Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 24 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 23 June 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Wednesday 24 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 24 June  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 
1
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What recent progress has been made on implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if she will make a statement.
    (900425)
2
Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): What steps the Government is taking to tackle low pay in Northern Ireland.
    (900426)
3
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): What steps the Government is taking to tackle low pay in Northern Ireland.
    (900427)
4
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What progress has been made on implementation of the Stormont House Agreement.
    (900428)
5
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): What discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the implementation of greater fiscal flexibility for Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (900429)
6
Jim Shannon (Strangford): What discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on security of police officers.
    (900430)
7
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): What recent assessment she has made of the political situation in Northern Ireland.
    (900431)
8
Pat Glass (North West Durham): What recent discussions she has had on the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (900432)
9
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): What steps the Government is taking to ensure that a viable budget can be set by the Northern Ireland Executive.
    (900433)
10
Tom Elliott (Fermanagh and South Tyrone): What recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on welfare reform.
    (900434)
11
Suella Fernandes (Fareham): What progress has been made on implementation of the Stormont House Agreement.
    (900435)
12
Conor McGinn (St Helens North): What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the role of the British-Irish Council.
    (900436)
13
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What steps she is taking to increase the sustainability of the Northern Ireland Executive's finances.
    (900437)
14
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): What steps the Government is taking to strengthen and rebalance the Northern Ireland economy.
    (900438)
15
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What steps the Government is taking to tackle low pay in Northern Ireland.
    (900439)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
1
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 24 June.
    (900510)
2
Richard Harrington (Watford):  
    (900511)
3
Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood):  
    (900512)
4
Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton):  
    (900513)
5
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead):  
    (900514)
6
William Wragg (Hazel Grove):  
    (900515)
7
Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)):  
    (900516)
8
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole):  
    (900517)
9
Crispin Blunt (Reigate):  
    (900518)
10
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire):  
    (900519)
11
James Cartlidge (South Suffolk):  
    (900520)
12
Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds):  
    (900521)
13
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth):  
    (900522)
14
Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):  
    (900523)
15
Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury):  
    (900524)

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)

Notices given on Thursday 18 June

1
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK since 2010.
    (3202)
2
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the decline in the bee population.
    (3118)
3
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of Iran's ballistic missile research and development programme.
    (3201)
4
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes have been or are to be made to how bailiffs operate as a result of HM Courts and Tribunals Service recent review of enforcement methods.
    (3073)

Notices given on Friday 19 June

1
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress National Savings and Investments (NS&I) has made on developing the IT infrastructure that will underpin tax-free childcare; and whether NS&I expect that system to be ready to begin taking registration from parents in autumn 2015.
    (3298)
2
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects parents to begin opening online accounts under the new tax-free childcare scheme; and when he expects eligible parents to receive top-up payments.
    (3299)
3
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of reducing air passenger duty on tourism, visitor numbers and regional economies.
    (3330)
4
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that the sale of the Government's shareholding in Royal Bank of Scotland Group does not have detrimental financial implications for customers of the banks in that group.
    (3331)
5
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons he did not discuss the sale of the Government's shareholding in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group with RBS, NatWest Bank or Ulster Bank; and if he will make a statement.
    (3332)
6
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of properties bought under the help to buy scheme that have since been sold to private sector landlords.
    (3334)
7
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of properties bought under the help to buy scheme in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area are now rented.
    (3335)
8
N
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter of 27 March 2015 from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning to the Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate, what his policy is on landscape character and prematurity in planning decisions.
    (3336)
9
N
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 25 March 2015, HCW488 what his policy is on solar energy.
    (3337)
10
N
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on proposals by developers to build new towns that do not accord with local plans.
    (3338)
11
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the need for security of supply of potash minerals.
    (3328)
12
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds his Department has provided for mental health 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.
    (3297)
13
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many landlords have trusted partner status for the purpose of placing tenants under alternative payment arrangements for universal credit; what proportion of universal credit recipients they cover; and what plans he has to extend that status.
    (3300)
14
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit recipients have been placed under alternative payment arrangements by social landlords with trusted partner status.
    (3301)
15
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit recipients have been placed under alternative payment arrangements for the housing cost element of universal credit.
    (3302)
16
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of in-work conditionality applied to recipients of universal credit who are in work.
    (3303)
17
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working recipients of universal credit have had their benefits reduced or stopped because a sanction was applied as a result of in-work conditionality.
    (3329)

