1. Healthcare

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House of Commons
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 9 February 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 9 FEBRUARY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
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2 Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What steps she has
taken to reduce administrative burdens on the police.
(907488)
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3 Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What steps she has taken to improve the
police response to drug crime.
(907489)
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4 Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): What steps she has taken to encourage people
to become special constables.
(907490)
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5 Adam Afriyie (Windsor): What progress her Department has made on
deporting foreign criminals from the UK.
(907491)
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6 Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): What assessment she has made of the
effectiveness of community-led responses to crime and anti-social behaviour
related to the night-time economy.
(907492)
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7 Margot James (Stourbridge): What assessment she has made of the level of
modern slavery in the UK.
(907493)
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8 Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): What further steps she is taking to protect
the UK from terrorism in response to recent attacks in Paris.
(907494)
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9 Sir David Amess (Southend West): What steps her Department is taking to
tackle identity crime.
(907495)
★ 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.
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Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
continued
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10 Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): What recent representations she
has received on the level of rural crime; and if she will make a statement.
(907496)
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11 Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What assessment she has made of changes in
the level of cyber and online crime in the last 12 months; and if she will
make a statement.
(907497)
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12 Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What recent discussions she has had with
police and crime commissioners on the priority they give to prosecuting and
preventing human trafficking and modern slavery; and if she will make a
statement.
(907498)
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13 Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What progress she has made on ensuring
that the Security Service is adequately equipped to tackle terrorism. (907499)
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14 David Mowat (Warrington South): What assessment she has made of the
role of voluntary organisations in tackling radicalisation and extremism.
(907500)
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16 Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): What improvements she has
made to the visa system for applicants from China and other key markets.
(907502)
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17 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): What research her Department has
undertaken on how architecture and urban design may assist crime
prevention.
(907503)
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18 Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What steps her Department has taken to ensure that
lessons are learnt from recent child sex abuse cases in Rotherham and
elsewhere.
(907504)
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20 Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What assessment she has made of the
likelihood of terrorist attacks in rural areas of the UK.
(907506)
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21 Andrew Griffiths (Burton): What steps she has taken to improve the police
response to drug crime.
(907507)
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22 Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): What assessment she has
made of the effectiveness of Operation Nexus in tackling offending by
foreign nationals.
(907508)
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23 Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What steps she has taken to improve the
police response to drug crime.
(907509)
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Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
continued
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24 Maria Miller (Basingstoke): What steps she has taken to reduce
administrative burdens on the police.
(907510)
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25 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What further steps she is
taking to protect the UK from terrorism in response to recent attacks in Paris.
(907511)
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.
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2 Grahame M. Morris (Easington): If she will make a statement on her
departmental responsibilities.
(907478)
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3 Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):
(907479)
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4 Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):
(907480)
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6 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish):
(907482)
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8 Robert Halfon (Harlow):
(907484)
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9 Pat Glass (North West Durham):
(907485)
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10 Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth):
(907486)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 2 February
1 Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason the value of extant standard
individual export licences to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
fell from £7.9 billion, as stated in his letter of 12 May 2014 to the hon.
Member for Tonbridge and Malling, to £93 million, as stated in his letter of
15 December 2014 to the same hon. Member.
(222938)
2 Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the
number of cats (a) killed and (b) injured by firearms in each of the last five
years.
(222847)
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3 Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Transport, if he will issue a Direction to the Chief Executive of Network Rail
to reply to the letter of 27 October 2014 from the hon. Member for Tonbridge
and Malling on the need to lengthen the platforms at Cowden, Hever and
Edenbridge Town stations by 27 July 2015.
(222939)
4 Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of the underoccupancy penalty on his Department's expenditure in this Parliament; and
under what categories of expenditure that effect has happened.
(222921)
5 Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to collate and
publish information on the weekly amount and duration of jobseeker's
allowance hardship payments.
(222884)
Notices given on Tuesday 3 February
1 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what
N procedure he used for the reappointment of William Shawcross as Chair of
the Charity Commission.
(223062)
2 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he
N considered any other candidates for the post of Chair of the Charity
Commission before reappointing William Shawcross to that position.
(223063)
3 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what
N consultation he undertook to inform the decision to reappoint William
Shawcross as Chair of the Charity Commission.
(223064)
4 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, what estimate he has made of the number of hours lost (a) in his
Department and (b) across all government departments due to ICT failure.
(223168)
5 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, how many telephone calls have been made by (a) officials and (b)
ministerial offices to the ICT helpline in (i) his Department and (ii) across all
government departments due to ICT problems.
(223169)
6 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, how many breaches of protected personal data by his Department
have been reported to the Information Commissioner; and how many people
were involved in each such breach in each year since 2010-11.
(223170)
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7 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, which government departments' executive agencies and nondepartmental public bodies are participating in the next generation Civil
Service human resources programme; what the basis is for cost-sharing
arrangements for set-up and running costs of that programme; and what
human resources functions that programme undertakes.
(223171)
8 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, how many (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each Department,
agency and NDPB have attended the Commissioning Academy in each year
since it was established; and what assessment he has made of the effect of
such attendance on commercial skills in the civil service.
(223256)
9 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office,
N what the average proportion was of people from a black and minority ethnic
background who were unemployed for longer than (a) 12 months and (b) two
years in each of the last 10 years.
(223154)
10 Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask Mr
N Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the incidence of liability for the payment
of inheritance tax was in each parliamentary constituency, based on the
primary residence of the deceased in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12,
(d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14.
(223142)
11 Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask Mr
N Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much inheritance tax was paid by estates
in each parliamentary constituency, based on the primary residence of the
deceased in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e)
2013-14.
(223143)
12 Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what
N the average time taken to process changes in household circumstances for
existing tax credit claims was in 2014.
(223106)
13 Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer,
N how many staff were employed by HM Revenue and Customs to tackle
inheritance tax avoidance in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales
and (e) Northern Ireland in the last five years for which records are available.
(223264)
14 Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer,
N how much tax relief on inheritance tax was granted for (a) agricultural and (b)
business property in each the last four years up to the most recent period for
which records are available.
(223265)
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15 Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and
N Local Government, if he will carry out a review of the adequacy of statutory
assistance given to single homeless people.
(223141)
16 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Communities and Local Government, how his Department defines what
constitutes affordable housing.
(223248)
17 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Communities and Local Government, how many affordable houses have
been built in each region in each year since May 2010.
(223249)
18 Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department undertook
an impact assessment of the introduction of the financial credit for vacant
buildings.
(223172)
19 Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the
potential effect on future supply of affordable housing of the introduction of
the financial credit for vacant buildings.
(223173)
20 Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the
potential effect on future supply of affordable housing of changes introduced
to section 106 requirements for sites of 10 units or less.
(223174)
21 Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the
potential effect on future supply of affordable housing in rural areas of
changes introduced to section 106 requirements for sites of 10 units or less.
(223175)
22 Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department undertook
an impact assessment of changes to section 106 requirements for sites of 10
units or less.
(223176)
23 Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the National
Gallery pays its employees the London Living Wage.
(223026)
24 Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the value for
money of security provision at the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery.
(223029)
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25 Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Culture, Media and Sport, what the value and duration is of the contract
between the National Gallery and CIS Security for the provision of security at
the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery.
(223030)
26 Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what
N reports he has received of the current situation regarding the TUPE rights of
employees from Babcock Dyncorp to Carillion Amey following the end of
the contract on 2 February 2015; and if he will make a statement.
(223268)
27 Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Defence, what measures are in place to ensure that the parents or legal
guardians of armed forces recruits aged under 18 are fully informed of the
nature of enlistment into military service before they grant consent to
enlistment.
(223160)
28 Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Defence, whether armed forces recruiting staff are required to meet in
person the parents or legal guardians of potential recruits aged under 18,
before consent to enlistment is granted.
(223161)
29 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,
N what support his Department offers to service leavers seeking to undertake
postgraduate study.
(223252)
30 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Defence, how much his Department spends on training members of each of
the Armed Forces each year.
(223056)
31 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Defence, how many members of the Armed Forces will participate in training
at the Air Battlespace Training Centre at RAF Waddington each year.
(223057)
32 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Defence, what proportion of the Armed Forces' annual personnel training
requirements will be provided at the Air Battlespace Training Centre at RAF
Waddington.
(223058)
33 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Defence, what the annual per unit cost is of training members of each of the
Armed Forces.
(223059)
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34 Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question
221266, whether UK Armed Forces who served with the British Detachment
in Sarajevo during the qualifying period are eligible to receive the UN
Special Service medal in addition to their UN Bosnia medal.
(223253)
35 Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question
221266, for what reasons applications to receive the UN Special Service
medal can only be made within 12 months of leaving theatre.
(223254)
36 Sir Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question
221266, what steps his Department took to inform all those members of the
UK Armed Forces who served with the British Detachment in Sarajevo
during the qualifying period of their eligibility to receive the medal, including
those who had left the Armed Forces.
(223255)
37 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister,
N pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2015 to Question 222323, under what
headings the funding for Electoral Registration Officers to support the
transition to Individual Electoral Registration will be spent.
(223243)
38 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister,
N pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2015 to Question 222323, what plans
he has to increase the amount of funding available to councils with large
student populations to support the transition to Individual Electoral
Registration.
(223244)
39 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister,
N pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2015 to Question 222325, under what
headings the £4.2 million to increase student registrations following the
transition to Individual Voter Registration will be spent.
(223245)
40 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister,
N what his Department's budget is for social media advertising on the transition
to Individual Electoral Registration.
(223246)
41 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister,
N what recent representations he has received from (a) councils and (b)
electoral registration officers in towns and cities with universities on the
transition to Individual Electoral Registration.
(223247)
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42 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on local authorities of
planned policies to extend the rules governing transport for children in fulltime education or undertaking an apprenticeship to 16 to 18 year olds.
(223034)
43 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, what guidance her Department issues to schools on ensuring that
food provided at breakfast clubs and after school clubs is healthy and
nutritious.
(223260)
44 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education,
N what proportion of children (a) in receipt of free school meals, (b) with a
statement of special educational needs, (c) from a BME community and (d)
looked after by a local authority received a place in a grammar school in
January 2013.
(223148)
45 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education,
N what proportion of children (a) in receipt of free school meals, (b) with a
statement of special educational needs, (c) from a BME community and (d)
looked after by a local authority received a place in a grammar school in
January 2012.
(223149)
46 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education,
N what proportion of children (a) in receipt of free school meals, (b) with a
statement of special educational needs, (c) from a BME community and (d)
looked after by a local authority received a place in a grammar school in
January 2010.
(223150)
47 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education,
N what proportion of children (a) in receipt of free school meals, (b) with a
statement of special educational needs, (c) from a BME community and (d)
looked after by a local authority received a place in a grammar school in
January 2011.
(223151)
48 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education,
N pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 220222, and with
reference to the Answer of 26 April 2011, Official Report, column 289, on
grammar schools: disadvantaged, for what reason the information requested
would incur disproportionate cost for the years 2010 to 2013.
(223152)
49 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and
N Climate Change, how many households have installed solar panels in each
year since May 2010.
(223250)
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50 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and
N Climate Change, how many households have installed wind turbines in each
year since May 2010.
