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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from
Wednesday 8 July 2015

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Tuesday 7 July 2015

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions from

Wednesday 8 July 2015

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

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

Wednesday 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when all challenges to the 2010 Rating List for England and Wales will be finally resolved.
    (5512)
7
N
Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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)
8
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)
9
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)
10
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)
11
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 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)
12
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)
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)

Notices given on Friday 3 July

1
N
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average deposit required for shared ownership applications made through the Help to Buy scheme was in (a) Cambridge and (b) Cambridgeshire in each of the last five years.
    (5549)
2
N
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of shared ownership applications made through the Help to Buy scheme have required a deposit of more than five per cent.
    (5550)
3
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make it her policy to press the EU to adopt a target of 50 per cent emissions reductions by 2030.
    (5585)
4
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Government has spent to support carbon capture and storage technology in each year since 2010-11.
    (5596)
5
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of how many GW of carbon capture and storage capacity will be installed in the UK by (a) 2020, (b) 2025 and (c) 2030.
    (5597)
6
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps she has taken to encourage co-operation between EU countries on the development of carbon capture and storage technology.
    (5598)
7
N
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the development of carbon capture and storage for industrial processes and manufacturing.
    (5599)
8
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to NHS England and NICE on communicating treatment commissioning decisions to families of patients on clinical trials before such decisions are officially announced.
    (5592)
9
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to NICE on the amount of time it gives to stakeholders to provide additional evidence for a highly specialised technology appraisal after it has issued interim guidance on that appraisal.
    (5593)
10
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given to NICE on the amount of time it takes to conduct a highly specialised technology appraisal.
    (5594)
11
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 learning disabilities 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.
    (5531)
12
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 forensic 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.
    (5532)
13
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 psychotherapy 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.
    (5533)
14
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 research into veterans' mental health (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.
    (5534)
15
N
Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on cross-border patient referrals to Scotland.
    (5587)
16
N
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4295, if she will make it her policy to ensure that current employers of workers on tier 2 visas whose immigration status is changing as a result of 2011 immigration rules changes requiring workers who have been in the UK for more five years to earn more than £35,000 gross per annum are aware that these changes are now taking effect; and if she will provide support to such employers to identify employees whose immigration status may now change.
    (5551)
17
N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Start-up aid for airports: applications received, published by his Department on 27 March 2015, for what reason he has not yet published a short-list of routes that have successfully met the criteria at initial application stage; when he intends to publish that short-list and (c) when he intends to announce successful bids.
    (5552)
18
N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislation to amend the definition of plying for hire in the taxi industry.
    (5604)
19
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 2647, how many of the outsourced staff working for his Department's contractors and their service partners who are paid at or below the Living Wage are paid (a) the Living Wage and (b) less than the Living Wage.
    (5553)
20
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit advances have been paid out since April 2013.
    (5588)
21
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for budgeting loans were approved in each month from June 2014.
    (5589)
22
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for budgeting loans in each month from June 2014.
    (5590)
23
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 12 of the report of the Social Security Advisory Committee on The Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015 No. 1362), published June 2015, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the policy is focused on those coming to Universal Credit from relatively higher-income employment.
    (5591)
24
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (General Duties of Self-Employed Persons) (Prescribed Undertakings) Regulations 2015.
    (5595)

Notices given on Monday 6 July

1
N
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal Determination of 22 June 2015, IPT/13/194/H, and subsequent correction of 1 July 2015, under what statutory provision the interception of the communications of Amnesty International by GCHQ was authorised.
[Transferred]   (5586)
2
 
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total number of complainants lodging complaints against the Student Loans Company was in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
    (5621)
3
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 221930, how many of the employers issued with a Notice of Underpayment of the National Minimum Wage have been named under the Department's revised national minimum wage naming and shaming scheme; how many employers have been issued with such a notice since 29 January 2015; and how many of those employers have been named under that scheme.
    (5609)
4
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will increase the Adult Skills Budget to (a) increase the non-apprenticeship elements and (b) maintain funding for the apprenticeship element at current levels; and if he will make a statement.
    (5661)
5
 
