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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Thursday 25 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 Wednesday 24 June 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Thursday 25 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.

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)
★ 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)
★ 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)
★ 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)
★ 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)
★ 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
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)
11
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)
12
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)
13
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)
14
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)
15
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research reports his Department 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)
16
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)
17
N
Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review the Government's allocation of funding to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority and closure of the two fire stations in Wirral West constituency.
    (3581)
18
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 benefit to the economy from tourists visiting the Palace of Westminster.
    (3537)
19
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 wind farm is based.
    (3526)
20
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)
21
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)
22
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)
23
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 that decision was made.
    (3397)
24
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)
25
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)
26
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)
27
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, HC 145 on Life Lessons: PSHE and SRE in schools.
    (3595)
28
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)
29
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)
30
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)
31
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)
32
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) offshore wind and (ii) renewable electricity are supported.
    (3457)
33
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)
34
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)
35
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)
36
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)
37
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)
38
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to her oral statement of 22 June 2015, HC Deb, column 618, 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)
39
N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to her oral statement of 22 June 2015, HC Deb, column 618, 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 such a review would apply; and if she will make a statement.
    (3612)
40
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)
41
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)
42
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 that treatment from each such centre in each such year was; 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)
43
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)
44
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)
45
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)
46
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)
47
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)
48
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)
49
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 that 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)
50
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)
51
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)
52
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)
53
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)
54
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)
55
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)
56
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 at that meeting.
    (3407)
57
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)
58
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)
59
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)
60
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)
61
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)
62
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)
63
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)
64
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)
65
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)
66
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)
67
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)
68
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)
69
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)
70
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)
71
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)
72
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the purpose is of his Department's Rail Infrastructure Futures unit; 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)
73
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)
74
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)
75
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)
76
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)
77
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)
78
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)
79
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)
80
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)
81
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)

Notices given on Tuesday 23 June

1
N
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support research and innovation in adaptation to climate change.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]   (900553)
2
N
Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of automotive emissions on climate change in the next five years.
[Question Unstarred] [Transferred]   (900550)
3
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to incentivise greater use of renewable and non-fossil fuel forms of energy.
[Question Unstarred]   (900543)
4
N
Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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 he will make a statement.
[Transferred]   (3536)
5
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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.
[Transferred]   (3607)
6
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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.
[Transferred]   (3608)
7
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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.
[Transferred]   (3609)
8
N
Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on nursing staff of new immigration rules relating to settlement applications; and if she will place a copy of that assessment in the Library.
[Transferred]   (3396)
9
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the number of cases which were not able to proceed to their conclusion in (a) Magistrates' and (b) Crown courts as a result of identifiable errors by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last three years.
    (3678)
10
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, how many appeals for each category of offence were referred to him by (a) victims or the families of victims, (b) the police, (c) the Crown Prosecution Service, (d) other members of the public and (e) a combination of those people; and what proportion of each type of referral resulted in a successful appeal.
    (3681)
11
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of appeals against unduly lenient sentences were rejected for being out of time in respect of each category of offence in each of the last three years.
    (3784)
12
 
Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department gives to research on the causes, effects and treatment of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis in the last five years.
    (3691)
13
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to adopt a comprehensive arms embargo on all parties engaged in military operations in Yemen; if he will encourage the UN Security Council to adopt such an embargo; and if he will make a statement.
    (3635)
14
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many arms export licences the Government has issued with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since 25 March 2015; if he will investigate the effect of the UK's obligations under national and EU legislation and the Arms Trade Treaty of the issuing of arms export licences to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and that country's air strikes in Yemen and its allies; and if he will make a statement.
    (3711)
15
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what average time is taken for payments to be made to people who make a claim against the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Office.
    (3837)
16
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average level of earnings was of a part-time student undertaking undergraduate degree-level programmes in England at the point of becoming eligible for the first time to repay student loans in each of the last five years; and what the source of that data is.
    (3637)
17
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average level of earnings was of a part-time student undertaking undergraduate degree-level programmes in England at the commencement of study in each of the last five years; and what the source of that data is.
    (3638)
18
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average level of earnings was of a part-time student undertaking undergraduate degree-level programmes in England at qualification completion in each of the last five years; and what the source that data is.
    (3639)
19
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average level of earnings was of a part-time student undertaking undergraduate degree-level programmes in England at 10 years after completion in each of the last five years; and what the source of that data is.
    (3640)
20
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average level of income is of a part-time student undertaking higher education study in England at the commencement of their study.
    (3786)
21
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average level of income is of a part-time student undertaking higher education study in England at the point of their first becoming eligible to repay student loans.
    (3787)
22
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average level of income is of a part-time student of higher education in England 10 years after completion of their course.
    (3788)
23
 
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average level of income is of a part-time student undertaking higher education study in England at qualification completion.
    (3789)
24
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether official statistics on usage of cancer drugs and treatments for rare diseases include overseas patients at private clinics.
    (3752)
25
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been diagnosed with problems relating to alcohol consumption in each of the last five years.
    (3753)
26
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that consumers are given the choice to receive bills, statements and other important information on paper from their financial service providers without charge.
    (3793)
27
 
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost and benefits of (a) converting RBS into a network of local stakeholder banks, (b) breaking up RBS into a series of challenger banks, (c) converting RBS into a state-owned business bank and (d) other options for the future of RBS considered by his Department; and if he will place a copy of any such assessments in the Library.
    (3801)
28
 
Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral statement by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 11 June 2015, Official Report, column 1373, what the evidence base is for his assertion that the Royal Bank of Scotland has not been able to play its full part in Small and Medium-sized Enterprise lending because of public ownership.
    (3794)
29
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reinstate the full personal tax allowance for individuals earning in excess of £100,000 per year.
    (3724)
30
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2015 to Question 228908, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the length of time taken to process working tax credit claims.
    (3663)
31
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the geographical boundaries are of the Northern Powerhouse.
    (3704)
32
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average annual income is of each person living in the area covered by the Northern Powerhouse.
    (3705)
33
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of savings accruing to the Exchequer linked to changes in the level of self employment in the last three years.
    (3706)
34
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he made of savings accruing to the Exchequer from changes to the percentage threshold scheme for statutory sick pay scheme introduced on 6 April 2014.
    (3835)
35
 
Stewart McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with his international counterparts the prospects for organising an international fair tax summit.
    (3682)
36
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on the likelihood that interest ratios will remain at their present level.
    (3629)
37
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) the Royal Bank of Scotland and (b) Ulster Bank on steps to assist future problems with their critical infrastructure.
    (3630)
38
 
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the forthcoming consultation on a charge cap for savers withdrawing their money from pensions will include a proposal for a charge cap on income drawdown products.
    (3643)
39
 
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that local councils provide adequate support and assistance to single homeless people when they approach their council for help.
    (3795)
40
 
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to introduce an agent of change principle into existing planning law regulations to ensure that pre-existing pubs and entertainment venues are not adversely affected by noise nuisance regulations when new residential units are created close to their business.
    (3838)
41
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have provided grant funding to Shopmobility schemes in each of the last three years; and what the level of such grants awarded was by each such local authority.
    (3805)
42
 
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance set out in National Planning Policy Guidance, paragraph 006 ID 30-006-20141224, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes introduced in December 2014 to that guidance on the ability of long-standing entertainment venues to ensure that new developments in their vicinity undertake appropriate sound mitigation measures.
    (3922)
43
 
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of young people who are living in emergency or temporary accommodation provided by (a) local authorities and (b) the voluntary sector.
    (3816)
44
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to encourage young people to take up shooting.
    (3631)
45
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the condition of Wellington Barracks; and what plans he has for the future use of those barracks.
    (3900)
46
 
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which barracks are in the Greater London area; and by whom they are occupied.
    (3901)
47
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will implement the recommendations of the Fifth Report of the Education Committee of Session 2014-15, on Life Lessons: PHSE and SRE in schools, HC 145, on the teaching of age appropriate sex and relationship education in all primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.
    (3913)
48
 
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the Government decided not to provide VAT rebates for sixth form colleges along with VAT rebates for sixth forms in state schools as well as academies and other free school variants.
    (3897)
49
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints have been made to the Education Funding Agency about academies and free schools in the last three years; and what proportion of such complaints have been upheld.
    (3707)
50
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value is of the total assets held by free schools; and what proportion of such assets were formally held by public bodies.
    (3708)
51
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the performance of the University of Chester Academies Trust.
    (3709)
52
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total held in reserves for each free school.
    (3710)
53
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the radicalisation of children in schools.
    (3791)
54
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the statement of 22 June 2015, Official Report, columns 617-36, on onshore wind subsidies, which onshore wind projects will no longer qualify for Renewable Obligation support.
    (3803)
55
 
Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she will announce the conclusion of negotiations for a Contract for Difference for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon.
    (3830)
56
 
Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussion she has had with the European Commission on the decision on state aid on the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project.
    (3831)
57
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to ensure that the distribution of shale gas community benefit funds go to those households closest to potential drilling sites.
    (3683)
58
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the level of potential flaring on shale gas sites.
    (3684)
59
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to prevent ground water contamination as a result of shale gas drilling.
    (3685)
60
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps are being taken to reduce the risk of seismic activity as a result of shale gas drilling.
    (3686)
61
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps are being taken to mitigate the noise and sound pollution arising from heavy goods vehicles used in shale gas drilling.
    (3687)
62
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will introduce a more stringent monitoring regime following a shale gas well abandonment.
    (3701)
63
 
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, who will carry out the independent monitoring of proposed shale gas sites.
    (3760)
64
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to her Department's press release of 18 June 2015, Changes to onshore wind subsidies, whether she plans to implement a grace period in situations where a consented wind-farm project is expected to commission on a certain date but grid connection delays occur that are outside the developer's control.
    (3895)
65
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to her Department's press release of 18 June 2015, Changes to onshore wind subsidies, whether she plans to implement a dispensation for the Contract for Difference period to be extended to accommodate existing consented projects with delayed grid connection dates.
    (3896)
66
 
Mrs Flick Drummond (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance will be provided by her Department for the rebuilding of flood defences in Portsmouth South constituency.
    (3717)
67
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions officials in her Department have had with (a) the Lead Ammunition Group and (b) the Austrian government on prohibiting the use of lead shot.
    (3632)
68
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce levels of pox in red squirrels arising from garden feeders.
    (3633)
69
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve eel habitats.
    (3634)
70
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase woodland and the number of trees.
    (3742)
71
 
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff were employed at the Rural Payments Agency in each of the last five years.
    (3914)
72
 
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprenticeships there are in the (a) agriculture, (b) horticulture, (c) animal care, (d) food and (e) agri-tech sectors.
    (3915)
73
 
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprenticeships will be created at (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level in the food, farming and agri-tech sectors in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
    (3916)
74
 
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many extra staff have been (a) hired and (b) reassigned from other roles in the Rural Payments Agency to manage applications for the Basic Payment Scheme in 2014-15.
    (3917)
75
 
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the food and farming industry on apprenticeships.
    (3918)
76
 
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Government funding has been allocated to increase the number of apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
    (3923)
77
 
