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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 Monday 6 July 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

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.

Monday 6 July  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
 
★ 1
Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): What assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women relating to the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (900741)
★ 2
Mrs Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): What assessment she has made of trends in the level of crime in England and Wales.
    (900742)
★ 3
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): What assessment she has made of the level of regional variation in real-terms funding changes for police forces.
    (900743)
★ 4
Dr Tania Mathias (Twickenham): What further steps her Department plans to take to eliminate modern slavery.
    (900744)
★ 5
John Pugh (Southport): What plans she has for future resourcing of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority; and if she will make a statement.
    (900745)
★ 6
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): Whether she plans to increase funding for Lincolnshire Police.
    (900746)
★ 7
Owen Thompson (Midlothian): How many people from Syria have been (a) granted and (b) declined asylum in the last four years.
    (900747)
★ 8
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): What steps her Department is taking to tackle extremism.
    (900748)
★ 9
Christina Rees (Neath): What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential effect on victims of domestic abuse of repealing the Human Rights Act 1998.
    (900749)
★ 10
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What recent guidelines her Department has issued on requirements in crime reporting.
    (900750)
★ 11
Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle): What steps her Department is taking to tackle extremism.
    (900751)
★ 12
Steven Paterson (Stirling): What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the potential effect of the Government's immigration policies on the number of international students enrolling in UK universities.
    (900752)
★ 13
Rachael Maskell (York Central): What steps the Government is taking to address anti-social behaviour in cities.
    (900753)
★ 14
Chris Green (Bolton West): What steps her Department is taking to tackle extremism.
    (900754)
★ 15
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential effect on victims of domestic abuse of repealing the Human Rights Act 1998.
    (900755)
★ 16
Keir Starmer (Holborn and St Pancras): What assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women relating to the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (900756)
★ 17
Victoria Prentis (Banbury): What steps her Department is taking to tackle child abuse images online.
    (900757)
★ 18
Natalie McGarry (Glasgow East): What the Government's policy is on ratifying the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
    (900758)
★ 19
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What assessment she has made of the level of regional variation in real-terms funding changes for police forces.
    (900759)
★ 20
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): What discussions she has had with her European counterparts on migration across the Mediterranean sea.
    (900760)
★ 21
Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): What assessment she has made of the scale of the capability gap of the handling of law enforcement agencies' communications data.
    (900761)
★ 22
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): How many live applications for naturalisation there were on the last date for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
    (900762)
★ 23
Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the potential effect of the Government's immigration policies on the number of international students enrolling in UK universities.
    (900763)
★ 24
Mr Alan Mak (Havant): What assessment she has made of trends in the level of crime in England and Wales.
    (900764)
★ 25
Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What her policy is on the long-term future of Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
    (900765)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (900731)
★ 2
Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills):  
    (900732)
★ 3
Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire):  
    (900733)
★ 4
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  
    (900734)
★ 6
James Cartlidge (South Suffolk):  
    (900736)
★ 7
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):  
    (900737)
★ 8
Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne):  
    (900738)
★ 9
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden):  
    (900739)
★ 10
Graham Jones (Hyndburn):  
    (900740)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 30 June

1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3911, what steps his Department is taking to increase apprenticeship starts for people aged 18 and below.
    (4808)
2
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3910, what partnerships with business his Department has formed to increase the availability of apprenticeships in Coventry.
    (4809)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3461, what steps his Department is taking to increase uptake of adult skills training in the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
    (4810)
4
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the investment each Local Enterprise Partnership has secured in each of the last five years.
    (5040)
5
N
Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will encourage tour operators to give a full refund to anyone who has booked a package holiday to Tunisia, who now believes that their personal safety would be compromised if they were to travel to that area.
    (4936)
6
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value in sterling of (a) exports to Russia and (b) foreign direct investment from Russia lost as a result of sanctions on that country.
    (4756)
7
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on each commitment made under each of the Government's 11 sector partnerships; and what the current status is of each sector partnership.
    (5013)
8
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the British Business Bank; and if he will make a statement.
    (5014)
9
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish a response to the Government's consultation on support for postgraduate study; and what deadlines he or officials in his Department have set in relation to this process.
    (5015)
10
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timescale he has set for establishing with business a new generation of national colleges to provide specialist skills for key technical sectors.
    (5016)
11
N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) women and (b) men aged 24 and over were enrolled in further education courses at level 3 or above in each academic year since 2010.
    (4804)
12
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times Ministers in his Department have met officials working on the Chilcot Inquiry since that Inquiry commenced.
    (4913)
13
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with Sir John Chilcot in the last year.
    (4914)
14
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to repay people who have made excess class 3 voluntary National Insurance contributions who will not qualify for state pension because of the introduction of a 30-year qualifying period in 2010.
    (4744)
15
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page two of the Impact Assessment for the Childcare Payments Act 2014, if he will make an updated estimate of the number of families who will be better off under the new scheme once free childcare for working families is doubled to 30 hours per week from 2016.
    (4932)
16
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking in response to the outcome of the Government's consultation on matching SMEs rejected for finance with alternative lenders.
    (5017)
17
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the findings of his Department's consultation, Parking reform: tackling unfair practices, published on 28 March 2015.
    (4811)
18
N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of families with children living in temporary accommodation in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years.
    (4747)
19
N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of affordable homes built in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years.
    (4748)
20
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with EU bodies on the definition of broadband that can be described as superfast; and if he will make a statement.
    (5010)
21
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
    (5031)
22
N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many category A and B airprox incidents involving at least one fast jet of each event classification and each aircraft type have happened within a 100-mile radius of (a) Aberdeen, (b) Inverness, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Glasgow and (e) Prestwick Airport in each of the last five years.
    (4805)
23
N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the (a) Tornado or (b) Super Tucano aircraft involved in the airprox incident near Inverness Airport on 5 February 2015 had a collision warning system installed; and whether those systems activated a warning when the aircraft came within close proximity.
    (4806)
24
N
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fast jets involved in airprox incidents in UK airspace in the last 12 months had a collision warning system installed; and how many of those collision warning systems issued a command.
    (4807)
25
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Strategic Defence Review will consider the future of the Red Arrows.
    (4939)
26
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on withdrawing (a) service personnel, (b) civilian staff, (c) equipment and (d) other military assets from Germany to date.
    (4903)
27
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) armed forces personnel, (b) civilian staff, (c) equipment and (d) other British military assets have been withdrawn from Germany since 2013.
    (4904)
28
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on taxis for (a) military and (b) civilian staff in each month since April 2014.
    (4910)
29
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on educating the children of service personnel based in Germany in each year since 2010; and how many pupils have been so educated.
    (4915)
30
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's plans are for the maintenance of graves of former UK service personnel and their dependents currently in British army bases in Germany; and if he will make a statement.
    (4916)
31
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the College of Social Work is planned to close.
  [R] (5025)
32
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funds her Department has allocated to the College of Social Work to date.
  [R] (5026)
33
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who she plans will assume the functions relating to advising on social worker training provided by the College of Social Work after its closure.
  [R] (5027)
34
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the remit of the Child Protection Taskforce is.
  [R] (5028)
35
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who she plans will advise the Child Protection Task Force on child protection; and what resources the Government has allocated to its work.
  [R] (5029)
36
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from local authorities (a) in and (b) outside London on the effect on education services in their area of out of area placements for homeless families; and if she will make a statement.
    (4917)
37
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what dates meetings have taken place between her Department and the Northern Ireland Executive on Contracts for Difference; and on what dates future such meetings are planned.
    (4906)
38
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings of the report published by Greenpeace on 30 June 2015 that nuclear regulators in Europe have failed to act on lessons from the Fukushima tsunami incident in April 2011; and if she will make a statement.
    (4941)
39
N
Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the importance of trees and tree planting to achieving carbon capture.
    (4922)
40
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical her Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
    (5032)
41
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to roll out further badger cull trials; and if she will make a statement.
    (4738)
42
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy that part-payments under the Basic Payment Scheme be made when the full payments have not been processed.
    (4801)
43
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department and UK embassies are taking to promote LGBT rights (a) in British Overseas Territories, (b) the Commonwealth and (c) globally.
    (4911)
44
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on promoting LGBT rights (a) in British Overseas Territories, (b) in the Commonwealth and (c) globally in the last year.
    (4912)
45
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
    (5033)
46
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement.
    (4812)
47
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU sanctions against the Russian Federation.
    (4813)
48
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British personnel are deployed in Afghanistan in non-combat roles.
    (5039)
49
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Nigeria on the recent sentencing to death of nine people for blasphemy in that country; and if he will make a statement.
    (4803)
50
N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Trust managers on Guys and St Thomas' Hospital Trust running services currently provided by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; and which services have been the subject of those discussions.
    (5030)
51
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent advice his Department has issued to (a) the NHS and (b) local authorities on how to protect vulnerable people during a period of severe hot weather; and when that advice was last issued and revised.
    (5011)
52
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been admitted to hospital with (a) sunstroke and (b) other heat-related conditions in each of the last five years.
    (5012)
53
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to inform the public of steps to take to minimise damage to health during periods of severe hot weather.
    (5020)
54
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Transport on the health effects of travelling on public transport during hot weather.
    (5021)
55
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what precautions (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England are taking in case of heatwaves in summer 2015.
    (5023)
56
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the performance of NHS Property Services in maintaining the upkeep of NHS buildings for which it is responsible.
    (4907)
57
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contractors commissioned to undertake work for NHS Property Services have had to wait more than (a) one, (b) three and (c) six months to be paid in each of the last three years.
    (4908)
58
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS Property Services keeps a schedule of dilapidations and schedule of works.
    (4909)
59
N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase public awareness of the symptoms of cancer.
    (4746)
60
N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department allocated to each category of expenditure on cancer research in each of the last five years.
    (4924)
61
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to establish a ring-fenced fund for (a) the provision of and (b) research into drugs for rare diseases.
    (4945)
62
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
    (5034)
63
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of (a) asthma and (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was in (i) England, (ii) London and (iii) each London borough in each of the last five years.
    (4802)
64
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged (a) four to five years and (b) 10 to 11 years were recorded as obese in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) each primary care trust in London and (iv) each London borough in each of the last five years.
    (4928)
65
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3672, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the population whose trans-fat intake exceeds two per cent of food energy.
    (4923)
66
N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3673, how many (a) businesses and (b) products sold in the UK used artificial trans-fats in (i) 2012 and (ii) the latest date for which figures are available.
    (4925)
67
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on mental health in England in each year since 2000.
    (4929)
68
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on primary care in England in each year since 2000.
    (4930)
69
N
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the contract held by Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust with Ernst & Young.
    (4933)
70
N
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists are accepting new patients in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Dewsbury constituency.
    (4934)
71
N
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what purposes NHS hospital trusts may contract (a) management consultancy and (b) accountancy services; and what information his Department holds on such spending.
    (4935)
72
N
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department collects on average waiting times for (a) appointments with NHS dentists and (b) GP appointments.
    (5019)
73
N
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for an appointment with a NHS dentist has been in the last 12 months.
    (5022)
74
N
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries use 0844 numbers; and what steps he plans to take to reduce the use of such numbers in the next five years.
    (5038)
75
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3908, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of front-line police officers nationally; and if she will make a statement.
    (4943)
76
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2015 to Question 326, if she will make it her policy to make available additional resources for responding to child abuse allegations over the next 12 months.
    (4944)
77
N
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there were in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
    (4749)
78
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were removed from the UK under the Dublin Convention in (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) 2014.
    (4942)
79
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes to; what quantity of each periodical is so obtained; and what the cost of such subscriptions was in 2014.
    (5018)
80
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle prisoners being radicalised by religious extremism; and if he will make a statement.
    (4757)
81
N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 4228, which bills affect (a) England only and (b) England and Wales only.
    (5035)
82
N
Phil Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Leader of the House, which Government bills have been introduced with provisions which extended to Wales in each of the last five years.
    (5036)
83
N
Phil Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 4228, what criteria he used to determine whether the legislation in question affected a particular country or combination of countries.
    (5037)
84
N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met the Minister of State for Trade and Investment to discuss trade and investment opportunities for Scotland.
    (4734)
85
N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to lead trade and investment missions for Scottish companies to North America.
    (4735)
86
N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to lead trade and investment missions for Scottish companies to Asia.
    (4736)
87
N
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish a strategy for the promotion of Scotland as a location for trade and investment.
    (4737)
88
N
Stewart McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 3377 on High Speed 2 railway line: Scotland, what the content of the discussion at that meeting was.
    (4750)
89
N
Stewart McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of the (a) High Speed 2 line extending to Scotland and (b) construction of that line beginning in Scotland.
    (4751)
90
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library (a) Major Project Authority reports on High Speed 2 for 2013-14 and (b) an update on such reports for 2015.
    (4739)
91
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of track Network Rail plans to electrify during Control Period 5.
    (4758)
92
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the benefit-cost ratio for Great Western Main Line electrification was on the most recent date for which figures are available.
    (4759)
93
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department received from Network Rail in (a) final and (b) draft form (i) a full Control Period 5 recast and (b) a revised Control Period 5 Business Plan between 1 December 2014 and 30 March 2015.
    (4905)
94
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates in the last six months he has held meetings with the chief executive of Network Rail at which officials were not present.
    (4921)
95
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 4164, whether any of the meetings referred to in that Answer which were held outside the UK were on alternative mechanisms for funding rail infrastructure management activities in the UK.
    (4926)
96
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department notified bidders for the TransPennine Express Rail franchise that rail electrification would not be delivered on the original timetable.
    (4937)
97
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect of the delay to electrification of the Transpennine line on procurement of new rolling stock for the Transpennine franchise.
    (4938)
98
N
Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made in discussions with train operating companies on the introduction of flexible rail season ticket options.
    (4931)
99
N
Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the results were of his Department's 2014 pilot study of how rail season tickets could be better tailored towards part-time workers.
    (4940)
100
N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the safety implications of drivers being interviewed on film whilst driving.
    (4745)
101
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons unsuccessful applications for Short Term Benefit Advance in 2014.
    (5024)
102
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit applicants have been asked to travel from Neston Job Centre to Ellesmere Port Job Centre to make their claim because IT systems at Neston did not fully support the delivery of universal credit.
    (4918)
103
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres in each region have had to ask applicants to travel to another jobcentre to make their universal credit claim due to problems with IT systems.
    (4919)
104
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres in each region (a) do and (b) do not enable clients to claim universal credit.
    (4920)
105
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in the West Midlands region live in poverty.
    (4927)