Notices given on Monday 22 June

1
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the financial industry on the state of the financial services sector's IT systems.
[Transferred]   (3333)
2
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) age and (b) reliability of the nation's financial services' IT systems and risks represented to the nation's critical infrastructure.
[Transferred]   (3352)
3
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by the Law Officers' Departments is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the Law Officers' Departments most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3466)
4
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Attorney General, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3549)
5
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Attorney General, how many non-executive directors of the Law Officers' Departments who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3550)
6
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on maintaining the student opportunity allocation in its current form.
    (3444)
7
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been (a) given to and (b) recovered from prisoners in tuition fee loans taken out since September 2012.
    (3494)
8
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3465)
9
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2015 to Question 2403, when the UKTI Defence and Security Organisation priority markets list for 2015-16 will be published.
    (3393)
10
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure that there is a vote in the House before the UK signs up to the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership.
    (3570)
11
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3467)
12
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3551)
13
 
Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment he conducted of (a) the reprivatisation of RBS and (b) any other policy options for the future of RBS before the commissioning of the Rothschild Review into the UK Investment in Royal Bank of Scotland.
    (3499)
14
 
Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2015 to Question 900337, from which bodies he has commissioned advice on the sale of Royal Bank of Scotland.
    (3514)
15
 
Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2015 to Question 900337, what estimate has been made (a) by the Governor of the Bank of England and (b) from Rothschild of the effect on the public purse of the sale of the Government's stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland.
    (3587)
16
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3483)
17
 
Stewart McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount in corporation tax lost to the Exchequer through evasion in each financial year since 2010.
    (3376)
18
 
Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the potential economic effect on Cumbernauld of moving its office there to a new regional West of Scotland campus in or around Glasgow, as proposed in Building our Future - Continuing the Conversation - Phase 2.
    (3601)
19
 
Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what weight HM Revenue and Customs plans to give to the potential economic effect on towns where tax offices are sited of the establishment of regional centres under Building our Future - Continuing the Conversation - Phase 2 when making a decision on that programme.
    (3602)
20
 
Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that banks maintain a network of local branches.
    (3380)
21
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3566)
22
 
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners plan to dispose of land for residential development at (a) Paston Reserve and (b) Norwood in Gunthorpe, Peterborough; and if she will make a statement.
    (3389)
23
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) policy objectives and (b) measurable outcomes are the Northern Powerhouse initiative.
    (3501)
24
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3468)
25
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage councils to implement the zero-carbon home standard from 2016.
    (3546)
26
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3552)
27
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report entitled Green Belt Under Development by Glenigan Constructing Insight, dated August 2014, what assessment he has made of the causes of the changes in planning the number of approvals on the green belt over the last five years.
    (3395)
28
 
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with FIFA on the attempt to expel the Israel Football Association from that organisation.
    (3435)
29
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3469)
30
 
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on ensuring digital broadcast media are accessible for those with hearing impairments.
    (3355)
31
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3553)
32
 
Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel travelled to Colombia in 2014.
    (3588)
33
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what ongoing tasks in which countries the Ministry of Defence Police Special Escort Group have been assigned.
    (3388)
34
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when an officer of the Ministry of Defence Police last visited the Pitcairn Islands.
    (3440)
35
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3470)
36
 
George Kerevan (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with ADG Systems on employing that company's ex-RAF L1011 Tristar aircraft for military contract duties on behalf of the UK Government.
    (3417)
37
 
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy that all government procurement contracts for goods and services include an obligation to sign up to and fulfil the armed forces corporation covenant.
    (3354)
38
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) issue a press release and (b) write to Cambridge City Council to explain for what reasons after conducting a risk assessment his Department decided to base Libyan personnel at Bassingbourn; and if he will make a statement.
    (3418)
39
 
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional military training or assistance is being offered to the government of Afghanistan following the recent attack on the Afghan Parliament.
    (3500)
40
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3554)
41
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3471)
42
 
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times her Department has met (a) Norfolk County Council and (b) the Inspiration Trust to discuss the land on which the Hewlett School sits in Norwich South.
    (3446)
43
 
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how often her Department has made an academy order under section 4 of the Academies Act 2010 in each year since 2010; and in what region each school so affected is based.
    (3486)
44
 
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons she exercised an academy order under section 4 of the Academies Act 2010 in appointing a sponsor for the Hewett School in Norwich.
    (3507)
45
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many non-executive directors of her Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments she has made since May 2010.
    (3555)
46
 
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children who live in England go to schools in (a) Scotland and (b) Wales.
    (3420)
47
 
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school academies there were in (i) Cumbria and (ii) England and Wales in (A) 2012-13 and (B) 2013-14.
    (3422)
48
 
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children live in Scotland and go to school in England.
    (3510)
49
 
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the future effect on trade and investment of ending new subsidies for onshore wind in relation to the Renewables Obligation.
    (3359)
50
 
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make it her policy to respond to the messages contained in Pope Francis's Encyclical Laudato Si, On Care for Our Common Home.
    (3363)
51
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3472)
52
 
