Written answers

Wednesday, 3 February 2016

  • Department for Transport

    • British Transport Police: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2016 to Question 20570, when the budget for the British Transport Police in 2016-17 will be established.

    • British Transport Police: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the financial contribution of Transport for London to the British Transport Police budget is for (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.

      Luton Airport: Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve the frequency of services to Luton Airport Parkway in the 2018 East Midlands franchise specification.

      Shipping: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many seafarer (a) cadets and (b) ratings were trained by shipping companies operating in the UK in each year since 2000-01.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to monitor compliance with the Office of Rail and Road's guidance, published in March 2015, in respect of...

      Railways: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the GRIP 2 studies required for the Peninsula Rail Task Force's survey will be available in order for the survey to be completed in June 2016.

  • Home Office

    • Extradition: Pakistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited from Pakistan to the UK in each of the last five years.

    • Metropolitan Police: News International

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people employed by the Metropolitan Police Service are former employees of News International.

      Islamic State

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the total number of people from the UK who have joined Daesh.

      Crimes of Violence: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account her Department will take of women (a) with mental health needs, (b) who are homeless, (c) who are living in poverty and (d) who...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Bahrain: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policy on Bahrain of the analysis and conclusions of the report by...

    • Human Trafficking: Zika Virus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the UN, the EU and South American countries on the trafficking of women in countries...

      Haiti: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications of the cancellation of presidential elections in Haiti.

      Haiti: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the UN stabilization meeting in Haiti in maintaining security...

      Bahrain: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to advance democratic rights in Bahrain.

      Libya: Islamic State

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support military efforts to tackle Islamic State in Libya.

      Libya: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help stabilise Libya.

      Maldives: Legal Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the independence of the legal system in the Maldives.

      Mohamed Nasheed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Maldives government on the unconditional release of former President Nasheed.

      Burundi: Genocide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of alleged mass graves in Burundi.

      Nuclear Disarmament

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK was represented at the recent UN working group meeting on nuclear disarmament in Geneva.

  • Attorney General

    • Lloyds Bank

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2016 to Question 22432, how the Director of the Serious Fraud Office measures the undermining of UK PLC commercial or financial...

  • Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the letter from Lord Livingston of Parkhead to the Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee of 3 July 2014,...

    • Sexual Offences: Universities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many sexual assaults and rapes have taken place at UK universities in each of the last three years.

      Money Lenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he last held discussions with the National Trading Standards Board on plans to reduce funding for Illegal Money Lending Units.

      Franchises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 28 December 2015 to Question 19725, if, when considering complaints on breaches of the Trading Schemes...

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential financial implications for small businesses with 100 employees or fewer of the...

      Arms Trade: Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will it his policy not to provide financial assistance under the Tradeshow Access Programme in cases in which (a) doing so...

      UK Trade and Investment: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations contributed to UK Trade and Investment's Northern Powerhouse Investment Pitchbook; and who provided the...

      Universities: Developing Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is providing to universities to increase collaboration with research institutions in developing...

      Parkinson's Disease: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the National Dementia Research Institute will conduct research into Parkinson's dementia as part of its core work.

      Apprentices: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department provides to employers on supporting young apprentices with mental health conditions.

      Drugs: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to maintain the UK's position as a market for investment by global pharmaceutical companies.

      Science: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the link between government support for UK Life Sciences and pharmaceutical research and...

      Students: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of student loan borrowers with post-2012 student loan arrangements in (a) Birmingham,...

      Science

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support the life sciences industry.

      Manufacturing Industries: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policy on apprenticeships of the finding of the Institution of...

      Employment: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to advertise the ACAS-administered Pay and Work Rights Helpline to seafarers recruited from...

      Further Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to provide assistance to further education institutions which incur financial penalties as a result of...

      Holiday Leave: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2016 to Question 22596, what assessment he has made of the net negative impact on business...

      Apprentices: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2016 to Question 23508, by what mechanisms his Department plans to check and monitor...

      Further Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with local businesses and LEPs on the economic effect of the area reviews for further...

      Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by HM Revenue and Customs' Pay and Work Rights Helpline in (a) 2009-10, (b)...

      ERASMUS: UK Membership of EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK voting to leave the EU on UK students' participation in the...

      Teachers: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate what proportion of the cost of introducing the proposed Teaching Excellence Framework will fall to (a)...

  • Department for International Development

    • Armed Conflict: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to discuss the issue of education for children in areas of conflict at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in...

    • Gurkhas: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government has given to former Gurkhas who are homeless as a result of recent earthquakes in Nepal.

      Bangladesh: Vocational Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to (a) help up-skill and (b) provide technical education for the Bangladeshi workforce.

      Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to promote improvement in standards of mental health globally.

      West Bank: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian effect of the planning process in Area C of the West Bank.

      Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations her Department made at the pre-replenishment meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her Department's aid policy of the research on global income distribution...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how she plans to implement the cross-governmental aid strategy.

      Syria: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's objectives are for the Syria Donors Conference on 4 February 2016.

      Refugees: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian support the Government is providing for refugee children.

      Malawi: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the implications for aid of the 1955 tax treaty between the UK...

      Developing Countries: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to develop agriculture education links with countries that would benefit from UK expertise.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Property Transfer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has been approached by (a) Stockport local authority, (b) Tameside local authority and (c) the Greater Manchester combined authority to...

    • Schools: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in England have been taught in schools rated as outstanding or good by Ofsted in each of the last ten years.

      E-ACT Academies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to prevent the E-ACT Academy chain from dismissing community governors from its school governing bodies.

      Ofsted: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people were hired by Ofsted on a consultancy basis in 2015; and what the overall cost was of their employment.

      Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have died as a result of abuse or neglect in each of the last 10 years.

      Arts: English Baccalaureate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the lack of creative subjects in the Ebac on the creative sector of the economy.

      Languages: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage the teaching and examination of GCSE and A-level (a) Gujarati and (b) Hindi; and if she will make a statement.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of paying for the sexual services of a child under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each calendar...

    • Miscarriages of Justice: Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been released from custodial sentences as a result of wrongful convictions in each of the last 10 years.

      Prisons: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trained dogs have been injured while working in prisons in each of the last five years.

      Home Office: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has paid in legal fees in relation to criminal legal aid contracts.

      Prisons: Discipline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the most commonly recorded item in the Incident Report System was in each prison; and how many times each such item was recorded in the prison...

      Prisons: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2016 to Question 21315, how many specially-trained dogs are used by his Department to detect illicit alcohol.

  • Leader of the House

    • Opening of Parliament

      To ask the Leader of the House, what date is planned for the State Opening of Parliament in 2016.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding streams his Department has for the promotion of tourism to UK regions; and what proportion of those funds was spent on...

    • Governance and Regulation of the BBC Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the Clementi review into governance of the BBC to be published.

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department will launch its consultation on the universal service obligation on superfast broadband; and for how long that...

      Culture: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings Ministers and civil servants in his Department have had with Ministers and civil servants in the Department for...

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how his Department will measure the progress of the roll-out of the broadband universal service obligation.

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) kilometres of duct and (b) poles have been installed with financial support from BDUK.

      Gaming Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he next plans a review of gaming machine stakes and prizes.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Work Capability Assessment: Self-harm

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons different criteria apply in the assessment of risk of self-harm or suicide to men and women in his Department's guidance on...

    • Welfare State: Peterborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department is making in reducing welfare dependency and increasing wages in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.

      Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the postponement of the introduction of the one per cent rent reduction for supported housing requires the postponement of the...

      Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether residents living in supported housing will be exempt from the local housing allowance cap.

      Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who may no longer be able to remain in supported housing after introduction of the proposed...

      Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency in supported housing are in receipt of housing benefit.

      Department for Work and Pensions: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's plans are for the procurement of IT and digital services beyond the end dates of its current contracts.

      Social Security Benefits: Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households will be exempted from the household benefit cap in 2015-16 due to the claimant being in receipt of carer's allowance (a)...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • AWE: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the submission of his Department's proposed planning application for Atomic Weapons Establishment (a) Aldermaston and (b)...

    • AWE Burghfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Mensa warhead assembly and disassembly facility at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Burghfield to begin operation.

      HMS Ocean: Deployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total crew complement of HMS Ocean was on its most recent deployment; of what the Embarked Military Forces she carried consisted; and how many...

      Defence Equipment: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which assets his Department plans to decommission over the next 12 months.

      Trident Missiles: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs are of the Mk4A Trident warhead modification programme for each year of the Nuclear Warhead Capability Sustainment Programme.

      Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon aircraft are (i) in the Forward Available Fleet, (ii) in the Sustainment Fleet and (iii) awaiting decommissioning...

      Military Aircraft: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on (a) maintenance of and (b) upgrade works for (i) Tornado, (ii) Typhoon and (iii) Reaper drones in each of the last six years.

      Tornado Aircraft: Safety Measures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado aircraft are fitted with the Honeywell Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System II; and how many are currently being fitted with...

      Russia: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate against (a) high level missile and (b) cyber threats from Russia.

      Ministry of Defence Police: Clyde Naval Base

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether overtime for Ministry of Defence Police stationed at HM Naval Base Clyde is (a) voluntary or (b) compulsory.

      Ministry of Defence Police: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional Ministry of Defence Police Officers will be required to operate at full capacity in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d)...

      Ministry of Defence Police: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to address the shortfall in personnel numbers within the Ministry of Defence Police; and when his Department plans...

      Ministry of Defence Police: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what definition his Department use of the term exigency of duty.

