Wednesday, 20 July 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department deploys speed cameras that photograph vehicles from the front in addition to speed cameras that photograph vehicles...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the safety of passengers at train stations in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to reintroduce data on electrical safety in the home into the English Housing Survey; whether that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on making refuges a statutory-funded service; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) legal and (b) other costs were incurred by local authorities in relation to special educational needs and disability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he will publish the results of the review of the local housing allowance rate for supported housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve access to the private rented sector for single people who are homeless.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many women have received tuition under the English language tuition scheme since January 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any councils have asked for attendance allowance funding to be distributed to recipients via the provision of social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Local Enterprise Partnerships and Enterprise Zones will be able to use funding from the Local Growth Fund to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the vote to leave the EU on academic collaboration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to protect UK science from the effect of uncertainty about access to European Research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to safeguard levels of research funding in universities as a result of the outcome of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the Creative Industries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent violence in Juba on the security situation in South Sudan; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) economic effect and (b) effect on the garment industry in Bangladesh of recent violence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with other Commonwealth countries on sharing trade negotiating capabilities and resources.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the security situation in Juba, South Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the security situation in Juba, South Sudan, on UN operations in that region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard the wellbeing of UK citizens engaged in UN operations in Juba, South Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to further progress on bringing about a referendum in Western Sahara since the renewal of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations at the meeting of the UN Security Council on 26 July 2016 for the establishment of an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to stimulate economic growth in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the number of refugee children currently receiving an education in Syria; and what assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many educational schemes and programmes her Department has funded (a) in Syria and (b) for Syrian refugees in neighbouring...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Myanmar government removes remaining aid restrictions and facilities access for...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when her Department plans to publish the outcomes of the Multilateral and Bilateral Aid Reviews.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2016 to Question 39874, whether the donations listed were specifically for children affected by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the need for humanitarian aid and assistance in Yemen.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether administrative support has been provided by her Department to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in each of the last five years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to promote the economic diversification of the Overseas Territories.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with (a) LEAP Academy Trust, (b) teaching trade unions, (c) staff and (d) students and parents on the future...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to safeguard the status of non-UK EEA students in the UK as a result of the outcome of the referendum on the UK's membership...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary academies and free schools teach sex and relationships education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) on how many occasions and (b) in relation to which schools since 2010 an Academy Order has been rescinded due to the inability of the Regional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the (a) minutes and (b) agendas of the Regional School Commissioners Strategy Forum are published; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people are working in her Department's Counter-Extremism Steering Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the levels of performance of (a) good, (b) satisfactory and (c) inadequate schools after becoming academies as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which multi academy trusts have taken on new academies in the 2016-17 financial year to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in each local authority area (a) are being home-schooled and (b) were being home-schooled in each of the last five years for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2016 to Question 37468, if she will inform the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish when any application is received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her oral evidence to the Education Committee on 27 April 2016, q180-181, HC402, whether it is her Department's policy to prevent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria a Regional School Commissioner will apply to determine whether a multi-academy trust has a strong track record of school improvement and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she would expect a Regional School Commissioner, having arranged, following a formal notice, for an Academy to move from one multi-academy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances a formal notice can be issued to a multi-academy trust, rather than to an individual Academy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the proposed purpose is of the review into sentencing of motoring offences and penalties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Leveson 2 inquiry will take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with victims of press intrusion on the Leveson 2 inquiry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on artistic remuneration for online content.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure the long-term future of S4C.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received from music and sport event organisers on security at large events; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to use the recent success of Andy Murray and other British tennis players to increase levels of participation in tennis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of (a) benefit sanctions and (b) work capability assessments on people living with disabilities in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training Job Centre Plus staff are required to undertake on the support that is available to people who have been granted refugee status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to reinstate the Future Jobs Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of extending the Shared Accommodation Rate to social rented housing on levels...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a programme to introduce more oysters in the waters around the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2016 to Question 42035, how many projects her Department jointly funded to look into the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department made in advance of the EU referendum for the eventuality of a vote to leave the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect (a) bees, (b) moths and (c) other animals from (i) habitat loss and (ii) toxic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency received a bonus payment in 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people entering or leaving the UK by air had pre-boarding electronic checks in each of the last seven years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied child refugees have been reunited with relatives in the UK in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to reintroduce the post-study work visa in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service local intelligence check to be completed by the Metropolitan Police...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from music and sport event organisers on security at large events; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of support her Department has given to the Greek authorities to assist with processing refugees and identifying those who may...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of EU nationals who will be eligible to apply for UK citizenship.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2016 to Question 39223, what criteria officials of her Department have to follow to fulfil the aim of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements were made for the declaration of (a) financial and (b) other interests by technical advisers to the independent review of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to raise awareness among public authorities of their statutory duty to notify her where they have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the families of the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings will be eligible for funding to cover the costs of their legal...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy, where a newly recognised refugee has made an application for welfare benefits during the statutory 28 day...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure (a) that contractors who provide asylum seekers services comply with the Housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum distance is that an applicant for citizenship is expected to travel to attend for the (a) life in the UK and (b) English...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the consequences are for the security situation in the UK of the attack in Nice on 14 July 2016; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2016 to Question 38033, what assessment she has made of the increase in the number of family reunion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether projects in Scotland presently receiving EU structural funds will receive equivalent funding from the Government after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with credit card companies on steps to support people who have large credit card debts related to shopping.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of fines levied by HM Revenue and Customs and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on how many people for which categories of money...