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 596, how many UK supply chain (a) jobs and (b) apprenticeships were created by each type of renewable energy for each year since 2010.
    (3569)
53
 
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 601, if she will list where components of the Rampion wind farm will be manufactured; and which aspects of the supply chain will be Uk manufactured.
    (3591)
54
 
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2015 to Question 603, what estimate she has made of the likely relative benefit for supply chains in (a) the UK and (b) other countries of investment in off-shore wind.
    (3592)
55
 
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 610, what amount of coal has been imported to the UK from each country in each of the last 10 years.
    (3593)
56
 
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 610, what forecasts her Department has made of the amount of coal that will be imported from each country in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
    (3594)
57
 
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of wind turbines (a) built and (b) with planning consent awaiting construction in Northamptonshire.
    (3590)
58
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) funds and (b) subsidies are available to encourage people to install renewable energy in their homes.
    (3545)
59
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment she has made of the reasons for the changes to the cost of hydro electricity to consumers in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
    (3394)
60
 
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent research her Department has conducted on energy produced from wave power.
    (3361)
61
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many non-executive directors of her Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments she has made since May 2010.
    (3556)
62
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many game farms were assessed by the Animal and Plant Health Agency as using un-enriched raised laying cages for partridge breeding pairs in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (3426)
63
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of game farms in England and Wales using un-enriched raised laying cages for partridge breeding pairs; and what steps she is taking to prevent such practices.
    (3427)
64
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many visits to English and Welsh pheasant and partridge game farms the Animal and Plant Health Agency made in each of the last five years for which figures are available; how many breaches of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and its Code of Practice for Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes were discovered during those visits; what those breaches were; and what action was taken to address each such breach.
    (3428)
65
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the study commissioned by her Department in 2009 to provide scientific evidence on whether cage-based breeding for pheasants and partridges can fully meet birds' needs will be published.
    (3518)
66
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3473)
67
 
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to implement the flood reinsurance scheme.
    (3356)
68
 
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what ecological and environmental studies have been planned on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Project.
    (3416)
69
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many non-executive directors of her Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments she has made since May 2010.
    (3557)
70
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what ways the Balance of Competences review on the EU has informed the Government's negotiating position on EU reform.
    (3586)
71
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3474)
72
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2015 to Question 1570, what commitments he has received from his Chinese counterpart in response to his concerns on the treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang province.
    (3512)
73
 
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what additional aid and assistance is being offered to the government of Afghanistan following the recent attack on the Afghan Parliament.
    (3502)
74
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3558)
75
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) gender, (b) age-group at death, (c) International Classification of Disease (10th revision) code for the underlying cause of death, (d) registration delay in days, (e) calendar year of death and (f) calendar year of death registration was for each death registered in Stockton North constituency from 2010 to 2014 with a registration delay of 366 days or more.
    (3571)
76
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths were registered in Stockton North constituency in each year from 2010 to 2014.
    (3572)
77
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths registered in Stockton North constituency from 2010 to 2014 had a registration delay of at least 366 days between the date of death and the date of death registration.
    (3573)
78
 
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths registered in Stockton North constituency from 2010 to 2014 had a registration delay of at least 183 days between the date of death and the date of death registration.
    (3574)
79
 
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of trialling HPV vaccinations for men who have sex with men in a small number of GUM clinics as part of a wider cost-effectiveness evaluation.
    (3498)
80
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual cost to the NHS is of providing screening for (a) sickle cell disease, (b) cystic fibrosis, (c) congenital hypothyroidism, (d) phenylketonuria, (e) medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, (f) maple syrup urine disease, (g) isovaleric acidaemia, (h) glutaric aciduria type 1, and (i) homocystinuria (pyridoxine unresponsive) (i) in total and (ii) on average per each test delivered; and how many such tests were undertaken in the latest year for which figures are available.
    (3515)
81
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the mobile x-ray unit for diagnosing tuberculosis in under-served populations will next visit Birmingham.
    (3423)
82
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will establish a regional TB outreach service based in the Midlands.
    (3424)
83
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the establishment of a national TB outreach service.
    (3425)
84
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis of depression at GP surgeries when the patient has not presented with that condition in the first instance.
    (3387)
85
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure at least one mental health specialist is on duty at each Accident and Emergency unit at all times.
    (3439)
86
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3475)
87
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve access to talking therapies.
    (3511)
88
 
Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the rate of mental ill health of carers in the last five years.
    (3360)
89
 
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Public Health England Marketing Strategy 2014 to 2017, published in July 2014, what discussions he has had with Public Health England about the progress of its work to trial mechanisms for improving screening uptake; and whether improving cervical screening uptake will form part of that trial.
    (3373)
90
 
