Tuesday, 24 January 2006
To ask the Prime Minister how many disciplinary actions against civil servants employed in his Office (a) were commenced and (b) resulted in a sanction being applied in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on improving road and rail links between Scotland and England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on the merits of an undersea oil and gas pipeline between Scotland and Norway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Scottish Ministers on the commencement of sections 25 to 29 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps the Government is taking to address the declining population of Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed closure of the Banchory station of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology on climate change...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has received the report of the Arbuthnot commission; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister of Scotland regarding the disposal of nuclear waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on Scotland's future energy needs.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the estimated turnout at the last election was among voters from socio-economic groups D and E.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will take steps to make it easier for the public to seek redress against lawyers for poor legal advice.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what progress has been made with plans to change the powers of the House of Lords.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of levels of electoral registration in London.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what progress is being made in increasing electoral registration rates in the UK.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what her estimate is of the number of 18 to 24-year-olds who are not on the latest electoral register.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many people are employed at the National Mediation Helpline Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated question.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when the Secretary of State last met the Chairperson of the Judicial Appointments Commission to discuss judicial appointments;...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will estimate the effect on legal aid costs of the Government's respect agenda.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether agreement to overseas visits by Ministers from devolved Administrations is sought from her Department.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the merits of strengthening the rights of unmarried, cohabiting couples.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what (a) information and (b) data the Land Registry has provided to the Valuation Office Agency for council tax valuations.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs why the Department has not published in 2005 under the provisions in section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 statistics on...
To ask the Leader of the House whether he has made an assessment of the systems of tabling parliamentary questions during recesses operated by other parliaments.
To ask the Leader of the House what arrangements he is making for the Standing Committee on Regional Affairs to meet.
To ask the Leader of the House if he will ask the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons to consider the merits of imposing a time limit on ministerial speeches.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what progress has been made towards implementing the recommendations of the Select Committee on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to tackle acid rain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many types of agricultural produce have been required to change their name or description as a result of European...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations she has received on the Animal Welfare Bill from local charities, in relation to codes of conduct being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of the premises occupied by her Department is fitted with audible fire alarms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she plans to require domestic birds kept in outdoor aviaries to be brought indoors in an outbreak of avian influenza...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what provisions are in place for the recycling of batteries in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of when the export ban on British beef will be lifted following the cessation of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations she has made to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister concerning planning permission for new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of non-binding, as opposed to binding, climate change targets; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on plans for further reform of the common agricultural policy; and when the single payment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the letters of 31 October, 16 November and 28 November 2005 from the hon. Member for Morley and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) land and (b) property is owned by her Department in Castle Point.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many disciplinary actions against civil servants employed in her Department (a) were commenced and (b) resulted in a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the draft UK National Allocation Plan for Phase 2 of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme will set a target higher than...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what date she expects to publish the draft National Allocation Plan for Phase 2 of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many endangered species of plant and animal there are in the UK; and how much was directed at preventing them from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding the Government has provided in 2005–06 for environmental research projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of the Government's domestic carbon dioxide target she expects to be met as a result of the EU Emissions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers are (a) aged under 30 years, (b) hold degree level qualifications, (c) have moved to the UK after being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she plans to seek to insert a provision into the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill to increase the fines...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether populations of (a) white-clawed crayfish, (b) medicinal leech, (c) pearl mussel, (d) large blue butterfly and (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to minimise the length of time necessary for the identification of species potentially at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under what legislation action can be taken against those responsible for cruel tethering of horses; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she has had discussions on the reintroduction of the lynx to the UK; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many significant oil spills there were in UK waters in the last seven years; where each took place; and how much oil was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what policy her Department has on minimising (a) waste paper and (b) paper usage within her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers were found to be using banned pesticides in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the public relations companies that have had contracts with (a) her Department, (b) each (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what opportunities interested institutions and individuals will have to comment on the draft radioactively contaminated land...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made on the reintroduction of (a) the Red Kite and (b) the Great Bustard; and what the Government's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what measures will be in place under the Regulation, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals Directive to monitor...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what regulatory impact assessments the Government has commissioned for the Regulation, Evaluation and Authorisation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the change in the number of animals across the EU each year which will be required for animal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate her Department has made of the number of roman snail (helix pomatia) in the UK; and what measures have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what testing of snares for catching wildlife her Department is carrying out; and what trials are planned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which (a) Ministers and (b) Departmental officials will attend the special trades union assembly of the United Nations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many pensioner households in Dewsbury constituency are eligible for (a) Warm Front grants to install energy efficient...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many pensioner households in the Tamworth constituency are eligible for (a) warm front grants to install energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she istaking to encourage the capture of waste heat to be fedinto district heating systems; what percentage of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) which UK-based internet service providers (ISPs) the National Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit has been working with;...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the cost was of pension contributions incurred by (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body, (ii) Executive...