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the UN on specifying that 20 June should be commemorated as World Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Day.
    (3799)
78
 
Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to mark International Day of Peace.
    (3839)
79
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of British nationals identified as missing in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
    (3792)
80
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the human rights situation in that country.
    (3893)
81
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Hong Kong.
    (3899)
82
 
Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason Colombia was included in his Department's Human Rights and Democracy Report 2014, as a country of concern; and if he will make a statement.
    (3721)
83
 
Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Colombian authorities on human rights abuses of workers of the Esbarbosa ESP water and other services company in Colombia.
    (3813)
84
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussion he has had with tampon manufacturers on warnings about toxic shock syndrome appearing on product packaging; and if he will make a statement.
    (3832)
85
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next plans to update the National Suicide Prevention Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
    (3700)
86
 
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review his current policy on prescription charging for patients with long-term health conditions.
    (3693)
87
 
Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS staff are aware of the symptoms and treatment of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.
    (3690)
88
 
Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis have been reported in each of the last five years; and in how many of those cases were (a) paracetamol, (b) codeine and (c) other drugs were assessed to be the cause.
    (3692)
89
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library all representations received by the Government on the potential effect on the NHS of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership proposals.
    (3800)
90
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average time was taken between patients calling 999 with a life threatening call and presenting at Arrowe Park Hospital accident and emergency department in the last six months.
    (3702)
91
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of life threatening calls made in the CH64 postcode area to the ambulance service led to an ambulance arriving at the callers location within 8 minutes.
    (3703)
92
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken was between patients calling 999 with a life threatening call and presenting at the Countess of Chester Hospital accident and emergency department in the last six months.
    (3833)
93
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how can his Department ensure that the use in recruitment of Master Vendor by health trusts does not reduce the level of competition for vacancies in those trusts.
    (3804)
94
 
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the London Borough of Ealing who have been diagnosed with severe dementia or Alzheimer's Disease are currently in receipt of NHS continuing health care; and if he will make a statement.
    (3712)
95
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the levels of investment in treatment for bladder cancer.
    (3790)
96
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely timescale for making mega stent technology for heart surgery available on the NHS.
    (3625)
97
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he plans to make to ensure that cancer patients have access to essential treatments after the closure of the Cancer Drugs Fund.
    (3626)
98
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of mechanisms for elevating treatments for (a) blood and (b) rare cancer.
    (3627)
99
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with rare types of blood cancer have access to effective treatments.
    (3628)
100
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many unsuccessful cosmetic surgery operations have had to be corrected by further surgery in the NHS in each of the last five years.
    (3744)
101
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to regulate cosmetic surgery providers.
    (3745)
102
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) university research and development departments and (b) pharmaceuticals companies on reducing the cost of NHS-prescribed medicines.
    (3746)
103
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the potential introduction of a new NHS blood test for Alzheimer's disease.
    (3747)
104
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of non-prescribed medication.
    (3748)
105
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions have been carried out after a blood test showed a disability in the foetus in each of the last five years.
    (3749)
106
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have had a adverse reaction to a transplant operation in each of the last five years.
    (3754)
107
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the Northern Ireland Health Minister the development of a UK-wide strategy for addressing and raising awareness of ovarian cancer.
    (3755)
108
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate cancer drugs are prescribed for cancer patients with diabetes and that the use of inappropriate drugs for such patients is eliminated.
    (3756)
109
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely timescale for making new drugs available on the NHS to treat Klebsiella infections.
    (3757)
110
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely timescale for making the new compound for the treatment of malaria discovered at Durham University available on the NHS.
    (3758)
111
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) NHS England and (b) London North West Healthcare NHS Trust spent on agency nurses in the last two financial years.
    (3716)
112
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was budgeted for employing agency nurses by (a) NHS England and (b) London North West Healthcare NHS Trust in the last two financial years.
    (3720)
113
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential annual cost to the NHS of GPs being able to access CT scans, endoscopies and other internal examinations without a specialist referral.
    (3825)
114
 
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what forecast he has made of the likely spend on agency nurses by (a) NHS England and (b) London North West Healthcare NHS Trust in each year up to and including 2019-20.
    (3826)
115
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified nurses are currently working in the UK.
    (3718)
116
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of qualified nurses working in the UK were directly employed by the NHS in 2015 and in each of the last five years.
    (3719)
117
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of qualified nurses that will work in the UK in each of the next five years.
    (3785)
118
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public sector organisations employ qualified nurses to provide health and social care services; and how many such nurses are employed by each such organisation (a) as a number and (b) as a proportion of the total number of qualified nurses working in the public sector.
    (3815)
119
 
Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of whether North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group's (a) evaluation of clinical evidence and (b) patient engagement relating to its decision to restrict the provision of NHS hearing aids from 1 October 2015 is compliant with (i) the NHS constitution and (ii) the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
    (3819)
120
 
Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group on that Group's decision to restrict the provision of NHS hearing aids from 1 October 2015.
    (3820)
121
 
Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NICE to publish the (a) clinical guidance and (b) quality standard for adult onset hearing loss.
    (3821)
122
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department offers to commissioning support units to manage backlogs in applications for Continuing Healthcare Retrospective Review claims.
    (3822)
123
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for Continuing Healthcare Retrospective Review claims made in each of the last four years have not yet been processed.
    (3823)
124
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of applications for Continuing Healthcare Retrospective Review claims made in each of the last four years have been approved.
    (3824)
125
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the NHS of treating back pain in each of the last 10 years.
    (3829)
126
 
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Cancer Drugs Fund panel will next meet to discuss the appraisal of new medicines.
    (3814)
127
 