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Public Health England Marketing Strategy 2014 to 2017, published in July 2014, what discussions he has had with Public Health England about whether its plan to develop marketing campaigns to drive earlier diagnosis will include a focus on raising awareness of cervical screening across the UK.
    (3374)
91
 
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will support Cervical Screening Awareness Week.
    (3375)
92
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount spent on agency locums.
    (3429)
93
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Immigration Health Surcharge on employment in the NHS.
    (3430)
94
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of the Choose and Book system.
    (3431)
95
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the revalidation of all full-time locum doctors is carried out by framework suppliers.
    (3432)
96
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what calculation was made to set the figure of £200 for the Immigration Health Surcharge.
    (3433)
97
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to ensure that whistle-blowers in the NHS remain anonymous.
    (3513)
98
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3559)
99
 
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of people resident in Scotland who are registered with a GP in England.
    (3419)
100
 
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital trusts were in special measures in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
    (3421)
101
 
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people resident in Wales are registered with a GP in England.
    (3509)
102
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who came to the UK to (a) take part in and (b) spectate at the 2012 Olympic Games (i) remain in the UK illegally, (ii) have applied for or been granted asylum and (iii) have been granted another form of legitimate leave to remain.
    (3489)
103
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who came to the UK to (a) take part in and (b) spectate at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (i) remain in the UK illegally, (ii) have applied for or been granted asylum and (iii) have been granted another form of legitimate leave to remain.
    (3491)
104
 
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas were received from citizens of (a) Malawi and (b) Zambia in each month since January 2010; and how many such applications were rejected.
    (3415)
105
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3476)
106
 
Stewart McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-EU migrants in (a) Glasgow South constituency and (b) Glasgow earn less than £35,000 annually.
    (3414)
107
 
Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to monitor the safety of people who have been removed or deported from the UK after their asylum application has been refused (a) on the basis that internal relocation to avoid persecution would be possible and (b) for other reasons.
    (3447)
108
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-executive directors of her Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments she has made since May 2010.
    (3560)
109
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Commonwealth countries who entered the UK in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 remained for more than a year without permission.
    (3436)
110
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Commonwealth countries who entered the UK in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 remained for more than a year without permission and remain in the UK.
    (3437)
111
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Commonwealth countries were granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
    (3575)
112
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Commonwealth countries were refused indefinite leave to remain in the UK in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
    (3589)
113
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3477)
114
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to sustain the outside contact enjoyed by the population of the Pitcairn Islands.
    (3506)
115
 
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help reduce youth unemployment in (a) Ghana, (b) Kenya and (c) South Africa.
    (3441)
116
 
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to implement her Department's Start-Up initiative in (a) Ghana, (b) Kenya and (c) South Africa.
    (3442)
117
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) in the last year; how often the ICAI audits the projects of her Department; and under what criteria such audits are carried out.
    (3503)
118
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the reports, evidence and recommendations of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact are scrutinised within her Department.
    (3504)
119
 
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what effect the auditing of her Department's projects by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact has had on the performance of her Department's projects.
    (3505)
120
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many non-executive directors of her Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments she has made since May 2010.
    (3561)
121
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's overseas aid budget is allocated to green energy projects in 2015-16.
    (3362)
122
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the course materials and training plans used for the Building Better Relationships programme for male perpetrators of domestic violence.
    (3487)
123
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether an internal review has taken place following the Parole Board's decision to authorise the moving of Alan Wilmot to an open prison; and if he will make a statement.
    (3488)
124
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the monetary value is of criminal courts charges (a) imposed and (b) collected since 13 April 2015; and if he will make a statement.
    (3490)
125
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will issue guidance to court users on the appropriateness of the use of the term victim to describe a complaint in a court case at the pre-conviction stage of proceedings.
    (3492)
126
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the new out of court disposal framework being piloted in West Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Leicestershire; and if he will make a statement.
    (3493)
127
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what community programmes are available in lieu of prison sentences for (a) female and (b) gay or lesbian perpetrators of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement.
    (3495)
128
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women safety officers and (b) men safety officers are employed to work with victims of domestic abuse.
    (3496)
129
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many and what proportion of cases the maximum sentence for each offence was given in (a) Crown Courts and (b) Magistrates' Courts in the latest year for which figures are available.
    (3497)
130
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) of each sex, (b) in each age group and (c) who committed each type of offence are in prison under sentence.
    (3547)
131
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who committed each type of offence have been sentenced to a suspended term of imprisonment of over 51 weeks since 3 December 2012.
    (3548)
132
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of sentence was served by people convicted of murder in each of the last five years.
    (3576)
133
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) adult and (b) juvenile offenders who committed each indictable offence received a caution for their first offence in each of the last three years.
    (3577)
134
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in (a) Magistrates' Courts and (b) Crown Courts have received a fine for breaching a suspended sentence since 3 December 2012.
    (3579)
135
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions magistrates in youth courts have handed down maximum two-year sentences since 2012.
    (3584)
136
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) number and (b) proportion of first-time offenders who committed each type of offence were sentenced to custody in each year since 2012.
    (3585)
137
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the trends in prison population for (a) male and (b) female prisoners over the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
    (3600)
138
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) absconds and (b) escapes took place from each prison in the last five years; and what offences had been committed by the people who absconded or escaped in each such case.
    (3603)
139
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3478)
140
 