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that technology and knowledge generated through Medical Research Council investments is open access.
    (5711)
6
 
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the differences between regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures and corresponding US law in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; how he plans to resolve any such differences; and what position the Government plans to take in negotiations on resolving such differences.
    (5618)
7
 
Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UK Trade & Investment is providing to the food and drink industry.
    (5616)
8
 
James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans that his Department's planned 2015 consultation on the tools which the Financial Policy Committee may use in relation to buy-to-let mortgage lending will consider whether this type of lending should be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the same way as residential mortgages.
  [R] (5607)
9
 
James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of recent annuity reforms on (a) the buy-to-let mortgage market and (b) house prices.
  [R] (5630)
10
 
James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the funding of the Bank of England's Financial Stability Report of July 2015 regarding growth in buy-to-let mortgage lending and the potential risk to financial stability posed by such trends.
  [R] (5659)
11
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much it costs per minute to telephone HM Revenue and Customs from a (a) landline and (b) mobile telephone; and if he will make it his policy to introduce free of charge telephone numbers for HM Revenue and Customs.
    (5712)
12
 
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle people who repeatedly sell cigarettes without paying duty.
    (5732)
13
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many landlords have made a voluntary disclosure to HM Revenue and Customs through the Let Property Campaign in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Pendle constituency since that campaign began.
    (5631)
14
 
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to be able to provide information about how much previously-undeclared income has been declared as a result of the Let Property Campaign.
    (5632)
15
 
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will extend the City Deals programme to Peterborough.
    (5605)
16
 
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will apply the restrictions on the conversion and demolition of pubs which are assets of community value to all pubs.
    (5619)
17
 
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4254, when the introduction of full superfast broadband coverage in (a) Seagrave and (b) Thrussington is planned to be completed.
    (5622)
18
 
Hannah Bardell (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with broadcasters about free to view broadcast of international football matches involving the home nations.
    (5741)
19
 
James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role he plans small and medium-sized enterprises and smaller communications providers will have in delivering super-fast broadband access to remote premises in his Department's super-fast broadband roll-out programme.
    (5667)
20
 
Roger Mullin (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the BBC Trust on levels of funding for BBC Scotland.
    (5675)
21
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what amount was spent on the Trident nuclear weapons system as a proportion of UK GDP (a) across the lifetime of that system and (b) in each year of the Trident programme for which estimates for that spending have been made.
    (5612)
22
 
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many passes were made by (a) Royal Air Force (RAF) and (b) non-RAF aircraft over RAF Tain in each of the last 15 years; and what munitions have been dropped during those passes.
    (5664)
23
 
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Italian counterpart about (a) monitoring and (b) lessons learned from the training of Libyan personnel in Italy; and if he will make a statement.
    (5730)
24
 
Brendan O’Hara (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) precision-guided munitions and (b) gravity bombs of each type were dropped in Afghanistan and Iraq by British (i) fixed-wing aircraft and (ii) unmanned aerial vehicles since 7 July 2014.
    (5654)
25
 
Brendan O’Hara (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Government has spent on operations in support of Iraqi troops in each month since April 2009.
    (5663)
26
 
Brendan O’Hara (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on hosting intermediate range missiles.
    (5680)
27
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on extending the Pupil Premium to those aged between 16 and 19 in further education who are (a) looked after children, (b) pupils who have left care, (c) pupils who have been eligible for the Pupil Premium at any point in the previous six years and (d) other pupils who were eligible for Pupil Premium whilst in secondary education; and if she will make a statement.
    (5662)
28
 
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to maintain the current National Funding Rate per pupil for full-time students aged 16 to 17 and students aged 18 and over with high needs after 2015-16; and if she will make a statement.
    (5729)
29
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle regional discrepancies in primary age reading levels.
    (5677)
30
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support primary school pupils from the poorest families; and if she will make a statement.
    (5678)
31
 
