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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 17 June 2015

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Tuesday 16 June 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Wednesday 17 June 2015

For Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.

Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.

Wednesday 17 June  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
 
★ 1
Tom Pursglove (Corby): What discussions he has had in Wales on the implications for Wales of a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
    (900270)
★ 2
Byron Davies (Gower): What assessment he has made of the effects in Wales of the Government's long-term economic plan.
    (900271)
★ 3
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the level of funding received by the Welsh Government.
    (900272)
★ 4
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): How the views of English rail passengers will be taken into account after the transfer of responsibility for the Borderlands Line rail franchise to the Welsh Government.
    (900273)
★ 5
Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the level of funding received by the Welsh Government.
    (900274)
★ 6
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What plans he has for the future of Air Police services in the Dyfed Powys area; and if he will make a statement.
    (900275)
★ 7
Hywel Williams (Arfon): What discussions he has had on returning control of health policy from the Welsh Government to Westminster.
    (900276)
★ 8
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What steps he is taking to promote engineering as a career in Wales.
    (900277)
★ 9
Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on cross-border road links between Wales and England.
    (900278)
★ 10
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What discussions he has had with the leaders of Newport, Cardiff and Bristol councils on the Great Western Cities devolution proposal.
    (900279)
★ 11
Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the level of funding received by the Welsh Government.
    (900280)
★ 12
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on financial accountability within the Welsh Government.
    (900281)
★ 13
Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire): What steps the Government plans to take to help working people in Wales.
    (900282)
★ 15
John Howell (Henley): What assessment he has made of the effect of welfare reform on employment levels in Wales.
    (900284)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 17 June.
    (900370)
★ 2
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire):  
    (900371)
★ 3
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham):  
    (900372)
★ 4
Richard Harrington (Watford):  
    (900373)
★ 5
Geraint Davies (Swansea West):  
    (900374)
★ 6
David Rutley (Macclesfield):  
    (900375)
★ 7
Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View):  
    (900376)
★ 8
Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley):  
    (900377)
★ 9
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth):  
    (900378)
★ 10
Henry Smith (Crawley):  
    (900379)
★ 11
Richard Drax (South Dorset):  
    (900380)
★ 12
Amanda Solloway (Derby North):  
    (900381)
★ 13
Mr Alan Mak (Havant):  
    (900382)
★ 14
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge):  
    (900383)
★ 15
Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):  
    (900384)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 9 June

1
N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the communications system supporting UK Reapers utilises the US Predator Primary Satellite Link and relay station at Ramstein airbase, Germany.
  [R] (1522)

Notices given on Thursday 11 June

1
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, from which round of the Regional Growth Fund he plans to make savings; and whether these savings will come from monies allocated under the Regional Growth Fund but not drawn down.
    (2124)
2
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, under what budgetary sub-heading savings will be made from (a) the Regional Growth Fund, (b) monies for energy-intensive industries, (c) budgets relating to further and higher education and (d) other programmes and budgets operated by his Department.
    (2125)
3
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the Regional Growth Fund and Exceptional Regional Growth Fund after the completion of Round 6.
    (2126)
4
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many vouchers have been issued but not yet redeemed under the Growth Vouchers scheme.
    (2127)