John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what programmes are available in the prison service to help prisoners with gambling problems.
    (3508)
141
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3562)
142
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3479)
143
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many non-executive directors of her Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments she has made since May 2010.
    (3563)
144
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Prime Minister, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by 10 Downing Street is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3480)
145
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3481)
146
 
Stewart McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the extension of High Speed 2 to Scotland.
    (3377)
147
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3564)
148
 
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people go to university in Scotland who are resident in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) any other EU country.
    (3390)
149
 
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people who live in Scotland work in England.
    (3578)
150
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reason is for the time taken in allocating funding under the Regional Air Connectivity Fund; and when an announcement of the launch of the new air links under the Fund will be made.
    (3445)
151
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2015 to Question 2298, how much DVLA received from vehicle excise duty (a) fees and (b) fines in each of the most recent five years for which figures are available.
    (3391)
152
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2015 to Question 2298, what income the DVLA received from vehicle excise duty; and what the income has been used for in each of the last five years.
    (3392)
153
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2015 to Question 2297, what the reasons are for the recent increase in the number of vehicles clamped by other authorities.
    (3517)
154
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3482)
155
 
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the (a) Government and (b) bidders for the tendering process for the new Greater Anglia rail franchise.
    (3383)
156
 
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stations on the Greater Anglia rail franchise have ticket offices.
    (3384)
157
 
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Government of the new Greater Anglia rail franchise.
    (3385)
158
 
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that ticket machines on the Greater Anglia rail franchise provide the same value and ticketing options as ticket offices.
    (3386)
159
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage change in real terms of the cost to the traveller of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus, (c) train and (d) domestic aeroplane since (i) 1980, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 2010.
    (3443)
160
 
Stewart McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to extend High Speed 2 to Glasgow and Edinburgh.
    (3378)
161
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to raise the child rail fare age limit from 15 to 18.
    (3438)
162
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3565)
163
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3484)
164
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3567)
165
 
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had their benefits sanctioned in (a) Ochil and South Perthshire constituency and (b) Scotland in each of the last 12 quarters for which figures are available.
    (3357)
166
 
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payments to recipients in Ochil and South Perthshire constituency in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
    (3358)
167
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
    (3485)
168
 
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment assessment appointments failed to take place as a result of double booking of appointments between 2010 and 2015.
    (3516)
169
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the closure of the Independent Living Fund on people previously in receipt of that funding who used it to pay for assistance required to live in the community.
    (3434)
170
 
Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to maintain the level of (a) services used and (b) benefits claimed by carers.
    (3379)
171
 
Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to maintain the level of (a) services used and (b) benefits claimed by disabled people.
    (3381)
172
 
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
    (3568)
173
 
Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 851W, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have died within six weeks of their benefits being stopped in each of the last three years.
    (3382)