Notices given on Wednesday 1 July

1
N
Phil Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which investment bank or banks his Department has had discussions with on the proposed privatisation of the Green Investment Bank.
    (5217)
2
N
Phil Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial targets the Green Investment Bank (a) achieved and (b) missed in the last financial year.
    (5218)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote automotive manufacturing in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (5103)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote the export of automotive products; and if he will make a statement.
    (5104)
5
N
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on concluding UK-Ethiopia bilateral trade agreement; when he expects that agreement to be laid before Parliament for approval; and if he will make a statement to the House when that agreement is so laid.
    (5060)
6
N
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects bilateral trade agreements with each country with which such agreements are being negotiated to be (a) concluded and (b) laid before Parliament for approval.
    (5061)
7
N
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on concluding the Trade in Services Agreement; when he expects that agreement to be laid before Parliament for approval; and if he will make a statement to the House when that agreement is so laid.
    (5062)
8
N
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on concluding the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada; when he expects that agreement to be laid before Parliament for approval; and if he will make a statement to the House when that agreement is so laid.
    (5063)
9
 
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the relative benefits to businesses of access to (a) 2G, (b) 3G and (c) 4G mobile coverage.
    (5125)
10
 
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the benefits to businesses of availability of superfast broadband across the UK.
    (5126)
11
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to reduce the volume of junk mail.
    (5043)
12
N
Corri Wilson (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate of the average daily cost to UK businesses of an unscheduled closure of the Channel Tunnel.
    (5059)
13
 
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what targets his Department has set for the electoral registration of young people; and whether his Department has plans to assess the potential merits of any auto-enrolment schemes for that purpose.
    (5201)
14
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls to the HM Revenue and Customs self-assessment helpline were (a) abandoned by callers and (b) answered after a period of (i) 15, (ii) 30 and (iii) 45 minutes in the latest year for which data are available.
    (5210)
15
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs officials on improving waiting times for members of the public calling that Department's self-assessment helpline.
    (5211)
16
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of waiting times for members of the public calling the HM Revenue and Customs self assessment helpline.
    (5212)
17
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of calls to the HM Revenue and Customs self assessment helpline were abandoned without answer in each of the last three years; and what the median waiting time was for such abandoned calls.
    (5213)
18
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken was for HM Revenue and Customs to send out self assessment tax forms and online assessment password details in the last 12 months.
    (5216)
19
 
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision his Department has made in the sales prospectus for RBS for consequential losses arising from the FCA interest rate hedging product mis-selling redress scheme.
    (5084)
20
 
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision his Department has made in the sales prospectus for RBS shares for the cost of litigation (a) that has commenced and (b) that complainants have given notice of their plans to commence in respect of interest rate swap mis-selling.
    (5085)
22
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for future policy on pension tax relief.
    (5054)
23
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency are in receipt of (i) child tax credit, (ii) working tax credit and (iii) both such credits.
    (5214)
24
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency are in receipt of the disability element of working tax credit.
    (5221)
25
 
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the relative benefits to the economy of access to (a) 2G, (b) 3G and (c) 4G mobile coverage.
    (5122)
26
 
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the benefits to the economy of superfast broadband access.
    (5124)
27
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will initiate an inquiry into the relationship between the price of petrol and the cost of oil.
    (5045)
28
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Rural Fuel Rebate scheme operating in parts of Scotland and England to Northern Ireland.
    (5046)
29
N
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his contribution of 29 June 2015, Official Report, column 1221, on Greece, how many UK citizens resident in (a) the UK and (b) Greece hold accounts with Greek banks.
    (5140)
30
 
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.259 of Budget 2015, HC 1093, which Department has been allocated as lead Department for the implementation of a marine reserve around the Pitcairn Islands.
    (5200)
31
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4306, whether he plans that the child element of child tax credit will be the same as the child element of universal credit throughout the roll-out of universal credit.
    (5134)
32
N
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families with children living in bed and breakfast accommodation in the London Borough of Lewisham have been so accommodated for more than six weeks; and how many families with children are living in bed and breakfast accommodation in the London Borough of Lewisham.
    (5047)
33
 