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on screening all men for prostate cancer at the age of 50; and if he will make a statement.
    (3713)
128
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Crime Agency has made an estimate of the number of women who pose a potential risk of being a child abuser or of seeking out child sex images online.
    (3680)
129
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested in connection with English language test fraud in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many such people were (a) held as an immigration detainee, (b) released and (c) deported.
    (3767)
130
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA profiles have been removed from the national DNA database.
    (3769)
131
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that all the DNA profiles of current prisoners are added to the DNA database.
    (3770)
132
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful matches there have been between DNA profiles taken from crime scenes and those stored on the national DNA database in the last year for which information is available.
    (3771)
133
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers are still in the UK; and what the longest period is for which a failed asylum seeker has remained in the UK.
    (3774)
134
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants are still in the UK following the final rejection of their application; and what the longest period is for which an illegal immigrant has remained in the UK.
    (3775)
135
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the highest number of times is that a person has taken the Life in the UK test.
    (3777)
136
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners have sought to challenge a deportation decision under the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights since 2010.
    (3778)
137
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notifications the UK Border Agency received relating to people detained by police who were found to be in the UK illegally in the last 12 months for which figures are available; how many such notifications were acted on; and how any such notifications resulted in the UK Border Agency taking into custody the person in question for deportation or other enforcement action.
    (3779)
138
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many strict liability offences have been created in the last five years.
    (3780)
139
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have a voluntary GPS tag in West Yorkshire in the most recent year for which information is available; and what assessment she has made of the effect on offending levels of wearing such a tag.
    (3783)
140
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA profiles on the DNA database were previously removed from that database.
    (3898)
141
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stowaways have been recorded travelling into the UK by aeroplane in each of the last five years.
    (3614)
142
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stowaways have been recorded travelling into Heathrow Airport by aeroplane in each of the last five years.
    (3615)
143
 
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations have been made under section 50 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to identify and support victims of trafficking.
    (3739)
144
 
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to support victims of human trafficking who do not pass the Genuine Prospect of Work test.
    (3740)
145
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much financial aid the Government provides to support operational anti-narcotic services organised and implemented by states that support and implement the death penalty; and if she will make a statement.
    (3660)
146
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much financial aid the Government provides to support operational anti-narcotic services organised and implemented by Pakistan; to what extent the deployment of that aid is affected by that state's use of the death penalty for those detained as a result of convictions for narcotic-based crimes; and if she will make a statement.
    (3661)
147
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase transparency around the distribution and extent of financial aid provided to assist other countries to maintain and sustain anti-narcotic operational services.
    (3662)
148
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to avoid human rights abuses in those states that receive financial aid from the Government to maintain and sustain operational anti-narcotic services.
    (3664)
149
 
Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of knife crime were recorded by the Metropolitan Police in Greenwich and Woolwich constituency in each year from 2007 to date.
    (3894)
150
 
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the current threat level in the UK; and if she will make a statement on how, and over what period, she intends to reduce this threat level.
    (3802)
151
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Ministers in devolved bodies on steps to reduce knife crime.
    (3750)
152
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to address illegal activity by far left groups in street protests.
    (3751)
153
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the value of all art held on the parliamentary estate.
    (3834)
154
 
Stephen Gethins (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's long-term strategy is to support and protect the most vulnerable children in the Central African Republic; and what steps she will take to ensure that her Department has a long-term strategy for its engagement with that country over the next three years.
    (3636)
155
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements are in place to assess the usefulness and effectiveness of the projects her Department sponsors; and what criteria are used in that assessment.
    (3759)
156
 
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to meet with Ministers in the Scottish Government as part of his Department's review of employment tribunal fees.
    (3798)
157
 