(223251)
51 Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy
N and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's report Life Cycle
Impacts of Biomass Electricity in 2020, what assessment he has made of the
implications of that report for the future of biomass energy in the UK; and if
he will make a statement.
(223144)
52 Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy
N and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's report Life Cycle
Impacts of Biomass Electricity in 2020, what assessment he has made of the
implications for his policies of that report's conclusion that biomass requires
significantly more energy input than other energy sources; and if he will
make a statement.
(223145)
53 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February
2015 to Question 222547, if the Government will make representations to the
European Commission requesting that it publish its communication on
Building a Sustainable European Food System.
(223101)
54 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment,
N Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect woodcock habitat.
(223195)
55 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment,
N Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect capercaillie habitat
and reduce the number of pine martens.
(223196)
56 Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with
N reference to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Medical
Workforce Census 2013, published in December 2014, what plans he has to
facilitate integration between child health services and child mental health
services.
(223146)
57 Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with
N reference to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Medical
Workforce Census 2013, published in December 2014, what plans he has to
increase the community paediatric workforce.
(223147)
58 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, how much funding his Department is providing for the Health
Exercise and Nutrition for the Really Young programme; and in which area it
is being rolled out.
(223258)
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59 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
(223259)
N Health, what training health visitors receive on nutrition.
60 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, how much the Government has invested in research into
psychological therapies in each of the last four years.
(223261)
61 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, what progress he has made on agreeing a collective target with
industry on the responsible promotion of food under the Responsibility Deal.
(223262)
62 Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
N with reference to Public Health England's report on HIV in the UK, published
in November 2014, what the evidential basis was of the conclusions in the
report; from what sources that data was derived; how frequently such data is
published; and when data equivalent to that data will next be published.
(223027)
63 Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
N what data is used to inform the quality dashboard programme developed by
NHS England to monitor the quality of HIV care; from what sources that data
was derived; how frequently such data is published; and when equivalent data
will next be published.
(223028)
64 Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
N what progress has been made by the working group established to develop a
robust process to support the sustainable long-term commissioning of cancer
drugs; when he expects the outcomes of their work to be published; and what
steps he will take to reduce variations in access to cancer drugs depending on
when an application to the Cancer Drugs Fund is made.
(223060)
65 Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
N what estimate he has made of how many GP practices will be required to
reduce patient services due to the phased withdrawal of the Minimum
Practice Income Guarantee; what estimate he has made of how many GP
practices he expects will be required to close for the same reason; what steps
his Department has taken to support GP practices experiencing savings to
their budgets as a consequence of that withdrawal; and what plans his
Department has to revise the funding formula for postgraduate students.
(223061)
66 Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct
N NHS England to publish all submissions to its Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Review.
(223266)
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67 Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct
N NHS England to enable University College London Hospital to use the
Gamma Knife on the same terms as it enables University Hospitals Bristol to
use that equipment.
(223267)
68 Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
N much funding was allocated to Healthwatch England for (a) 2013-14, (b)
2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
(223100)
69 Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, if he will make an estimate of the potential cost of implementing each
clause of the National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill.
(223177)
70 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
(223197)
N many people had hernia operations in each of the last five years.
71 Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to set minimum nurse
staffing levels on wards in English hospitals.
(223257)
72 Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of
N State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to
schools, colleges and universities on their obligations to tackle extremism.
(223065)
73 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the
N Home Department, how many people granted discretionary leave to remain
in the last three years have subsequently been (a) granted and (b) refused a
further grant of leave to remain.
(223109)
74 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the
N Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Questions
221902, how many of the asylum claimants referred to in the Answer were
granted leave to remain in the UK.
(223158)
75 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State
N for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests were made and (b)
prosecutions conducted for road traffic offences in each of the last five years.
(223162)
76 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State
N for the Home Department, how many drink-driving offences were recorded
by police force and successful prosecutions there have been in (a) England
and (b) Wales in each of the last five years.
(223163)
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77 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State
N for the Home Department, how many drink-driving offences were recorded
by each police force in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last five
years; and how many successful prosecutions of such offences there were in
each of those countries in each of those years.
(223164)
78 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State
N for the Home Department, how many driving offences relating to mobile
telephone use were recorded by each police force in (a) England and (b)
Wales in each of the last five years; and how many such offences were
successfully prosecuted in each of those countries in each of those years.
(223165)
79 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the
N Home Department, what assessment she has made of the performance of
Dorset Police in meeting the standards required by its service level agreement
with the Disclosure and Barring Service; and if she will make a statement.
(223269)
80 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the
N Home Department, how many and what proportion of police checks
commissioned by the Disclosure and Barring Service from Dorset Police
were completed within (a) 60, (b) 25, (c) 18 and (d) 14 days in the most recent
six months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
(223270)
81 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the
N Home Department, what proportion of foreign national arrests under
Operation Nexus were made up of each of the top three nationalities involved
in the last year for which figures are available.
(223103)
82 Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home
N Department, when she expects to appoint the next Independent Chief
Inspector of Borders and Immigration.
(223108)
83 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice,
N pursuant to the Answers of 2 February 2015 to Questions 221907 and 221908
if he will review the provision of legal aid to potential victims of human
trafficking in advance of their referral to the UK national referral mechanism.
(223156)
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84 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice,
N pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Questions 221878, 221879 and
221883, and with reference to his statement in those answers that figures in
relation to the number of civil claims brought by victims of trafficking and
damages awarded are not available, what the evidential basis is for his
assessment that the remedies available to victims of trafficking under the civil
law of tort are adequate and effective.
(223157)
85 Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many
N orders for compensation for victims were made in courts in North Wales in
the last three years for which information is available.
(223110)
86 Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much
N compensation has been ordered to be paid by courts in North Wales in the last
three years for which records are available; and how much of that sum has
been recovered from those ordered to pay compensation.
(223159)
87 Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Justice, what criteria are applied to children and young people applying to the
Exceptional Case Funding scheme.
(223066)
88 Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Justice, if he will passport all (a) children and (b) young people aged from 18
to 24 through the Exceptional Case Funding scheme.
(223067)
89 Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Justice, how many applications from people aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 to
24 to the Exceptional Case Funding scheme have been successful.
(223099)
90 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Transport, if he will have discussions with Network Rail on West Coast
Mainline possession in the light of recent disruption on the Chiltern line.
(223263)
91 Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Work and Pensions, what the current average time is from the point of
application for people with (a) cancer and (b) motor neurone disease to
receive their benefit entitlement under the special rules for terminal illness.
(223035)
92 Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, how many applications were made for short-term benefit advance
in 2014; and how many of these applications were successful.
(223104)
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93 Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants have been sanctioned
on (a) one, (b) two and (c) three occasions or more; and what the average
length of each sanction is.
(223105)
94 Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what the average time taken to process new claims for jobseeker's
allowance was in 2014.
(223107)
95 Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, how many calls were made to the winter fuel payment helpline
08459 151515 in each of the last five financial years; how much revenue was
generated by these calls; and when he expects to end the use of this number.
(223167)
96 Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average proportion of pensioners'
energy bills that was met by the winter fuel payment in winter (a) 2003-04
and (b) 2013-14.
(223155)
97 Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work
N and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2015 to Question
222124, what information his Department holds on money withheld in
benefit sanctions.
(223166)
98 Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, with reference to the Impact Assessment for the Welfare Reform
Act 2012, whether his estimate of the number of people who will have higher
entitlement as a result of universal credit in each of the next five years is the
same as that in that Assessment.
(223271)
99 Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, with reference to the Impact Assessment for the Welfare Reform
Act 2012, whether his estimate of the number of people who will have lower
entitlement as a result of universal credit in each of the next five years is the
same as that in that Assessment.
(223272)
100 Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, with reference to the Impact Assessment for the Welfare Reform
Act 2012, whether his estimate of the net decrease in social security
payments that will arise from the introduction of universal credit in each of
the next five years is the same as that in that Assessment.
(223273)
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101 Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, with reference to the Impact Assessment for the Welfare Reform
Act 2012, whether his estimate of the decrease in social security payments
that will arise from the introduction of universal credit due to reduced fraud,
error and overpayments in each of the next five years is the same as that in
that Assessment.
(223274)
102 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, how many days work is lost due to illness each year; and what steps
he is taking to reduce absence from work.
(223194)
103 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, how many Work Programme participants have entered Payment
Group One since June 2011; and how many of those participants were
identified as being not in employment, education or training before entering
the programme.
(223096)
104 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what progress has been made in establishing a network of mental
health, intellectual and cognitive champions in each Atos Medical
Examination Centre since November 2010.
(223097)
105 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to reclaim overpayments from
Work Programme providers since June 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(223098)
106 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what recent representations he has received in favour of allowing
work programme participants to claim the new enterprise allowance; and if
he will make a statement.
(223153)
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1 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the
adequacy of the employment protections for staff in the offshore oil and gas
sector in the event of an employer seeking to replace them with non-UK
based workers on lower rates of pay.
(223458)
2 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills, what assessment the Intellectual Property Office has
made of the potential effect of the introduction of standardised tobacco
products on intellectual property rights.
(223412)
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3 Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in
the devolved institutions on ensuring that policy on, and the operation of, the
ICT and digital Degree Apprenticeship qualifications being introduced in
England in September 2015 is linked to similar initiatives in other parts of the
UK.
(223280)
4 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills, what responsibilities local authorities will
have in relation to further education as part of the (a) Manchester and (b)
Sheffield City Deal.
(223320)
5 Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
N Innovation and Skills, whether the Competition and Markets Authority is
conducting an investigation into allegations of cartel behaviour by banks in
(a) foreign exchange markets and (b) other capital markets.
(223331)
6 Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with his Australian
counterpart on the Tuition Protection Scheme for international students in
Australia.
(223279)
7 Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
N Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State
for the Home Department or other Ministers in her Department on the
establishment of a national financial protection scheme for international
students.
(223287)
8 Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
N Innovation and Skills, when he last met international students' representatives
to discuss issues affecting international students in the UK.
(223288)
9 Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on the
establishment of a national financial protection scheme for international
students.
(223346)
10 Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
N Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the establishment of a national
financial protection scheme for international students studying in the UK.
(223367)
11 Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
N Innovation and Skills, how many international students applied to study in
UK universities in each of the last five years.
(223394)
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12 Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect
on the domestic offshore skills base of Shell UK Ltd's decision to award
Allseas Group SA the contract for decommissioning three of its Brent Field
platforms on the UK Continental Shelf.
(223359)
13 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office, how many press officers at what grades have been employed by the
Iraq Inquiry in each year since its establishment; and if he will make a
statement.
(223378)
14 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the Iraq
Inquiry; and if he will make a statement.
(223379)
15 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Treasury about the cost to
the public purse of the Iraq Inquiry; and if he will make a statement. (223380)
16 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office, how much the Iraq Inquiry (a) budgeted and (b) spent on security in
each year since its establishment; and if he will make a statement.
(223381)
17 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office, how many times the Chair and members of the Iraq Inquiry have met
hon. Members since its establishment; when and for what purpose such
meetings took place; where the location of each meeting was; what the
duration of each meeting was; and if he will make a statement.
