To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish an updated version of the KPMG report on HS2 regional economic impacts, addressing the question of whether there will be slower...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the cost-benefit calculations for High Speed 2 will continue to assume a reduction in the cost of operating the classic rail network after the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish an updated version of the KPMG report on High Speed Rail 2 Regional Economic Impacts to include the disbenefits identified by KPMG...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether stopping services on the West Coast Main Line will be reduced following the completion of the HS2 route; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect of line closures on the classic rail network as a result of the construction of HS2; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what further plans he has for public consultation on the use of the Washwood Heath site by High Speed 2.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the potential effect of closures on the road network as a result of the construction of High Speed 2; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received from (a) the China Railway Group, (b) Birmingham City Council and (c) Birmingham Airport on investment in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether passport control services will operate in Manchester and Leeds under current plans for High Speed 2; (2) whether passengers from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent progress he has made on the acquisition of additional rolling stock for the Northern Rail franchise.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of his Department's overall procurement spend for each of the previous three financial years was (a) spent on joint procurement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Cumbrian Coast railway line is protected from severe storm damage; (2) what steps he is taking to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Network Rail delay minutes have been caused by adverse weather in Cumbria in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) passenger and (b) freight or non-passenger trains have been cancelled on the Network Rail London North Western route owing to adverse...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local plans his Department had ordered to be withdrawn to be redrafted on 1 January 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of trends in rent arrears in social housing in (a) Essex and (b) Chelmsford constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many project licences have been approved for scientific procedures that include procedures on (a) cats and (b) dogs in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional funding she is providing to (a) Avon and Somerset police and (b) Gloucestershire police to meet the costs of policing the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours of overtime were worked by police officers policing the pilot badger cull in (a) Somerset and (b) Gloucestershire.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the number of thefts of catalytic converters in (a) 2013, (b) 2012 and (c) 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many properties in each police force area possess panic rooms for use by people experiencing domestic violence.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many contracts her Department has awarded to G4S since 1 January 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the Minister of State for Crime Prevention has met with (a) chief constables and (b) police and crime commissioners to discuss...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of her Department's contracts have been let to companies with (a) one to five, (b) six to 49, (c) 50 to 250 and (d) more than...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion and value of her Department's contracts have been let (a) under the restricted procedure, (b) by the open procedure, (c) via...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many contracts her Department has awarded to Serco since 1 January 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions she has had with the Chief Constable of Northern Ireland on the security situation in Northern Ireland.

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2013, Official Report, column 226W, on pay, if...

To ask the Attorney-General how many (a) investigations, (b) prosecutions and (c) civil settlements were undertaken by the Serious Fraud Office in 2013 and each of the five previous calendar...

To ask the Attorney-General what recent discussions the Director of the Serious Fraud Office has had with the Treasury about top-up funding for major investigations; and what the outcome of those...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral statement of 2 December 2013, Official Report, column 631, on energy bills, what recent discussions he has had...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the European Commission's ongoing investigation into the proposed nuclear plant at Hinkley Point; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what work has been undertaken as part of the National Strategic Planning review of emergency planning in the evacuation of populations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of his Department's overall procurement spend for each of the previous three financial years was (a) spent on joint...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) how much tidal generation capacity was installed in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013; (2) how much offshore wind generation capacity was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to Annex A of his Department's Main Estimate 2013-14 entitled Detailed breakdown of Part II table changes from 2012-13,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to Annex A of his Department's Main Estimate 2013-14 entitled Detailed breakdown of Part II table changes from 2012-13,...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of her Department's overall procurement spend for each of the previous three financial years was (a) spent on joint...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received regarding damage caused by US oil company Chevron-Texaco in Ecuador.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has discussed the issue of environmental and social damage caused by Chevron-Texaco in Ecuador with his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent correspondence his Department has had with the European Citizens Action Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to ensure that the police support the Football Association in its efforts to tackle conduct offences amongst...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what weighting her Department's procurement procedures give to (a) the location of a company and its workforce, (b) the extent to which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many and what value of contracts procured by her Department in the last five years was carried out below EU thresholds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of her Department's contracts have been let to companies with (a) one to five, (b) six to 49, (c) 50 to 250 and (d) more...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion and value of her Department's contracts have been let (a) under the restricted procedure, (b) by the open procedure, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy to rescind the ruling that widows in receipt of an armed forces pension are no longer entitled to receive it should they...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces have been made compulsorily redundant within three months of qualifying for a full military pension in the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers were recruited from the North West in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average transport cost of soldiers returning for a home visit was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the cost of the repair contract given to Marshall Aviation for the damage the five C130J Hercules suffered in the hail storm in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the total cost of Operation Weatherman; and which aircraft were involved.