      Ministry of Defence Police: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what forecast he has made of the number of Ministry of Defence Police Officers employed by his Department in each year from 2015-16 to 2019-20.

      Royal Naval Reserve: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people applied to join the Royal Navy Reserve in each of the last 10 years; and how many such applicants were successful.

      Royal Naval Reserve: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the target for new recruits to the Royal Navy Reserve has been met in each of the last 10 years.

      Ministry of Defence Police: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a shortfall in the number of Ministry of Defence Police Officers; and what provision there is for tasking such officers beyond their...

      Ministry of Defence Police: Overtime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Ministry of Defence Police Officers are subject to disciplinary or unsatisfactory performance procedures in the event that they are unable to...

      Military Alliances: South East Asia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK's naval obligations are under the Five Powers Agreement.

      Type 45 Destroyers: Engines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what alterations were made to the pulsion system of the Type 45 destroyer between the launch of the first and the sixth such destroyers.

  • Department for Communities and Local Government

    • Public Transport: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 19988, what progress he has made on finalising monitoring arrangements;...

    • Local Government Finance: Calderdale

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from Calderdale Council since 2010 on the level of local authority funding from central...

      Mortgages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department is making on encouraging buy-to-let mortgage lenders to allow longer tenancies in their terms and...

      Private Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of round 2 of the Build to Rent scheme in delivering new homes;...

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the distributional analysis of the introduction of the two per cent social care precept.

      Greater Manchester Combined Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for call-in and scrutiny arrangements for the work of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

      Funerals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total annual costs to local authorities were for public health funerals in each year between 2010 and 2015.

  • HM Treasury

    • Welfare Tax Credits

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for mandatory reconsideration of a tax credits decision have been made to Concentrix in each month since April 2014.

    • Illegal Money Lending Team

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral Answer from the Prime Minister on 9 December 2015, Official Report, column 982, how the National Illegal Money Lending Team England...

      Health Insurance: Taxation

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy not to impose a tax on insurance premiums on health cash plans; and if he will make a statement.

      Revenue and Customs: Secondment

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to which (a) government departments, (b) agencies, (c) commercial companies and (d) charities HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Fast Stream civil servants are...

      Health Insurance: Taxation

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue that will accrue to the Exchequer from the insurance premium tax on health cash plans; and if he will make a statement.

      Sanitary Protection: VAT

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.144 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, how much of the £15 million annual VAT revenue from female sanitary...

      Revenue and Customs: Greater Manchester

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the value for money review of the relocation of Oldham HM Revenue and Customs Office to Manchester city centre.

      Banks: Insolvency

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to minimise the risk of future bank failures.

      Public Sector: Redundancy Pay

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many workers who were transferred from the public sector to the private sector under previous privatisations will be covered by the Government's...

      Economic Growth: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the projected growth of the economy in Yorkshire and Humber over the course of this Parliament.

      Financial Institutions: Databases

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment the Financial Conduct Authority has made of the effectiveness of its regulations to ensure record keeping by banks and other...

      Golf: VAT

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to put in place a five per cent rate of VAT to golf participants at proprietary golf facilities.

      Golf: VAT

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received on allowing a five per cent rate of VAT to golf participants at proprietary golf facilities.

      Google: Taxation

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the legal advice he received prior to the tax settlement with Google.

  • Department for Energy and Climate Change

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Plymouth

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much real estate the Government owns in Plymouth.

    • Voluntary Work: Bolton West

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many young people have taken part in the National Citizen Service in Bolton West constituency.

      Freedom of Information Act 2000

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2015 to Question 902477, when he expects the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information to publish its...

      Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how Government targets for the proportion of business created in supply chains for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) under public procurement...

      Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to bring forward a revised procurement policy note for public authorities; and if he will make a statement.

      Cabinet Office: Soft Drinks

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions (a) the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and (b) the Paymaster General have had with representatives of (i) the Food and Drink...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Neonicotinoids: EU Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2016 to Question 22708, on neonicotinoids: EU action, when she expects the EU...

    • Insecticides

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of the use of pyrethroids on crops and invertebrates.

      Imports: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether marketing standards conformity certificates issued by Israel covering consignments of fresh fruit and vegetables...

      Imports: Fruit and Vegetables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is part of the remit of the Rural Payments Agency to check the conformity to EU marketing standards of...

  • Department of Health

    • Zika Virus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the UN, the EU and authorities in affected countries on (a) the spread of the Zika virus and (b) strategies to...

    • Mental Health Services: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure mental health services are accessible to BAME communities.

      Zika Virus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to prevent the spread of the Zika virus in the UK.

      NHS: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS' budget is spent on research and campaigns on (a) gender-specific cancers and (b) fertility treatment.