Notices given on Friday 12 June

1
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many letters of invitation to companies to enter negotiations for a deferred prosecution agreement the Serious Fraud Office has issued.
    (2337)
2
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was accrued to the public purse as a result of candidates losing their deposits at the 2015 General Election.
    (2296)
3
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Action 39 of the UK Anti-Corruption Plan, published in December 2014, when the proposed review of the enforcement response to bribery and corruption will be published.
    (2354)
4
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 574, what assessment he has made of whether the debt collection methods used by Rossendales comply with the standards required by HM Revenue and Customs of its debt collection agencies.
    (2339)
5
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost of properties sold to first-time buyers under the Help to Buy scheme in (a) England, (b) East Midlands and (c) Ashfield.
    (2345)
6
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties were bought in Ashfield under the Right-to-Buy Scheme in each of the last 10 years.
    (2348)
7
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total number of housing association properties in the London Borough of Southwark that would become available to buy under the Government's current proposal to extend the right to buy policy to housing association tenants.
    (2292)
8
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will put in place support to assist care leavers with the payment of council tax.
    (2353)
9
N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received on projected budget deficits in academies.
    (2336)
10
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she plans to publish a new consultation on air quality.
    (2349)
11
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she plans to publish a new national air quality plan.
    (2350)
12
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the application made by the National Farmers Union for a derogation from restrictions on the use of neonicotinoids.
    (2341)
13
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total amount spent by the NHS on health care needed as a result of air pollution in each of the last three years.
    (2351)
14
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Action 38 of the UK Anti-Corruption Plan, published in December 2014, what steps she has taken to recruit and retain specialists to support corruption investigations in the National Crime Agency; and what skills specialists so recruited have.
    (2355)
15
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in outstanding fines there were at courts in Nottinghamshire on (a) 31 March and (b) the last date for which figures are available.
    (2289)
16
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects construction to begin on the proposed Secure College.
    (2288)
17
N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will set out in his proposals for English votes for English laws whether only hon. Members for constituencies in England would be able to participate in (a) committee stages and (b) the committee of the whole House for bills with England-only implications.
    (2290)
18
N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has for public consultation in advance of decision of the House on proposals on English votes for English laws.
    (2291)
19
N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to page 24 of Implications for Devolution of England, Cm 8969, published in December 2014, when he plans that proposed arrangements for English votes for English laws will be put on a statutory footing.
    (2308)
20
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will declassify and publish the recent report, produced by Sir Nigel Sheinwald on data sharing.
    (2372)
21
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to allocate surplus Thameslink rolling stock to SouthEastern Trains in response to the submission made to his Department by SouthEastern in February 2015.
    (2338)
22
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many penalty charge notices for non-payment of the Dart Charge have been issued for since free-flow charging was introduced at the Dartford Crossing.
    (2342)
23
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many penalty charge notices for non-payment of the Dart Charge issued since free-flow charging was introduced (a) have been in respect of foreign-registered vehicles and (b) remain unpaid.
    (2343)
24
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to implement the EU Cross-Border Enforcement Directive in respect of non-payment of fines.
    (2344)
25
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 1261, whether bi-modal IEP trains running on diesel power will be capable of running at the maximum permitted linespeed of 125 miles per hour.
    (2340)
26
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Office of Rail Regulation, (b) the Department's Rail Executive and (c) other bodies on the future of Network Rail.
    (2371)
27
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the projected cost is of his Department's appeal relating to the Information Commissioner's decision on his Department's report entitled Incapacity Benefits: Deaths of Claimants.
    (2369)
28
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with one or more person employed in the London Borough of Southwark claim housing benefit.
    (2293)
29
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) single parent households, (b) households with dependent children, (c) households with a disabled member, (d) pensioner households and (e) households with one or more person employed in the London Borough of Southwark are subject to the benefit cap.
    (2294)
30
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the London Borough of Southwark have been subject to the benefit cap.
    (2295)
31
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government meets its commitment to eradicate child poverty by 2020.
    (2352)
32
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff have received training in careers advice and guidance since May 2010.
    (2370)

Notices given on Monday 15 June

1
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues and representatives from the steel industry on the decision by Tata Steel to close the British Steel Pension Scheme.
[Question Unstarred]   (900283)
2
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of direct costs to the energy intensive industry resulting from the introduction of legislative proposals on carbon price floor.
    (2426)
3
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he last met with representatives of the energy intensive industry to discuss the disparity between (a) UK carbon prices under the carbon price floor and (b) those in the rest of Europe.
    (2440)
4
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the carbon price floor on (a) carbon leakage rates, (b) the relocation of energy intensive industry overseas and (c) the overall effect on UK and EU carbon dioxide emissions.
    (2441)
5
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which exporters have taken legal action as a result of the Export Control Organisation's refusal to grant them an export licence since May 2010; when each licence was refused; what the intended country of destination was of each such licence; what type of licence was applied for; and what the outcome was of each such legal case.
    (2573)
6
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of people who have rejected honours since 1999.
    (2534)
7
 
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the updated list of Government Ministers and their Responsibilities.
    (2537)
8
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of revenue to be raised from the carbon price floor in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20.
    (2428)
9
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the total additional revenues raised by carbon price floor rates were retained by HM Treasury; and what proportion accrues to low carbon generators for (a) renewables and (b) nuclear operators.
    (2429)
10
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to discuss the carbon price floor.
    (2430)
11
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the recent trends in the (a) EU energy trading system price for carbon and (b) all in UK carbon price, including the carbon price floor, were in the last six months.
    (2435)
12
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the aggregate household debt in (a) the UK, (b) the East Midlands, (c) Nottinghamshire and (d) Ashfield in each year since 2010.
    (2388)
13
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2015 to Question 1439, who is responsible for deciding to which charity or cause money received from bank fines is allocated.
    (2389)
14
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to deal with concerns raised over the decision to use debt collection agencies to recover tax credit overpayments.
    (2449)
15
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the economic case for a reduction in VAT for the hospitality sector.
    (2451)
16
 
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a Green ISA scheme to encourage public engagement with, and inject capital into, the green economy.
    (2408)
17
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on interaction between concurrent local government boundary reviews and ongoing parliamentary boundary reviews.
    (2525)
18
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria was applied by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England when deciding to commence a review of the local authority ward boundaries for the City of Newcastle upon Tyne.
    (2527)
19
 
Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 11 of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services annual budget survey, published on 4 June 2015, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policy of the findings that seven per cent of directors who responded to that survey are fully confident that planned savings can be met in 2016-17 and that a smaller proportion of directors is so confident in respect of 2017-18.
    (2452)
20
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the level of change in median monthly rents in the private sector in Ashfield constituency for (a) one, (b) two and (c) three-bedroom flats in each of the last 10 years.
    (2404)
21
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the change in average house prices in (a) England, (b) East Midlands, (c) Nottingham and (d) Ashfield constituency in each of the last 10 years.
    (2410)
22
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 1079, if the Government will make an estimate of the vacancy rates of high-value council homes.
    (2513)
23
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 1052, if the Government will make an estimate of the average value of high-value council homes.
    (2514)
24
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2015 to Question 1051, if he will publish the (a) dates and (b) attendees of meetings held between (i) Ministers and (ii) officials from his Department and housing associations on the extension of the right-to-buy to encompass housing association properties.
    (2515)
25
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2015 to Question 1049, will he publish the (a) dates and (b) attendees of meetings held between (i) Ministers and (ii) officials from his Department and (A) banks and (B) other financial institutions on the extension of the right-to-buy scheme to encompass housing association properties.
    (2516)
26
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on council business plans of the sale of high-value council homes.
    (2517)
27
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities regarding the effect on council business plans of the sale of high-value homes.
    (2518)
28
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many affordable homes was work (a) started, (b) completed and (c) provided for in each year for which figures are available.
    (2519)
29
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the consequences for his Department's policies of the Supreme Court judgement of 13 May 2015 on Kanu v. London Borough of Southwark.
    (2539)
30
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on the Supreme Court judgement of 13 May 2015 on Kanu v. London Borough of Southwark.
    (2540)
31
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the Supreme Court judgement of 13 May 2015 on Kanu v. London Borough of Southwark.
    (2541)
32
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether implementation of ganging-provider led switching for broadband and fixed telephony has been completed.
    (2574)
33
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many firearms owned by his Department (a) were lost or stolen and (b) are otherwise unaccounted for at facilities in the UK in the last two years.
    (2466)
34
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what year he plans to introduce a replacement for the SA80 assault rifle.
    (2467)
35
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans next to inspect the (a) Bermuda Regiment, (b) Gibraltar Regiment and (c) Royal Montserrat Defence Force.
    (2468)
36
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funds the Government contributes to the maintenance of the (a) Bermuda Regiment, (b) Gibraltar Regiment and (c) Royal Montserrat Defence Force.
    (2469)
37
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in his Department work on the Seedcorn initiative; and where such personnel are based.
    (2470)
38
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects the Crowsnest system to be (a) available and (b) operational.
    (2471)
39
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current military operations being conducted by British Armed Forces are by (a) number of personnel and (b) mission.
    (2510)
40
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to raise standards in supported accommodation for children aged under 18.
    (2531)
41
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many homeless children aged under 18 are living independently in supported accommodation in each UK region.
    (2532)
42
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total cost to state-funded schools of hiring agency teachers was in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire in each year since 2010.
    (2405)
43
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the teaching of personal, social, health and economic education in schools.
    (2475)
44
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has for the future of Broadfield House in Crawley.
    (2521)
45
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what timetable she has set for the completion of the carbon capture and storage commercialisation competition; and what progress her Department has made towards the announcement of a contract for difference for carbon capture and storage.
    (2423)
46
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with HM Treasury concerning the effect of the carbon price floor on UK energy security; and if she will make a statement.
    (2424)
47
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information her Department holds on which coal-fired power plants will be available for electricity generation in (a) 2017, (b) 2020 and (c) 2023; and what the generating capacity in mega watts will be for each plant in each of those years.
    (2425)
48
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate her Department has made of trends in UK (a) wholesale and (b) domestic energy prices compared to those of the UK's G7 competitors.
    (2427)
49
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Departmental Gas Generation Strategy published in 2012, which gas-fired power plants with planning consent are under construction in the UK.
    (2431)
50
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department has taken to provide replacement electricity generating capacity following the closure of coal-fired power stations at Ferrybridge and Longannet; and if she will make a statement.
    (2432)
51
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the planned capital investment requirements are for the new generating capacity required to replace closing electricity plants; and what estimate she has made of the cost per Mwh of electricity generated by such plants in comparison with current electricity market prices.
    (2433)
52
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information her Department holds on UK coal plants that intend to cease operations before June 2016.
    (2434)
53
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she last met with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss the carbon price floor and its effect on energy intensive industry.
    (2436)
54
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she last met with representatives of the (a) coal industry and (b) coal fired electricity generating sector to discuss the effects of the carbon price floor on those sectors.
    (2437)
55
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she last met with the Secretary of State for Wales to discuss the impact of the carbon price floor on Welsh energy security.
    (2438)
56
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she last met with the Secretary of State for Scotland to discuss the effect of the carbon price floor on Scottish energy security.
    (2439)
57
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of potential savings that could be made for her Department's spending in capacity payments if the carbon floor price was removed.
    (2442)
58
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) fuel type and (b) individual generating capacity expressed as a proportion of the total maximum UK demand for electricity is for each (i) operating and (ii) mothballed UK-based nuclear generating unit.
    (2443)
59
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for each operational nuclear power plant in the UK, what the available operating capacity in mega watts is; which of those plants have life extensions in place; for how long these extensions will last; and which of those plants, have sought permission to secure further life extensions.
    (2444)
60
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the length of time taken was to re-establish commercial levels of electricity supply from a mothballed gas fired plant to the National Grid.
    (2445)
61
 
