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44557

registered interest
date	21/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities about highlighting the importance of women in the workplace in discussions on decent work at the UN Commission on the Status of Women 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	193277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Secretary of State has met the Minister for Women and Equalities on a number of occasions and they have discussed a range of issues. </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

44365

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the health effects of infrasound from wind turbine generators.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	192989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>A number of independent peer reviewed research studies have concluded that there is no evidence of health effects arising from infrasound or low frequency noise, generated by windfarms that are built according to Government guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>For example, a comprehensive study undertaken in the UK in 1997 by ETSU for the Department of Trade and Industry (ETSU W/13/00392/REP) found no evidence that ground transmitted low frequency noise from wind turbines is at a sufficient level to be harmful to human health. These findings were confirmed by a study published in 2005 by the Applied and Environmental Geophysics Group of the School of Physical and Geographical Sciences at Keele University titled Microseismic and Infrasound Monitoring of Low Frequency Noise and Vibrations from Wind Farms1. In 2003 the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs published a report entitled 'A Review of Published Research on Low Frequency Noise and its Effects'2 and in 2004, BERR commissioned Hayes McKenzie to conduct an independent study to investigate the levels and effects of Low Frequency Noise from wind farms3.</p><p> </p><p><em>1</em><em> <a href="http://www.keele.ac.uk/geophysics/appliedseismology/wind/Final_Report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.keele.ac.uk/geophysics/appliedseismology/wind/Final_Report.pdf</a></em></p><p><em>2</em><em> <a href="http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/noise/research/lowfrequency/documents/lowfreqnoise.pdf" target="_blank">http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/noise/research/lowfrequency/documents/lowfreqnoise.pdf</a></em></p><p><em>3 </em><em><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/explained/wind/onshore-offshore/page31267.html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/explained/wind/onshore-offshore/page31267.html</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

44397

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rate for deaths caused by cancer has been in (a) Harlow constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England in the last 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	193024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 193024.pdf title Cancer Deaths - ONS Letter for Member
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

44417

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on the control of legal highs; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	193090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>My officials and I have been having ongoing discussions with a <br />number of international partners regarding new psychoactive substances to <br />help inform the review, which I announced to Parliament on 12 December 2013, <br />and which is considering how the UK's domestic response can be strengthened. This has <br />included discussions during the UK presidency of the G8, in the EU on the <br />Commission's latest proposals for controlling new psychoactive substances at <br />EU-level and more recently, at the Commission for Narcotic Drugs 57th Session <br />in Vienna.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

44419

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to appoint an anti-slavery commissioner; and whether such an appointment will be a full-time post.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	193045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>An announcement will be made on the Anti-Slavery Commissioner after the Modern Slavery Bill has been introduced to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

44456

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) Doncaster Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Doncaster Central
tabling member printed	Ms Rosie Winterton
uin	193008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.</p><p>Results for all wards are available on the Commission's website here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls</a></p><p>The ward results for Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ward</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Green matches</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amber matches</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Red matches</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ADWICK</p></td><td><p>83.7%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>14.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ARMTHORPE</p></td><td><p>81.7%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>17.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASKERN SPA</p></td><td><p>83.3%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>14.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BALBY</p></td><td><p>80.1%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>18.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BENTLEY</p></td><td><p>80.3%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BESSACARR &amp; CANTLEY</p></td><td><p>81.3%</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>17.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CENTRAL</p></td><td><p>72.4%</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td><td><p>25.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONISBROUGH &amp; DENABY</p></td><td><p>83.2%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>15.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EDENTHORPE, KIRK SANDALL &amp; BARNBY DUN</p></td><td><p>86.3%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>12.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EDLINGTON &amp; WARMSWORTH</p></td><td><p>84.1%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>14.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FINNINGLEY</p></td><td><p>85.5%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>12.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GREAT NORTH ROAD</p></td><td><p>85.0%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>13.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HATFIELD</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>15.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MEXBOROUGH</p></td><td><p>80.6%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>17.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROSSINGTON</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>14.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPROTBROUGH</p></td><td><p>84.3%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>14.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STAINFORTH &amp; MOORENDS</p></td><td><p>80.4%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THORNE</p></td><td><p>82.8%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TORNE VALLEY</p></td><td><p>83.2%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>14.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOWN MOOR</p></td><td><p>81.7%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>16.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHEATLEY</p></td><td><p>75.0%</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td><td><p>22.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />The ward results for the Doncaster Central constituency were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ward</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Green matches</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amber matches</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Red matches</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ADWICK</p></td><td><p>83.7%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>14.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASKERN SPA</p></td><td><p>83.3%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>14.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BENTLEY</p></td><td><p>80.3%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GREAT NORTH ROAD</p></td><td><p>85.0%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>13.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MEXBOROUGH</p></td><td><p>80.6%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>17.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROSSINGTON</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>14.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPROTBROUGH</p></td><td><p>84.3%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>14.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STAINFORTH &amp; MOORENDS</p></td><td><p>80.4%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	390 label Biography information for Dame Rosie Winterton

44457

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the Barking Riverside extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking Line will be funded.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	193043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Government has committed to work with the GLA to develop proposals for an extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking Line to Barking Riverside to help unlock the construction of up to 11,000 new homes but at this stage of development no decision has been taken on funding options.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

44459

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of steps taken to improve the safety of level crossings since the death of Emma Lifsey in Bassetlaw constituency on 4 December 2012.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	193085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has made no assessment of the steps taken to improve the safety of level crossings. The safety of level crossings is a matter for Network Rail. The industry recommended further investment be provided in the 2014-19 period for level crossing closures and safety measures and a £109m ring fenced fund was agreed by the Government for this period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

44463

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many level crossings have wig-wag lights which are so old that they present a danger to the public.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	193091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not hold this data. Prosecutions are a matter for the Office of Rail Regulation, the independent safety regulator for the railways, as the relevant enforcement authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information can be obtained from:</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail<br /> Kings Place<br /> 90 York Way<br /> London<br /> N1 9AG<br /> <br /> Telephone: 020 7557 8000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

44464

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Office of Rail Regulation plans to prosecute Network Rail in relation to the conclusions of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch that the wig-wag lights in place on 4 December 2012, in relation to the incident which killed Emma Lifsey, were old and could not be seen.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	193092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prosecutions are a matter for the Office of Rail Regulation, the independent safety regulator for the railways, as the relevant enforcement authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information can be obtained from:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Office of Rail Regulation</p><p> </p><p>One Kemble Street<br /> London<br /> WC2B 4AN</p><p> </p><p>Telephone: 020 7282 2000</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann