5452)
129
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he now expects the number of claimants of universal credit to exceed (a) one per cent, (b) two per cent and (c) five per cent of all benefit claimants.
(5454)
130
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on the trials of support for in-work progression; and if he will make a statement.
(5455)
131
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what requirements will be placed on Government agencies in the legislation which is proposed to replace the Child Poverty Act 2010.
(5460)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
132
Deidre Brock
(Edinburgh North and Leith):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the contribution of trades unions to the UK economy.
[Transferred]
(5578)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
133
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the report of the review into the Muslim Brotherhood; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(5546)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
134
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution his Department is making to Government proposals on the taxation of e-cigarettes being made to the European Commission's Fiscalis Programme.
[Transferred]
(5561)