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which power plants are expected to be decommissioned or closed in the next five years; when the expected year of closure will be; and what the individual generating capacity for each such plant expressed as a proportion of the total maximum UK demand for electricity is.
    (2446)
62
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many children living in households that are classed as being in fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) East Midlands, (c) Nottingham and (d) Ashfield constituency in each year since 2010.
    (2409)
63
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if her Department will take steps to incentivise house builders to build homes facing south to make solar panels as efficient as possible.
    (2575)
64
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to require fishermen to record the number of seals they slaughter.
    (2526)
65
 
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the number of low-income families not covered by the WaterSure scheme; and if she will extend eligibility to low-income households containing one parent and two children.
    (2523)
66
 
Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Environment Stewardship scheme on promoting nature and wildlife.
    (2390)
67
 
Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for an Environmental Stewardship Scheme were accepted during the operation of her Department's Environmental Stewardship Scheme; and what the total cost of the scheme to the taxpayer was.
    (2454)
68
 
Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations Natural England is required to conduct before accepting an application for an Environmental Stewardship Scheme.
    (2455)
69
 
Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect in terms of loss of amenities on surrounding properties where an Environmental Stewardship Scheme is in operation.
    (2456)
70
 
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many same-sex couples have married in UK Consulates under the Consular Marriage and Marriages under Foreign Law Order 2014 in each country.
    (2522)
71
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to (a) address the security and political situation in Burundi and (b) support the emergence of conditions conducive to the organisation of inclusive and peaceful elections in that country.
    (2377)
72
 
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to revise the terms of the 1966 Exchange of Notes concerning the Availability for Defence Purposes of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
    (2380)
73
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on a purdah period before the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
    (2533)
74
 
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the Government to make an announcement on allowing Chagossian resettlement on the Chagos Islands.
    (2385)
75
 
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Department for International Development and (b) other relevant bodies to facilitate Chagossian resettlement on the Chagos Islands in 2015.
    (2386)
76
 
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to comply with the award of the Arbitral Tribunal in the case of Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitration (Mauritius v. UK) dated 18 March 2015.
    (2407)
77
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department pays the cost of ceremonial uniforms of overseas territories governors, and what the cost of such items was in the last financial year.
    (2520)
78
 
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent report he has received on the current political situation in the Maldives.
    (2509)
79
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the consequences for current negotiations of Iran's abandonment of the Additional Protocol in 2006.
    (2406)
80
 
Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the status of Majid Ali since his deportation to Pakistan.
    (2562)
81
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential risk to health of undergoing repeat abortions; and if he will take steps to reduce the number of repeat abortions.
    (2373)
82
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the clarity and accuracy of warnings on anti-convulsant drugs for women with epilepsy who are also pregnant on the risk of developmental disorders and birth defects associated with the use of such drugs.
    (2376)
83
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information the Government gave to doctors and patients about the risks for unborn children of taking certain anti-convulsant drugs in pregnancy prior to the warning issued by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in January 2013.
    (2378)
84
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has on whether his Department had knowledge prior to 2000 of the fact that the anti-convulsant drug Epilim, Sanofi Aventis, known previously as Sanofi Pharma was potentially teratogenic to foetuses.
    (2379)
85
 
Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services annual budget survey, published on 4 June 2015, if he will make an assessment of the potential cost to the NHS of planned savings in the budgets held by those directors not being met.
    (2453)
86
 
Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to provide financial assistance to pharmacies that qualified for payments under the Essential Small Pharmacies Local Pharmaceutical Services Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    (2508)
87
 
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to provide additional information on (a) local food skills training, (b) eating well on a budget and (c) other topics to parents on low incomes when they receive Healthy Start vouchers.
    (2458)
88
 
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have accessed medical records online since April 2015.
    (2528)
89
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what assessment he has made of the effects on (a) frontline and (b) other public health services of the savings expected from his Department in 2015-16.
    (2511)
90
 
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what discussions he has had with local authorities about the savings expected from his Department in 2015-16.
    (2512)
91
 
William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Government plans to ensure that clinical commissioning groups spend appropriate and proportionate amounts on mental health.
    (2459)
92
 
William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical commissioning groups take practical steps to give equal value to physical and mental health care.
    (2460)
93
 
William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to improve support for children and young people with mental health issues.
    (2461)
94
 
William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government is making on ensuring that parity of esteem between mental and physical health services is fully delivered.
    (2462)
95
 