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds and (c) Leeds North West constituency leave primary education with (i) reading, (ii) writing and (iii) mathematics each graded at (A) Level 1, (B) Level 2, (C) Level 3, (D) Level 4, (E) Level 5 and (f) Level 6.
    (5679)
32
 
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of hydro-pumped storage projects.
    (5620)
33
 
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the potential contribution of hydro pumped storage projects to the UK electricity system.
    (5641)
34
 
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support her Department is providing to the two hydro pumped storage projects in Scotland that have been added to the European Network Electricity Transmission System Operators draft Ten Year Network Development Plan for 2016 to assist them to become eligible for prospective inclusion on the EU's Projects of Common Interest list.
    (5655)
35
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of new nuclear plants planned by 2028, (b) projected capacity of each such plant, (c) the projected timetable for commissioning each such plant and the projected date by which each new plant will be producing power and (d) projected level of the price set in the Contracts for Difference for each of those plants that together will provide up to 35 per cent of UK power needs from nuclear power stations by 2028.
    (5757)
36
 
Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received from the Ascension Island Council on the proposed creation of a marine protected area around Ascension.
    (5709)
37
 
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department (a) has given and (b) plans to give to the Juwaheer family following the death of Neil Juwaheer in Brazil in 2007.
    (5658)
38
 
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what input the Government had in peace talks in South Sudan; and what plans the Government has to continue to try to influence those talks.
    (5606)
39
 
Stephen Gethins (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances he has requested from the government of Ethiopia on the treatment of Andargachew Tsige while he is in custody; and what steps he plans to take to monitor whether his detention is lawful and humane.
    (5747)
40
 
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the NHS budget (a) in cash terms and (b) as a proportion of the total budget have been spent on mental health services in each year since 2005.
    (5726)
41
 
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has provided for research into dementia (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms, (c) as a proportion of the total research and development budget of his Department in each year since 2005.
    (5727)
42
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the pay grades of staff in the ambulance service on recruitment to that service.
    (5610)
43
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to ensure that the most recent relevant academic research is taken into account when preparing departmental statistical analyses.
    (5668)
44
 
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to widen the availability of the most effective pain relief techniques for dying patients.
    (5669)
45
 
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for delivery of the Collaborative Tuberculosis strategy for England.
    (5714)
46
 
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with on the possible establishment of a tuberculosis control board in South Yorkshire.
    (5715)
47
 
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's response is to the recommendation of the Welsh Affairs Committee in its Third Report of Session 2014-15, HC 404, on cross-border health arrangements between England and Wales, that formal protocols be put in place to ensure consultation between local health boards and clinical commissioning groups when changes to services affect populations across the border.
    (5627)
48
 
Tom Pursglove (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance and information is available to (a) NHS healthcare workers, (b) patients and (c) carers of patients who regularly suffer from urinary-tract infections.
    (5728)
49
 
Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to review the formula governing the allocation of national funding to individual police forces.
    (5742)
50
 
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a transition period for her Department's planned reduction of English language test centres.
    (5611)
51
 
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve how child services protect children and young people at risk of abuse.
    (5674)
52
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the test centres for English language tests are in the UK.
    (5705)
53
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies were contacted by her Department to bid for the Secure English Language Test; and when each such company was contacted.
    (5706)
54
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for applicants abroad; what the value was of that contract; and who was awarded that contract.
    (5707)
55
 
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for applicants within the UK; what the value was of that contract; and who was awarded that contract.
    (5708)
56
 
Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will instigate an inquiry into how and why human rights organisations have been subject to unlawful surveillance by the Government.
    (5733)
57
 
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against serving police officers were (a) entered by each constabulary into the national crime statistics and (b) recorded through health and safety self-reporting by police officers in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014.
    (5758)
58
 
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent assessment the Commission has made of the profitability of the Jubilee Cafe.
    (5608)
59
 
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent (a) in total on the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy programme, (b) for abortion services by the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy programme and (c) supporting locally-led changes to the regulatory and policy environments for abortion services as part of the Prevention of Maternal Deaths from Unwanted Pregnancy programme since the inception of that programme; what measures are in place to ensure value for money in the delivery of the programme; and what scrutiny is applied to those commissioned with the delivery of the international aspects of the programme.
    (5734)
60
 
