Mike Kane MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the significant findings were of equalities impact assessment on the removal of housing benefit for 18 to 21 year olds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has produced updated estimates of the (a) annual and (b) total number of (i) applicants to and (ii) costs of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme for 2014 to 2024, since change...

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many commercial debt management companies have applied for a licence but have been declined by the Financial Conduct Authority in the last five years.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many commercial debt management companies that have been refused a licence by the Financial Conduct Authority have appealed its decision in the last five years; and how many of those companies won their appeal.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost to the Financial Conduct Authority is of each appeal process.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many commercial debt management companies have been authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority in the last five years.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Financial Conduct Authority's statutory deadline is for an authorisation for regulated activity once an application for a licence has been lodged.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support the creation of new long-haul air services to airports across the UK to support international trade as part of the new Aviation Policy Framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is Government policy that the High Speed 2 and Northern Powerhouse rail projects are not developed in isolation; and whether he plans to integrate those two schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to ensure that new and existing school building stock can adapt to rising pupil numbers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on projected increases in costs for schools over the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teacher vacancies there are in each (a) phase and (b) region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the retention rate is for newly qualified teachers who were recorded in service between November 2014 and November 2015; and how many such teachers entered service in that time period.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils were taught in classes of 31 or more pupils in 2016.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to monitor the quality of new Education Funding Agency-funded school building stock in relation to (a) the health and wellbeing of end-users and (b) its running and maintenance cos...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to improve communications between schools, the Education Funding Agency and contractors as a result of the findings of the report from the Royal Institute of British Architects, B...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to adopt a smarter approach to the use of building management equipment that controls the internal environment of modern school buildings as a result of the findings of the report ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to permit more flexibility in the rules governing the design and size of new schools to allow for the best possible use of resources as a result of the findings of the report from ...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the needs of older people with AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is undertaking market research to improve its estimates on the number of incidents relating to truck and bus wheel loss.