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the housing completion rates were in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham and (c) Lewisham, Deptford constituency in each of the last five years.
    (5096)
34
N
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households were owner-occupied in (a) London and (b) the London Borough of Lewisham in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2015.
    (5112)
35
 
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the average house price has risen in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham and (c) Lewisham, Deptford constituency in the last five years.
    (5238)
36
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to implement new planning provisions on redevelopment of brownfield sites.
    (5174)
37
 
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the new considerations on proposed wind energy developments issued on 18 June 2015 apply to local planning authorities that (a) do not have local plans and (b) have local plans that do not contain policies relating to renewable energy.
    (5087)
38
 
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the National Planning Policy Framework for onshore wind projects of under 50MW takes precedence over new considerations to be applied to proposed wind energy developments issued on 18 June 2015.
    (5088)
39
 
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will amend the National Planning Policy Framework for onshore wind projects of under 50MW.
    (5089)
40
 
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the National Planning Policy Framework for onshore wind projects of under 50MW has been changed since 8 May 2015.
    (5090)
41
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve public accountability of the Local Government Ombudsman.
    (5057)
42
N
Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will request Maidstone Borough Council to require the applicant to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment for the proposed development at Hazelpits Farm, Headcorn (Application Ref: 15/503325/Hybrid) prior to the determination by Maidstone Borough Council's planning committee planned for 9 July 2015.
    (5183)
43
 
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost was to local authorities in England of (a) collecting and (b) disposing of road sweepings in the latest period for which figures are available.
    (5234)
44
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 3292 on creating a cultural protection fund, which key cultural organisations agree that this measure is needed.
    (5196)
45
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 3288, for what reasons he is not able to estimate the cost of collecting information on the number of volunteer-run libraries.
    (5198)
46
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3327, on public libraries: wifi, for what reasons it is impractical to place his current list in the Library.
    (5223)
47
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of tickets for the 2015 Rugby World Cup available on the secondary market.
    (5243)
48
N
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average price of a ticket for the 2015 Rugby World Cup bought from the secondary market.
    (5244)
49
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to review the Treasure Act 1996.
    (5202)
50
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the continued viability of the Portable Antiquities Scheme after changes to its funding by the British Museum.
    (5203)
51
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help protect cultural sites in the Middle East.
    (5151)
52
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on establishing a cultural protection fund.
    (5152)
53
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of establishing a cultural protection fund.
    (5153)
54
 
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Wales and (b) Ministers in the Welsh Government on the roll-out of 4G mobile telephone coverage in rural areas in Wales.
    (5121)
55
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) total cost and (b) number of units that will be produced by the F-35B aircraft programme.
    (5066)
56
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the unit costs of the A400M aircraft.
    (5067)
57
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the unit costs of the F-35B aircraft.
    (5068)
58
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What his policy is on the size of the regular armed forces.
    (5069)
59
 
Stephen Gethins (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on the local economy of the departure of RAF personnel from Leuchars.
    (5095)
60
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under which Minister in his Department responsibility for military airworthiness lies.
    (5144)
61
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) total and (b) set up costs of the Libyan training mission at Bassingbourn base were; what payments have been made by the Libyan government to cover (i) activation costs, (ii) flights, (iii) repairs, (iv) training, (v) facilities management and catering, (vi) infrastructure inventory and consumable items, (vii) personal costs, (viii) policing and (ix) transport; and if he will make a statement.
    (5130)
62
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2850, what estimate he has made of the total cost of repairs to be paid for by the Libyan government following the Libyan training mission at Bassingbourn base; what payments in respect of those repairs have been made by that government; and if he will make a statement.
    (5131)
63
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2855, how much the Defence Infrastructure Organisation has spent on Bassingbourn barracks since January 2013; what the nature and cost was of each improvement so funded at that barracks in that time period; and if he will make a statement.
    (5132)
64
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3418, on Libya: military training, where in the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 219659 the response to Question 3418 is contained; and if he will make a statement.
    (5147)
65
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2850, what estimate he has made of the cost of repairs required following the Libyan training mission at Bassingbourn base; and if he will make a statement.
    (5231)
66
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that early years education is adequately funded on a per capita basis for the lifetime of the Parliament.
    (5164)
67
 
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to work with local authorities to support the expansion of over-subsidised rural primary schools.
    (5077)
68
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of the one year delay in Parkfield School being able to move to a new site at Hurn; and if she will make a statement.
    (5048)
69
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Education Funding Agency first became aware that the site purchased for Parkfield School at Hurn, Christchurch, is a habitat for bats; and whether a full site survey was carried out prior to that purchase.
    (5049)
70
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what species of bat have been discovered at the site of Parkfield School, Hurn; which specific buildings on that site are bat habitats; what measures are being taken to remove or relocate those bats; and on what date the process of removal and relocation is expected to be complete.
    (5050)
71
N
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) maintained schools and (b) academies did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics and also had a below median score for the proportion of students making expected progress in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14,
    (5175)
72
N
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics and also had a below median score for the proportion of students making expected progress in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14,
    (5176)
73
N
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools which were rated good or outstanding did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics and also had a below median score for the proportion of students making expected progress in 2014.
    (5177)
74
 
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans for the funding rate review for the Government's proposal to provide 30 hours free childcare for three and four year olds to review the rate applicable for (a) all 30 hours or (b) the additional 15 hours.
    (5075)
75
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to provide more funding for deaf people to procure the services of interpreters.
    (5055)
76
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to introduce relationship skills to the school curriculum.
    (5154)
77
 
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support Sandwell Children's services to improve by their next inspection.
    (5091)
78
 
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to support children's services in (a) Sandwell MBC and (b) other areas which have been declared as inadequate.
    (5092)
79
 
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking in response to children's services in Sandwell being declared inadequate; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure children's services can perform to a good standard.
    (5093)
80
 
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department is doing to ensure children's services rated as inadequate can be improved and begin to achieve their targets.
    (5094)
81
 
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many installations of (a) solar thermal, (b) ground source heat pumps, (c) biomass and (d) air source heat pumps took place under the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive in 2014-15; and what forecasts her Department had made of the number of such installations in that period.
    (5117)
82
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she plans to make a further announcement about Contracts for Difference; and whether she plans for onshore wind developments to be able to qualify for such contracts.
    (5172)
83
 
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultation the UK Government has conducted with the Scottish Government on changes to UK-wide subsidy for onshore wind and onshore wind investment in Scotland.
    (5128)
84
 
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to develop the offshore wind industry in Scotland.
    (5158)
85
 
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the level of subsidy which the proposed new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point is projected to require over its lifetime.
    (5159)
86
 
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she plans to hold the next round of Contract for Difference auctions before the end of 2015.
    (5160)
87
 
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with investors who have sunk costs in the onshore wind pipeline under the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) scheme.
    (5195)
88
 
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on jobs and the supply chain of the closure of the Renewables Obligation for onshore wind.
    (5242)
89
 
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, over what timeframe she plans to issue licences for the extraction of oil deposits under Sussex and Surrey.
    (5074)
90
 
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to tackle fuel poverty of park home residents through the (a) Energy Company Obligation and (b) Warm Homes Discount.
    (5058)
91
N
Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support her Department is providing to tree planting programmes to at least maintain the current level of carbon capture capacity from trees.
  [R] (5106)
92
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs that will be lost as a result of the closure of the subsidy scheme for new onshore wind farms.
    (5220)
93
 
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which poor broadband access prevents farmers to accessing online CAP applications.
    (5123)
94
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what checks her Department carries out on the traceability of food labelled with its country of origin; and if she will make a statement.
    (5185)
95
 
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to tackle abuse of the Pet Travel scheme.
    (5165)
96
 
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will implement the recommendations of the Dogs' Trust report, The Puppy Smuggling Scandal, published in November 2014.
    (5229)
97
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on support to the YPG and YPJ in repelling ISIS in Syria; and if he will make a statement.
    (5071)
98
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken in response to recent incidents of Russian jets operating near UK airspace.
    (5072)
99
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which countries (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department plan to pay official visits in the next 12 months.
    (5073)
100
 
Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has requested the UN Security-General to lead personally negotiations on securing unrestricted humanitarian access in Rakhine State, Burma.
    (5236)
101
N
Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether it is legally possible for each other EU member state to commit to a future change to the Lisbon Treaty before formal processes to agree those changes have been gone through in each of those countries.
    (5191)
102
 
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which A&E departments in (a) Leicestershire and (b) the East Midlands have 24 hour mental health support.
    (5079)
103
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time for accessing talking therapies was for people with mental health problems in Birmingham, Northfield constituency in each year since 2010.
    (5184)
104
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in raising the number of health visitors available to new mothers and improving the universal service offer by 2015.
    (5064)
105
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all families benefit from targeted support under the Healthy Child Programme.
    (5065)
106
 
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time in A&E was in (a) Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (b) University Hospital Lewisham, (c) London and (d) England in each of the last four (i) quarters and (ii) years.
    (5161)
107
 
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on agency (a) doctors and (b) nurses in Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in each of the last five years.
    (5162)
108
N
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on agency staff in (a) Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last four (i) quarters and (ii) years.
    (5182)
109
 
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 3515, what evidence on costs the NHS considers before deciding to offer screening for genetic conditions; and if he will make a statement.
    (5241)
110
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the work by NICE on (a) A&E, (b) mental health and (c) community safe staffing levels has now been taken on by NHS England; and if he will make a statement.
    (5166)
111
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department jointly commissioned NICE to produce guidelines on safe staffing levels.
    (5167)
112
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the status is of guidelines published by NICE on safe staffing levels in (a) maternity settings and (b) the adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals.
    (5168)
113
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NICE, (b) NHS England, (c) the NHS Trust Development Authority and (d) Monitor on the future publication of guidelines on safe staffing levels.
    (5169)
114
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the (a) evidence received by, (b) findings and (c) initial recommendations of NICE on its draft guidelines on (i) accident and emergency, (ii) community and (iii) mental health staffing levels.
    (5170)
115
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of (a) mumps, (b) measles, (c) rubella, (d) diphtheria, (e) tetanus, (f) pertussis, (g) hib disease there were in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) primary care trusts in London and (iv) London boroughs in each of the last five years.
    (5097)
116
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of eligible people were immunised against TB in (a) England, (b) London, (c) primary care trusts in London and (d) London boroughs in each of the last five years.
    (5136)
117
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of TB were recorded in (a) England, (b) London, (c) primary care trusts in London and (d) London boroughs in each of the last five years.
    (5137)
118
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of two year olds were immunised against (a) MMR and (b) diptheria, tetanus, pertussis and hib in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) primary care trusts in London and (iv) London boroughs in each of the last five years.
    (5138)
119
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions there were for asthma in London in each of the last five years.
    (5139)
120
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people NHS England treated for eating disorders in each of the last five years.
    (5225)
121
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for treatment for children and young people was after being diagnosed for eating disorder in the last 12 months.
    (5226)
122
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the implications for UK policy of possible changes in the law in that country on the use of fashion models below a certain Body Mass Index level and its effect on children and young people with eating disorders.
    (5227)
123
 
Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve diabetes (a) care and (b) prevention; and if he will make a statement.
    (5156)
124
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the next prioritisation process for treatments currently on the National Cancer Drugs Fund list will take place.
    (5187)
125
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage people to visit elderly neighbours with poor health.
    (5044)
126
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the long-term health effects of excessive use of video games and the internet by primary school children; and what steps he is taking to address that matter.
    (5188)
127
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 2849, how many GP practices in receipt of funding under the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee in (a) England, (b) London, (c) the London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency have closed in each of the last 10 years up to 1 April 2014.
    (5149)
128
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 2849, how many GP practices in (a) England, (b) London, (c) the London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency have closed in each of the last ten years to April 2014.
    (5222)
129
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3491 on Immigration: Commonwealth Games 2014, what the countries of origin were of people (a) whose departures were unconfirmed, (b) who applied for asylum or another form of leave and (c) who were granted asylum or another form of leave; and what the reasons for the applications for asylum or other form of leave to remain were in each such case.
    (5239)
130
N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to increase police visibility.
    (5141)
131
N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the set-up costs of the Police Remuneration Review Body were.
    (5142)
132
N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual running costs of the Police Remuneration Pay Review Body have been since the formation of that body.
    (5143)
133
N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contribution by the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 10 February 2015, Official Report column 637, what the timescale is for her Department's review of the police funding formula.
    (5230)
134
N
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fraud offences involving online shopping have been recorded in each year since 2010.
    (5245)
135
 
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women in each of the last five years were killed by their current or former partner.
    (5056)
136
 
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Police Community Support Officers working for police forces in (a) Sheffield, (b) Yorkshire and (c) the UK in (i) 2010 and (ii) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
    (5118)
137
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the revised commutation factors for the police pension scheme will be published.
    (5186)
138
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the eligibility criteria are for entry to the UK for citizens of (a) Palestine and (b) Israel.
    (5053)
139
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time was taken to answer calls made to the 101 police non-emergency number in (a) the UK and (b) South Yorkshire in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.
    (5070)
140
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of calls to the 101 police non-emergency number were dropped calls in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) the UK in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.
    (5133)
141
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were made for asylum in the UK by Libyans between June 2014 and the end of November 2014; how many Libyans who made such applications (a) remain in the UK awaiting a decision and (b) have been refused asylum; and if she will make a statement.
    (5129)
142
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the police is of a (a) breath, (b) blood and (c) urine test performed on a person suspected of drink driving.
    (5113)
143
N
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with universities on ensuring that lecturers do not encourage the development of extremist views.
    (5042)
144
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 3834, how many items were in the Parliamentary Art Collection on 31 March 2000; and what the current valuation for insurance purposes is of those items.
    (5197)
145
 
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms her Department currently has in place for the distribution of humanitarian aid to Yemen.
    (5078)
146
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking in response to findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea on national service conscripts being used within foreign-operated companies.
    (5208)
147
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has allocated to each country for supporting refugees and internally displaced people resulting from the political situation in Burundi.
    (5224)
148
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has allocated to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for each year from 2015 to 2018.
    (5228)
149
 
Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of whether the funding needs of internally displaced people in non-government controlled Kachin state, Burma, are being fully met; how much funding is being provided to meet those needs by the Government; and what information she holds on how much funding is being provided to meet those needs by the Burmese government.
    (5235)
150
 
Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to inter-faith projects in Burma in 2015-16.
    (5237)
151
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what criteria her Department calculated the number of unsafe abortions averted, as identified in her Department's report entitled, Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy, published in September 2012.
    (5194)
152
N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has held with the Northern Ireland Executive on repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and its potential effect on the Good Friday Agreement.
    (5209)
153
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to increase access to legal aid for people with a mental illness.
    (5052)
155
 
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the diagnosis is of young people in each public and private prison or young offender institution who have a mental illness; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure young people and children in such institutions diagnosed with mental health issues receive appropriate support.
    (5240)
156
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases have cited the Human Rights Act 1998 since that Act came into effect.
    (5148)
157
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to extend the Prevent Strategy to Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
    (5119)
158
 
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons Northern Ireland was not included in the scope of the Prevent Strategy; and if she will make a statement.
    (5120)
159
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 24 June 2015 to the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds, Official Report, column 886, how the Child Protection Taskforce plans to engage with the child protection profession, children's services departments and practising social workers.
    (5098)
160
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 24 June 2015 to the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds, Official Report, column 886, how the Child Protection Taskforce plans to engage with backbench and Opposition hon. Members; and if he will expand the membership of that body to include representatives from those groups.
    (5099)
161
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a summary of the responses to the Cycle Racing on the Highway consultation which closed on 21 October 2013.
    (5051)
162
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Law Commission's report on taxi and private hire services, Cm 8864, published May 2014.
    (5135)
163
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will conduct a further review into the capacity of the road network in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
    (5100)
164
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the development of connected and autonomous vehicles.
    (5101)
165
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the uptake and production of ultra-low emission vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
    (5102)
166
 
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to mitigate the effects of Operation Stack on traffic flow across Kent.
    (5199)
167
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Chief Executive of Network Rail has sought formal direction to proceed on any matter in his capacity as Network Rail's Accounting Officer since 1 September 2014.
    (5189)
168
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what departmental resources his Department plans to make available to Dame Colette Bowe during her investigation into investment planning; how many officials he plans will work on that report; whether he plans that Dame Colette Bowe will report directly to him; and if he will publish the terms of reference for that inquiry.
    (5190)
169
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Network Rail's total expenditure has been to date on (a) TransPennine and (b) Midland Main Line electrification.
    (5205)
170
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the Great Western Main Line electrification project his Department plans will use (a) Series 1 overhead line equipment, (b) Series 2 overhead line equipment and (c) overhead line equipment built to other designs.
    (5206)
171
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) subject and (b) date has been of all formal written directions sought by his Department's Permanent Secretary since 4 September 2012.
    (5207)
172
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2015 to Question 228504, what progress he has made on considering the case for compensation for passengers using Southern Railway's Metro Line who have been affected by the regular disruption to rail services at London Bridge.
    (5204)
173
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Southern Railway on compensation for passengers using Southern Railway's Metro Line who have been affected by the regular disruption to rail services at London Bridge.
    (5215)
174
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the statement of 25 June 2015, Official Report, column 1067, on Network Rail, what assessment he has made of the potential effect the measures approved in this will have on plans for station improvements and step-free access for (a) Peckham Rye station and (b) Queens Road Peckham station in south London.
    (5219)
175
 
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he holds on whether Govia Thameslink Railway (a) has made or (b) intends to make an agreement with Transport for London to share the same pay as you go fares on suburban rail routes in London.
    (5076)
176
 
Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Bristow Helicopters on future service levels for the search and rescue helicopter service in North West Wales.
    (5115)
177
 
Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans his Department has for delivering the search and rescue service in North West Wales should Bristow Helicopters not be able to fulfil its contractual obligations to provide that service.
    (5116)
178
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding he is making available to (a) Warrington and Cheshire West and (b) Chester councils to enable residents to travel toll-free across the Silver Jubilee Bridge and Mersey Gateway Bridge when those bridges are opened.
    (5041)
179
 
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people of voting age there were in each local authority area in Wales (a) in each of the last 10 years and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.
    (5127)
180
 
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what representations the Government has made to employers on the introduction of company policies to tackle sexism at work and the use of staff representatives with whom employees can raise such issues.
    (5155)
181
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets for call answering times he has set for his Department's telephone line for use by disability living allowance claimants switching to personal independence payments.
    (5081)
182
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what preparations his Department has made for changes in the number of telephone calls to the Department when disability living allowance claimants are transferred to personal independence payments.
    (5082)
183
 