Richard Arkless (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all people employed by his Department (a) directly or (b) by sub-contract are in receipt of the living wage or better.
    (3616)
158
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants were sentenced to between six and 12 months' immediate custody at a Crown Court for a single either way offence in each year since 2012; and for which offence that sentence was given in each such case.
    (3641)
159
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been murdered by people who were previously convicted of murder and then released having served their prison sentences since 2007.
    (3642)
160
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of changes in the prevalence of squatting in commercial premises following the introduction of the criminal provisions contained in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
    (3649)
161
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has commissioned into the cost implications of increasing magistrates sentencing powers to 12 months for a single offence; and if he will make a statement.
    (3650)
162
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average prison sentence was served by people convicted of terrorist offences in the last 10 years.
    (3651)
163
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving prisoners were not in prison on 25 December 2014.
    (3652)
164
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of cases heard in Crown Courts (a) which were sent by Magistrates to the Crown Court and (b) where the defendant elected a jury trial where the sentencing outcome could have been achieved in the Magistrates Court with their current sentencing powers.
    (3653)
165
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders released on licence following a life sentence have committed (a) homicide and (b) other offences in each of the last two years.
    (3654)
166
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the number of cases which are sent by Magistrates to the Crown Court following a not guilty plea where (a) the charge is amended before a plea is taken, (b) the offender changes their plea, (c) the Crown Prosecution Service withdraws the prosecution and (d) the sentencing judge hands down a lower sentence as a result of time spent on remand in the case.
    (3655)
167
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving a custodial sentence work outside prison.
    (3656)
168
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders sentenced to life in the last 15 years had one or more previous life sentence on a separate sentencing occasion.
    (3657)
169
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders who received a custodial sentence have previously served (a) no, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine and (d) more than 10 community sentences in the most recent year for which figures are available.
    (3658)
170
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous convictions or cautions was of an offender who did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for the latest offence in each year since 2011; and what offences were committed by that offender.
    (3659)
171
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the collection rate was of the victim surcharge in each year since 2010.
    (3679)
172
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences were committed by prisoners serving sentences in open prisons on the latest date for which information is available.
    (3688)
173
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest period of time is that a serving prisoner can request to be absent from prison for any reason.
    (3689)
174
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which individual offences were committed by people granted post-conviction bail at a Crown Court who subsequently failed to appear for sentence in the violence against the person category in 2013.
    (3722)
175
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much is spent by HM Prison (a) Leeds and (b) Wakefield to calculate the release date of prisoners; and how many people are employed to carry out that calculation.
    (3723)
176
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have (a) games consoles, (b) tablets and (c) telephones in their cells.
    (3761)
177
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which television channels are available to prisoners.
    (3762)
178
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released having served no more than (a) half and (b) a quarter of their sentence for offences of each type in each of the last three years.
    (3763)
179
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length was of (a) custodial sentences handed down by magistrates' courts and (b) time subsequently served in prison in each of the last three years.
    (3764)
180
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners identify as being from a Gypsy, Traveller or Romany background.
    (3765)
181
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons (a) are holding events to mark Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month and (b) have organised Traveller days in the last 12 months.
    (3766)
182
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many men were killed by their current or former partner in each of the last five years.
    (3768)
183
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of states party to the European Convention on Human Rights, the prisons of which breach any term of that convention.
    (3772)
184
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on compulsory prisoner transfers to non-EU countries; and if he will make a statement.
    (3773)
185
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that courts are aware of the foreign criminal convictions of (a) foreign and (b) British criminals for the purposes of bail and sentencing.
    (3776)
186
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many books have been sent to prisoners since 1 February 2015.
    (3781)
187
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any illegal items have been found in packages sent to prisoners since 1 February 2015.
    (3782)
188
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who are in open prisons are serving (a) a life and (b) an indeterminate sentence for public protection.
    (3806)
189
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases offenders in Magistrates Courts received a (a) six month immediate custodial sentence for one offence and (b) 12 months custodial sentence for two or more offences in each year since 2012 for each offence.
    (3809)
190
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is of (a) a jury trial at the Crown Court for (i) either way offences sent by magistrates where their sentencing powers were not deemed sufficient, (ii) either way offences where the defendant chose to elect jury trial and (iii) indictable only offences and (b) a trial in a magistrates' court for (A) summary only offences and (B) either way offences in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (3810)
191
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is of an either way offence case dealt with at the (a) Crown Court and (b) magistrates' court where a guilty plea was entered.
    (3811)
192
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of days was that (a) male and (b) female prisoners were released on temporary licence during the latest year for which information is available.
    (3812)
193
 
Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham were accessing civil legal aid for family law cases in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
    (3725)
194
 
Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham were accessing civil legal aid in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
    (3726)
195
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support is available to former service personnel diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder who have been sentenced to prison.
    (3741)
196
 
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent progress the Government has made on reducing youth unemployment levels in Northern Ireland.
    (3796)
197
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date he expects electrification of the Great Western Line to Swansea and Valleys lines in Wales to be completed.
    (3919)
198
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the commissioned Hitachi trains intended for the Great Western line are able to run on both diesel and electricity.
    (3920)
199
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to reduce the extent of the electrification on the Great Western line.
    (3921)
200
 
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to devolve Network Rail functions to the Welsh Government; and whether he plans to restructure Network Rail.
    (3924)
201
 
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what flexibility exists between his Department's maintenance and integrated transport budgets to enable funding to be re-allocated to increase spending on road maintenance.
    (3797)
202
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to maintain the current level of connectivity between Heathrow Airport and Belfast City Airport before a decision is reached on additional runway capacity in South East England.
    (3743)
203
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department has taken to promote equal pay between men and women employed by companies in respect of a government contract worth more than £10,000 since 2010.
    (3694)
204
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the extent of wage disparities between men and women employed by companies in receipt of a government contract worth more than £10,000.
    (3695)
205
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what information her Department holds on how many and what proportion of companies with a government contract worth more than £10,000 have voluntarily published details of their employees' pay according to gender.
    (3696)
206
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many and want proportion of companies with a government contract worth more than £10,000 have voluntarily signed up to the Government's Think, Act, Report initiative.
    (3697)
207
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many and what proportion of companies with a Government contract worth more than £10,000 set aside places on their Board of Directors for women.
    (3698)
208
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many and what proportion of companies with a Government contract worth more than £10,000 have a Board of Directors which includes at least one woman.
    (3699)
209
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many and what proportion of companies with a Government contract worth more than £10,000 have a Board of Directors of which at least 50 per cent of its members are women.
    (3714)
210
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many and what proportion of companies with a Government contract worth more than £10,000 have a women as chief executive.
    (3715)
211
 
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is given to Jobcentre Plus staff to take account of the Armed Forces Covenant.
    (3617)
212
 
Stephen Gethins (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what direct notifications pensioners will receive of changes to the pension age.
    (3827)
213
 
Stephen Gethins (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what further public information campaigns his Department plans to undertake on changes to the pension age.
    (3828)
214
 
Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham are in receipt of the mobility component of the disability living allowance.
    (3807)
215
 
Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham are in receipt of disability living allowance at the (a) lower, (b) middle and (c) higher rates.
    (3808)
216
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of decisions on employment and support allowance applications have been overturned (a) at the mandatory reconsideration stage and (b) by tribunal in the last 12 months.
    (3836)
217
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for a claimant to receive repayment of benefits following a successful (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) appeal at tribunal.
    (3912)
218
 