Mrs Flick Drummond (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on electronic monitoring.
    (5704)
61
 
Suella Fernandes (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on the plans for a Secure College.
  [R] (5710)
62
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts his Department and HM Courts and Tribunals Service currently have out to tender.
    (5623)
63
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which contracts placed out to tender by (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts and Tribunals Service have been bid on by Synnex Concentrix.
    (5624)
64
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which coronial jurisdictions have recorded stillbirth conclusions in each year since 2009.
    (5628)
65
 
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Chief Coroner is planning to take to improve consistency and good practice in relation to neonatal deaths.
    (5629)
66
 
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on Just Solutions International.
    (5660)
67
 
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the proposals for the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
    (5676)
68
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the Parades Commission on preparations for parading on 12 July 2105 in Belfast.
    (5665)
69
 
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, when he intends to make clear in the Ministerial Code steps to preserve Cabinet collective responsibility during the European referendum campaign.
    (5671)
70
 
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, when he will issue a new edition of the Ministerial Code; and if he will make a statement.
    (5672)
71
 
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, when the process for producing a revised edition of the Cabinet Manual will begin; and what steps he intends to take to ensure that the text is subject to the widest possible consultation while in draft form.
    (5673)
72
 
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4411, if political, trade and other envoys appointed under the previous Government are still in post.
    (5617)
73
 
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to meet the Chief Minister of Sri Lanka's Northern Province when he visits the UK.
  [R] (5740)
74
 
Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what bonuses were paid to (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in his Department in each of the last three financial years; and for what reasons each such bonus was awarded.
    (5652)
75
 
Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the name, responsibilities and pay band is of each of the special advisers in his Department.
    (5653)
76
 
Stuart Blair Donaldson (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were claiming income support moved to jobseeker's allowance in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in each month since August 2014.
    (5748)
77
 
Stuart Blair Donaldson (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were claiming employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group category moved to jobseeker's allowance in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in each month since August 2014.
    (5749)
78
 
Stuart Blair Donaldson (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people moved off (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) both categories of employment support allowance in (i) Scotland and (ii) the UK since August 2014; and how many people moved into work.
    (5750)
79
 
Stuart Blair Donaldson (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were claiming employment support allowance moved to jobseeker's allowance in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in each month since August 2014.
    (5751)
80
 
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to publish data on deaths which have occurred following a benefit sanction.
    (5731)
81
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce penalties for Work Programme providers which refer a large number of people with mental health problems for sanctions which are subsequently overturned at mandatory reconsideration or appeal.
    (5703)
82
 
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure Work Programme providers adhere to safeguarding guidance for vulnerable claimants; and what penalties his Department has in place to apply against those providers who do not follow that guidance.
    (5713)
83
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
    (5666)
84
 
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive about legislation to replace the Child Poverty Act 2010.
    (5670)
85
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4698, on social security benefits, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the information requested in that Question.
    (5625)
86
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4699, on housing benefit, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the information requested in that Question.
    (5626)
87
 
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4592, on social security benefits, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the information requested in that Question.
    (5633)
88
 
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effect on disabled people and their carers of the closure of the Independent Living Fund and the transfer of responsibility to local authorities.
    (5656)
89
 
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Independent Living Fund (ILF) users no longer have a carer or personal assistant who was previously funded by an ILF award.
    (5657)
Thursday 9 July  