(223382)
18 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office, what Directorate in his Department has policy responsibility for the
Iraq Inquiry; how many officials at what grade are employed in this
Directorate; and if he will make a statement.
(223383)
19 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office, how many computers have been (a) owned and (b) leased by the Iraq
Inquiry in each year since its establishment; at what cost; and if he will make
a statement.
(223384)
20 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office, how much was spent on postage by the Iraq Inquiry in each year since
its establishment; and if he will make a statement.
(223385)
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21 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) the Prime Minister has had with
the US administration about the publication by the Iraq Inquiry of
conversations between (i) Tony Blair and President Bush and (ii) the right
hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and President Bush in the
period before and after the invasion of Iraq; what response was received; and
if he will make a statement.
(223386)
22 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office, how many officials at what grade have been employed by the Iraq
Inquiry in each year; and if he will make a statement.
(223387)
23 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, how many complaints have been referred to the Parliamentary
Ombudsman relating to decisions by Ofsted in the last year for which
information is available; how many such complaints were investigated; and
how many such complaints were not investigated because they were ultra
vires in respect of the Parliamentary Ombudsman's powers.
(223401)
24 Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office,
what criteria his Department uses to decide whether to make an exception to
the convention that Cabinet minutes are not published.
(223339)
25 Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office,
whether his Department has had any discussions with the Iraq Inquiry on
draft text provided to his Department under the Maxwellisation process.
(223340)
26 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what
N reasons William Shawcross was reappointed as Chair of the Charity
Commission before reaching the end of his current term; and what guidance
his Department follows on how far in advance of the end of a term of office
an appointment can be renewed.
(223282)
27 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with
N reference to the letter to him of 29 January 2015 from the Chief Executive of
AVECO, what steps he took to assess the political impartiality of William
Shawcross before his reappointment as Chair of the Charity Commission.
(223284)
28 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much
N his Department has spent on match funding start-up progression grants for the
Community Organisers programme.
(223393)
29 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many
N of the original 5,000 community organisers from the Government's
Community Organising Programme are still in post.
(223398)
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30 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much
his Department is paying Stephen Kearney in his role as CEO and Strategist
for Community Organising with Locality and the Cabinet Office.
(223461)
31 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the
N Cabinet Office, whether any officials in his Department are engaged in
preparatory work on legislative proposals for data sharing.
(223481)
32 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer,
N how many complaints HM Revenue and Customs have received on nonpayment of the national minimum wage by all care providers in (a) 2011, (b)
2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014; and how many such complaints subsequently
led to formal investigations by HM Revenue and Customs.
(223473)
33 Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the
Exchequer, how much has been paid in compensation to Equitable Life
policyholders since the establishment of the compensation scheme; and by
what date the full £1.5 billion of that scheme will be paid out.
(223419)
34 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what
assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the potential effect of the
possible introduction of standardised tobacco products on the illicit tobacco
market in the UK.
(223413)
35 Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the
N Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 222173, how
many of the 300 trained staff working to deliver the Pension Wise service will
be delivering telephone sessions via the Pensions Advisory Service based at
its headquarters in London.
(223448)
36 Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the
N Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 222173, what
the locations are of the Citizens Advice Bureaux in (a) England, (b) Scotland,
(c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland where trained staff deliver the Pension
Wise service.
(223449)
37 Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the
N Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 222173, how
many of the 300 trained staff working to deliver the Pension Wise guidance
will provide face to face sessions in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and
(d) Northern Ireland.
(223450)
38 David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the
Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential
merits of removing VAT on womens sanitary products.
(223436)
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39 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the
N Exchequer, what tax and National Insurance incentives there are for
employers who participate in programmes and initiatives related to the
physical wellbeing of their employees.
(223456)
40 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the
N Exchequer, how many times his Department has introduced special tax
arrangements to support a major sporting event since May 2010.
(223457)
41 John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the
N Exchequer, what the total advertising budget is for the campaign to promote
the Employment Allowance; and how much has been spent on (a) television,
(b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising mentioning that
allowance in the last 24 months.
(223403)
42 John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the
N Exchequer, what the total advertising budget is for the campaign to promote
the Help to Buy scheme; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b)
newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising mentioning that
scheme in the last 24 months.
(223404)
43 Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the
accuracy of population projections that have been used in developing the
Newcastle/Gateshead One Core Housing Strategy; if he will suspend work on
this strategy until revised versions of those projections are available; and if he
will make a statement.
(223497)
44 Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that
non-governmental public bodies which are allocated funds by his Department
are subject to appropriate oversight and are accountable for their use of those
funds.
(223281)
45 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Communities and Local Government, how much the advertising budget is for
his Department's Local Digital campaign; and how much has been spent in
the last 24 months on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and
(e) other forms of advertising mentioning Local Digital.
(223466)
46 Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15
December 2014 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government, Official Report, column 1167, what
progress he has made on ensuring that if a firefighter fails a fitness test
through no fault of their own and they do not qualify for ill health retirement,
they will get a redeployed role or an unreduced pension.
(223325)
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47 Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and
Local Government, if he will publish data on the Government's calculation of
spending power for each local authority area in each financial year between
2010-11 and 2015-16.
(223319)
48 Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and
N Local Government, what the formula grant allocation was in each local
authority in each year since 2010-11; and what the planned such allocations
are for 2015-16.
(223328)
49 Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Communities and Local Government, what the circumstances were of each
occasion when his Department went against the advice of its independent
inspector when approving a compulsory purchase order in the last four years.
(223452)
50 Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions his
Department has gone against the advice of its independent inspector when
approving a compulsory purchase order.
(223453)
51 Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will ensure that the provisions of the
Ofcom Code of Conduct relating to political activity and impartiality are
updated.
(223285)
52 Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with
Baroness Noakes on the compatibility of her political activity with her role as
Deputy Chair of Ofcom.
(223286)
53 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Defence, whether (a) civil contingency reaction forces and (b) any other
members of the armed forces have been deployed to provide support to the
NHS in winter 2014-15.
(223365)
54 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence, what the cost to the public purse has been of training members of
the armed forces to provide support for the NHS in each of the last three
years.
(223388)
55 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence, how many members of the armed forces are on standby to provide
support to the NHS in winter 2015.
(223418)
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56 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,
N what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which it is
implementing Priority 5 of the UK's National Strategy for Maritime Security;
and whether it has identified any areas in respect of that priority requiring
action or improvement.
(223478)
57 Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how
many invoices and to what value were paid by Defence Equipment and
Supply after the statutory 30 days as required under the EU Directive 2011/7/
EU in the last 12 months.
(223344)
58 Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he
will place in the Library the letter with reference DG/03/01/MOD STRAT
dated 8th February 2011 between the Director General of the Military
Aviation Authority and the Second Permanent Under-Secretary of the
Ministry of Defence.
(223407)
59 Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,
pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 221408, when the
Interface Definition Documents were created and agreed; and who manages
Boundary Control.
(223408)
60 Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,
pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 221408, whether (a)
all currently modified Tornado GR4 aircraft and (b) those undergoing
modification have TCAS II fitted with a fully operative Traffic Advisory
mode which has been cleared for operational use.
(223409)
61 Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how
many Tornado GR4 aircraft will have the TCAS II system installed. (223410)
62 Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence, how much his Department has spent on television advertising in
each of the last three years.
(223318)
63 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence, if he will meet the Parliamentary Friends of Colombia to discuss the
training provided to the Colombian armed forces by British military
personnel.
(223342)
64 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 210574, if
he will place in the Library details of training provided to Colombian armed
forces by the British military.
(223376)
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65 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 210574,
what assessment his Department has undertaken to ensure that the Colombian
army units receiving British military training have not committed and will not
commit human rights abuses against Colombian civilians.
(223377)
66 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what
N role his Office is playing in considering funding options for the WeekleyWarkton bypass in Kettering under the Northamptonshire Local Enterprise
Partnership growth deal.
(223471)
67 Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, if she or a Minister in her Department will pay a visit to Sandy
Upper School, Bedfordshire.
(223399)
68 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, if she will amend the information on the government website
relating to complaints about Ofsted inspection reports to remove the
reference to the fact that people who are unhappy with a review by the
Independent Complaints Adjudication Service for Ofsted can also complain
to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
(223402)
69 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, how much the advertising budget is for her Department's Your
Future Their Future campaign; and how much her Department has spent on
(a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of
advertising in that campaign in the last two years.
(223485)
70 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, how much the advertising budget is for her Department's
campaign to promote free childcare; and how much her Department has spent
on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of
advertising mentioning free childcare in the last two years.
(223486)
71 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, how much the advertising budget is for her Department's Get into
Teaching campaign; and how much her Department has spent on (a)
television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of
advertising using the phrase Get into Teaching.
(223487)
72 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, how much the advertising budget is for her Department's Your
Life campaign; and how much her Department has spent on (a) television, (b)
newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using the
phrase Your Life.
(223488)
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73 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219294,
what her estimate is of the cost to the Department of the research project on
the number of young carers in England.
(223374)
74 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219294,
what date she set for the research project on the number of young carers in
England to be completed.
(223375)
75 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219289,
what the technical reasons were for the decision to delay the introduction of
the Adoption Register.
(223392)
76 Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, how many people without a QTS qualification or not working
towards a QTS qualification were employed as teachers in (a) primary and (b)
secondary schools in Blackpool South constituency in (i) January 2015 and
(ii) May 2010; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total
number.
(223474)
77 Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, how many classes in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in
Blackpool South constituency reported having class sizes in excess of 30
pupils in (i) January 2015 and (ii) May 2010; and what those numbers
represent as a proportion of the total number.
(223475)
78 Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, what proportion of children entering secondary school were
unable to enter their first-choice school in Blackpool South constituency in
the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what those numbers
represent as a proportion of the total number.
(223476)
79 Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, how many students in schools under the control of Blackpool
Education Authority in Blackpool South constituency received five GCSEs
Grade A* to C including mathematics and English in the (a) 2014-15 and (b)
2009-10 academic year; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of
the total number.
(223477)
80 Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Education, how many students qualified for free school meals in schools in
Blackpool South constituency in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic
year; and what these numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
(223482)
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81 Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, how many students who qualified for free school meals in schools
in Blackpool South constituency received five GCSEs Grade A* to C
including mathematics and English in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10
academic year; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total
number.
(223495)
82 Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education,
N how many new (a) primary and (b) secondary school places have been
created in each parliamentary constituency since 2010.
(223454)
83 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, how many hours of physical education training trainee teachers
received in each of the last 10 years.
(223312)
84 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, how many teachers held the status of specialist primary school
physical education teacher in each of the last two years.
(223420)
85 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, if she will estimate how much of the PE and sport premium for
primary schools has been spent on external providers since that scheme
began.
(223422)
86 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of pupils
in England who have participated in outdoor school trips in each year since
2005.
(223423)
87 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, how many pupils in England attended a residential outdoors
education experience in each of the last 10 years.
(223424)
88 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that Ofgem
ensures that consumers in debt to their energy provider are made aware by
those providers of the full range of repayment plans available to them.
(223445)
89 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that Ofgem
ensures that consumers are made aware of the potential effects of the
installation of pre-payment meters on energy debt repayments.
(223446)
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90 Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average
reduction in annual household energy consumption from installing a smart
meter.