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of charges for the use of the Child Maintenance Scheme on families and children.
    (5080)
184
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 10 June 2015, Official Report, column 136WH, on organophosphate sheep dip, in what ways the Health and Safety Executive made the report referred to in that contribution and its content publicly available.
    (5192)
185
 
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2015 to Question 1696, what his timetable is for changing automatic entitlement to housing benefit for people aged 18 to 21.
    (5083)
186
 
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of the use of dividends as income in order to reduce liabilities under Child Support Agency calculations; and if he will make a statement.
    (5163)
187
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential effect on the savings arising from implementing the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 of removing housing costs from the scope of those regulations.
    (5145)
188
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what employment support initiatives his Department plans to fund from savings arising from implementation of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015; and when he plans to commence those initiatives.
    (5146)
189
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of families with children affected by the benefit cap have a child under (a) one year old, (b) two years old, (c) three years old and (d) four years old.
    (5178)
190
 
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of families affected by the benefit cap placed in (a) temporary accommodation by a local authority and (b) other accommodation have moved into work.
    (5179)
191
 
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parents with children affected by the benefit cap have a child under (a) one year old, (b) two years old, (c) three years old and (d) four years old.
    (5180)
192
 
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the households affected by the household benefit cap are in (a) social housing, (b) temporary and emergency accommodation and (c) private tenancies (i) in the UK and (ii) in each region of the UK.
    (5181)

Notices given on Thursday 2 July

1
 
Ben Howlett (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for calls to HM Revenue and Customs.
[Transferred]   (5173)
2
 
Julian Knight (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to (a) increase the awareness of and (b) use notices under section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to remove Travellers from public land by police.
[Transferred]   (5157)
3
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have been procured for the Government Car Service since May 2010; and what the country of origin is of each such vehicle.
[Transferred]   (5232)
4
 
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have been procured for the Government Car Service in 2015; and what the country of origin is of each such vehicle.
[Transferred]   (5233)
5
 
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of abolishing the blood alcohol content test when a person has been arrested for suspected drink driving.
[Transferred]   (5114)
6
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the benefit cap on levels of homelessness in each year since its introduction.
[Transferred]   (5105)
7
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Law Officers' Departments applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5277)
8
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Law Officers' Departments applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5298)
9
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Attorney General, what instructions have been given to staff in the Law Officers' Departments dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5319)
10
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5276)
11
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5297)
12
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5318)
13
 
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of coal imports on the balance of trade.
    (5386)
14
 
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with small business representatives on support for meeting the costs of regulation 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
    (5442)
15
 
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding is available for small businesses which incur significant costs in complying with regulation 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
    (5443)
16
 
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of regulation 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures on small-scale manufacturers of candles and other scented goods.
    (5444)
17
 
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to secure OECD agreement to stop OECD members supporting all coal projects overseas through export credit agencies.
    (5414)
18
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in his Department are entitled to the use of a (i) car with a dedicated driver, (ii) car from the Government car pool and (iii) taxi ordered through a departmental account.
    (5463)
19
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a parliamentary mechanism for initiating judicial inquiries.
    (5409)
20
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5278)
21
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5299)
22
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5320)
23
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people on zero-hours contracts in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK.
    (5349)
24
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged between 16 and 24 in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been on zero-hours contracts in each of the last five years.
    (5377)
25
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been on zero-hours contracts in each of the last five years.
    (5378)
26
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the revised travel guidance used by Government departments on first class rail travel.
    (5464)
27
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit claims are paid into Coutts bank accounts.
    (5412)
28
 
Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people made donations of paper or other artefacts to non-governmental bodies in lieu of tax in each of the last two financial year for which records are available.
    (5447)
29
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of public spending per capita in Wales to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland; and if he will review the working of the Barnett formula.
    (5408)
30
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5294)
31
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5315)
32
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5336)
33
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4358, what mechanisms other than the issuance of gilts are used to finance Government borrowing; and what the gross value is of borrowing through such mechanisms.
    (5395)
34
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs from people in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds and (c) Leeds North West constituency were unanswered for each of the last five years.
    (5390)
35
 
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the proposed offence of failure to prevent economic crime is intended to have extra-territorial effect where a UK link can be proven.
    (5446)
36
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fires were caused by an electrical source in the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of such fires.
    (5345)
37
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that tenants in the private rented sector are better protected from risks from (a) electricity, (b) gas, (c) faulty smoke detectors and (d) carbon monoxide.
    (5354)
38
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of elderly people involved in domestic fires.
    (5355)
39
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5279)
40
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5300)
41
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5321)
42
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 1001, how this assessment will be undertaken and when the assessment of costs and savings to local government will be completed.
    (5380)
43
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 1001, if his Department will provide extra funds to support those local authorities that have a higher number of children on their adoption list.
    (5383)
44
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of affordable homes that will be (a) started and (b) completed in (i) Leeds North West constituency and (ii) West Yorkshire in the next year.
    (5387)
45
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate how many new properties have been sold to foreign investors in (a) Leeds North West constituency, (b) Leeds and (c) the UK in the last year.
    (5388)
46
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will undertake a feasibility study of reverting the boundaries of Yorkshire to those prior to the splitting of the region after the Local Government Act 1972.
    (5389)
47
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the housing completion rates in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) Leeds and (d) Leeds North West constituency was in the last five years.
    (5391)
48
 
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to remove criminal sanctions for non-payment of the television licence fee.
    (5342)
49
 
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take in response to the High Court ruling in the judicial review case against the Government brought by the UK Music and others.
    (5445)
50
 
Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when and by whom his Department was first made aware of (a) the Crown Estate's round 3 zone selection process and (b) the potential effect of that process on (i) the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Sites and (ii) tourism in that area; and what responses his Department made to consultations on that matter.
    (5450)
51
 
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote growth in tourism.
    (5393)
52
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5280)
53
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5301)
54
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5322)
55
 
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made as to the effect of leisure aviation on the UK tourism sector; and if he will make a statement.
    (5436)
56
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5281)
57
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5302)
58
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5323)
59
 
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received a request from the Tunisian government for military training to improve border security between Tunisia and Libya.
    (5343)
60
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his private Ministerial office spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
    (5473)
61
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5282)
62
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5303)
63
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5324)
64
 
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the amount spent annually by schools on agencies used to recruit teachers.
    (5477)
65
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 1002, in which other situations will her Department use such powers.
    (5381)
66
 
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 1002, whether her Department will use its powers in all cases where local authorities are unwilling to join regional adoption agencies.
    (5382)
67
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in her Department are entitled to the use of a (i) car with a dedicated driver, (ii) car from the Government car pool and (iii) taxi ordered through a departmental account.
    (5462)
68
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her private Ministerial office spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
    (5471)
69
 
Michelle Donelan (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will take steps to identify effective ways to encourage public sector buildings to utilise roof space by installing solar panels.
    (5266)
70
 
Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether it is her policy to include the 2009 Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment as a material consideration in planning decisions on National Infrastructure projects.
    (5449)
71
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when her Department plans to publish the results of the 14th onshore oil and gas licensing round.
    (5394)
72
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5283)
73
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5304)
74
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5325)
75
 
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment she has made of the environmental effects of importing coal.
    (5397)
76
 
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of commercial fishing around Ascension Island occurred in the outer (a) 25nm of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), (b) outer 50nm of the EEZ, (c) outer 75nm of the EEZ and (d) outer 100nm of the EEZ.
    (5375)
77
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5284)
78
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5305)
79
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5326)
80
 
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to achieve the commitment to treble the number of apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
    (5346)
81
 
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings her Department has had with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on trebling the the number of apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
    (5347)
82
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Romanian counterparts on tackling corruption in that country.
    (5406)
83
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with counterparts in NATO countries on the new NATO Force Integration Unit to be built in Romania.
    (5407)
84
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5285)
85
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5306)
86
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5327)
87
 
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions has he had with the Burmese government on (a) the Rohingya community in Rakhine state and (b) democracy and human rights in that country.
    (5435)
88
 
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of escalation of the conflict in Colombia.
    (5481)
89
 
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of killings of Colombian human rights activists.
    (5482)
90
 
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the Colombian peace process.
    (5483)
91
 
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on human rights abuses in Colombia.
    (5484)
92
 
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Colombia on the imprisonment of civil society activists and trade unionists in that country.
    (5485)
93
 
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent Human Rights Watch report on alleged senior military involvement in false positive cases in Colombia.
    (5486)
94
 
Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to secure the release of Andargachew Tsege in Ethiopia; and if he will make a statement.
    (5392)
95
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) Officials of his Department have held with business organisations to discuss the Bribery Act 2010 and guidance on that act since January 2015; and on what dates those meetings took place.
    (5441)
96
 
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his French counterpart on improving collaboration between the French and UK governments in providing governance and capability training for Tunisian national and regional government bodies.
    (5352)
97
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his private Ministerial office spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
    (5472)
98
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much UK embassies spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
    (5474)
99
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department issues to Directors of Public Health on working with businesses in the weight management sector.
    (5255)
100
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet with representatives of the weight management sector to discuss their potential contribution to tackling obesity.
    (5256)
101
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the contribution that companies in the weight management sector can make to tackling obesity.
    (5257)
102
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local authority areas have commissioned tier 2 weight management services for the period 2014 to 2018.
    (5258)
103
 