Questions for Oral Answer

 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
 
★ 1
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): What estimate he has made of the value of the public stake in Channel 4.
    (900851)
★ 2
Sir David Amess (Southend West): What recent estimate he has made of the contribution made by tourism to the economy.
    (900852)
★ 3
Holly Lynch (Halifax): What steps he is taking to halt the decline in female participation in sport since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
    (900853)
★ 4
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): What meetings he has had with ministers in other Departments to discuss the development of cross-departmental sport-based initiatives.
    (900854)
★ 5
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): What assessment he has made of the BBC's financial capability to broadcast listed sports events in preparing for discussions on the BBC's next Charter renewal and future funding.
    (900855)
★ 6
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on children's access to creative and cultural experiences; and if he will make a statement.
    (900856)
★ 7
John Glen (Salisbury): What steps he is taking to protect and promote national heritage in Salisbury constituency.
    (900857)
★ 8
Christina Rees (Neath): What steps he is taking to halt the decline in female participation in sport since the London 2012 Games.
    (900858)
★ 9
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What steps he is taking to ensure growth in tourism.
    (900859)
★ 10
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What further steps his Department plans to take to commemorate the First World War.
    (900860)
★ 11
Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase): What steps the Government is taking to promote and support local community radio.
    (900861)
★ 12
Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire): What progress he has made on setting targets for on-demand broadcasters to provide subtitles and audio description for people with sensory loss.
    (900862)
★ 13
Craig Williams (Cardiff North): What estimate he has made of the potential economic effect of hosting the 2017 Champions League final in Cardiff.
    (900863)
★ 14
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps he is taking to uphold the future integrity and independence of the BBC.
    (900864)
★ 15
Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What assessment he has made of the potential merits of a legally-binding universal service obligation for broadband access across the UK.
    (900865)
★ 16
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): What recent assessment he has made of the contribution of creative industries to the economy.
    (900866)
★ 17
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): What progress his Department has made on the roll out of local television services.
    (900867)
★ 18
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): What discussions he has had with the English Premier League on promoting grass roots sport.
    (900868)
★ 19
David Rutley (Macclesfield): What recent estimate he has made of the contribution made by tourism to the economy.
    (900869)
★ 20
Owen Thompson (Midlothian): If he will have discussions with broadcasters on free-to-view broadcasting of international football matches involving the home nations.
    (900870)
At 10.05am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★ 1
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    (900841)
★ 2
Mark Menzies (Fylde):  
    (900842)
★ 3
Scott Mann (North Cornwall):  
    (900843)
★ 4
Nusrat Ghani (Wealden):  
    (900844)
★ 5
Maggie Throup (Erewash):  
    (900845)
★ 6
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire):  
    (900846)
★ 7
Neil Carmichael (Stroud):  
    (900847)
★ 8
Gareth Johnson (Dartford):  
    (900848)
★ 9
Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling):  
    (900849)
★ 10
Suella Fernandes (Fareham):  
    (900850)
At 10.15am
Oral Questions to the Leader of the House and the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission
 
★ 1
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the implications for the House of the proposals for the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
    (900871)
★ 2
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Leader of the House, what opportunities he expects to be provided for scrutiny of his proposal for English votes on English laws.
    (900872)
★ 3
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Leader of the House, what consultation he plans to undertake on the Government proposal for English votes on English laws.
    (900873)
★ 4
Julian Knight (Solihull): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will take steps to increase parliamentary scrutiny of planning laws applying to fast-food take-away restaurants.
    (900874)
★ 5
Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Leader of the House, what his policy is on the voting rights of the hon. Members in the House.
    (900875)
★ 6
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will take steps to establish a House Business Committee; and if he will make a statement.
    (900876)
★ 7
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will encourage hon. Members to choose the cheapest option available to the public purse for the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
    (900877)
★ 8
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to consult the public in advance of the House's decision on English votes on English laws.
    (900878)
★ 9
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps have been taken to promote re-cycling of waste on the parliamentary estate.
    (900879)
★ 10
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the implications for the House of the proposals for the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
    (900880)

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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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)