(223491)
91 Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the potential
average reduction in household energy consumption from installing smart
heating controls.
(223502)
92 Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a)
number of gas meters and (b) mean annual gas consumption per meter in each
local authority in each year since 2010.
(223352)
93 Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate has been made of the
number of (a) Fast Reserve, (b) Short Term Operating Reserve and (c) BM
Start up Reserve services triggered by National Grid from units in (i)
England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales in each month since July 2010.
(223353)
94 Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of (a) the
number of elecricity meters and (b) the mean annual electricity consumption
per meter in each local authority for each year since 2010.
(223354)
95 Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, with reference to paragraph 68 of his Department's
report, Life Cycle Impacts of Biomass Electricity in 2020, if he will make an
assessment of the need to include those factors listed in that paragraph that
are not included in the methodology to calculate the effects of biomass on the
environment; and if he will make a statement.
(223316)
96 Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's report, Life Cycle
Impacts of Biomass Electricity in 2020, what assessment he has made of the
implications for his policies of that report's conclusion that biomass can have
the same environmental effects as fossil fuel; and if he will make a statement.
(223317)
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97 Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy
N and Climate Change, what representations he has received regarding Shell
UK Ltd's decision to award Allseas Group SA the contract for
decommissioning three of its Brent Field platforms on the UK Continental
Shelf; what assessment he has made of the employment implications for UK
offshore oil and gas workers of that decision; and if he will make a statement.
(223360)
98 Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate
N Change, what limits he will impose on flaring of gas near to homes and
businesses; and whether prevailing wind directions will be a consideration
when setting restrictions on any flaring.
(223321)
99 Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate
N Change, what assessment he has made of the risks posed by wells abandoned
after use for high volume hydraulic fracturing.
(223322)
100 Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate
N Change, how many representations his Department has received from the
geothermal industry suggesting or requesting changes to trespass laws; and if
he will publish those representations.
(223323)
101 Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate
N Change, over what period of time, at what time intervals, at which depths and
for which substances he plans to monitor wells abandoned after use for high
volume hydraulic fracturing.
(223324)
102 Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate
N Change, with reference to the Government response to the report from the
Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society on shale gas extraction
in the UK: a review of hydraulic fracturing, published in December 2012,
how many of the recommendations in that report which were accepted by the
Government have been implemented.
(223406)
103 Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed
the feasibility of options to ensure the Border Inspection Post at Heathrow
Airport remains open.
(223337)
104 Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with
Norbert Dentressangle on the closure of the Border Inspection Post at
Heathrow Airport.
(223338)
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105 Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the
effect of the closure of the Border Inspection Post at Heathrow Airport on the
bio-pharmaceutical industry.
(223437)
106 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made towards
meeting Aichi Targets 10 and 11 under the Convention on Biological
Diversity; and what the UK's contribution towards achieving these targets
will be.
(223464)
107 Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment,
N Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to review the allocation of Common
Agriculture Policy funds between Scotland, England and Northern Ireland;
and if she will make a statement.
(223442)
108 Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment,
N Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the environmental
effects of the development of onshore wind power.
(223443)
109 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the
proportion of the UK covered by woodland in each of the last 10 years.
(223496)
110 Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with
her counterpart in Ireland on enforcement of the Balai Directive for racing
greyhounds travelling to the UK; and how many racing greyhounds were
declared through TRACES in the last 12 months.
(223356)
111 Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her
international counterparts on the dumping of plastics in oceans.
(223490)
112 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Hamas's ability to
fire long-range ballistic missiles.
(223303)
113 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Hamas's ability to
develop and produce rockets.
(223304)
114 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Palestinian
leadership about human rights violations and measures to tackle extremism in
the Gaza Strip.
(223305)
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115 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Hamas's ability to
smuggle explosive material into the Gaza Strip.
(223306)
116 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of Hamas's use of
residential buildings to manufacture and store its rockets.
(223307)
117 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on sources of
funding for the terrorist activities of ISIL, Hezbollah and Hamas.
(223308)
118 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of Hamas's
political wing as a source for the funding of Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
(223309)
119 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of efforts by Hamas to
rebuild tunnels.
(223345)
120 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UN
Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism on controlling and monitoring the supply,
distribution and use of building materials in the Gaza Strip.
(223427)
121 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Hamas' role in and
steps taken to maintain the ceasefire announced in August 2014.
(223428)
122 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the role
played by Iran in Hamas' rearmament.
(223431)
123 Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with the
government of Vietnam freedom of religious expression in that country.
(223347)
124 Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with the Jordanian
authorities the need for future responses by that country to ISIL to be seen
internationally as proportionate.
(223349)
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125 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign
N and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with
Pew Charitable Trust about the potential use of Satellite Catapult to monitor
illegal fishing and to enforce marine protected areas that could be created
around the UK's overseas territories.
(223463)
126 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign
N and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the
annual cost of enforcing marine protected areas in (a) Pitcairn and (b)
Ascension Island in the next (i) five and (ii) 10 years; what level of
enforcement those costs would provide; and what non-public sources of
funding have been identified to date to help meet those costs.
(223465)
127 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign
N and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2014 to
Question 218601, what progress has been made towards establishing marine
protected areas in Pitcairn, Ascension and South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands.
(223483)
128 Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
N Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the
Nigerian government on implementing the (a) recommendations made by the
UK and (b) other recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review.
(223364)
129 Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
N Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the
human rights implications of UK military assistance to the Nigerian
government to help combat Boko Haram.
(223400)
130 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in
his Department have had with (i) Monitor, (ii) the Care Quality Commission
and (iii) NHS England on Southend University Hospital; and if he will make
a statement.
(223276)
131 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
what representations his Department has received on Southend University
Hospital in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
(223277)
132 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
which company is contracted to enforce car parking regulations at Southend
University Hospital; how much Southend University Hospital has received
arising from the contract in each year since the contract was signed; and if he
will make a statement.
(223278)
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133 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
what recent assessment he has made of the level of income received from
Southend University Hospital from car parking operations; what steps he (a)
has taken and (b) plans to take to ensure that Southend University Hospital
does not make excessive profits from car parking; what recent discussions
has (i) he, (ii) Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his Department
had with Southend University Hospital about car parking operations; and if
he will make a statement.
(223289)
134 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
what steps he (a) is taking to ensure that Southend University Hospital meets
the Government’s A&E waiting time target; and if he will make a statement.
(223290)
135 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
what discussions his Department has had with local authorities in Essex on
increased attendances in A&E departments during winter 2014-15 and
delayed discharges; and if he will make a statement.
(223291)
136 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
what discussions he has had with (a) Monitor, (b) the Care Quality
Commission and (c) NHS England on hospitals in Essex which have not met
the Government's A&E waiting time target; and if he will make a statement.
(223292)
137 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
how many locums, in which positions and at what grade were employed by
Southend University Hospital in each year since 2011.
(223293)
138 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
how much was spent by Southend University Hospital on employing locums,
in which (a) ward and (b) positions, in each year since 2011.
(223294)
139 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
how much Southend University Hospital received from car parking charges
in each year since 2010; what use was made of such funds by that hospital;
and if he will make a statement.
(223295)
140 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
how many press officers were employed by Southend University Hospital in
each of the last five years; what the average cost was of employing each of
those press officers; and if he will make a statement.
(223296)
141 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
how many away days were held by senior management at Southend
University Hospital in each of the last five years; what the average cost was
of each such away day; and if he will make a statement.
(223297)
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142 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
how many bonuses were paid to senior managers at Southend University
Hospital in each of the last five years; what the cost to the public purse was of
those bonuses; and if he will make a statement.
(223298)
143 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
what criteria were used by Southend University Hospital to set its car parking
charges; how many car park spaces are there at Southend University
Hospital; and how many disabled parking bays are there in Southend
University Hospital car parks.
(223299)
144 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
N pursuant to his contribution of 21 January 2015, Official Report, column 250,
what the evidential basis was of his statement that patients say that their care
is safer and more compassionate than ever.
(223451)
145 Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, what representations he has received on difficulties faced by medical
researchers in accessing data for cancer research purposes.
(223326)
146 Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to data for
research purposes.
(223327)
147 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, with reference to his Department's report Achieving Better Access to
Mental Health Services by 2020, published in October 2014, which of the
waiting time standards referred to in that report will apply to child and
adolescent mental health services.
(223355)
149 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, if he will issue guidance on the use and prescription of naloxone.
(223390)
150 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, how many meetings he has had on his Department's Responsibility
Deal; and who the attendees of each such meeting were.
(223396)
151 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the
transfer to those authorities from NHS England of the responsibility for
public health services for children aged 0 to 5 in October 2015.
(223397)
152 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, to whom the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the
Environment reports; how that Committee is funded; and when that
Committee last reviewed the Sellafield plant.
(223414)
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154 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, how many young people were admitted to adult mental health wards
during the weekend of 30 January to 1 February 2015.
(223444)
155 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, what proportion of eligible food companies have signed up to the
2017 salt reduction targets.
(223489)
157 Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of
State for Health, how many applications to the Cancer Drugs Fund have been
successful in Oxford West and Abingdon; and what the financial value of
those applications was.
(223417)
158 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
N pursuant to the contribution of 7 January 2015 by the Prime Minister, Official
Report, columns 270-1, if he will ensure that HM Revenue and Customs is
instructed to carry out a new series of proactive investigations into noncompliance with the National Minimum Wage in the care sector in order to
prosecute organisations that do not pay their staff properly.
(223479)
159 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant
N to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222351, how much of the
expected £340 million Cancer Drugs Fund budget for 2015-16 has been
allocated to pay for drug indications (a) already funded by the Cancer Drugs
Fund and (b) that will be funded by the Cancer Drugs Fund for the first time
from April 2015.
(223470)
160 Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Health, when his Department plans to publish the final Autism Act 2009
Statutory Guidance.
(223405)
161 Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, if he will assess the potential merits of signing a covenant with
Portsmouth City Council to prevent the land at the St James' Hospital site
being developed.
(223416)
162 Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what
assessment he has made of the prevalence of delays for blood donors.
(223391)
163 Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
many people paid for prescriptions in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d)
2014.
(223498)
164 Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he
will make it his policy to include inflammatory bowel disease patients in the
list of people who are exempt from prescription charges.
(223499)
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165 Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what
steps he has taken to promote the prescription prepayment certificate in the
last 12 months; and how much was spent promoting the certificate. (223500)
166 Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
whether funds raised by prescription charges are ring-fenced for spending in
the NHS.
(223501)
167 Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
funds raised by prescription charges were spent on NHS services in (a) 2012,
(b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
(223503)
168 Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he
will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the
Prescription Charges Coalition report on prescription charges and
employment.
(223504)
169 Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what
the penalties are for incorrect prescription charge exemption claims; what
appeal mechanisms are in place to contest those penalties; and if he will make
a statement.
(223505)
170 Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what
processes are in place to issue renewal reminders to people with medical
exemption certificates when they are due to expire; and if he will make a
statement.
(223506)
171 Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on
what basis the medical conditions exempt from prescription charges are
decided; and if he will make it his policy to update the list of medical
exemptions.