William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to rebalance the NHS budget to ensure mental health care receives the level of investment needed.
    (2463)
96
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Sunday Times article, British spies betrayed to Russians and Chinese, published on 14 June 2015, who authorised the senior Home Office official to make the comment quoted in that article.
    (2542)
97
 
Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she takes to ensure compliance with the UK's international legal obligations on non-refoulement when deporting people to conflict affected countries.
    (2561)
98
 
Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assurances her Department received from the government of Pakistan on the protection of basic rights, wellbeing and safety of Majid Ali upon his deportation to that country.
    (2563)
99
 
Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department took to ensure the protection of rights and safety of Majid Ali upon his deportation to that country.
    (2564)
100
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to address the situation of refugees from Burundi; and if she will make a statement.
    (2374)
101
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female offenders are currently housed in each resettlement unit in each prison.
    (2450)
102
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many resettlement units for female offenders have been opened in each prison since October 2013; and what the capacity is of each such unit.
    (2457)
103
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female offenders from each resettlement unit are currently doing community work on resettlement day release.
    (2478)
104
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female offenders from each resettlement unit are in paid work while on resettlement day release and are paying 40 per cent of that wage to Victim Support.
    (2479)
105
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations and conclusions of the Commission on a Bill of Rights report published on 18 December 2012.
    (2524)
106
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days absence due to sickness of staff working for the National Probation Service there were in each month since May 2010.
    (2536)
107
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on introducing a single tier Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced disclosure certificate.
    (2473)
108
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve access to legal aid for people with mental health issues; and if he will make a statement.
    (2474)
109
 
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of staff working in (a) secure training centres and (b) young offenders institutions who are qualified to work with young people with learning difficulties.
    (2506)
110
 
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date he last visited a (a) secure training centre, (b) young offender's institution and (c) secure children's home.
    (2507)
111
 
Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to amend the rights of children in the British Bill of Rights.
    (2383)
112
 
Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure children and young people in the secure estate have access to high quality training and employment programmes.
    (2384)
113
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what extra funding he plans to make available for the Access to All programme in the current funding period.
    (2375)
114
 
Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help alleviate road congestion approaching the Stirling Corner roundabout; what discussions he has had with Transport for London on that congestion; and if he will make a statement.
    (2472)
115
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make representations to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency on permitting cycle racks on the front of buses.
    (2476)
116
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote joined-up transport ticketing systems in (a) Bath and (b) Bristol.
    (2477)
117
 
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Abellio Greater Anglia on taking steps to improve the Great Eastern Mainline Service from London to the East Anglian region.
    (2535)
118
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to uprate the work allowance within universal credit in 2016-17 and 2017-18; and if he will make a statement.
    (2447)
119
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect on the level of (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit of a two year freeze on working age benefits.
    (2448)
120
 
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in Ashfield that would be affected by a household benefit cap of £23,000.
    (2387)
121
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the discretionary housing payments fund when the benefit cap is reduced to £23,000 per year; and if he will make a statement.
    (2538)
122
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the information his Department holds on regional differences in the effect of the benefits cap on families of different sizes; and if he will make a statement.
    (2559)
123
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2015 to Question 144, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) claimants aged 18 to 21 with a dependent child and (b) dependent children who will be affected by the planned changes to housing benefit for people aged 18 to 21; and if he will make a statement.
    (2560)
124
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the benefit cap will be lowered to for individual (a) young adults, (b)pregnant women, (c) veterans, (d) disabled people and (e) other vulnerable adults who have dependents who are not children.
    (2464)
125
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to ensure that planned changes in entitlement to housing benefit for those aged under 22 do not adversely affect the (a) income and (b) access to housing of young adults.
    (2465)
Thursday 18 June  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
 