Thursday 25 June  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
 
1
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What contribution her Department is making to cross-departmental work on the Government's environmental agenda.
    (900535)
2
David Mackintosh (Northampton South): What steps she is taking to increase competition in the energy supply market.
    (900536)
3
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): What steps she is taking to increase the proportion of energy that is generated from renewable sources.
    (900537)
4
Craig Williams (Cardiff North): What preparations her Department is making for the 2015 Paris climate change conference.
    (900538)
5
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What her policy is on investment in future nuclear generating capacity.
    (900539)
6
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield): What assessment she has made of the effect of the reduction in Government subsidies on the number of wind farm applications.
    (900540)
7
Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle): What preparations her Department is making for the 2015 Paris climate change conference.
    (900541)
8
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What progress is being made on reaching an international climate change agreement in Paris.
    (900542)
9
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): What steps her Department is taking to incentivise greater use of renewable and non-fossil fuel forms of energy.
    (900543)
10
Owen Thompson (Midlothian): What recent discussions she has had with representatives of the renewable energy industry on the future of that industry.
    (900544)
11
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What steps she is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (900545)
12
Stuart Blair Donaldson (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): What steps the Government is taking to support the oil and gas industry; and if she will make a statement.
    (900546)
13
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): What estimate she has made of the number of jobs in Scotland supported by the renewable energy industry.
    (900547)
14
Ben Howlett (Bath): What contribution her Department is making to cross-departmental work on the Government's environmental agenda.
    (900548)
15
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): What recent assessment she has made of the potential contribution of carbon abatement technologies to the Government's decarbonisation strategy.
    (900549)
16
Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham): What assessment she has made of the potential effect of automotive emissions on climate change in the next five years.
    (900550)
17
Rachael Maskell (York Central): What steps she is taking to maximise renewable energy generation through public procurement.
    (900551)
18
Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): What estimate she has made of the number of jobs in Scotland supported by the renewable energy industry.
    (900552)
19
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps she is taking to support research and innovation in adaptation to climate change.
    (900553)
20
Sue Hayman (Workington): What steps she is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (900554)
21
Mike Weir (Angus): What recent discussions she has had with representatives of the renewable energy industry on the future of that industry.
    (900555)
22
Dr Tania Mathias (Twickenham): What progress she has made on the rollout of smart meters.
    (900556)
23
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Ochil and South Perthshire): What estimate she has made of the contribution of the wind power sector to the economy in Scotland.
    (900557)
24
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): What steps she is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
    (900558)
25
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): What her policy is on achieving a decarbonised electricity sector by 2030; and if she will make a statement.
    (900559)
At 10.15am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
1
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (900525)
2
Karin Smyth (Bristol South):  
    (900526)
3
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich):  
    (900527)
4
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South):  
    (900528)
5
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):  
    (900529)
6
Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood):  
    (900530)
7
Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane):  
    (900531)
8
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood):  
    (900532)
9
Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire):  
    (900533)
10
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):  
    (900534)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 16 June

1
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Answer of 15 June to Question 1850, what the budgetary reductions are; and how they were decided.
    (2749)

Notices given on Thursday 18 June

1
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid her Department has provided to people affected by the crisis in Yemen in each of the last three years.
    (3074)