(223508)
172 Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, whether it is a requirement of (a) the CQC monitoring process and (b)
another source for each care home to have a registered manager on site; what
information his Department holds on the number of registered managers in
England; and whether the training of registered managers is monitored and
assessed by the CQC.
(223300)
173 Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, what discussions he has had with bodies responsible for medical
training on the broadening of the GP training curriculum to ensure there is a
workforce development strategy for healthcare professionals within the field
of musculoskeletal disorders.
(223301)
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174 Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, which local commissioning bodies have commissioned a fracture
liaison service; and what steps he is taking to encourage such commissioning.
(223302)
175 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, what steps the Government is taking to increase early diagnosis of
gastro-intestinal cancers.
(223332)
176 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the roll-out of
alcohol care teams among acute providers to reduce the readmission of
patients presenting with alcohol-related harm.
(223333)
177 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, for what reason a decision was taken to withdraw funding for the
Paddington Alcohol Test programme at St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust.
(223334)
178 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, what steps his Department has taken to reduce A&E admissions
arising from alcohol-related harm.
(223335)
179 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, what steps the Government is taking to increase the uptake of
screening programmes for gastro-intestinal cancers amongst ethnic
minorities in (a) Ealing, Southall, (b) England and (c) the UK.
(223336)
180 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the effect on public
health and (b) other effects of increases in the number of people cycling as a
result of the Cycle to Work scheme.
(223421)
181 Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State
N for the Home Department, with reference to the vote in the Northern Ireland
Assembly on 3 Feburary 2015, on the National Crime Agency, when she
expects that Agency to be fully operational in Northern Ireland.
(223348)
182 Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State
N for the Home Department, what practical arrangements will be made for cooperation between the National Crime Agency and security services in the
Irish Republic when that agency becomes fully operational in Northern
Ireland.
(223351)
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183 Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, whether dogs which have been de-barked outside the UK are
permitted to be kept for breeding, supply or use in procedures at scientific
establishments licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
(223315)
184 Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, what plans her Department has to extend or renew the
current service level agreement between her Department and the National
Offender Management Service on the use of prisons to hold immigration
detainees.
(223425)
185 Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, when the current service level agreement between her
Department and the National Offender Management Service on the use of
prisons to hold immigration detainees comes to an end.
(223426)
186 Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home
N Department, what financial and material support her Department provides to
families who are removed from the UK via pre-departure accommodation.
(223363)
187 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International
Development, what recent discussions she has had with her Palestinian
counterpart on ensuring that the material used for the reconstruction of Gaza
is not used by terrorists.
(223429)
188 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International
Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of political and
other divisions within the Palestinian unity government on international
efforts to rebuild Gaza.
(223430)
189 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for International
Development, what contingency plans her Department is making regarding
the potential resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT)
following the Government's feasibility study for the resettlement of BIOT.
(223435)
190 John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for
Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon.
Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's
Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge,
(b) date and (c) period of committal was of each court order issued by the
High Court to the Prison Service for contempt of court since November 2014.
(223310)
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191 John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for
Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon.
Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's
Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge,
(b) date and (c) period of committal was of each court order issued by (i)
Birmingham County Court, (ii) Birmingham High Court and (iii)
Birmingham Family Court for contempt of court since May 2013.
(223311)
192 Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who was
N involved in the (a) shortlisting and (b) final appointment of Mr Paul
McDowell as Chief Inspector of Probation.
(223438)
193 Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much
N his Department spent on external agencies involved in the appointment
process of Mr Paul McDowell as Chief Inspector of Probation.
(223439)
194 Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the
N cost was of the most recent recruitment process for the Chief Inspector of
Probation that led to the appointment of Mr Paul McDowell.
(223440)
195 Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what
N consultant, non-executive directors and associates have worked with Just
Solutions International since it was established; when each such person was
appointed; and what the remuneration of each such person for that work is.
(223441)
196 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will
make it his policy to suspend collective responsibility on any division in the
House on sex selective abortions; and if he will make a statement.
(223368)
197 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will
have discussions with the administrators of the Iraq Inquiry to ascertain a
final date for publication of its report; and if he will make a statement.
(223369)
198 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, how much
the Iraq Inquiry has cost to date; what estimate he has made of the final cost
of that Inquiry; and if he will make a statement.
(223370)
199 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, how much
has been spent by the Iraq Inquiry in each year since its establishment on (a)
inland travel, (b) overseas travel, (c) expenses claimed by each individual
witness and (d) administration costs; and if he will make a statement.
(223371)
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200 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, how much
has been spent by the Iraq Inquiry in each year since its establishment on fees
per diem paid to (a) the Chair and (b) each member of the Inquiry; and if he
will make a statement.
(223372)
201 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent
discussions he has had with Tony Blair in his capacity as Quartet
Representative; what was discussed at each such meeting; on what date each
such meeting took place; what the location of each such meeting was; and if
he will make a statement.
(223373)
202 Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2014 to Question
212483, if he will direct the Chief Executive of Network Rail to respond to
the letter from the hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire of 4
November 2014 on collision protection beams at bridges.
(223447)
203 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Transport, how much of his Department's funding for the first road period
of the Road Investment Strategy will fund staffing costs to design, manage
and deliver schemes (a) already committed to within the Road Investment
Strategy and (b) not yet determined.
(223330)
204 Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of
State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided for
railway and station infrastructure projects in (a) Plymouth, (b) Devon, (c)
Cornwall, (d) Torbay, (e) Somerset, (f) Durham, (g) Newcastle, (h) North
Tyneside, (i) Northumberland, (j) South Tyneside and (k) Sunderland since
2010; and what estimate he has made of the contribution of the local councils
in those locations to such projects.
(223314)
205 Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of fully
reopening the Henbury Loop rail line to passenger trains in Bristol. (223357)
206 Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Transport, what representations he has received on the decision of Shell UK
Ltd to contract the Allseas Group vessel the Pieter Schelte to carry out
decommissioning work on three platforms in the Brent Field on the UK
Continental Shelf; and if he will make a statement.
(223358)
207 Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Transport, what measure are in place to regulate compliance with (a) Article
III(a) and (b) other Articles of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006
on vessels contracted to work in the offshore of the Continental Shelf.
(223361)
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208 Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Transport, what assessment he has made of the employment implications for
(a) UK seafarers working in the offshore supply sector and (b) the UK
register of Shell UK Ltd's decision to award Allseas Group SA the contract
for decommissioning three of its Brent Field platforms on the UK Continental
Shelf; and if he will make a statement.
(223362)
209 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what
N assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing Driver Only
Operation on the Northern Rail and Transpennine Express Franchises.
(223283)
210 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for
Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the beneficial effects
of the additional cycling activity generated as a result of the Cycle to Work
scheme.
(223313)
211 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have
taken up the Cycle to Work scheme in each year since that scheme's
establishment.
(223455)
212 Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people
who will be in receipt of universal credit by 7 May 2015.
(223350)
213 Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
Pensions, what representations he has received on the transparency of the
fees charged for the Health and Safety Executive's Fee for Intervention.
(223343)
214 Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, which of the 17 Help and Support for Separated Families
Innovation Fund pilots will finish in March 2015 as originally planned; and
which of those pilots will continue, and for how long.
(223462)
215 Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2015 to Question 221342,
what the name is of the first of two evaluation partners who have been
appointed by his Department to independently evaluate the 17 Innovation
Fund pilots set up under the Help for Separated Families initiative.
(223484)
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216 Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of
State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal
independence payment claims were disallowed pre-referral to the assessment
providers in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South
Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each month since April 2013; and
how many such claims were disallowed due to the claimant not returning the
Part 2 form within the time limit in each of those areas in each of those
months.
(223341)
217 Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of
State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the Access to Work scheme was
in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c)
Scotland and (d) the UK in each month since July 2010.
(223432)
218 Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of
State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Rutherglen and
Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the
UK received support through the Access to Work scheme in each month since
July 2010.
(223433)
219 Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of
State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit sanctions were applied to
claimants resident in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b)
South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each month since July
2010.
(223434)
220 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what proportion of his Department's advertising budget is allocated
to the campaign to promote workplace pensions; and how much of that
funding has been spent in the last 24 months on (a) television, (b) newspaper
advertising, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using the
slogan, workplace pensions, we're all in.
(223468)
221 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what proportion of his Department's advertising budget is allocated
to the campaign to promote the New Enterprise Allowance; and how much of
that funding has been spent in the last 24 months on (a) television, (b)
newspaper advertising, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising
mentioning the New Enterprise Allowance.
(223469)
222 Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, which credit reference agencies his Department has engaged in
housing benefit claim verification in the last financial year; and for what
purpose each such agency was engaged.
(223395)
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223 Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for
Work and Pensions, what systems are in place to ensure that a previous
finding of maladministration against the Child Support Agency does not
occur again under the same circumstances.
(223492)
224 Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for
Work and Pensions, under what conditions the Child Support Agency is
obliged to consider an applicant's lifestyle rather than evidence of earned
income and unearned income from relevant assets.
(223493)
225 Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for
Work and Pensions, how many individual decisions made by the Child
Support Agency have been overturned by the First and Second Tier Tribunals
in the last three years.
(223494)
226 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what performance measures are used to monitor frontline advisers
in Jobcentre Plus.
(223472)
227 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, with reference to Annex 5 of the Written evidence submitted by the
Public and Commercial Services Union to the Work and Pensions Committee
dated 29 January 2015, whether the target set out in the memorandum dated 1
July 2013 raising the adverse decision rate of 80 per cent in that Annex
remains in place; and if he will make a statement.
(223509)
228 Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Work and Pensions, whether the criteria for awarding cold weather payments
have changed since May 2010.
(223329)
Notices given on Thursday 5 February
1 Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home
N Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the
Government's strategy for ending female genital mutilation.
[Question Unstarred] (907501)
2 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether
Stephen Kearney has a pass to the Cabinet Office.
[Transferred] (223459)
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3 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer,
N with reference to the report Enforcing the National Minimum Wage Keeping up the Pressure, published by the TUC in January 2015, and
pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to Question 218677, what
recent steps his Department has taken to (a) proactively investigate care
providers who do not pay their employees the National Minimum Wage and
(b) investigate complaints made by care workers to the Pay and Rights
Helpline.
[Transferred] (223480)
4 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what
assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the
introduction of standardised tobacco packaging on the UK illicit tobacco
market.
[Transferred] (223411)
5 Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Communities and Local Government, which organisation is responsible for
carrying out environmental impact assessments for hydraulic fracturing
developments.
[Transferred] (223033)
6 Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities
N and Local Government, how many hectares of greenbelt land there are in the
UK.
[Transferred] (223366)
7 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture,
N Media and Sport, how much the advertising budget is for the campaign to
promote superfast broadband; and how much of that budget has been spent in
the last 24 months on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and
(e) other forms of advertising using the slogan, now's the time for superfast
broadband.
[Transferred] (223467)
8 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he in his
official capacity has met Stephen Kearney.
[Transferred] (223460)
9 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships have been created in (a)
Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in the last five years; and how
many of those apprenticeships were in the services industry.
(223517)
10 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints the Employment
Agency Standards Inspectorate has received about umbrella payroll
companies in each of the last five years.
(223605)
11 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills, how many umbrella payroll companies have
been investigated by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in each
of the last five years.