Notices given on Monday 6 July

1
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, where each UKTI staff member is based; and at what civil service grade and salary band each such staff member is employed.
    (5649)
2
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from representatives of the industrial sector on the potential issues associated with the UK leaving the EU.
    (5650)
3
N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings (a) ministers and (b) officials from his Department have held with business organisations to discuss the Bribery Act 2010 and associated departmental guidance since January 2015; and on what dates such meetings were held.
    (5635)
4
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on the local economy in Coleraine of the enterprise zone in that area.
    (5736)
5
N
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the announcement by the Prime Minister at the G7 Summit that all UK-funded clinical trials will be made openly available, what steps he is taking to require companies to publish such trials; and which diseases will be covered.
    (5756)
6
N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how members of the public can access Government-commissioned reports on the gov.uk website which have been archived.
    (5759)
7
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of tax credits on working families with children.
    (5699)
8
N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people with post codes in Wales paid inheritance tax in each year since 2010.
    (5737)
9
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of council houses with two or more bedrooms that local authorities will be required to sell in the first five years after the implementation of the Housing Bill under the proposed provisions of that Bill.
    (5697)
10
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to the hon. Member for Sheffield South East, Official Report, column 1164, what financial arrangements will be in place to enable housing association properties and the council properties to be replaced.
    (5698)
11
N
Sue Hayman (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that Cumbria County Council and Cumbria's district councils receive more revenue raised from business rates.
    (5637)
12
N
Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4424, when his Department was first informed of the decision to delay the electrification of the Manchester to Leeds rail line.
    (5687)
13
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on Defence Fire and Rescue Service pensions.
    (5695)
14
N
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to consult with non-government organisations on the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
    (5716)
15
N
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 24 June 2015 and 1 July 2015 to Questions 5131 and 2850, what damage is covered by the figure of £472,283 given in a Freedom of Information response in May 2015; and if he will make a statement.
    (5760)
16
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of temporary classrooms in Nottinghamshire Local Education Authority area in each of the last six years.
    (5684)
17
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits of a national funding formula for early years education.
    (5613)
18
N
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of how the number of people employed in the UK onshore wind industry may be affected by the removal of the wind energy subsidy.
    (5717)
19
N
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the removal of onshore windfarm subsidy on the UK's ability to meet renewables targets.
    (5719)
20
N
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she will take to ensure that energy bills do not rise as a result of the withdrawal of the onshore wind energy subsidy.
    (5720)
21
N
Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on health effects of the cultivation of oilseed rape with the (a) Secretary of State for Health, (b) Secretary of State for Scotland and (c) Scottish Government.
    (5754)
22
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on the hunger strike of Irom Sharmila in Manipur, India; and if he will make a statement.
    (5721)
23
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on the hunger strike of Bapu Surat Singh in Panjaab, India; and if he will make a statement.
    (5722)
24
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Indian government on the detainment of Devinderpal Singh Bhullar.
    (5723)
25
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in the Indian government on ensuring that prisoners in India are released once they have served their prison sentences.
    (5724)
26
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Indian government on the treatment of Sikhs in India.
    (5725)
27
N
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response the Government has made to the report of the UN Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea, published in June 2015.
    (5636)
28
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is towards the proposal by the French government for permanent members of the UN Security Council to suspend use of the veto in cases of alleged genocide.
    (5738)
29
N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in his Department are entitled to the use of (i) a car with a dedicated driver, (ii) a car from the Government car pool and (iii) a taxi ordered through a departmental account.
    (5739)
30
N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what value of gifts were bought for foreign dignitaries visiting UK embassies in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
    (5743)
31
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason dementia is no longer listed as a priority area in his official ministerial responsibilities.
    (5639)
32
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Ministers have become dementia friends; and on what date they became a dementia friend.
    (5686)
33
N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation No voice heard, no right ignored, a consultation for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions, which closed on 29 May 2015.
    (5735)
34
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on cost effectiveness of public health interventions to help them decide how to make in-year savings.
    (5752)
35
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the steps taken by the Danish government to examine people suspected of having a negative reaction to HPV vaccines.
    (5682)
36
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were on waiting lists to receive an organ transplant in (a) each East Midlands constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years.
    (5685)
37