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether he plans to move any regimental bases to the North West; (2) if he will make an assessment of the savings of relocating regiments to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in which countries British soldiers are engaged in peace-keeping missions; and what the total cost to the public purse has been of each deployment of UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what weighting his Department's procurement procedures give to (a) the location of a company and its workforce, (b) the extent to which a company has a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of his Department's contracts have been let to companies with (a) one to five, (b) six to 49, (c) 50 to 250 and (d) more than 250 staff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion and value of his Department's contracts have been let (a) under the restricted procedure, (b) by the open procedure, (c) via framework...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people have joined the Territorial Army in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2013, Official Report, column 255W, on Afghanistan, what the number, squadron and rank is of each US Air Force...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2013, Official Report, column 256W, on armed forces: deployment, what the Urgent Operational Requirement is for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what current joint activities of the Unmanned Aerial Systems Programme are carried out under the Technical Co-operation Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of his Department's overall procurement spend for each of the last three financial years was spent (a) in joint procurement exercises...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2013, Official Report, column 635, what recent discussions he has had on the provision of defibrillators in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to improve transition from primary to secondary school by pupils in Hartlepool constituency; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the share of (a) manufacturing, (b) financial and (c) non-financial services as a proportion of the total UK economy was in each year since 2009.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent estimate he has made of the rate of unemployment among young men of (a) Afro-Caribbean, (b) Bangladeshi and Pakistani, (c) other Asian and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much expenditure his Department has allocated to discretionary housing payments for tenants in the social housing sector in each year to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the total amount of housing benefit wrongly withheld from people under the removal of the spare room subsidy whose...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that people who have lost housing benefit under the removal of the spare room subsidy but should not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people who have lost housing benefit under the removal of the spare room subsidy but should not have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time vacancies were advertised in Jobcentre Plus in Torbay local authority area in each quarter in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of his Department's overall procurement spend for each of the last three financial years was spent (a) in joint procurement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make an assessment of the effect on the projected employment rate of female workers (a) with children and (b) without children of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make an assessment of the impact of the freezing of the work allowance within universal credit in each of the next three financial...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many software developers his Department is currently seeking to recruit for its digital service in order to build the universal credit end...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost to his Department of the Work Programme has been from June 2011 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost of the Work Programme payments for (a) attachment, (b) job outcomes and (c) job sustainment has been from June 2011 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate he has made of savings in out-of-work benefits through the intervention of the Work Programme to date; (2) what estimate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many referrals to the Work Programme there were from June 2011 to September 2013; and what the job outcomes are for people classed as (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding per head of population has been allocated to the Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group for 2013-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GPs have retired in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received from NHS England on bed shortages over the winter period.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which legal firms his Department instructed in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and what the cost to the public purse was of those instructions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reason it was decided not to include an opt-out form in the ‘Better information means better care’ leaflet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he will take to ensure that patient data made available by the care.data programme is not used for private profit; (2) whether...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's policy is on providing compensation to people whose medical confidentiality has been breached by (a) the care.data programme and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total estimated cost is of (a) the IT systems for the care.data programme and (b) the public awareness campaign for care.data.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of hours of GPs' time that will be spent talking to patients about care.data in 2014; what the total cost of such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 146W, on NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, what the (a) name was of each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 148W, on NHS: management consultants, where records and details of consultancy contracts...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital appointments have been cancelled in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 149W, on Peters & Peters, in which specific cases Peters & Peters were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what weighting his Department's procurement procedures give to (a) the location of a company and its workforce, (b) the extent to which a company has a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion and value of his Department's contracts have been let (a) under the restricted procedure, (b) by the open procedure, (c) via framework...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of his Department's overall procurement spend for each of the last three financial years was spent (a) in joint procurement exercises with...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people from EU countries outside of the UK who have opened basic bank accounts in the UK.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new applications for child tax credits were made in (a) Essex and (b) Chelmsford constituency in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of current levels of household debt.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the practice of mortgage lenders declining mortgage applications from people who in the previous six years had taken out a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many secondees from (a) trades unions and (b) the voluntary sector have worked in his Department since 2010.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) Stafford and (b) the UK were claiming each of the major in-work benefits in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost of such...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the effect of tax relief on (a) pension contributions on the overall level of contributions and (b) income and capital...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the number of limited companies trading that were neither VAT-registered nor had a PAYE scheme in each year...