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the provision of the marriage allowance on the risks allocated with domestic violence in relationships where a person is in receipt of that allowance.
    (3618)
219
 
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which groups will be exempted from proposals to restrict housing benefit for 18 to 21 year olds.
    (3817)
220
 
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his proposals to restrict housing benefit for 18 to 21 year olds will apply to existing claimants as well as to new claimants.
    (3818)
Monday 29 June  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
 
★ 1
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What steps his Department is taking to encourage devolution of powers to cities, towns and county regions.
    (900595)
★ 2
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): What assessment he has made of trends in the level of home ownership since 2010.
    (900596)
★ 3
Mrs Flick Drummond (Portsmouth South): What steps he is taking to ensure that local councils provide adequate support and assistance to single homeless people when they approach their council for help.
    (900597)
★ 4
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): What steps he plans to take to transfer economic development powers to the South West and Plymouth.
    (900598)
★ 5
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the local government grant formula in directing funding to areas of need.
    (900599)
★ 6
Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): What steps the Government is taking to release more public sector land for development.
    (900600)
★ 7
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the provision of free school transport by local authorities.
    (900601)
★ 8
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): What assessment he has made of the reasons for changes in the level of homelessness and rough sleeping since 2010.
    (900602)
★ 9
David Mackintosh (Northampton South): How many homes have been built under the Affordable Homes Programme.
    (900603)
★ 10
John Howell (Henley): What steps the Government is taking to devolve powers to local communities.
    (900604)
★ 11
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): What the replacement rate of council homes sold through the right to buy scheme has been since 2012.
    (900605)
★ 12
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What steps his Department is taking to ensure that localism is prioritised in the decision-making process for nationally significant infrastructure projects.
    (900606)
★ 13
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What the replacement rate of council homes sold through the right to buy scheme has been since 2012.
    (900607)
★ 14
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): What estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of introducing a right to buy for housing association tenants.
    (900608)
★ 15
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What steps the Government is taking to release more public sector land for development.
    (900609)
★ 16
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the local government grant formula in directing funding to areas of need.
    (900610)
★ 17
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the effect of firefighters pension scheme reforms in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
    (900611)
★ 18
Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)): What steps his Department is taking to support the economy in the North of England.
    (900612)
★ 19
John Glen (Salisbury): How many affordable homes have been built since 2010.
    (900613)
★ 20
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on City Deals.
    (900614)
★ 21
Sue Hayman (Workington): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the local government grant formula in directing funding to areas of need.
    (900615)
★ 22
Anna Turley (Redcar): What recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Troubled Families programme.
    (900616)
★ 23
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What steps he is taking to help local authorities support the economy in the North of England.
    (900617)
★ 24
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What steps he plans to take to give local communities further powers over the siting of wind turbines and solar farms.
    (900618)
★ 25
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What assessment he has made of trends in the level of home ownership since 2010.
    (900619)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (900560)
★ 2
Gareth Johnson (Dartford):  
    (900561)
★ 3
David Mowat (Warrington South):  
    (900562)
★ 4
Richard Burgon (Leeds East):  
    (900563)
★ 5
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):  
    (900564)
★ 6
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):  
    (900565)
★ 7
Graham Jones (Hyndburn):  
    (900566)
★ 8
Sir David Amess (Southend West):  
    (900567)
★ 9
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):  
    (900568)
★ 10
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):  
    (900569)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 23 June