To ask the Solicitor-General if he will take steps to ensure disciplinary action is taken against those in the Crown Prosecution Service responsible for the failure to bring to court the case of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what publicly-funded support is being provided to schemes to promote Islamic talent in the arts; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what publicly-funded support is being provided to schemes to promote young Asian talent in the arts; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much revenue the BBC received from the sale of its transmitters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what criteria must be satisfied before the Learning and Skills Council fund a national industry-specific apprenticeship scheme; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to encourage the involvement of local business in schools in Staffordshire; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of those working in child care were qualified at NVQ levels (a) 2, (b) 3, (c) 4 and (d) 5 in each year for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) men and (b) women were working in child care in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she (a) has made and (b) plans to make of the effectiveness of children's centres; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) which (a) private (b) voluntary and (c) public sector organisations have delivered services in children's centres in each year for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many construction apprentices there are in England, broken down by trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations she has received from business on the irrelevance to employment of certain degree subjects; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to expand the teaching of enterprise and entrepreneurism in schools in Staffordshire; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will assess the merits of supplying free milk to secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the number of applicants to study medicine in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what security checks an individual must pass through before working as a home tutor.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research her Department has commissioned on the (a) quality and (b) type of indoor airborne chemicals in state primary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research the Government will (a) undertake and (b) commission to assess the selective effectiveness of measures to promote wider...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills by what process the decision to commission and fund the National Foundation for Educational Research to conduct a trial of the US SAT test...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the annual funding per pupil has been in (a) Hereford and (b) Leominster constituencies in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made in requiring the School Teachers Review Body to consider local pay; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what national target she has set for the percentage of schools with travel plans by 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what financial support her Department provides to enable specialist industry sectors to meet their training needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Croydon, Central (Mr. Pelling) of 16 January 2006, Official Report, column 1030W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to ensure that students who wish to enter higher education are aware of the types of financial support available to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many (a) children and (b) adults have participated in Sure Start programmes in each year for which figures are available; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in which constituencies Sure Start programmes are located.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate she has made of the annual level of spending on work-based learning for (a) 16 to 18-year-olds and (b) over 19-year-olds...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether a decision has been made on which country will lead the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in Afghanistan after the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the extent to which planners at the Army's land command headquarters and UK permanent joint headquarters have the required...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made in finalising plans for the expansion of the International Security Assistance Force into the south and east of Afghanistan;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his Dutch counterpart on future deployments to Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what type of individual protection will be provided to troops deployed to Afghanistan in the future.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what urgent operational requirements the Department has ordered to support future troop deployment to Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what agreement will govern the handover of prisoners detained in Afghanistan by UK forces to (a) US forces and (b) Afghan security forces; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what agreement has been reached between NATO and the Afghan Government regarding the arrest and detention of prisoners apprehended on Afghan territory;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) the RAF and (b) industry on fitting a fuel tank inerting system to RAF Hercules C-130 aircraft...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations the Government have received from the US Administration about the EU Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) satellite...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the contribution to the Royal Navy of Sir Alan West as First Sea Lord.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy ships visited (a) Gibraltar and (b) Spain in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF aircraft landed at RAF Gibraltar in the last 12 months, broken down by type.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what restrictions were placed on the use of the Hawker Hunter aircraft sites by Phillips in November 2000 on behalf of his Department; and who acquired them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what investigations he has conducted into involvement of UK force personnel in the death of (a) Hanan Schmailawi, (b) Muhammad Salim, (c) policeman Raid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his latest estimate is of the total number of weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq since March 2003; and how many of these were classified as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussion he has had with his US counterpart on future UK support to Operation Enduring Freedom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will take steps to ensure that QinetiQ will maintain its current number of employees and presence in Scotland after privatisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether QinetiQ will be able to accept contracts from foreign Governments after flotation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions the Government have had with Credit Suisse regarding the availability and allocation of shares in the flotation of QinetiQ.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the capacity for Territorial Army commissions at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst was in each year since 2001; and how many places were unfilled.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 10 January 2006, Official Report, column 506W, on Type 23 frigates, what plans he has to refit those Type 23 frigates carrying...