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the staff turnover rate was in the London Ambulance Service in each of the last five years.
    (5646)
38
N
Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of prescription drugs to treat (a) oilseed rape allergy syndrome and (b) conditions displaying symptoms consistent with oilseed rape allergy syndrome in each year since 2010.
    (5745)
39
N
Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many people have been given prescriptions to treat (a) oilseed rape allergy syndrome and (b) conditions displaying symptoms consistent with oilseed rape allergy syndrome in each year since 2010.
    (5746)
40
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last had discussions with the government's of (a) Turkey and (b) Cyprus on the prevention of vulnerable individuals travelling to fight for Daesh is Iraq and Syria.
    (5647)
41
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met representatives of (a) airlines, (b) travel companies, (c) ferry companies and (d) Eurostar and Eurotunnel to discuss the prevention of travel by individuals attempting to join Daesh in Iraq and Syria.
    (5648)
42
N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to reach a decision on the naturalisation application of the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth's constituent, Ms Noor Aldoumani.
    (5651)
43
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the National Police Chiefs' Council on the guidance issued to police officers on dealing with unauthorised Traveller encampments; and if she will make a statement.
    (5683)
44
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce people trafficking into Northern Ireland.
    (5643)
45
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training her Department provides to immigration officials in Northern Ireland to identify victims of domestic violence.
    (5645)
46
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the British-Irish Visa scheme on tourism.
    (5696)
47
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2015 to Question 2508, what discussion her Department has had with UK companies about the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea and the use of national service conscripts by foreign-operated companies.
    (5755)
48
N
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, 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.
    (5744)
49
N
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the position of the incumbent Director of Public Prosecutions in view of the recent decision to charge Lord Janner.
    (5644)
50
N
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the decision to award the contract to collect court fines will be made by his Department or by the Courts and Tribunals Service; and if that body will take into account the performance of Synnex Concentrix in its contract with HM Revenue and Customs when deciding whether to award that company the contract to collect court fines.
    (5634)
51
N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the provisions of the EU Referendum Bill on levels of investment in Northern Ireland.
    (5642)
52
N
Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2014-15 will be published.
    (5692)
53
N
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road deaths were record in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
    (5718)
54
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4666, whether he held a substantive conversation with the Prime Minister prior to 14 April 2015 on Network Rail cost overruns and the potential deferral of major projects.
    (5681)
55
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4428, what estimate he has made of the cost to Network Rail of cancelling or altering contracts in relation to (a) Midland Main Line electrification and (b) TransPennine electrification.
    (5693)
56
N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what net funding his Department (a) has made and (b) expects to make available to Network Rail in each year of Control Period 5.
    (5694)
57
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of High Speed 2 on jobs in the West Midlands.
    (5614)
58
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in Birmingham, Northfield constituency are in receipt of tax credit.
    (5700)
59
N
Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2015 to Question 5024, if he will list the circumstances in which Short Term Benefit Advance was not paid in 2014.
    (5753)
60
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4712, what the expected saving to the public purse from implementation of universal credit will be in 2016-17.
    (5638)
61
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to publish information on the effect on disabled people and their carers of the closure of the Independent Living Fund and the transfer of responsibility to local authorities.
    (5688)
62
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of Independent Living Fund users whose support has been (a) reduced and (b) removed entirely following the transfer of responsibility for that Fund to local authorities.
    (5689)
63
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of local authorities which have ringfenced funding for the Independent Living Fund that has been transferred to them.
    (5690)
64
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will equalise the amount of Universal Credit payable to employees and self-employed people who have the same annual income.
    (5691)
Monday 13 July  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 2 July

1
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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)

Notices given on Monday 6 July

1
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions his Department has referred a criminal sentence to the Court of Appeal for review because it was felt to be unduly lenient in 2015.
    (5701)
2
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the provision of residential development of the Vacant Building Credit; and if he will make a statement.
  [R] (5702)
Thursday 16 July  

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 6 July

1
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of his Department's (a) ministerial team and (b) employees based at Richmond House have received dementia friends training from the Alzheimer's Society as of 3 July 2015; and what plans he has to ensure that such Ministers and staff receive this training.
    (5640)
2
N
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4287, which international partners, organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors she met as part of the process of policy development and delivery between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015; and what the (a) date and (b) venue was of each such meeting.
    (5615)

Prepared 7th July 2015