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2016 to Question 41340, whether his Department publishes details of the negotiations on double taxation agreements between...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff employed on temporary contracts by his Department are currently carrying out work in areas where there is a longer-term requirement for...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received from (a) professional bodies and (b) other organisations on the streamlining of electoral law.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on the finding of the Law Commission in its interim report on electoral law, published in February 2016, that electoral...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what central government agencies are based in Merseyside.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials of which pay grade will work in the Department headed by the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union; and where that...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the recommendations in chapter two of the Law Commission's report on electoral...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will consult with the devolved administrations to make electoral law less complex.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar has retained his role as the Government's Anti-Corruption Champion.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will estimate the total (a) legal and (b) other costs to the public purse of conducting trade negotiations after the UK has provided...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients whose records are contained in Clinical Practice Research Datalink datasets have a GP note of malnutrition contained in such records;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date (a) clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are required to submit and (b) NHS England is required to approve sustainability and transformation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2016 to Question 30023, on malnutrition, if he will provide the information requested in the same format as that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Food and Drink Federation on tackling obesity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS England on support for research into immuno-oncology treatments for head and neck cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the potential merits of making the drug AK-219 available on the NHS to treat persistent coughs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of people being diagnosed with enlarged prostates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the use of pig organ transplants for humans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with pharmaceutical companies on steps to reduce the cost of cancer drugs for the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age group were diagnosed with lung disease in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to improve the training available to medical practitioners on the treatment of people with chronic diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age group were diagnosed with back pain in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many compensation claims have been made against NHS hospitals related to treatment received by patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of (a) the effect of the National Tariff on the choice of antibiotic therapy available in hospitals and (b) the implications...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Nursing and Midwifery Council about the adequacy of their disciplinary and enforcement powers; and what plans he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2016 to Question 42042, what information his Department holds on the length of NHS waiting lists in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the ability of hospitals to meet the nutritional and hydration needs of patients admitted to hospital; and what plans he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve education and training for care staff on continence and toilet support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors from EU countries work in hospitals in (a) Lancashire and (b) the North West.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when work on indicators recording a diagnosis of autism within the Health and Social Care Information Centre mental health services data set will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to NHS England's announcement of provisional investment decisions for specialised services made on 11 July 2016, whether the Clinical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS Improvement has to identify the cost of delivering good care in a multiple pregnancy; and whether that body intends to update the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there are plans for NICE guidance on multiple pregnancies to be updated and extended to include provisions on the level of care to be provided...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses from EU countries work in hospitals in (a) Lancashire and (b) the North West.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives from EU countries work in hospitals in (a) Lancashire and (b) the North West.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish the minutes of the June 2016 meeting of the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to NHS England's announcement of provisional investment decisions for specialised services, made on 11 July 2016, what provision there is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2016 to Question 41350, when the monitoring measures will come into effect; and what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2016 to Question 40847, what criteria NHS England uses to determine whether a clinical commissioning group is failing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2016 to Question 40107, if he will make an assessment of whether changes in the financial situation since 2010 would...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to hospital with malnutrition in (a) England, (b) Cumbria and (c) Copeland constituency in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much North Cumbria University Hospital Trust spent on agency medical staff in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in Cumbria presented at accident and emergency with dental problems in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential contribution to raising community awareness of the dangers of testicular cancer of the work of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women had their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to prevent cancer in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of women undergoing chemotherapy who experience side effects of that treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP consultations there were in each clinical commissioning group area in each year since 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 23 November 2015 to Question 16254, if he will estimate the number of GP appointments for minor ailments which could have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to make electrical stimulation treatment for sight loss available through the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had since the last meeting of the National Autism Programme Board on increasing accountability for improving outcomes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each of the last five years were diagnosed with cluster headaches.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether eating butter puts people at greater risk of heart disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial checks clinical commissioning groups are required to make on companies which tender contracts for patient transport services in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many visits there were to community pharmacies for minor ailments in (a) England and (b) each former strategic health authority area in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of cancer patients in (a) England and (b) Bury St Edmunds constituency received their first cancer treatment within 62 days of an urgent...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support humanitarian and human rights organisations that seek the ability to cross the border at Semalka between Iraqi...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to ensure that aid convoys are permitted and facilitated, and that...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of Amnesty International's report Our Hearts Have Gone Dark, what steps they have taken to ensure that the victims of serious health issues,...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of reports that one in seven women in South Sudan do not survive childbirth, what steps they are taking to ensure the improvement of conditions...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance has been issued to the Courts and HM Prison Service to ensure that section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 is fully embedded into their training.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance has been provided to the Legal Aid Agency about section 47 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, what impact the fixed one per cent pay increase has had on (1) retention, and (2)...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are aware of any situations where trustees of community land trusts who are also members of parish councils have been prevented from carrying...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish an impact assessment before invoking Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bridges of Headley on 27 June (HL657), whether the "special status" enjoyed by the Sovereign is granted by EU law.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the total immigration figures for each of the last five years from (1) the EU, and (2) outside the EU; and of which nationalities were immigrants...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the remarks by the Chief Executive of Credit Suisse that the UK's vote to leave the EU was the result of a "chronic lack of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what instructions they have given to all ministers of the Crown and senior civil servants to work to facilitate an early and effective withdrawal from the EU.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress the Office of National Statistics has made in understanding non-EU student arrivals and departures in order to track the progress of student...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the result of the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU, what plans they have for ensuring that the conditional approval of the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 7 July (HL830), what prevents Genomic England from sharing all 8,408 genomes in the rare disease...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 7 July (HL829), why Genomic England cannot supply data without delay on the number of patients in the...
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