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if she will bring forward legislative proposals to decrease the tax on bingo to bring it in line with taxation rates applying to other gambling industries.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to ensure that online purchases are taxed at the appropriate rate.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Revenue and Customs is investigating the off-shoring to the Cayman Islands of profits by UK Power Networks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2013, Official Report, columns 949-50W, on chancel liability, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will now bring into force the provisions contained in the Easter Act 1928.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations accepted in its response to the Heseltine Review,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of his Department's overall procurement spend for each of the last three financial years was spent (a) in joint...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which Government Departments have not yet met their commitments to reduce overall regulation under the one-in, two-out principle.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make an assessment of the potential effects of the agreement between PostNL and LDC to extend TNT's end-to-end...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will fund a western conveyance channel aimed at cutting flooding risk in Oxford.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of a western conveyance channel on flood prevention in Oxford.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to reduce flood risk in Oxford.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what weight is given to flood risks by the Environment Agency when responding to consultations on planning applications for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 157W, on Gangmasters Licensing Authority, what the number...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the cost of implementing the Water Framework Directive in England; and if he will make a statement.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the reported rise in cyber and racist bullying, particularly among young people; and what plans they have to address this issue.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice they are giving to United Kingdom charities about their communications being monitored by GCHQ.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made on whether members of the Committee on Climate Change have or have had financial interests which may conflict with their...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 11 December 2013 (WA 116), how many (1) full-time, and (2) part-time, doctors are employed by the Driver...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to secure the future of Finchale Training College in Durham following the expiry of its contract with the Department for Work and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they undertook an assessment of the impact of introducing technology banding to the allocation of Final Investment Decision Enabling Investment...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to develop the use of biodiesel made from waste food products.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government at what point the decision was taken to introduce technology banding into early Contracts for Difference in the electricity market; and whether stakeholders...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what impact the decision to limit the number of early Contracts for Difference in the electricity market awarded to biomass conversion projects will have on...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how often electric power cables to houses are inspected and renovated; and what advice they give to householders where cables are not functioning and there...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in their review of fracking, they predicted and costed the requirements both of clean water and of cleaning the water discharged by the process, and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 16 December 2013 (WA 152), whether they will now answer the question which was asked.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements are in place to evacuate populations from (1) within the three-mile designated emergency planning zone, and (2) the wider thirty-mile zone,...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are taking steps to ensure that the collective knowledge and experience of Regional Advisory Committee staff is being retained within the new...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the administrative costs, including salaries, of the private offices of each Minister in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider extending discretionary housing payments to the rural areas with the smallest numbers of one bedroom properties, in addition to...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will report on the use of discretionary housing payments in the 21 least densely populated rural districts of the United Kingdom, as announced by...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have received relating to Israel’s investigation of the killing of Wajih al Ramahi in Jalazone refugee camp.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the United Kingdom security services have been consulted by Shin Bet about named parliamentarians associated with the Council for European...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking, in respect of public documents for which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is responsible, to meet their commitment to reduce...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many academy-sponsored schools there are in (1) England, and (2) Wales and what proportion of such schools have been established by (a) individual...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is their intention that the asbestos awareness guidance for schools, issued by the Department for Education, be adopted in Wales.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are ensuring that free schools are established in areas in need of school places; and whether any of the funding for additional school places has...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, with reference to the 2012–13 Ofsted Report on schools, what steps they are taking to ensure that schools address the criticism that in one third of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, with reference to the 2012–13 Ofsted Report on schools, whether they accept as adequate the recommendations for “raising standards in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, with reference to the 2012–13 Ofsted Report on schools, what action they are taking to eradicate the “pockets of weak educational provision in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they (1) have made, (2) plan to make, and (3) have received, from interested parties, regarding the proposed closure of Sulivan Primary...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the ability of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan to deal with the situation there; and whether it has...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what enquiries have been made regarding the chemical signatures on the chemical weapons declared by the Assad regime in Syria since July.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish any findings by the United Nations about the manufacture and origin of the chemical weapons declared by the Assad regime in Syria.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any evidence has emerged of Iraqi origin in the chemical weapons so far declared by the Assad regime in Syria.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria were used to determine which new year honours should appear in the Diplomatic Service and Overseas List section of the New Year Honours List 2014.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of the United Arab Emirates about the treatment of migrant workers in Abu Dhabi; and with what result.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why universal credit claimants who use the Simple Payment service will not be able to withdraw their universal credit payments in instalments if they wish.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has the sole right to choose which sub-post offices may handle vehicle tax renewals.