      Dialysis Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of additional dialysis beds and staff costs to the NHS in the event of NICE's review of TA 85 [ID456] of immunosuppressant...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will change local authority public health team regulations to ensure that (a) public mental health no longer falls under the heading of...

      NHS Walk-in Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS Walk-in Centres have closed in the last 12 months.

      Organs: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of hospitals in England that have at least one embedded specialist nurse dealing specifically with organ donation.

      NHS: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what grounds Experts by Experience was not considered under TUPE arrangements when Remploy took over its contracts.

      Fylde and Wyre Clinical Commissioning Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Fylde and Wyre Clinical Commissioning Group spent on contracts with Same Day Walk-In Centres in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

      Chiropody: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students began podiatry courses in the last three years; what assessment he has made of the reasons for trends in those numbers; and what steps...

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of closing the College of Social Work on the ability of social workers to achieve the best outcome for people...

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all newly-appointed healthcare assistants and social care support workers receive training on dementia as part of the Care Certificate process.

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of (i) NHS staff, (ii) healthcare assistants and (iii) social care support workers have received training on...

      Trauma

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trauma cases were recorded across all NHS hospitals in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

      Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statistics his Department collects on the body mass index of patients admitted as in-patients or out-patients at hospitals; and if he will make a...

      Muscular Dystrophy: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of clinical trial capacity at muscle centres.

      Neuromuscular Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on establishing NHS-funded neuromuscular networks in each region.

      Neuromuscular Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to integrate standards for specialist neuromuscular care within the paediatric neurology service specification.

      Health Services: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report of the Independent Healthcare Commission for North West London,...

  • Department for Communities and Local Government

    • Empty Property

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Homes and Communities Agency awarded in (1) 2012–13, (2) 2013–14, and (3) 2014–15 to the Empty Homes programme.

    • Empty Property

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many houses have been brought back into use through the Empty Homes programme.

      Property Development: Floods

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will amend guidance to planning authorities in order to strengthen their advice on (1) measures for the prevention and alleviation of flooding...

      Public Sector: Derelict Land

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will extend to government departments, government agencies and other public bodies the requirement for local authorities to publish lists of the...

      Local Council Tax Support Schemes Independent Review

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 January (HL4728), whether independence was one of the criteria by which candidates to...

      Social Rented Housing: Tower Hamlets

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the legal Transfer Agreement between Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust and Circle 33 Housing...

      Green Belt

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of how many new homes will be built on green belt land in England during 2016.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Taiwan: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Democratic Progressive Party's chairwoman, Tsai Ing-Wen, being elected President of Taiwan.

    • Israel: Nuclear Power

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the nuclear agreement with Iran, they plan to make representations to the government of Israel to accede to the Nuclear...

  • Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Nurses: Training

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the planned replacement of student bursaries by loans, what estimate they have made of the number of additional students who will be...

  • Department for International Development

    • EU Aid

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the European Parliament's report that 50 per cent of the EU £23 billion aid budget has been delayed or not used, and whether...

    • EU Aid

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the report of the European Parliament Budgetary Control Committee on EU external aid and development programmes.

      Balkans: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action is being taken, both by them internationally and through voluntary agencies, to prevent refugees now in transit through south-eastern Europe from...

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Training

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many teachers qualified in (1) Physics, (2) Chemistry, (3) Mathematics, (4) Religious Education, and (5) Modern Foreign Languages in each year from 2010...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Tennis: Corruption

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of recent allegations of match-fixing in top-level tennis, including at Wimbledon.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Credit

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further plans they have to ensure universal access to affordable credit.

    • Personal Income

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they define family income and household income, and whether family income includes the father's income whether or not he is living with his children and...

  • Home Office

  • HM Treasury

    • Lloyds Banking Group

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the expected timetable for the Lloyds Banking Group share offer.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Public Records

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the official records from 1987 relating to the ban on the publication of Spycatcher by Peter Wright have not been released to the National Archives under...

    • Cabinet

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the relationship is of the "political cabinet" to the Cabinet.

      Unemployment

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of workless households in the UK in the light of the latest employment figures.

      Perinatal Mortality

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of how many (1) stillbirths, and (2) preventable stillbirths, there were in each of the last 10 years.

  • Department of Health

    • Ambulance Services: Performance Standards

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average time taken in England for the ambulance service to take a patient from their home to the nearest fully-equipped accident and emergency...

    • HIV Infection

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what commitment they have made to supporting HIV support services to enable people with HIV to cope with their new diagnosis and prevent onward transmission.

      Contraceptives

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 8 December 2015 (HL3838), how they define reasonable access to all methods of contraception in the...

      Health Services and Social Services

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of gross domestic product was spent on (1) the NHS and public health, (2) publicly financed adult social care, and (3) both of those, in (a)...

      Health Services and Social Services

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they estimate will be the percentage of gross domestic product spent on (1) the NHS and public health, (2) publicly financed adult social care, and (c)...

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