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2015 to Question 2552, when he will provide an update on plans to publish the Government's proposed obesity strategy; and if he will make a statement.
    (5488)
104
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all pancreatic cancer patients have access to dietetic treatment, advice and support; and if he will make a statement.
    (5351)
105
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to commence work on the development of a clinical guidance for pancreatic cancer.
    (5356)
106
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure new treatment options for pancreatic cancer are made available on the NHS at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement.
    (5379)
107
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 3 December 2014 to Question 216468, what progress he has made in establishing trials for pancreatic cancer patients using stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.
    (5489)
108
 
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken as part of the Government's dementia strategy to (a) improving the safety of people with dementia while at home and (b) raising awareness of safety around household electrical appliances for people with dementia.
    (5353)
109
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) tackle addiction to and (b) reduce deaths caused by prescription drugs.
    (5401)
110
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to his Department has been of prescribing anti-depressant drugs in each year since 2010; and what estimate he has made of such costs in the next financial year.
    (5402)
111
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each clinical commissioning group spent on anti-depressant prescription drugs in the financial year 2014-15.
    (5403)
112
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5287)
113
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5308)
114
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5329)
115
 
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to establish a ring-fenced fund for drugs for rare diseases.
    (5384)
116
 
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on possible links between quality of care, operational productivity and safe staffing levels from (a) Lord Carter, (b) Robert Francis and (c) others.
    (5413)
117
 
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the NHS of the new immigration rules being introduced from April 2016.
    (5469)
118
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has made to NHS England on the development of commissioning policies on robotic assisted surgery.
    (5398)
119
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in (a) Pendle and (b) England who have been diagnosed with (i) bladder, (ii) kidney and (iii) prostate cancer, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
    (5399)
120
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients who might benefit from insulin pump therapy across England are identified and offered therapy; and if he will make a statement.
    (5400)
121
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of commissioning support units in managing backlogs in applications for Continuing Healthcare Retrospective Review claims.
    (5404)
122
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish a commissioning policy on the use of robotic assisted surgery for kidney and bladder cancer patients.
    (5411)
123
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in his Department are entitled to the use of a (i) car with a dedicated driver, (ii) car from the Government car pool and (iii) taxi ordered through a departmental account.
    (5465)
124
 
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the High Court judgement in Detention Action v First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Ors [2015] EWHC 1689 (Admin) and the subsequent decision on 26 June 2015 by the Court of Appeal to lift the stay on that ruling, if she will suspend forced returns of people who have previously had their asylum appeal heard under the Fast Track Rules.
    (5478)
125
 
Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers and others have the ability to prevent protesters harassing or intimidating women seeking advice on sexual health and abortion.
    (5385)
126
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of banning all psychoactive substances on medical research.
    (5405)
127
 
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department offers to seafarers stranded vessels as a result of their employer's liquidation; and what steps she is taking to reduce incidences of ships being detained in UK ports due to financing problems.
    (5479)
128
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5288)
129
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5309)
130
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5330)
131
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on how many illegal migrants have been located at Calais and Coquelles by (a) Border Force staff, (b) Eurotunnel and Eurostar staff, (c) ferry company staff and (d) the French authorities in each time period for which records are kept since January 2014.
    (5259)
132
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records the Border Force keeps on illegal migrants prevented from entering the UK by UK authorities or companies at the Port of Calais and Coquelles.
    (5260)
133
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for compensation the Passport Office (a) approved and (b) rejected between April 2014 and April 2015; and how much compensation was (i) claimed and (ii) paid in relation to those claims in that period.
    (5261)
134
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines have been (a) imposed and (b) paid for the carrying of illegal migrants at ports of entry to the UK in the Pas de Calais region in each time period for which records are kept since January 2014.
    (5262)
135
 
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what surplus was generated by HM Passport Agency between April 2014 and April 2015.
    (5487)
136
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with HM Inspectorate of Constabulary on that body's recent report into child abuse investigations by the police and the proportion of such investigations that were inadequate.
    (5263)
137
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that more police investigations into child abuse are conducted to an adequate standard.
    (5264)
138
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in her Department are entitled to the use of a (i) car with a dedicated driver, (ii) car from the Government car pool and (iii) taxi ordered through a departmental account.
    (5466)
139
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence were recorded against serving police officers through health and safety self reporting by police officers in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
    (5480)
140
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5289)
141
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5310)
142
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5331)
143
 
Roger Mullin (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been devoted to education projects in African countries in each of the last five years.
    (5376)
144
 
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will work with the government of Tunisia to improve inter-faith dialogue.
    (5344)
145
 
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department takes to ensure that all UK aid is responsive to climate change and low carbon development.
    (5415)
146
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 3689, how many prisoners that were selected for the national community service volunteers scheme and were released for up to four weeks (a) committed an offence on their release, (b) failed to attend the programme and (c) breached the conditions of their temporary licence in each of the last five years.
    (5437)
147
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 3689, how many prisoners have been selected for the national community service volunteers scheme to be released for up to four weeks in each of the last five years.
    (5438)
148
 
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 3688, what offences are included in the Violence against the person category.
    (5439)
149
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5290)
150
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5311)
151
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5332)
152
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5291)
153
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5312)
154
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5333)
155
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost to the public purse has been of (a) clothes, (b) luggage and (c) other travel accessories bought for himself or his wife since he was first appointed Prime Minister in 2010.
    (5461)
156
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with representatives of News International since his reappointment as Prime Minister in May 2015.
    (5468)
157
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost to the public purse has been of the purchase of (a) red wine, (b)white wine, (c) champagne and (d) fortified wine for the use at Chequers since he was reappointed Prime Minister in May 2015; and on how many occasions each such beverage has been served.
    (5475)
158
 
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, how many days he spent at (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) Chequers in an official capacity since he was reappointed Prime Minister in May 2015.
    (5476)
159
 
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the contribution of the leader of the House of 2 July 2015, if he will place in the Library copies of independent assessments which confirm that the Scottish achieves the recommendations of the Smith commission report.
    (5448)
160
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5292)
161
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5313)
162
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5334)
163
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5293)
164
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5314)
165
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5335)
166
 
Simon Hoare (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on applying a 32 tonne weight limit to volumetrics.
    (5410)
167
 
Simon Hoare (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish his Department's response to its consultations on the (a) review of HGV periodic testing and inspection exemptions and (b) goods vehicle operating licensing exemptions.
    (5440)
168
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve local cycle infrastructure in cities and towns in Yorkshire.
    (5416)
169
 
Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journeys have been affected by power line failures on the East Coast Main Line in the last 12 months.
    (5339)
170
 
Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to make the East Coast Main Line more resilient to power line failures.
    (5340)
171
 
Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times there have been power line failures on the East Coast Main Line in each of the last three years.
    (5341)
172
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5295)
173
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5316)
174
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5337)
175
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on how many occasions the Government Equalities Office applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5286)
176
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on how many occasions the Government Equalities Office applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5307)
177
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what instructions have been given to staff in the Government Equalities Office dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5328)
178
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the contract his Department holds with Capita to provide personal independence payment assessments.
    (5470)
179
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
    (5296)
180
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a Freedom of Information Act request in each of the last five years.
    (5317)
181
 
Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
    (5338)
182
 
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours in a month an employee on a zero-hours contract has to work to be counted as employed in monthly employment statistics.
    (5350)
183
 
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to people with a disability who are in receipt of benefits and who want to start their own business.
    (5265)
184
 
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent changes there have been in the median earnings of (a) working age adults with a disability and (b) working age adults with no disability in the last three years; and what steps he is taking to ensure that people with a disability are able to secure employment suitable to their needs and abilities.
    (5348)
185
 
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the rate of employment and self-employment among (a) working age adults with a disability and (b) working age adults with no disability in the last three years.
    (5396)
186
 
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications of his policies of the conclusions on the increasing employment penalty facing people with a disability as set out in the recent OECD report, Entrepreneurship and Self-employment by People with Disabilities by Professor John Kitching.
    (5490)
Tuesday 7 July  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
 