Notices given on Monday 22 June

1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget is for the Skills Funding Agency for the next five years; if he will conduct a review into the level of funding of the Skills Funding Agency for each of those years; and if he will make a statement.
    (3460)
2
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the Skills Funding Agency budget has been spent in the West Midlands in each of the last five years.
    (3461)
3
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings (a) he, (b) his predecessor, (c) Ministers in his Department and (d) officials in his Department have had on the future of the Magnox site at Bradwell in the last three years.
    (3404)
4
N
Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance and advice his Department plans to make available to small businesses seeking to comply with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
    (3450)
5
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the role of Tier 2 Inter Company Transfer Visas in promoting skills in the ICT industries.
    (3605)
6
N
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the estimated RAB charge is for full-time undergraduate students in England; and what data this calculation is based on.
    (3364)
7
N
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the estimated RAB charge is for part-time undergraduate students in England; and what data this calculation is based on.
    (3365)
8
N
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of undergraduate students with equivalent or lower qualifications received support for their tuition fees in the academic year 2012-13.
    (3366)
9
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any staff on Tier 2 Intercompany Transfers are employed, seconded or contracted to (a) his Department and (b) other Government departments.
    (3606)
10
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions his Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the assessment of the resilience of financial IT systems as part of critical national infrastructure.
    (3607)
11
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the weaknesses that led to problems with IT systems in RBS in June 2015 were not identified as risks in the National Infrastructure Plan, published in 2013; and what discussions he has had with the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure on those problems.
    (3608)
12
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) fiscal and (b) other incentives are in place for financial services companies to update their IT systems as part of improving the resilience of critical national infrastructure.
    (3609)
13
N
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that multinational enterprises provide country-by-country tax reports in line with proposals made in the OECD's Country-by-Country Reporting Implementation Package, published in June 2015.
    (3541)
14
N
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many multinational enterprises that paid tax to the Government provided country-by-country tax reports to HM Revenue and Customs in 2010-15.
    (3542)
15
N
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that multinational enterprises publish full transparent breakdowns of their tax receipts.
    (3543)
16
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he,(b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had on the future of the Magnox site at Bradwell in the last three years.
    (3405)
17
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the briefing packs received by John Kerr, Rona Fairhead, Ed Balls and himself at this year's Bilderberg Conference.
    (3370)
18
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research reports his Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 have not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each such report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
    (3580)
19
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the replacement rate of council homes sold through the Right to Buy scheme has been in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) nationally for each year since 2012.
    (3462)
20
N
Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will revisit the Government's allocation of funding to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority and closure of the two fire stations in Wirral West constituency.
    (3581)
21
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the economic benefit from tourists visiting the Palace of Westminster.
    (3537)
22
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many onshore windfarms are situated on Ministry of Defence land; and where each such farm is based.
    (3526)
23
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what planning applications for windfarms in what locations on Ministry of Defence land are pending.
    (3527)
24
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many experiments were carried out by his Department on each animal species in the last 12 months.
    (3596)
25
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what animal species were used by his Department in experiments in the last 12 months.
    (3597)
26
N
Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons HMS Enterprise has been selected to replace HMS Bulwark on migrant search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean; and when this decision was made.
    (3397)
27
N
Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the decision to replace HMS Bulwark with HMS Enterprise on capacity to rescue migrants from the Mediterranean.
    (3398)
28
N
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to publish his Department's report, undertaken in December 2014 on the training of Libyan soldiers at Bassingbourn Barracks and subsequent attacks in Cambridge.
    (3604)
29
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to promote cardiopulmonary resuscitation in schools.
    (3525)
30
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the fifth report of the Education Committee, session 2014-15, on life lessons: PSHE and SRE in schools.
    (3595)
31
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the study of STEM subjects by women; and if she will make a statement.
    (3582)
32
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding her Department has made available to increase the study of STEM subjects by women in each of the last five years.
    (3583)
33
N
Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of 18 to 24 year old (a) women and (b) men were not in education, employment or training in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) region in England in each of the last four quarters for which data is available; and if she will make a statement.
    (3536)
34
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to reduce industrial energy costs.
    (3455)
35
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2015 to Question 418, whether her Department received reports from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) which were not published by the NDA or her Department.
    (3456)
36
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2015 to Question 419, on energy: infrastructure, in which (a) region and (b) companies the jobs in (i) off shore wind and (ii) renewable electricity are supported.
    (3457)
37
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of expenditure on new-build renewable electricity generation under (a) the Renewables Obligation and (b) Contracts for Difference in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17, (iii) 2017-18, (iv) 2018-19, (v) 2019-20 and (vi) 2020-21.
    (3413)
38
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Statement of 18 June 2015, HCWS 40, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the early closure of the Renewables Obligation to new onshore wind on the Levy Control Framework.
    (3452)
39
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the UK's (a) electricity, (b) heat and (c) transport demand that will be met by renewables by 2020.
    (3532)
40
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the UK's electricity demand that will be met each type of renewables technology by 2020.
    (3533)
41
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether there is any (a) local and (b) national Government support available for decommissioning wind farms at the end of their productive life span; and if she will make a statement.
    (3610)
42
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the oral statement made to the House on 22 June 2015 on onshore wind subsidies, if she will publish a list of wind farms and turbine applications in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency that can be appealed under the grace period.
    (3611)
43
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the oral statement made to the House on 22 June 2015 on onshore wind subsidies, if she will clarify the status of grace period and the proposed wind farm recently given planning permission on Heysham headlands port area; to what areas a review would apply; and if she will make a statement.
    (3612)
44
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will take steps to ask or require local planning authorities to publish the planning routes for any application of (a) fracking and (b) any other energy facilities.
    (3613)
45
N
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting local communities the right to veto wind farm applications.
    (3451)
46
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many referrals the NHS made to each of the two American and one Swiss centres from which it commissions proton beam therapy in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what the cost of purchasing this treatment from each such centre in each such year is; and what the cost to the NHS was of (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) other expenses relating to treatment provided at each such centre in each such year.