1
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support rail and rolling stock replacement in the north east.
[Transferred]   (3544)
2
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the future of ring-fencing science revenue spending.
    (3727)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from businesses in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands on the availability of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement.
    (3910)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015, to Question 892, what proportion of apprenticeship starts in Coventry were given to people aged over 18.
    (3911)
5
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what forecast he has made of the number of adults who will be participating in non-apprenticeship vocational training by 2020.
    (3869)
6
N
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings he had with his counterparts in other EU states on the implementation of effective regulations to ensure EU-based companies do not import minerals from conflict regions.
    (3856)
7
N
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the trade in minerals from conflict regions on (a) violence, (b) violence against women and children and (c) displacement of peoples from those regions.
    (3857)
8
N
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department collects information on the number of companies based in the UK which use (a) tin, (b) tungsten, (c) tantalum and (d) gold in the manufacture of consumer products.
    (3858)
9
N
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that companies based in the UK do not purchase minerals from conflict regions for the manufacture of consumer goods.
    (3859)
10
N
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he will bring forward plans to give staff an additional three days of paid leave for volunteering; what estimate he has made of the potential cost of this policy to the (a) private sector and (b) public sector; and how many staff in the (i) private sector and (ii) public sector would be granted such additional paid leave.
    (3855)
11
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he holds on how many complaints have been received by the Financial Services Ombudsman relating to compensation for the mis-selling of endowment mortgages; what proportion of those complaints have been resolved; and what the average time taken to reach a resolution of those complaints was.
    (3871)
12
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) working tax credits and (b) child tax credit for claimants in Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
    (3841)
13
N
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support local newspapers; and if he will make a statement.
    (3860)
14
N
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to offer incentives to publishing groups to support local papers; and if he will make a statement.
    (3861)
15
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the BBC Trust, what steps it plans to take to monitor how the BBC fulfils its campaign on the duty of impartiality during the forthcoming referendum on the UK's EU membership.
    (3644)
16
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the origin of source is of the meat and poultry products procured by his Department.
    (3666)
17
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the make and model is of each of the official cars his Department provides for (a) senior military personnel and (b) Ministers.
    (3667)
18
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015, to Question 3007, when he will announce further details of by how much running costs will be reduced on (a) consultants, (b) overtime and travel, (c) re-profiting of equipment and (d) infrastructure spend in 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
    (3867)
19
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on private school fees for the families of armed forces personnel in each year since 2010; and how much his Department has spent on each such educational establishment in that time.
    (3879)
20
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he is using to decide the future location of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
    (3842)
21
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sites he is considering for the future location of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
    (3843)
22
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of building a new barracks to relocate the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment within London; and if he will make a statement.
    (3844)
23
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) London local authorities, (b) the Royal Parks and (c) the Mayor of London on the construction of a new barracks for the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment; and if he will make a statement.
    (3845)
24
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which consortia his Department has had discussions on the possible redevelopment of the Hyde Park Barracks site; and if he will make a statement.
    (3847)
25
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on plans by awarding organisations to offer A levels in (a) Polish, (b) Gujarati, (c) Panjabi, (d) Bengali, (e) Turkish, (f) Urdu and (g) Modern Hebrew; and if she plans to consult on the future availability of such qualifications in those subjects.
    (3853)
26
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the statement of 22 June 2015, Official Report, columns 617-36, on onshore wind subsidies, if shewill place in the Library a list of all the onshore wind projects to which the grace period will apply.
    (3674)
27
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost of the Competition and Markets Authority energy market investigation has been to date.
    (3675)
28
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households pay (a) the Standard Variable Tariff and (b) other tariffs in each income decile.
    (3676)
29
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Retail Market Review-Implementation of Simpler Tariff Choices and Clearer Information, published in August 2013, in enabling energy bill payers to save money.
    (3870)
30
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 a paper on options for plutonium disposition from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in April 2015.
    (3852)
31
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if her Department will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that any decisions taken on renewable energy policy with reference to Contracts for Difference will not have a disproportionate effect on the sustainability and security of electricity supply in Northern Ireland.
    (3927)
32
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3044, what the Government's policy is on renewal of the current ban on neonicotinoid pesticides after December 2015.
    (3907)
33
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to provide dedicated financial resources to the Food Crime Unit in the Food Standards Agency; and if she will make a statement.
    (3902)
34
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to identify and develop new export market opportunities for (a) the devolved regions and (b) the rest of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (3928)
35
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on possible sanctions to be imposed on the Maldives government.
    (3876)
36
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the proposed parameters of a permanent nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 would permit Iran to construct a graphite plutogenic reactor.
    (3840)
37
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the complication for his Department's policies of the decision of the Palestinian Authority to pay convicted Palestinian terrorists in Israeli prisons.
    (3885)
38
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of NHS services in south east London.
    (3863)
39
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS trusts that will be put into the unsustainable providers regime in the next five years in (a) England and (b) London.
    (3864)
40
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of hospitals in London to meet the London quality staffing standards for (a) maternity, (b) A&E and (c) paediatric care.
    (3865)
41
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust on expanding capacity within its accident and emergency and maternity departments.
    (3877)
42
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial and clinical performance of (a) Lewisham and Greenwich, (b) King's College Hospital and (c) Guy's and St Thomas' hospital trusts.
    (3878)
43
N
Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will cap the legal fees paid by the NHS in clinical negligence cases; and if he will make a statement.
    (3738)
44
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many five to 16 year olds in Cumbria have a diagnosed mental health condition.
    (3733)
45
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 16 to 24 year olds in Cumbria have a diagnosed mental health condition.
    (3735)
46
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are employed by each NHS Trust in Lancashire; how many such nurses were recruited from outside the UK; and from which countries such nurses were recruited.
    (3668)
47
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical commissioning groups adhere to the Armed Forces Covenant when responding to Individual Funding Requests for the treatment of ex-servicemen.
    (3732)
48
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent GPs there are in Warrington.
    (3645)
49
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on the financial position of Warrington and Halton NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
    (3665)
50
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many working days (a) in total and (b) on average per staff member were lost due to sickness in the London Ambulance Service in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
    (3866)
51
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of trans-fats consumption on public health.
    (3672)
52
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the voluntary reduction in trans-fats in food since 2012; and if he will bring forward proposals to ban trans-fats in the UK.
    (3673)
53
N
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects that Public Health England's programme of work on liver disease will be published.
    (3846)
54
N
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the programme of work for liver disease being developed by Public Health England will include a hepatitis C improvement framework.
    (3848)
55
N
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis his Department decided the national waiting time criteria for referral to (a) specialist services for HIV treatment and (b) hepatitis C treatment; and what the reason is for the difference in duration between the two sets of criteria.
    (3905)
56
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from each country have been accepted by the UK in each of the last five years.
    (3737)
57
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2015 to Question 1469, what information her Department has received from chief officers on the number of front-line police officers who will be employed in the West Midlands in each of the next five years.
    (3908)
58
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2015 to Question 2493, what funding the Government has provided to the UK Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme since January 2014.
    (3909)
59
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all of the 13.7 million facial images in the Police National Database Custody Suite Photographs held by the National Police Chiefs Council are of individuals convicted of offences; and what proportion of people on that database have no criminal record.
    (3730)
60
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what statute was the interception of the communications of the (a) Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and (b) Legal Resources Centre of South Africa described by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal authorised.
    (3731)
61
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will issue guidance on the definition of on duty with regard to police officers' widows and widowers pensions.
    (3880)
62
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on pensions for police officers' widows and widowers; and if she will make a statement.
    (3881)
63
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on parity between Great Britain and Northern Ireland with regard to police officers' widows and widowers pensions.
    (3882)
64
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy not to classify overseas students as immigrants.
    (3623)
65
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which 20 companies were awarded the most funding by her Department for technical and advisory services in each of the last five years.
    (3729)
66
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she plans to take to produce reports showing how UK aid is (a) effective and (b) value for money on a country by country basis; and if she will make it her policy such that reports are produced by organisations independent of her Department.
    (3671)
67
N
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what processes are in place to ensure that (a) people and (b) non-governmental organisations in the Palestinian territories receiving UK aid payments are not associated with terrorist organisations.
    (3728)
68
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many homicides in prison have taken place in each of the last 10 years.
    (3873)
69
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaths in custody are under investigation by police as suspected homicide.
    (3874)
70
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have died in each prison in each of the last six months.
    (3875)
71
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent by his Department on the development and implementation of plans for a secure college.
    (3734)
72
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people appeared at Aldershot Magistrates' Court in respect of traffic offences in each of the last three years (a) in total and (b) who are resident on the Isle of Wight; and if he will estimate the average travelling time for residents of the Isle of Wight to attend that court.
    (3624)
73
N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Leader of the House, whether he plans to publish his proposals for English votes for English laws before 21 July 2015.
    (3872)
74
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with her Irish counterpart on parades in Northern Ireland.
    (3850)
75
N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on Firefighters' Pension Scheme reforms.
    (3619)
76
N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has made to the Department for Communities and Local Government on the effect of Firefighters' Pension Scheme reforms in Scotland.
    (3620)
77
N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will discuss levels of food bank use in Scotland with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in order to assess the potential link between reductions in welfare provisions and food bank usage.
    (3621)
78
N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has made to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on changing the benefit sanctions regime in Scotland.
    (3622)
79
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3011, whether the (a) London and Bristol, (b) London and Cardiff, (c) London and Swansea, (d) London and York, (e) London and Newcastle, (f) London and Edinburgh, (g) Edinburgh and Inverness and (h) Edinburgh and Aberdeen rates are expected to experience the expected 15 minute journey time improvements.
    (3736)
80
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long it will take for (a) electric IEP trains and (b) other bi-mode IEP trains running on diesel to reach 125 mph on flat and straight track in (i) five and (ii) nine car formations.
    (3883)
81
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library copies of all Rail Delivery Group Annual Reports held by his Department.
    (3884)
82
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2634, and with reference to the Northern franchise invitation to tender of 27 February 2015, whether his plans to enable the simplification of regulated fares structures within the consolidated fares baskets that invitation to tender were dependent on bidders' use of the flex mechanism; and what alternative mechanisms are available to bidders for that franchise for the purpose of simplifying overall regulated fare structures.
    (3925)
83
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his Department's updated organisation chart; if he will update his Department's Ministerial transparency data series for the period since March 2014; and if he will encourage Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Road to publish their Board minutes no later than three months after those meetings occur.
    (3926)
84
N
Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what services are outsourced under the Greater Anglia rail franchise; and whether he will require such services to be brought in-house when the next such franchise is let.
    (3851)
85
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to support the replacement of rolling stock on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
    (3854)
86
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants are awaiting an assessment for employment and support allowance; and how many such claimants have waited three months or more for that assessment.
    (3646)
87
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for his Department and its subsidiary agencies are paid less than the living wage.
    (3647)
88
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applied for short term benefit advance in (a) 2014 and (b) 2014-15; and how many such applications were successful.
    (3648)
89
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants were affected by mandatory reconsideration in 2014-15; and how many of these claimants waited 14 days or more to receive a decision following that consideration.
    (3862)
90
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preston constituency who applied for employment and support allowance in (a) December 2014 and (b) January 2015 (i) have had medical assessments and (ii) are still waiting for medical assessments.
    (3669)
91
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preston constituency who applied for personal independence payments in (a) December 2014 and (b) January 2015 (i) have had medical assessments and (ii) are still waiting for medical assessments.
    (3670)
92
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each benefit delivery area (a) applied for and (b) received funeral payments in 2014.
    (3868)
93
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse arising from the under-occupancy penalty in Torfaen constituency in financial year 2014-15.
    (3849)
94
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of payment of (a) out-of-work and (b) in-work benefits to people in Torfaen constituency in financial year 2014-15.
    (3903)
95
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the Government's projected £12 billion reduction in welfare expenditure that will take place in Torfaen constituency.
    (3904)
96
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people liable to the under-occupancy penalty (a) found alternative accommodation and (b) paid the penalty.
    (3906)
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)