★ 1
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of recent reviews of acute services in hospitals.
    (900776)
★ 2
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What recent estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who waited for at least one week for a GP appointment in the last 12 months.
    (900777)
★ 3
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): What steps he is taking to ensure that clinical commissioning groups routinely fund cough assist machines for people with muscle-wasting conditions when a clinical need has been identified.
    (900778)
★ 4
Richard Harrington (Watford): For what reasons his Department categorises corrective refractive eye surgery for medical purposes as cosmetic surgery.
    (900779)
★ 5
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What progress the Government has made on improving safety in hospitals in special measures.
    (900780)
★ 6
Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich): What progress the Government has made on achieving parity of esteem for physical and mental health services.
    (900781)
★ 7
Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): What progress the Government has made on achieving parity of esteem for physical and mental health services.
    (900782)
★ 8
Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): Whether he expects that the efficiency savings identified in NHS England's most recent Five Year Forward View will entail a reduction in staff numbers.
    (900783)
★ 9
Helen Jones (Warrington North): What recent discussions he has had with NHS England on the future of district general hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
    (900784)
★ 10
Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire): What progress the Government has made on improving safety in hospitals in special measures.
    (900785)
★ 11
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): Whether his Department has discussed with the Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group the provision of accident and emergency services in Dorset; and if he will make a statement.
    (900786)
★ 12
Rachael Maskell (York Central): What changes in funding he plans to make to address the NHS funding shortfall forecast in NHS England's most recent Five Year Forward View.
    (900787)
★ 13
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of guidance from the Chief Medical Officer on the consumption of alcohol by pregnant women.
    (900788)
★ 14
Henry Smith (Crawley): What steps the Government is taking to improve support for children and young people with mental health problems.
    (900789)
★ 15
Pat Glass (North West Durham): What progress the Government has made on achieving parity of esteem for physical and mental health services.
    (900790)
★ 16
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): What plans he has to change the weighting in the primary healthcare funding formula to better reflect an area's level of economic deprivation and its population's age profile.
    (900791)
★ 17
Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire): What funding he is providing for GP practices in new towns.
    (900792)
★ 18
Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): What assessment he has made of the relationship between poverty in childhood and (a) ill-health and (b) use of the NHS in adulthood.
    (900793)
★ 19
Mrs Flick Drummond (Portsmouth South): What plans the Government has to increase capacity in general practice and primary care.
    (900794)
★ 20
Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase): What progress he has made on ensuring that patient experience is central to the work of the NHS.
    (900795)
★ 21
Amanda Solloway (Derby North): What steps the Government is taking to improve support for children and young people with mental health problems.
    (900796)
★ 22
Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle): What steps the Government is taking to improve support for children and young people with mental health problems.
    (900797)
★ 23
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): What assessment he has made of the effect of the level of ease of access to GPs on attendances at A&E departments.
    (900798)
★ 24
Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)): What progress the Government has made on integrating and improving care provided outside of hospitals.
    (900799)
★ 25
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): What steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for talking therapies.
    (900800)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (900766)
★ 2
Maria Caulfield (Lewes):  
    (900767)
★ 3
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central):  
    (900768)
★ 4
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):  
    (900769)
★ 5
John Glen (Salisbury):  
    (900770)
★ 6
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton):  
    (900771)
★ 7
Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire):  
    (900772)
★ 8
Richard Burgon (Leeds East):  
    (900773)
★ 9
Natalie McGarry (Glasgow East):  
    (900774)
★ 10
Julian Sturdy (York Outer):  
    (900775)

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)

Notices given on Wednesday 1 July

1
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2015 to Question 225678, what total amount of funds has been allocated via intermediaries in each bidding round of the Regional Growth Fund; and what proportion of such funds has not yet been drawn down.
    (5249)
2
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the status is of the Eight Great Technologies; what progress has been made on the commercialisation and development of those technologies; and what recent steps the Government has taken to support that progress.
    (5250)
3
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms received support directly through Reshore UK in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May 2015.
    (5251)
4
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he plans for the Centre of Agricultural Informatics and Metrics of Sustainability to be operational.
    (5252)
5
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he plans for the Energy Systems Catapult to be operational.
    (5253)
6
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
    (5247)
7
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to which periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical her Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
    (5248)
8
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were remitted by each High Court in North West England to each magistrates court in the North West for sentencing in 2014.
    (5150)
9
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
    (5246)

Notices given on Thursday 2 July

1
N
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings officials of UKTI have had with business organisations to discuss the Bribery Act 2010 and guidance on that act since 2015; and on what dates those meetings took place.
    (5518)
2
N
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what statistics he holds on (a) reliability of delivery and (b) success rate of Royal Mail post for (i) Cambridge and (ii) the UK.
    (5498)
3
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of schizophrenia patients who die by suicide each year.
    (5420)
4
N
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to make country-by-country tax reporting rules publicly available.
    (5427)
5
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when all challenges to the 2005 Rating List for England and Wales will be finally resolved.
    (5497)
6
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.77 of Autumn Statement, Cm 8961, what progress he has made on further integrating services by developing and extending the principles underpinning the Troubled Families programme approach to other groups of people with multiple needs.
    (5499)
7
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3462, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of affordable social housing; and if he will make a statement.
    (5506)
8
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of houses to be built in the UK in each of the next five years.
    (5507)
9
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will allow Cumbria County Council to receive revenue from the new homes bonus.
    (5268)
10
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department plans to provide to Cumbria County Council to make up their funding shortfall.
    (5270)
11
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to allow councils in Cumbria to keep funds raised by business rates from the nuclear industry.
    (5357)
12
N
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the conclusions of his Department's report, Connectivity, Content and Consumers, published in July 2013, what progress has been made in establishing and enforcing targets on subtitled and audio-description TV services for on-demand content on the 80 per cent of on-demand providers in the UK who offer no subtitles at all.
    (5522)
13
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pigs have been involved in explosive tests undertaken by his Department in each year since 2010.
    (5267)
14
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 4070, whether any trail hunting by organised fox hunts has taken place on land owned by his Department since 2010.
    (5458)
15
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to apply the recommendations of the Haddan-Cave report of the Nimrod Review to the A400M Future Length Aircraft development programme.
    (5519)
16
N
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment by number and by rank is of 17[R] Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
    (5459)
17
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of the category of distant placements for looked-after children on the number placed more than 20 miles from their last known address in (a) in children's homes and (b) with foster carers; and if she will make a statement.
    (5367)
18
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of recent changes introduced to improve safeguarding of children who go missing from care on the number of children who go missing from (a) care, (b) placements outside the local authority boundaries and (c) distant placements; and if she will make a statement.
    (5368)
19
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to raise literacy standards amongst children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
    (5365)
20
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) performance of local authorities in ensuring that 16 and 17-year-olds with special educational needs and disabilities have Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans in place before they turn 18 and (b) adequacy of support given to young people with EHC plans as they transition into adult social care.
    (5359)
21
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the performance of local authorities' (a) implementation of the Local Offer and (b) providing of young people and their parents with information on all special educational needs services available in their local area.
    (5360)
22
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to monitor whether local authorities are including the full range of independent providers of children's services in their Local Offers as part of the SEN Code of Practice.
    (5361)
23
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the performance of local authorities in moving children with special education needs (SEN) statements onto Education, Health and Care plans under the new SEN Code of Practice.
    (5362)
24
N
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children with special educational needs and disabilities statements have been given Education, Health and Care plans since the implementation of the new SEN Code of Practice.
    (5509)
25
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will conduct a review into the biodiversity of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (5502)
26
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to preserve biodiversity of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
    (5503)
27
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the badger cull at preventing bovine tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement.
    (5504)
28
N
Stewart McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 3146, how many staff working at her Department for contractors do not earn the living wage; what services such staff deliver; and whether her Department plans to become an accredited living wage employer.
    (5521)
29
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage nuclear non-proliferation and multilateral disarmament of existing nuclear weapons.
    (5363)
30
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the scale of international at-sea piracy; and what steps the Government is taking to counter piracy at sea.
    (5364)
31
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the size of the international trade of illegal drugs and narcotics; and what steps the Government is taking to reduce such trade.
    (5366)
32
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides to UK holidaymakers who get into difficulty when travelling abroad.
    (5501)
33
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency review into the safety of Alteplase; and when this review will be published.
    (5418)
34
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what impact assessment has been undertaken on (a) the NHS Five Year Forward View, (b) the New Models of Care Programme and (c) the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Devolution deal; and where such assessments are published.
    (5419)
35
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.
    (5269)
36
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish its methodology for ranking treatments to commission for ultra-rare diseases.
    (5417)
37
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the minutes of the meetings of (a) NHS England's Clinical Priorities Group which met on 25 and 26 June 2015 and (b) the Specialised Services Commissioning Committee which met on 30 June 2015.
    (5456)
38
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 3297, what funds his Department has provided for general adult mental health and psychiatric research (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a proportion of the total research and development budget in each year since 2000.
    (5493)
39
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 3297, what funds his Department has provided for child and adolescent mental health and psychiatric research (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a proportion of the total research and development budget in each year since 2000.
    (5494)
40
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 3297, what funds his Department has provided for old age mental health and psychiatric research (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a proportion of the total research and development budget in each year since 2000.
    (5495)
41
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what statute and what warranty system the use of IMSI catchers is permitted to intercept communications and communications data.
    (5369)
42
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many commercial drivers (a) have been and (b) are in the process of being fined for bringing people illegally into the UK via North East France in (i) the last month, (ii) between the last one and six months and (iii) between the last six and 12 months.
    (5358)
43
N
Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first passports have been issued to British children born overseas in each of the last three years; what average length of time was taken to process applications from each overseas country in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
    (5451)
44
N
Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff worked in HM Passport Office processing applications for first passports for UK children born overseas in May (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015; and if she will make a statement.
    (5453)
45
N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in Cheshire on 31 March 2015.
    (5491)
46
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on projects relating to (a) the provision of clean water, (b) sewage, (c) women's sanitary projects and (d) other essential hygiene projects in 2014.
    (5520)
47
N
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has reached a decision on whether to fund an extension of the Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility - beyond NIAF 2.
    (5500)
48
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the level of outstanding fines was for courts in Nottinghamshire in 2014-15.
    (5457)
49
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3925, whether the potential fares simplification that can take place on the Northern franchise without the use of flex will include regulated fares.
    (5421)
50
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department received from Network Rail a (a) final and (b) draft updated Control Period 5 Delivery Plan between 1 December 2014 and 30 March 2015.
    (5505)
51
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current gap is between Network Rail's Control Period 5 funding and the company's expected total outlay during that Control Period.
    (5510)
52
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the saving to Network Rail is in Control Period 5 of not proceeding with (a) Midland Main Line electrification and (b) TransPennine electrification during that Control Period.
    (5511)
53
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department has provided to rail freight flows from (a) Tilbury and (b) London Gateway ports in each year since 2009-10.
  [R] (5422)
54
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department has provided to rail freight operations from (a) Tilbury and (b) London Gateway ports in each year since 2009-10.
  [R] (5423)
55
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail freight services were operated between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports in each of the last 10 years; and what volume of rail freight moved this amounted to in each year.
  [R] (5424)
56
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the future viability of rail freight services between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports.
  [R] (5425)
57
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) frequency of and (b) volume moved by rail freight services between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports.
  [R] (5426)
58
N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the technology firm Uber in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
    (5508)
59
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much benefit expenditure was lost to relatives claiming benefit for claimants who had died in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how much such expenditure was falsely claimed by claimants registered as living (a) in the UK and (b) abroad.
    (5496)
60
N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4707, on social security benefits, if he will make it his policy to collect and publish data in Stat-Xplore on how many sanctions and appeals are related to claimants not performing online requirements such as job search; and if he will estimate the proportion of (a) sanctions and (b) appeals which are related to such requirements.
    (5492)
61
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will define new targets for child poverty.
    (5452)
62
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he now expects the number of claimants of universal credit to exceed (a) one per cent, (b) two per cent and (c) five per cent of all benefit claimants.
    (5454)
63
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on the trials of support for in-work progression; and if he will make a statement.
    (5455)
64
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what requirements will be placed on Government agencies in the legislation which is proposed to replace the Child Poverty Act 2010.
    (5460)
Wednesday 8 July  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
 