(223606)
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12 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills, how many umbrella payroll companies have
been subject to enforcement action by the Employment Agency Standards
Inspectorate in each of the last five years.
(223607)
13 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of Nursing
and Midwifery Council fees on the quality of teaching and facilities for
nurses and midwives.
(223521)
14 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on
the number of textile manufacturers in (a) the UK, (b) Yorkshire, (c)
Manchester, (d) Leeds, (e) Kirklees, and (f) Huddersfield.
(223532)
15 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to support skills
development in textile manufacturing.
(223533)
16 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to support innovation in
textile manufacturing.
(223534)
17 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number of people
employed in textile manufacturing in (a) the UK, (b) Yorkshire, (c) Leeds, (d)
Huddersfield and (e) Manchester.
(223535)
18 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that
employees working for companies with which his Department has contracted
are paid more than National Minimum Wage.
(223538)
19 Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills, what recent progress has been made on the Trade in
Services Agreement.
(223599)
20 Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office,
pursuant to the oral evidence of Sir John Chilcot to the Foreign Affairs
Committee on 4 February 2015, HC 1027, Questions 1 and 22, what criteria
his Department uses to decide whether advice from government law officers
to Ministers can be published in full or in part.
(223666)
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21 Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office,
pursuant to the oral evidence of Sir John Chilcot to the Foreign Affairs
Committee on 4 February 2015, HC 1027, Questions 20 to 22, over what time
period his Department cleared for public release with the publication of the
Iraq Inquiry report 7,000 government documents submitted by the Iraq
Inquiry for clearance.
(223667)
22 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office,
what Government guidance has been issued to local authorities on the
removal of foreign nationals and duplicate entries from the electoral register
in response to the introduction of individual electoral registration.
(223638)
23 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how
many retired civil servants are awaiting a pension estimate from myCSP.
(223519)
24 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office,
what the average length of time taken to provide a Civil Service pension
estimate by (a) Capita and (b) myCSP was.
(223520)
25 Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what
plans he has for the National Citizen Service in Beckenham constituency.
(223552)
26 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what
estimate he has made of the proportion of nationals of each EU country who
reside in the UK who are claiming child benefit for children in (a) the UK and
(b) another EU country.
(223616)
27 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what
estimate he has made of the proportion of nationals of each EU country who
reside in the UK who are claiming tax credits.
(223617)
28 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what
estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the introduction of
standardised tobacco products.
(223618)
29 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media
and Sport, for which organisations he has a role in deciding appointments to
Trustee and Executive boards; which such organisations currently do not
have full boards; which appointments to such boards are outstanding; what
representations he has received on such outstanding appointments; and what
discussions he has had on those appointments.
(223627)
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30 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media
and Sport, what role he has in appointing people to the Trustee and Executive
Boards of the (a) BBC Trust and (b) Imperial War Museum; what
appointments to those Boards are outstanding; and what representations he
has received on outstanding appointments to those Boards.
(223628)
31 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media
and Sport, what plans his Department has to set a value for retransmission of
public service broadcast channels on pay TV platforms in the UK.
(223684)
32 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media
and Sport, with reference to the Fiftieth Report of Session from the
Committee of Public Accounts, the rural broadband programme, HC 834,
what work his Department has done with local authorities to identify in its
rollout of broadband (a) alternative solutions, (b) opportunities for joint
working, (c) ways to obtain fair capital contributions from suppliers and (d)
other support to promote competition and value for money in its rural
broadband rollout.
(223685)
33 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media
and Sport, with reference to the Fiftieth Report of Session from the
Committee of Public Accounts, the rural broadband programme, HC 834,
what steps he has taken to ensure that BT's bid prices for Phase II contracts of
the rural broadband programme are reasonable and do not contain excessive
contingency; whether he has sought an explanation from BT on the
differences between the actual costs of a previous programme and costs
included in tender bids; what steps his Department has taken to obtain further
information in bid responses on cost drivers, unit costs and reasons for cost
variations and assurance from BT about how economies of scale are being
passed to the public sector; and whether his department has carried out
external benchmarking of prices in that project to industry standards of a
should-cost model.
(223686)
34 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media
and Sport, whether the Black Country and South Yorkshire Project Areas
have been signed to non-disclosure agreements regarding BT's costs on Phase
II of the rural broadband project.
(223687)
35 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media
and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with the National Audit
Office on implementing the recommendations of the Public Accounts
Committee and the National Audit Office on rural broadband.
(223688)
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36 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media
and Sport, with reference to his Department's webpage entitled Broadband
Delivery UK, by what specific dates he plans to provide basic broadband (2
Mbs) for all in 2016, provide superfast broadband (24 Mbs) coverage to 90
per cent of the UK in 2016, and provide superfast broadband to 95 per cent of
the UK by 2017.
(223689)
37 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media
and Sport, whether he plans to issue a response to the National Audit Office
update of 28 January 2015 on rural broadband.
(223690)
38 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media
and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the first two phases
of the rural broadband project on BT's position on the wholesale access
market.
(223691)
39 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence, what provisions are in place to ensure that all military personnel
aged under 18 can access higher education, as required by Article 28 of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
(223544)
40 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,
what support his Department provides to ex-service personnel with tinnitus
and other hearing loss difficulties.
(223541)
41 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education,
pursuant to her Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222135, for what
reason her Department did not publish successful free school applications
from waves 4-7 at the same time as successful applications from waves 1-3.
(223597)
42 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how
many teachers in schools in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North
West left the profession in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v)
2014.
(223510)
43 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how
many free schools there currently are in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c)
the North West; and how much funding her Department has allocated to the
funding of free schools in each such area.
(223512)
44 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how
many unqualified teachers were teaching at each school in Preston
constituency in (a) April 2010 and (b) December 2014.
(223624)
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45 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, how many young carers are in receipt of free school meals in
maintained schools.
(223548)
46 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question 220889,
what mechanism is in place to alert Ministers when local authorities do not
issue a final statement of special educational needs within the statutory 26
week time limit.
(223615)
47 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for
Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 221698, if
she will publish the feedback to local authorities on the findings of the Family
Rights Group's work.
(223640)
48 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education,
what steps the Government plans to take to reduce teacher workload.
(223522)
49 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education,
what steps she is taking to ensure that teaching staff receive training on how
to recognise and deal with bullying from when it begins.
(223543)
50 Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for
Energy and Climate Change, which regulator regulates the activities of all
regulators for fracking activities.
(223603)
51 Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for
Energy and Climate Change, which body will maintain and regulate the
seismic activities of companies fracking at depth for shale gas and intervene
in the event of 0.5 on the Richter scale being reached.
(223604)
52 Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for
Energy and Climate Change, what the role is of the Office of Unconventional
Gas and Oil in regulation and oversight of onshore fracking activities for
shale gas.
(223637)
53 Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for
Energy and Climate Change, whether monitoring of potential fugitive
methane emissions will continue for 30 years after the exploration for
fracking has finished.
(223681)
54 Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for
Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received on self
monitoring by fracking companies for shale gas; and if he will make a
statement.
(223682)
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55 Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for
Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will exercise the
precautionary principle for each application for a licence to frack
hydraulically for shale gas.
(223683)
56 Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate
Change, if he will amend the Social and Environment Statutory Guidance to
the Gas and Electric Market Authority to include families with children as a
vulnerable group.
(223547)
57 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and
Climate Change, what progress has been made in implementing his
Department's Energy Efficiency Strategy, published in November 2012.
(223539)
58 Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to reply to the
letter to her dated 15 December 2014 from the right hon. Member for
Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A. Webster.
(223601)
59 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of
State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has
made of whether the maximum penalties available for poaching fish in
English and Welsh rivers are sufficient to deter people from committing that
offence.
(223545)
60 Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of sheep movement
returns have been made (a) electronically and (b) on paper in each month
since online returns were introduced.
(223629)
61 Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people and organisations
have registered online for the sheep electronic identification database.
(223630)
62 Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sheep farmers in the UK
have the ability to read sheep electronic identification tags.
(223631)
63 Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the
start of the military operations against the Democratic Republic Forces for
the Liberation of Rwanda and the planned closures of Internally-Displaced
Persons camps in North-Kivu province on the humanitarian situation in
eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
(223635)
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64 Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has
made to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the planned
closures of the Internally-Displaced Persons camps in North-Kivu province
and the start of military operations against the Democratic Forces for the
Liberation of Rwanda rebel group.
(223679)
65 Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made
to the government of Bahrain on recent decisions to remove people in that
country of their nationality without due process; and if he will make a
statement.
(223680)
66 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with
his Indian counterpart on climate change.
(223608)
67 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with
his Chinese counterpart on climate change.
(223609)
68 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with
his Bahrainian counterpart on climate change.
(223610)
69 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with
his Mexican counterpart on climate change.
(223611)
70 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with
his Philippines counterpart on climate change.
(223612)
71 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with
his Australian counterpart on climate change.
(223613)
72 Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts
overseas on the dumping of plastics in the world's oceans.
(223665)
73 Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
how many admissions to hospital with a (a) primary and (b) secondary
diagnosis of coronary heart disease per head of population there were in (i)
each clinical commissioning group and its predecessor organisation and (ii)
England in each of the last 10 years.
(223598)
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74 Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, how many GPs have retired from practice in (a) Bolton and (b)
Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.
(223526)
75 Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, what guidance his Department issues to clinical commissioning
groups on consulting local people before taking the decision to close walk-in
centres.
(223527)
76 Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he
will implement the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians
National Review of Asthma Deaths published in May 2014.
(223620)
77 Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2015 to Question 222919, how many
(a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) social workers and (d) psychiatrists with specialist
skills in elderly care have retired since 2005.
(223621)
78 Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
what discussions he has had with the National Institue for Health and Care
Excellence on NHS commissioning of the drug Translarna, in response to the
conditional approval given by the European Commission to that drug; when
he plans for his review of the pathways for the development, assessment, and
adoption of innovative medicines and medical technology to be completed;
and if he will make a statement.
(223636)
79 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
many patients received delayed transfers of care in Lancashire NHS Trust
hospitals in (a) 2014, (b) 2013, (c) 2012, (d) 2011 and (e) 2010.
(223513)
80 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
many cancelled operations the Lancashire NHS Teaching Trust recorded in
(a) 2014, (b) 2013, (c) 2012, (d) 2011 and (e) 2010.
(223515)
81 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
many NHS walk-in centres have been closed in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire
and (c) the North West since 2010.
(223516)
82 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
many people in Preston called the NHS 111 helpline in 2014.
(223518)
83 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
many people in each local authority in Lancashire are waiting to be placed on
a GP surgery list.
(223622)
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84 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
many people in each local authority in Lancashire are waiting for a place with
a NHS dentist.
(223623)
85 Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for
Health, what assessment he has made of the outcome to NHS England arising
from his Department's £3.5 billion investment in the life sciences industry,
announced on 20 November 2014.
(223551)
86 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what
steps his Department is taking to support patients with Parkinson's disease.
(223542)
87 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, what representations from external organisations her
Department has received on the effects of the introduction of standardised
tobacco packaging on the illicit tobacco market in the UK; and what issues
were raised in each of those representations.