Notices given on Tuesday 23 June

1
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides to Serbia.
    (3886)
2
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Prime Minister, what the evidential basis was for his statement that British Muslims quietly condoned extremism made at the Global Security Forum in Bratislava on 18 June 2015.
    (3929)
Wednesday 1 July  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 23 June

1
N
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the UK, Germany and France voted against proposed EU legislation in the EU Council of Ministers that was approved by a qualified majority in each year from 2010 to 2014.
    (3930)
2
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides to Bosnia.
    (3887)
Thursday 2 July  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 23 June

1
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recipients of working tax credit there are in (a) Liverpool and (b) Liverpool Riverside constituency.
    (3888)
2
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recipients of child tax credit there are in (a) Liverpool and (b) Liverpool Riverside constituency.
    (3889)
3
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides to Macedonia.
    (3890)
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)

Notices given on Tuesday 23 June

1
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which projects in Merseyside have been funded by the Green Investment Bank in each year of that bank's operation.
    (3892)
2
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to help (a) households and (b) businesses improve their energy efficiency.
    (3891)
Wednesday 8 July  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 23 June

1
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the effect on the levels of homelessness from the proposed reduction in the benefit cap to £23,000 each year; and what research was undertaken to calculate this estimate.
    (3677)

Prepared 24th June 2015