★ 1
Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent): What steps the Government is taking to support the education of Syrian children in refugee camps in Lebanon.
    (900801)
★ 2
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What progress she has made on her strategy for private sector development in developing countries.
    (900802)
★ 3
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What her Department's role is in tackling conditions in countries from which migrants are trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean.
    (900803)
★ 4
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What progress she has made towards achieving the aim of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases to eradicate such diseases by 2020.
    (900804)
★ 5
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): What steps she is taking to ensure value for money in spending on UK-funded projects abroad.
    (900805)
★ 6
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): What steps she is taking to tackle the effects of climate change in developing countries.
    (900806)
★ 7
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): If she will take steps to increase international aid for conflict prevention in (a) Democratic Republic of Congo, (b) Burundi and (c) Rwanda.
    (900807)
★ 8
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What steps her Department is taking to address the root causes of attempted migration to Europe across the Mediterranean.
    (900808)
★ 9
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What assessment she has made of her Department's contribution to progress on a peace settlement in the Middle East through its support to the Palestinian Negotiations Affairs Department.
    (900809)
★ 10
Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington): What steps her Department is taking to address the root causes of attempted migration to Europe across the Mediterranean.
    (900810)
★ 11
Owen Thompson (Midlothian): What funding her Department has allocated to projects tackling violence against women and girls in each of the last three years.
    (900811)
★ 12
Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood): What steps her Department is taking to address the root causes of attempted migration to Europe across the Mediterranean.
    (900812)
★ 13
Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What steps her Department is taking to address the root causes of attempted migration to Europe across the Mediterranean.
    (900813)
★ 14
Richard Burgon (Leeds East): What recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian effects of the blockade of Gaza.
    (900814)
★ 15
Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West): What forecast her Department has made of its spending in Malawi in the next five years.
    (900815)
At 11.53am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Nusrat Ghani (Wealden): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
    (900831)
★ 2
Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk):  
    (900832)
★ 3
Mrs Flick Drummond (Portsmouth South):  
    (900833)
★ 4
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):  
    (900834)
★ 5
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South):  
    (900835)
★ 6
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):  
    (900836)
★ 7
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth):  
    (900837)
★ 8
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell):  
    (900838)
★ 9
Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon):  
    (900839)
★ 10
Dr Tania Mathias (Twickenham):  
    (900840)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice
★ 1
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the NATO recommended minimum of two per cent of GDP as the basis for future UK defence expenditure.
    (900816)
★ 2
Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 8 July.
    (900817)
★ 3
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire):  
    (900818)
★ 4
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde):  
    (900819)
★ 5
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South):  
    (900820)
★ 6
Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington):  
    (900821)
★ 7
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead):  
    (900822)
★ 8
Karin Smyth (Bristol South):  
    (900823)
★ 9
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak):  
    (900824)
★ 10
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):  
    (900825)
★ 11
Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire):  
    (900826)
★ 12
Mark Spencer (Sherwood):  
    (900827)
★ 13
Michelle Donelan (Chippenham):  
    (900828)
★ 14
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston):  
    (900829)
★ 15
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North):  
    (900830)

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 Work and Pensions, 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)

Notices given on Wednesday 24 June

1
N
Kevin Foster (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support claimants of benefits find employment in Torbay.
    (4084)

Notices given on Tuesday 30 June

1
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidelines his Department has issued on charging for entry into television and radio competitions by use of premium text, phone line or other means to ensure that such competitions are fair and honest; and if he will make a statement.
    (4760)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the taxpayer is of training someone to become a doctor in the UK.
    (4761)

Notices given on Thursday 2 July

1
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which firms are (a) advising the Government on the sale and (b) involved in the sale process of the Green Investment Bank; and what fees, including discretionary fees, are being paid as part of this process.
    (5370)
2
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what objectives he has set for the sale of the Green Investment Bank.
    (5371)
3
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the Green Investment Bank the Government plans to sell; and what deadlines, milestones or schedules his Department has set as part of this process.
    (5372)
4
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff (a) from his Department or his Department's executive agencies, (b) from other Government departments and (c) who are secondees are working on the sale of the Green Investment Bank.
    (5373)
5
N
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many shares in Royal Mail of what value were sold to which institutions in June 2015.
    (5374)
6
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when all challenges to the 2010 Rating List for England and Wales will be finally resolved.
    (5512)
7
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) seismological, (b) geological and (c) other assessments have been made of the effect of fracking on the safety of nuclear facilities at Salwick and Heysham.
    (5275)
8
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on primary care in England in each year since 2000; and what such figures are as a percentage of the total NHS budget.
    (5428)
9
N
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a percentage of the total NHS budget was spent on NHS staff training and education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in each year since 2000.
    (5429)
10
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of (a) theft, (b) theft of lead roofing and (c) criminal damage there were from (i) churches, (ii) mosques, (iii) synagogues, (iv) Hindu temples, (v) Sikh temples and (vi) other places of worship were recorded by each police force in England in 2014.
    (5271)
11
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) consultants in 2014; which organisations were paid from that expenditure for those services; and how much each such organisation received for each such service.
    (5274)
12
N
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the level of take-up of public registers of beneficial ownership in the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies; and what steps he is taking to persuade such areas to adopt the UK's standard for transparency of company ownership.
    (5430)
13
N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) Transport for London and (b) the Mayor of London about (i) the taxi industry in London and (ii) Uber in the last 12 months.
    (5513)
14
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payments applicants in Preston had to travel to medical assessments in (a) Preston, (b) South Ribble, (c) Chorley, (d) other local authorities in Lancashire, (e) Merseyside and (f) Greater Manchester in 2014; which venues each such applicant attended; and how many such applicants attended each such venue.
    (5272)
15
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance applicants in Preston had to travel to medical assessments in (a) Preston, (b) South Ribble, (c) Chorley, (d) other local authorities in Lancashire, (e) Merseyside and (f) Greater Manchester in 2014; which venues each such applicant attended; and how many such applicants attended each such venue.
    (5273)
Thursday 9 July  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 1 July

1
N
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Government (a) Ministers and (b) officials have visited Eritrea since 2010; and on which occasions each such visit was made.
    (5193)
2
N
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Eritrean citizens have been (a) granted and (b) refused asylum in the UK since 2010.
    (5254)

Notices given on Thursday 2 July

1
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many challenges to (a) the 2005 Rating List and (b) the 2010 Rating List are yet to be resolved in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Chesterfield, (iii) Doncaster, (iv) North East Derbyshire, (v) Bolsover, (vi) Bassetlaw, (vii) Derbyshire Dales, (viii) Rotherham and (ix) Sheffield.
    (5514)
2
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies her Department has commissioned or reviewed on the long-term health effects of organophosphates.
    (5431)
3
N
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will take steps to address concerns raised by the Sheep Dip Sufferers Support Group about the long-term health effects of organophosphates.
    (5432)
4
N
Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on inspections by the Care Quality Commission of local authorities' commissioning of care services.
    (5433)
5
N
Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on inspections by the Care Quality Commission of local authorities' commissioning of care services.
    (5434)
6
N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between his Department and the technology firm Uber in the last 12 months.
    (5515)
Monday 13 July  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 2 July

1
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many challenges against council tax banding on the current council tax valuation list are yet to be resolved in (a) total and (b) more than four months after the challenge was lodged in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Chesterfield, (iii) Doncaster, (iv) North East Derbyshire, (v) Bolsover, (vi) Bassetlaw, (vii) Derbyshire Dales, (viii) Rotherham and (ix) Sheffield.
    (5516)
2
N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between his Department and (a) the Mayor of London and (b) Transport for London on (i) the taxi industry and (ii) Uber in the last 12 months.
    (5517)

Prepared 3rd July 2015