★ 1
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What steps she is taking to reduce the routine use of antibiotics to prevent disease in farm animals.
    (900405)
★ 2
Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): What discussions her Department has had with the Environment Agency on post-abandonment monitoring of onshore shale gas wells; and what steps she plans to take to ensure a monitoring regime is in place.
    (900406)
★ 3
Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): What discussions her Department has had with Glasgow City Council on projections for Glasgow's air quality and compliance with EU air quality regulations.
    (900407)
★ 4
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): How many flood defence schemes are planned to begin construction under the Government's six-year flood defence programme in 2015.
    (900408)
★ 5
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): Whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to repeal the Hunting Act 2004; and if she will make a statement.
    (900409)
★ 6
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What steps she is taking to invest in flood defences.
    (900410)
★ 7
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): What plans she has to increase the productivity, competitiveness and resilience of the UK food and farming sector.
    (900411)
★ 8
Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): What plans she has to increase the productivity, competitiveness and resilience of the UK food and farming sector.
    (900412)
★ 9
Derek Thomas (St Ives): What plans she has to increase the productivity, competitiveness and resilience of the UK food and farming sector.
    (900413)
★ 10
Rachael Maskell (York Central): What steps her Department is taking to prioritise flood prevention and introduce a climate change adaptation plan.
    (900414)
★ 11
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What steps she is taking to reduce the cost of living in rural Britain.
    (900415)
★ 12
Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): What discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues on promoting the purchase of more local and seasonal food in the public sector.
    (900416)
★ 13
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): What steps he is taking to reduce levels of air pollution in towns and cities.
    (900417)
★ 14
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): What support her Department plans to provide for bees and pollinators through the National Pollinator Strategy.
    (900418)
★ 15
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): How many flood defence schemes are planned to begin construction under the Government's six-year flood defence programme in 2015.
    (900419)
★ 16
Craig Williams (Cardiff North): What steps the Government plans to take to promote British food and drink exports.
    (900420)
★ 17
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What steps the Government plans to take to promote British food and drink exports.
    (900421)
★ 18
Henry Smith (Crawley): What steps the Government plans to take to promote British food and drink exports.
    (900422)
★ 19
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): What the Government's policy is on banning the beak trimming of chickens; and if she will make a statement.
    (900423)
★ 20
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): What assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the introduction of a farmed land support scheme in the event of the UK leaving the EU.
    (900424)
At 10.05am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (900385)
★ 2
Maria Caulfield (Lewes):  
    (900386)
★ 3
George Kerevan (East Lothian):  
    (900387)
★ 4
Craig Williams (Cardiff North):  
    (900388)
★ 5
Mike Wood (Dudley South):  
    (900389)
★ 6
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion):  
    (900390)
★ 7
Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby):  
    (900391)
★ 8
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):  
    (900392)
★ 9
Andrew Griffiths (Burton):  
    (900393)
★ 10
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):  
    (900394)
At 10.15am
Oral Questions to the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, and the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission
 
★ 1
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church Commissioners have to improve the sustainability of church buildings.
    (900395)
★ 2
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the effect of whether the question is posed in the affirmative or negative on the outcome of a referendum.
    (900396)
★ 3
Derek Thomas (St Ives): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will commission a lay-person's guide to the costs and benefits of UK membership of the EU before the EU referendum.
    (900397)
★ 4
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church of England has made on the protection of Christians from persecution in Iran.
    (900398)
★ 5
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made on the proposals in the EU Referendum Bill relating to disapplication of purdah.
    (900399)
★ 6
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the neutrality of the proposed EU referendum question.
    (900400)
★ 7
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church Commissioners are taking to assess and support the wellbeing of clergy.
    (900401)
★ 8
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions she has had with the Church of England on broadening the diversity of the General Synod.
    (900402)
★ 9
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to make guidance clearer on the use of commonly used names on ballot papers.
    (900403)
★ 10
Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what steps the National Audit Office plans to take to monitor and scrutinise spending on the Palace of Westminster restoration and renewal project.
    (900404)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 15 June