    (3372)
47
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints of each type were received against the London Ambulance Service in each year since 2010.
    (3399)
48
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent unfilled vacancies there were in the London Ambulance Service on 1 June (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015.
    (3400)
49
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Surge Ambers, Surge Reds and Surge Purples were recorded by the London Ambulance Service in each year since 2010; and what the reasons were for each such Surge.
    (3401)
50
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Category A ambulance calls were responded to within eight minutes in May (a) 2015, (b) 2014, (c) 2013, (d) 2012, (e) 2011 and (f) 2010 in (i) each London borough and (ii) London.
    (3402)
51
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Category B ambulance calls were responded to within 19 minutes in May (a) 2015, (b) 2014, (c) 2013, (d) 2012, (e) 2011 and (f) 2010 in (i) each London borough and (ii) London.
    (3403)
52
N
Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on nursing staff of new immigration rules relating to settlement applications; and if he will place a copy of that assessment in the Library.
    (3396)
53
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what approvals are outstanding for new building works at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
    (3412)
54
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his speech of 19 June 2015, A New Deal for General Practice, and the announcement of a £10 million fund to support struggling GP practices, (a) whether such funding represents a new investment or the diversion of existing funds from elsewhere, (b) from where the £10 million will be sourced, (c) how eligibility for financial support under this programme will be determined, (d) whether such support will be contingent upon efforts on the part of qualifying practices to extend access to their services to seven days a week and (e) when he expects the first instalments of that fund to be paid to qualifying practices.
    (3540)
55
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation her Department paid following the unlawful detention of individuals under immigration powers in the financial year 2014-15.
    (3519)
56
N
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that the police investigate and charge people who promote or sell chlorine dioxide for consumption by children.
    (3371)
57
N
Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for Harrow West's letters of 23 March 2015 and 14 May 2015 on Ms Dubla of Harrow.
    (3528)
58
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account his Department took of the performance of Concentrix in its contract with HM Revenue and Customs in the decision to award that company the contract to collect court fines.
    (3598)
59
N
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unimplemented judgements of the European Court of Human Rights there have been in each member state of the Council of Europe in each of the last 10 years.
    (3535)
60
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the historical files on the conflict in Northern Ireland will be handed over to the Historical Inquiries Unit; and if she will make a statement.
    (3406)
61
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; and what subjects were discussed.
    (3407)
62
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to introduce a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.
    (3534)
63
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met the Minister for Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive and the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to discuss the police investigation into the Loughinisland massacre on 18 June 1994; and if she will make a statement.
    (3599)
64
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will request from the Chairman of the Chilcot Inquiry a list of the witnesses from whom the inquiry is still waiting for comments on the draft material sent to them; and if he will also request the date in each case when material for approval was last sent.
    (3448)
65
N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many public engagement events to support (a) Scotland's place in the world and (b) the reputation of Scotland internationally have been held at Dover House in the last five years.
    (3520)
66
N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many public engagement events to support the voluntary sector in Scotland have been held at Dover House in the last five years.
    (3521)
67
N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many public engagement events to support Scottish culture have been held at Dover House in the last five years.
    (3522)
68
N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many public engagement events to support Scottish enterprise, business and produce have been held at Dover House in the last five years.
    (3523)
69
N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many public engagement events to increase understanding of (a) Scottish issues in general and (b) the Scottish Parliament have been held at Dover House in the last five years.
    (3524)
70
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were employed in the Highways Agency Traffic Officer Service in each year since 2010; and how many people are employed in the comparable section of Highways England.
    (3454)
71
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on Manchester Airport of a new runway at (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick Airport.
    (3538)
72
N
Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that the National Infrastructure Plan of 2014 is implemented in full.
    (3453)
73
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what works have been undertaken to enable the electrification of the Midland Main Line to date; and what the value is of (a) contracts entered into by Network Rail in connection with the project and (b) the work undertaken by his Department before that project was included in the 2012 High Level Output Specification.
    (3449)
74
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2015 to Question 1550, on what date he received the Stakeholder Executive's review of Network Rail's governance.
    (3529)
75
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3009, whether all Pacer trains will be withdrawn from service once they are displaced from the Northern and Great Western franchises.
    (3530)
76
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2610, what his Department's annual expenditure on the South East Flexible Ticketing programme (STET) has been; and what the value was of the funding that was transferred from the ITSO on Prestige programme to SEFT.
    (3531)
77
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the purpose of his Department's Rail Infrastructure Futures unit is; on what date that unit was created; how many officials work in the Rail Infrastructure Futures team; and whether any external bodies have seconded staff to that unit or undertaken work at Rail Infrastructure Futures' request.
    (3539)
78
N
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed by Greater Anglia rail passenger services as (a) station staff, (b) ticket office staff, (c) guards or train crew, (d) cleaning staff, (e) catering staff, (f) security staff, (g) administrative staff and (h) managerial staff.
    (3408)
79
N
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that bidders for the next contract for the Greater Anglia rail passenger service take steps so that the living wage is paid through the contract chain.
    (3409)
80
N
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stations there are on the Greater Anglia rail franchise; and how many of those stations are unstaffed.
    (3410)
81
N
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed by Greater Anglia rail passenger services.
    (3411)
82
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families with five or more children affected by the benefit cap have (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five or more children who are under five.
    (3367)
83
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families with four children affected by the benefit cap have (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more children who are under five.
    (3368)
84
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families with one child that are affected by the benefit cap have a child who is under five.
    (3369)
85
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families with three children affected by the benefit cap have (a) one child, (b) two children and (c) three children aged under five.
    (3458)
86
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families with two children affected by the benefit cap have (a) one child and (b) two children aged under five.
    (3459)

Monday 29 June  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 22 June

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support rail and rolling stock replacement in the north east.
    (3544)

Tuesday 30 June  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 18 June

1
N
Kevin Foster (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to further roll out the Universal Credit programme in Torbay constituency in 2015-16.
    (3273)

Tuesday 7 July  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 22 June

1
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)
2
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)

Prepared 23rd June 2015