(223619)
88 Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, what steps she is taking to strengthen police action against
business fraud.
(223602)
89 Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, what the current average waiting time is for her
Department to process applications for people who are seeking British
nationality.
(223523)
90 Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, how many people seeking British nationality have been
waiting more than (a) nine months and (b) one year for their application to be
processed having paid all due fees.
(223524)
91 Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, how many people who are currently waiting for appeals
relating to asylum applications have been waiting over (a) one year and (b)
two years.
(223525)
92 Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, how many illegal migrants who entered a UK port on small
vessels were apprehended at that port in each year since 2010.
(223528)
93 Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, how many seizures of (a) tobacco, (b) alcohol and (c) drugs
were made by UK Border Force staff from small boat traffic at UK ports in
each year since 2010; and what the value of those seizures was.
(223529)
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94 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, how many hate crimes were reported in (a) Preston, (b)
Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013
and (v) 2014.
(223511)
95 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, how many burglaries were reported in (a) Preston, (b)
Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013
and (v) 2014.
(223514)
96 Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State
for International Development, how the UK will support the call from the UN
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for donors to provide
US$600 million to the humanitarian response in South Sudan by the end of
February 2015.
(223639)
97 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International
Development, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2015 to Question
220282, and with reference to page 234 of her Department's Annual Report
and Accounts 2013-14, what her Department's budget is for programmes in
the Caribbean in 2014-15; and for what reasons that budget has changed from
what was originally planned for that year.
(223530)
98 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International
Development, by what date she expects the Private Infrustructure
Development Group to have implemented International Aid Transparency
Initiative compliant reporting for all its financing facilities.
(223531)
99 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for
International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle
human rights abuse in Yemen.
(223540)
100 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for
Justice, how many applications for Court Orders there have been from
grandparents wishing to see grandchildren after the divorce of the parents of
those children in the last three years.
(223614)
101 Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the hon. Member for South
West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral
Commission, what steps are taken to ensure that people who omitted their
National Insurance numbers from their electoral registration are made aware
of the need to provide that information.
(223549)
102 Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State
for Transport, when he expects electrification of TransPennine routes to be
completed.
(223536)
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103 Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State
for Transport, when he expects TransPennine Express to sign a franchise
extension; and what the level of that extension will be.
(223537)
104 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport,
what steps his Department is taking to tackle cars parking dangerously
against the flow of traffic.
(223546)
105 Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
Pensions, what the reasons are for the difference in contributions to costs for
social care between injured veterans receiving payments under the War
Pensions scheme and such veterans receiving payments under the Armed
Forces Compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(223600)
106 Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for
Work and Pensions, if he will commission research on the effects of
removing benefits from people and undertake to report the outcome of such
work to the House.
(223632)
107 Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for
Work and Pensions, how many people who have claimed jobseeker's
allowance since June 2011 in (a) the UK and (b) Bradford West constituency
have not found work and are no longer claiming benefits.
(223633)
108 Mr George Galloway (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for
Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the UK and (b) Bradford West
constituency have had jobseeker's allowance removed since June 2011.
(223634)
109 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for
Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure the continued funding of
the Grandparents' Association.
(223550)
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TUESDAY 10 FEBRUARY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
★
1 Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): What discussions he has had with
Cornwall Local Enterprise Partnership on devolving powers and
responsibilities from Whitehall.
(907512)
★
2 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What recent assessment he has made of the
effect of his policies on the completeness of the Electoral Register. (907513)
★
3 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What steps he is taking to address low levels
of electoral turnout.
(907514)
★
4 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What assessment he has made
of progress on implementing Medway's Growth Deal.
(907515)
★
5 Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): In how many local authority areas
people in more than 90 per cent of households are registered to vote.
(907516)
★
6 Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): What the Government's
policy is on increasing participation amongst young voters.
(907517)
★
7 John Howell (Henley): What discussions he has had with the Oxfordshire
Local Enterprise Partnership on devolving powers and responsibilities from
Whitehall.
(907518)
★
8 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): When he plans to bring forward legislative proposals
to implement the Greater Manchester devolution agreement and provide for
the election of a directly elected city-region Mayor.
(907519)
★
9 Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): If he will bring forward
legislative proposals to give 16 and 17 year olds the vote.
(907520)
★
10 Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What the Government's policy is on
increasing participation amongst young voters.
(907521)
★
11 Sir David Amess (Southend West): What discussions he has had with the
South East Local Enterprise Partnership on devolving powers and
responsibilities from Whitehall.
(907522)
★
12 Richard Graham (Gloucester): What steps he is taking to devolve power to
small cities.
(907523)
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Oral Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
continued
★
13 Henry Smith (Crawley): What plans he has to bring forward proposals for
further devolution for England.
(907524)
★
14 Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What steps he is taking
to improve the completeness of the electoral register.
(907525)
★
15 Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What assessment he has made of the merits
of extending the franchise for general elections to UK citizens who have
been living overseas for 15 years or longer.
(907526)
At 11.50am
Topical Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
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.
(907537)
★
2 Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South):
(907538)
★
3 Bob Blackman (Harrow East):
(907539)
★
4 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):
(907540)
★
5 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):
(907541)
★
6 Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton):
(907542)
★
7 Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire):
(907543)
★
8 Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth):
(907544)
★
9 Nick de Bois (Enfield North):
(907545)
★
10 Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):
(907546)
★
11 Henry Smith (Crawley):
(907547)
★
12 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):
(907548)
★
13 Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East):
(907549)
★
14 Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth):
(907550)
★
15 Caroline Dinenage (Gosport):
(907551)
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Oral Questions to the Attorney General
★
1 Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): What recent discussions he has had
with his Cabinet colleagues on implementation of the UK's domestic and
international legal obligations on human rights.
(907527)
★
2 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): What assessment he has made of the
potential effect of introducing an offence of coercive control on prosecutions
for domestic abuse.
(907528)
★
3 Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What recent discussions he has had
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the Crown Prosecution
Service to ensure effective prosecution of historical sex abuse cases.
(907529)
★
4 Pat Glass (North West Durham): What recent discussions he has had with
the Home Secretary on the future of the Serious Fraud Office.
(907530)
★
5 Karen Lumley (Redditch): What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is
taking to increase the number of successful prosecutions for human
trafficking offences.
(907531)
★
6 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What recent discussions he has had
with his Cabinet colleagues on implementation of the UK's domestic and
international legal obligations on human rights.
[R] (907532)
★
7 Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): What recent discussions he has had with
his Cabinet colleagues on implementation of the UK's domestic and
international legal obligations on human rights.
(907533)
★
8 Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What assessment he has made of the
benefits of increased digital working by the Crown Prosecution Service; and
what estimate he has made of potential savings from such changes. (907534)
★
9 Mr David Hanson (Delyn): What recent discussions he has had with the
Director of Public Prosecutions on dealing with vulnerable victims and
witnesses.
(907535)
★
10 Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What recent discussions he has had with the
Home Secretary on the future of the Serious Fraud Office.
(907536)
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Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 5 February
1 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings and with whom he has
had about the Department of Health's Responsibility Deal.
(223670)
2 Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
N Innovation and Skills, what the average cost was of each case heard by an
employment tribunal in each of the last three years.
(223678)
3 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value
of the intellectual copyright held by Ordnance Survey.
(223558)
4 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Business, Innovation and Skills, with whom he consulted and what
representations he received before taking the decision that Ordnance Survey
should become a government-owned company.
(223559)
5 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timetable he has set for Ordnance
Survey to become a government-owned company.
(223594)
6 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
N Innovation and Skills, what the total advertising budget is for the Get In. GO
Far campaign; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper,
(c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising using the phrase Get In. GO Far
in the last 24 months.
(223662)
7 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, what the 10 (a) most frequently accessed and (b) least frequently
accessed datasets published on data.gov.uk are.
(223580)
8 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, with reference to page 104 of his Department's Annual Report and
Accounts 2013-14, on how many occasions the National Information
Infrastructure has been accessed; and what assessment he has made of the
economic and social effects of making datasets more widely available by
means of that infrastructure.
(223658)
9 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, with reference to page 23 of his Department's Annual Report and
Accounts 2013-14, what the 327 external applications using Government
data published on data.gov.uk referred to in that report are.
(223659)
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10 Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 4 February 2015,
HCWS251, what the titles are of the four additional files that have been
found; if he will place in the Library copies of those files; for what reason one
file had been marked for destruction; and if he will make a statement.
(223654)
11 Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, when he expects the process of reviewing the Cabinet Secretarie's file
to be completed; how many files are contained within that volume; how many
such files have been indexed as part of the review to date; and for what reason
those files were (a) uncatalogued and (b) unregistered before the review
commenced.
(223655)
12 Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the
N Exchequer, with reference to his speech to the Royal Economic Society on 14
January 2015, what steps his Department will take to engage with (a) the
Country Landowners Association and (b) other rural organisations on the
reforms to compulsory purchase proposed in that speech.
(223646)
13 Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to
ensure that billing authorities pass on in full to local councils council tax
support funding which his Department earmarked for those councils.
(223570)
14 Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to
ensure that parish councils will be fully compensated for effects arising from
the implementation of localised council tax support schemes.
(223571)
15 Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number of
properties in the private rented sector which (a) do and (b) do not reach the
Decent Homes standard.
(223554)
16 Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Communities and Local Government, how many homes in the private rented
sector reach energy-efficiency standard (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D, (e) E, (f) F
and (g) G.
(223555)
17 Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library
the minutes and names of those who attended meetings he and Ministers in
his Department held with private developers in 2014.
(223581)
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18 Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library
the minutes and lists of attendees of meetings he and Ministers in his
Department held with external organisations on the introduction of a vacant
building credit in 2014.
(223582)
19 Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Communities and Local Government, what written representations
his Department received on the introduction of a vacant building credit in
2014.
(223583)
20 Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written
Statement of 28 November 2014, HCWS50, whether any exemptions were
considered in relation to the vacant building credit.
(223584)
21 Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written
Statement of 28 November 2014, HCWS50, whether an impact assessment
was carried out on the proposal to introduce a vacant building credit and the
effect of that proposal on the provision of new affordable housing.
(223585)
22 Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number
of primary school children participating in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance
and (d) art in the 2014-15 academic year.
(223560)
23 Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the
change in the number of primary school children participating in (a) music,
(b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art between 2010 and 2014.
(223561)
24 Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number
of secondary school children participating in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance
and (d) art in the 2014-15 academic year.
(223562)
25 Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the change
in the number of secondary school children participating in (a) music, (b)
drama, (c) dance and (d) art between 2010 and 2014.
(223563)
26 Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the
Secretary of State for Education about increasing participation in (a) music,
(b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art at primary school level.
(223564)
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27 Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what
N recent steps he has taken to support the Prime Minister in the full range of
Government policy initiatives.
(223574)
28 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how
N many nurseries closed in each district and unitary local authority area in
Lancashire in 2014.
(223569)
29 Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and
N Climate Change, how many households in Sheffield, Heeley constituency
received the Warm Home Discount in each of the last three years.
(223676)
30 Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value is of flood investments
that have been deferred from 2015-2021 to 2021-22 for the (a) Anglia
Central, (b) Anglia Eastern, (c) Anglia Northern, (d) North West, (e)
Northumbria, (f) Severn and Wye, (g) South West, (h) Southern, (i) Thames,
(j) Trent, (k) Wessex and (l) Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal
Committee.