1
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, from which countries have representatives been invited by the Government to the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition at the ExCeL Centre in September 2015.
    (2402)
2
N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation priority markets are for 2015-16.
    (2403)
3
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 1492, what the proportionate baseline is for the goal of reducing the proportion of UK adults who lack basic digital skills by 25 per cent by 2016; and until what year he plans to reduce that proportion by a further 25 per cent.
    (2556)
4
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve the UK's productivity statistics.
    (2547)
5
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has paid to Fredrickson International for the provision of debt collection services by that company.
    (2486)
6
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the fiscal incentives in the UK for the redistribution of edible surplus food to those in need; and if he will make a statement.
    (2504)
7
N
Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review Merseyside tunnel tolls and set out the (a) scope, (b) participants, (c) timetable and (d) completion date of such a review.
    (2544)
8
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from (a) Talk Talk and (b) Sky on the structural separation of BT.
    (2553)
9
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost of homes sold to first-time buyers under the Help to Buy Scheme in (a) England, (b) the East Midlands and (c) Ashfield constituency.
    (2393)
10
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were bought in Ashfield under the Right to Buy Scheme in each of the last 10 years.
    (2394)
11
N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) homeless people and (b) rough sleepers in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
    (2548)
12
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech on 14 May 2015, whether devolution of certain powers and resources to city-regions is contingent on cities accepting a mayoral model of governance.
    (2488)
13
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 1256, how much of the £230 million savings came from (a) receipts from public land, (b) reducing contingencies in capital budgets and (c) the European Regional Development Programme; and from which budgets and programmes contingency savings were made in (i) capital budgets and (ii) the European Regional Development Programme.
    (2489)
14
N
Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless people in the UK in each year since May 2010; and what steps he is taking to prevent homelessness in the UK.
    (2500)
15
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on tenants of capping housing allowance rate rises at one per cent per year.
    (2421)
16
N
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to increase the maximum payout for complex category D gaming machines.
    (2422)
17
N
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that bookmakers operate B2 and B3 gaming machines on an equal basis with amusement arcades.
    (2581)
18
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries in Ashfield constituency do not have free wifi; and by what date he plans that all public libraries will have access to free wifi.
    (2392)
19
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from (a) Talk Talk and (b) Sky on the structural separation of BT.
    (2554)
20
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 1710, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of internet advertising on network requirements over the current Parliament.
    (2557)
21
N
Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with sensory loss have full access to subtitles and audio description whilst using on-demand content.
    (2501)
22
N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which ship will replace HMS Bulwark in the Mediterranean; and when that ship will be replaced.
    (2577)
23
N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether engineers have recently been sent to fix evapouraters on HMS Bulwark.
    (2578)
24
N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether HMS Bulwark can produce adequate drinking water for its crew and the migrants aboard.
    (2579)
25
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the discretionary powers of local authorities on school transport funding are used to reflect local needs.
    (2582)
26
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assurances she has received from Ofqual that (a) sample assessment materials for the new mathematics GCSE reflect the standard of live assessment materials and (b) schools will be told about changes before the next school term.
    (2484)
27
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has she made of the number of teaching assistants employed in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency.
    (2491)
28
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new teaching assistants were employed in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency in each of the last five years.
    (2492)
29
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Government plans to set a binding 2030 decarbonisation target during this Parliament.
    (2382)
30
N
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many fuel-poor households there are for which her Department plans to fund insulation measures over the next five years.
    (2416)
31
N
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when her Department plans to issue its request to local authorities to measure and report on their annual greenhouse gas emissions data.
    (2417)
32
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the balance of trade in foodstuffs was in (a) the last year for which figures are available; (b) 2005 and (c) 1995.
    (2414)
33
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from European officials concerning the migrant situation in the Mediterranean.
    (2495)
34
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what resources the Government plans to further offer to the international effort to save the lives of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
    (2496)
35
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to prevent migrants attempting dangerously to cross the Mediterranean.
    (2497)
36
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his German counterpart on securing financial contributions towards the cost of UK thalidomide survivor's health needs.
    (2543)
37
N
Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the right to freedom of religion or belief is upheld across the world; and if he will appoint an envoy for this purpose.
    (2498)
38
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in London that deliver a full maternity service have 24 hours per day, seven days a week consultant presence on labour wards; and which hospitals meet those criteria.
    (2397)
39
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in England that have a Type 1 A&E department have consultant presence on emergency wards for a minimum of 16 hours a day, seven days a week; and which hospitals in each region meet those criteria.
    (2398)
40
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in England that deliver full maternity service have 24 hours per day, seven days a week consultant presence on labour wards; and which hospitals in each region meet those criteria.
    (2399)
41
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in London have paediatric consultants present on children's wards for a minimum of 14 hours per day, seven days a week; and which hospitals meet those criteria.
    (2400)
42
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in London that have a Type 1 A&E department have consultant presence on emergency wards for a minimum of 16 hours per day, seven days a week; and which hospitals meet those criteria.
    (2401)
43
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis was for NICE's draft clinical guidelines for the management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in adults.
    (2485)
44
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Mental Health Taskforce has made on developing a new five year national strategy for mental health with which groups and organisations that taskforce is consulting; when it is expected that taskforce will publish its final report; and whether that taskforce plans to publish an interim report.
    (2551)
45
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his speech of 4 June 2015 to the NHS Confederation, when he expects to publish the obesity strategy; and what plans he has for consultation on that strategy.
    (2552)
46
N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients in (a) University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, (b) the West Midlands Trusts and (c) England waited longer than (i) one month and (ii) two months from an urgent referral for suspected cancer to the beginning of treatment in each of the last five years.
    (2419)
47
N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve the choice and availability of mental health crisis care services.
    (2481)
48
N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve early cancer diagnosis and treatment.
    (2549)
49
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy that opt-outs from care.data will apply to all patients and all flows of data from GP records for all purposes other than the delivery of direct care, regardless to which NHS body or other organisation such data is intended to go.
    (2415)
50
N
Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to expedite the (a) prevention, (b) testing, (c) diagnosis and (d) treatment of hepatitis C.
    (2413)
51
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings NHS England has had with the pharmaceutical company BioMarin over the last 12 months; when those meetings took place; and if he will publish the minutes of each such meeting.
    (2391)
52
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of existing contracts on the deliverability of the savings expected from his Department in 2015-16.
    (2487)
53
N
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to by HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, how he plans to achieve the £200 million savings expected from his Department in 2015-16.
    (2490)
54
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean, her Department plans to allow to resettle in the UK.
    (2493)
55
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will increase the number of resettlement places offered to migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean.
    (2494)
56
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many permanent residence cards were issued to non-EEA nationals who were (a) family or (b) extended family members of EEA nationals living in the UK in each of the last three years.
    (2395)
57
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK residence cards were issued to non-EEA nationals who were (a) family or (b) extended family members of EEA nationals living in the UK in each of the last three years.
    (2396)
58
N
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to (a) help developing countries to create efficient tax regimes for multi-national corporations and (b) work with governments in other countries to ensure an equitable tax system for multi-national corporations in developing countries.
    (2381)
59
N
Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to work with (a) other Governments and (b) global organisations to tackle violence against children.
    (2499)
60
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what responsibilities the National Probation Service holds in relation to victims services; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that service in discharging those responsibilities.
    (2411)
61
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department will approve the contract for the Secure College.
    (2412)
62
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average number of hours of purposeful activity delivered each week at each secure training centre in each year since 2010.
    (2482)
63
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of young offenders who have taken part in restorative justice schemes in each of the last 10 years.
    (2483)
64
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Prime Minister, (a) how many people are being paid from the public purse for their work on the Chilcot inquiry, (b) whether such people are paid by the day, month or year or by the amount of work that they have done and (c) at what rate such people are paid.
    (2418)
65
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has received from (a) Talk Talk and (b) Sky on the structural separation of BT.
    (2555)
66
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the reasons for the difference between the highest and the lowest voter turnout in a constituency in the last General Election.
    (2580)
67
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual cost is to the public purse of community rail partnerships; and if he will make a statement on their operation.
    (2545)
68
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the purpose is of community rail partnerships; and how many are there.
    (2546)
69
N
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions he has made for the use of green technology in the Government's new code of practice for driverless car testing; and what plans he has to extend the pilot test scheme beyond four UK cities.
    (2570)
70
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are being tested to speed up the processing of benefit claims; what effect any such measures are having on processing times; and when he plans to implement any such measures in full.
    (2505)
71
N
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK are not claiming what value of each benefit and pension entitlement; and what proportion of each benefit and pension entitlement is unclaimed.
    (2480)
72
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people and households with no access to the internet are able to claim benefits.
    (2502)
73
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support benefit claimants in managing their money on a (a) monthly and (b) fortnightly basis.
    (2503)
74
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will outline the timetable for the roll-out of Universal Credit in Torfaen.
    (2565)
75
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the measure of child poverty defined in the Child Poverty Act 2010.
    (2420)
76
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with pension providers about problems in accessing pension benefits since 6 April 2015.
    (2550)
77
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have converted their pension benefit with (a) a pension benefit valued at less than £30,000 and (b) a guaranteed annually rate attached to their pension scheme since 6 April 2015.
    (2566)
78
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who converted or transferred their pension benefits were required to seek advice before doing so since 6 April 2015.
    (2567)
79
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a safeguard benefit attached to their pension benefit have converted or transferred pension benefits since 6 April 2015.
    (2568)
80
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who converted their pension benefit since 6 April 2015 and were not required to seek advice will now be required to seek advice under the rules announced by the Financial Conduct Authority in Policy Statement PS15/12 published on 8 June 2015.
    (2569)
81
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he agrees with the Children's Society figures for children living in poverty in Walsall North constituency of 6050, of which 4,600 are in households in employment; and if he will make a statement.
    (2576)
Monday 22 June  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 9 June