(223672)
31 Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of additional
financial contributions that will be required by the (a) Anglia Central, (b)
Anglia Eastern, (c) Anglia Northern, (d) North West, (e) Northumbria, (f)
Severn and Wye, (g) South West, (h) Southern, (i) Thames, (j) Trent, (k)
Wessex and (l) Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee for flood
investments between 2015 and 2021.
(223673)
32 Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the amount is of grant in aid (a)
requested and (b) received by the (i) Anglia Central, (ii) Anglia Eastern, (iii)
Anglia Northern, (iv) North West, (v) Northumbria, (vi) Severn and Wye,
(vii) South West, (viii) Southern, (ix) Thames, (x) Trent, (xi) Wessex and (xii)
Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committees for the period 2015 to
2021.
(223674)
33 Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the publication
Impact of 2014 Winter Floods on Agriculture in England, published on 4
June 2014, if her Department will estimate the (a) market value, (b) nonmarket value and (c) social value of the cost of those floods.
(223675)
34 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with
his Peruvian counterpart on climate change.
(223592)
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35 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with
his Brazilian counterpart on climate change.
(223593)
36 Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of
whether the UK-based organisations on the list of terrorist organisations and
groups published by the United Arab Emirates government in November
2014 are terrorist organisations.
(223573)
37 Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of
N State for Health, pursuant to his oral contribution of 28 January 2015, Official
Report, column 872, on NHS major incidents, whether any Ministers or
officials of his Department knew about changes to local guidance.
(223577)
38 Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what
N assessment he has made of the effect of the Be Clear on Cancer regional pilot
in ovarian cancer on (a) survival rates, (b) early diagnosis and (c) general
awareness of ovarian cancer.
(223596)
39 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, what performance indicators relating to child and adolescent mental
health that were collected before the implementation of the Health and Social
Care Act 2012 are no longer collected.
(223641)
40 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, what meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture,
Media and Sport about gambling addiction since May 2010.
(223642)
41 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222049,
whether his Department has funded any campaigns to specifically raise
awareness of cancer amongst children since May 2010.
(223643)
42 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, how many children and young people were admitted to A&E because
of mental illness in each year since 2010.
(223644)
43 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Health, how many children and young people were referred to a mental
health inpatient unit after presenting at A&E in each year since 2010.
(223645)
44 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
N many people saw an out-of-hours GP at each general hospital in Lancashire
in December 2014.
(223590)
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45 Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
N what briefing his Department gave to the media ahead of his speech to the
King's Fund on 13 November 2014 in relation to surplus land held by his
Department.
(223656)
46 Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
N what estimate he has made of the value of surplus land held by his
Department.
(223657)
47 Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
N pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2015 to Question 220690, in how many
of the accidents was the vehicle involved a large goods vehicle; and how
many fatalaties were caused by each such accident.
(223653)
48 Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health,
N pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2015 to Question 220689, when he
expects NICE to have developed a quality standard on sleep disordered
breathing.
(223677)
49 Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
N many new organisations have been established following the coming into
force of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
(223576)
50 Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how
N many people ordinarily resident in the UK have a European Health Insurance
Card.
(223572)
51 Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for the
N Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question
219468, whether her Department received further copies of the letter emailed
on 5 December 2014 to Jackie Godwin of the Home Office Correspondence
Team and on 18 December 2014 to Dipesh Lakhani in the Private Office
Support Team.
(223575)
52 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International
N Development, how much CDC Group funding the Department has invested
using Ethos.
(223565)
53 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International
N Development, how much CDC Group funding the Department has invested
using Emerging Capital Partners.
(223566)
54 Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for International
N Development, how much financial aid the UK plans to provide (a) the central
government and (b) local authorities in South Sudan in 2014-15.
(223579)
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55 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how
N many redundancies there have been at each Crown Court and magistrates'
court in Lancashire since January 2014; and how many such redundancies are
planned.
(223567)
56 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which
N holy books are available for defendants to swear on at each magistrates' court
and Crown Court in Lancashire.
(223568)
57 Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who in his
N Department took the decision not to disclose to the House of Commons
Justice Committee the family connections of Mr Paul McDowell to Sodexo
Justice Services as part of the pre-appointment scrutiny process.
(223669)
58 Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Justice, whether his Department is conducting a review of children's access to
legal aid.
(223668)
59 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Transport, when he expects to publish summaries of the individual
feasibility studies conducted as part of the Road Investment Strategy process.
(223595)
60 Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State
N for Transport, if he will install air quality monitoring equipment in the areas
where phase one of the High Speed 2 railway line is planned to be
constructed.
(223647)
61 Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222242,
which projects comprise the 155 miles of electric spine including East West
Rail; and what the mileage of each such project is.
(223578)
62 Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Transport, what the reason is for the changes planned to resource expenditure
on community rail and research and freightliner lease in 2015-16.
(223586)
63 Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Transport, what the annual resource budget is of his Department's Rail
Executive.
(223587)
64 Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Transport, what the value was of the support provided by his Department to
the Rail Delivery Group in each year since 2011-12.
(223588)
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65 Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Transport, what the value was of the support provided by his Department to
the Rail National Taskforce in each year since 2009-10.
(223589)
66 Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work
N and Pensions, how many claimants of housing benefit are 18 to 21 years old;
and how much his Department spent in each of the last three years on housing
benefit for 18 to 21 year olds.
(223553)
67 Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work
N and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people who are in receipt of
benefits totalling between (a) £23,000 and £24,000, (b) £24,000 and £25,000
and (c) £25,000 and £26,000 a year.
(223556)
68 Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work
N and Pensions, how many people who are affected by the benefit cap are in
receipt of (a) bereavement allowance, (b) carer's allowance, (c) child benefit,
(d) child tax credit, (e) employment and support allowance, except where the
support component has been awarded, (f) guardian's allowance, (g) housing
benefit, (h) incapacity benefit, (i) income support, (j) jobseeker's allowance,
(k) maternity allowance, (l) severe disablement allowance, (m) widowed
parent's allowance and (n) widow's benefit.
(223557)
69 Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, how many people aged 18 to 24 years are subject to sanctions for
(a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance in each
local authority ward in Preston.
(223591)
70 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what the total advertising budget is for the Your Future Your
Pension campaign; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b)
newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising including the phrase
Your Future Your Pension in the last 24 months.
(223660)
71 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what the total advertising budget is for the campaign to urge
benefits claimants to report changes in their circumstances; and how much
has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e)
other advertising using the phrases, call us to update your claim before we
call, you and, benefits are you doing the right thing in the last 24 months.
(223661)
72 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what the total advertising budget is for the campaign to promote the
New Enterprise Allowance; and how much has been spent on (a) television,
(b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising referring to that
allowance in the last 24 months.
(223663)
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73 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what the total advertising budget is for the GREAT Business
campaign; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c)
online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising using the slogan GREAT Business
in the last 24 months.
(223664)
74 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, with referene to his contribution of 26 January 2015, Official
Report, column 546, on the innovation fund for young people, what the
evidential basis is for the statement that, 7.1 per cent of all young people are
unemployed and not in full-time education.
(223648)
75 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that lone parents claiming
jobseeker's allowance are made aware of the flexible arrangements available
to them to enable them to search for work and meet their caring
responsibilities.
(223649)
76 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the flexible arrangements
available to lone parents claiming jobseeker's allowance to enable them to
search for work and meet their caring responsibilities are being applied
appropriately.
(223650)
77 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, how many peopled claimed jobseeker's allowance Domestic
Violence Easement in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
(223651)
78 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
N Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to publicise the jobseeker's
allowance Domestic Violence Easement.
(223652)
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WEDNESDAY 11 FEBRUARY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
★
1 Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What assessment he has made of the effect of
the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union
Administration Act 2014 on charities.
(907552)
★
2 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): What recent representations he has
received on religious organisations and charitable status.
(907553)
★
3 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What progress he has made on
implementing his Department's transparency agenda.
(907554)
★
4 Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): What his policy is on promoting the formation
of public sector mutuals.
(907555)
★
5 Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): What assessment he has made of the
effect of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade
Union Administration Act 2014 on campaigning by charities.
(907556)
★
6 Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What assessment he has made of the
effectiveness of the Government Digital Service.
(907557)
★
7 Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What change there has been in the
proportion of government procurement made through small businesses and
the voluntary sector since May 2010.
(907558)
★
8 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What system is used for identifying
potential candidates for public appointments.
(907559)
★
9 Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): What plans he has to
improve the effectiveness of his Department in co-ordinating planning and
implementation across government departments.
(907560)
★
10 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): When he last met the
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to discuss the extent of her
powers and responsibilities.
(907561)
★
11 Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What assessment he has made of the
effect of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade
Union Administration Act 2014 on charities.
(907562)
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Oral Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
continued
★
12 Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What recent discussions he
has had with his minsiterial colleagues in other Departments on disposal of
redundant government buildings; and if he will make a statement.
(907563)
★
13 Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What progress has
been made on ensuring that the Government disposes of properties which it
no longer needs.
(907564)
★
14 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): What his policy is on the deduction of trade union
subscriptions from payroll in the Civil Service.
(907565)
★
15 Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): When he last met the
Chair of the UK Statistics Authority.
(907566)
At 11.53am
Topical Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
★
1 Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): If he will make a
statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(907582)
★
2 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):
(907583)
★
3 Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):
(907584)
★
4 John Mann (Bassetlaw):
(907585)
★
5 Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):
(907586)
★
6 Peter Aldous (Waveney):
(907587)
★
7 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):
(907588)
★
8 Neil Carmichael (Stroud):
(907589)
★
9 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck):
(907590)
10 Charlie Elphicke (Dover):
(907591)
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At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without
notice
★
1 Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): If he will list his official engagements for
Wednesday 11 February.
(907567)
★
2 Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
(907568)
★
3 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central):
(907569)
★
4 Maria Miller (Basingstoke):
(907570)
★
5 Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):
(907571)
★
6 Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire):
(907572)
★
7 Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough):
(907573)
★
8 Richard Drax (South Dorset):
(907574)
★
9 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West):
(907575)
★
10 Karen Lumley (Redditch):
(907576)
★
11 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington):
(907577)
★
12 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
(907578)
★
13 Jason McCartney (Colne Valley):
(907579)
★
14 Phil Wilson (Sedgefield):
(907580)
★
15 Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): If he will commission a new
Magna Carta to renew democracy in the UK as part of the celebrations of the
800th anniversary of Magna Carta; and if he will make a statement. (907581)
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 5 February
1 Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, if he will publish a list of the title of each file that has been destroyed
by his Department in the last 12 months.
(223625)
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2 Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
N Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's record and
retention policy; when that policy was last reviewed; and if he will make a
statement.
(223626)
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MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 3 February
1 Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for
N Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many racehorses were killed
outright or destroyed during or shortly after a race meeting on each British
racecourse in (a) flat racing, (b) all-weather racing and (c) National Hunt
racing in 2014.
(223275)
Notices given on Thursday 5 February
1 Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and
N Local Government, how many firefighting jobs are not front line in each fire
authority.
(223671)