1
N
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 1698W, on trade unions: political levy, how many and what proportion of members of each trade union in Great Britain with a political fund have opted out of the political levy according to the most recent records held by the Certification Officer.
    (1765)

Notices given on Wednesday 10 June

1
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on how much was spent on (a) staffing and (b) members' remuneration by each local authority area in Cumbria in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
    (1835)

Notices given on Friday 12 June

1
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost to the public purse was of renewable subsidies received by businesses in (a) Cumbria, (b) Carlisle District in (i) 2012-13 (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
    (2309)

Notices given on Monday 15 June

1
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the test-firing of rockets into the Mediterranean sea by Hamas.
    (2571)
2
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the construction of cross-border tunnels along the Israel-Gaza border by Hamas.
    (2572)
Tuesday 23 June  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 15 June

1
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2015 to Question 1656, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the adult skills budget on learners in Liverpool.
    (2529)
2
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2015 to Question 1849, which funding bodies his Department is working with to determine how reductions to the adult skills budget will be made; and if he will instruct the funding bodies to look at the effect of changes on learners in Liverpool.
    (2530)
3
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assaults there were on NHS staff in (a) Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency, (b) the NHS East Anglia area and (c) the UK in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
    (2558)
Wednesday 24 June  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 9 June

1
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value of exports from (a) Cumbria and (b) Carlisle was in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
    (1677)
2
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the level of business rates will next be reassessed; and if he will make a statement.
    (1676)
3
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on staffing costs for healthcare in Cumbria in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
    (1678)
4
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of transport infrastructure in Cumbria; and if he will conduct a feasibility study on upgrading the A595 from Carlisle to Whitehaven.
    (1675)

Notices given on Wednesday 10 June

1
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timescale he has planned for the completion of the feasibility study of the upgrading of the A69.
    (1814)
2
N
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include a requirement to upgrade Carlisle station in the next invitation to tender for the West Coast Mainline franchise.
    (1815)

Prepared 16th June 2015