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to set targets for the percentage of fuel filling stations to be selling a minimum proportion of biofuels by (a) 2007 and (b) 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what rules apply to the photographs required for the new driving licence; and whether exemptions apply for particular religious groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Department has spent on the Crossrail project in each year since 1997; and what percentage has been spent on (a) staff recruitment, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving cyclists resulting in (a) death and (b) serious injury there were in each year since 1997 in Gravesham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average increase in ticket prices in the Greater Western franchise was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of future passenger numbers in the Greater Western franchise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the passenger figures were for the Greater Western franchise in each quarter of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) the absolute and (b) the moving annual average rates for (i) punctuality and (ii) reliability for companies operating the Greater Western...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what public expenditure was allocated to (a) tracks, (b) estates and (c) rolling stock on the Greater Western Franchise in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost has been of light rail schemes delivered since 2000; and what he estimates will be the cost of schemes to be delivered up to July 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport why the temporary 50 mph speed limit is in force on the M18 in the vicinity of junction 1 during periods when works are not taking place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the roadworks in the vicinity of junction 1 of the M18 motorway to be completed; and when he expects the M18 motorway to be free of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to improve mobile phone coverage on national mainline inter-city rail links.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the arrangements are for the Government to oversee the work of Network Rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what changes were made to the guarantee arrangements for Network Rail's debt when the Strategic Rail Authority was abolished.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his most recent estimate is of the capital value of Network Rail's assets; and what charge he holds over those assets in the event that the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the risk to (a) Network Rail's financial position and (b) its ability to service its debts if the Government should...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what contingency arrangements he has put in place in the event of Network Rail becoming insolvent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's submission to the Office for National Statistics concerning the classification of Network...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what rights the Government has to define Network Rail's future activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many working days have been lost to strike action on the national rail network in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the economy of strike action on the national rail network in each year since 1997. (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average age is of the rolling stock of each of the heavy rail franchises; and whether the new contracts include plans to replace old rolling stock.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which (a) regional and (b) local stakeholders have participated in the development of the North East Regional Planning Assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will answer question 34637 tabled by the hon. Member for Rochdale on 30 November 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to encourage public transport operators to use passenger travel alert services through mobile communications technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many new rapid transport lines are planned in the next five years; and if he will list them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries in road accidents, where the primary cause was ice on the road, there were in each of the past 20 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2006, Official Report, column 929W, if he will clarify the information given in relation to road improvement in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2005, Official Report, columns 2318–19W, on road improvement costs, what proportion of the overrun for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department collects information on the number of fatalities in road traffic accidents partially or wholly caused by (a) domestic animals,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding his Department has provided for transport projects in Coventry South since 1997.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what plans the Government are considering to tackle women's pension inequality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which functions of his core Department are carried out in (a) England and (b) London; and what administrative costs were associated with these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which functions of his core Department are carried out in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Wales; and what administration costs were associated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what functions in his Department are carried out in Scotland; and what the administrative costs of these functions were in the last year for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department is taking to encourage companies to develop the careers of their female staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with business organisations on encouraging schoolgirls to consider careers in sectors which have been seen as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what funding local race equality work will be allocated in the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the planned timetable is for the implementation of the Consumer Credit Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was spent on advertising by (a) his Department, (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make it his policy to publish as an annex to his annual report a list of all publications published by his Department in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many registered lending companies there were in the (a) Leeds, metropolitan district and (b) Leeds, West constituency in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what grants are available for (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic micro-renewable energy installations in (i) England and (ii) Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consultants the Government have invited to conduct the analysis of the case for deregulation of Sunday trading hours.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2005, Official Report, column 1675W, on Sunday trading, when he expects the cost-benefit analysis report...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many UK registered companies operate in South and Central America, broken down by country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what dates in 2005 officials from his Department had meetings with British companies working in South America; and what was discussed at...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many disciplinary actions against civil servants employed in his Department (a) were commenced and (b) resulted in a sanction being applied in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the documents and publications on data sharing in the public sector the Cabinet Office and e-government agencies have placed in the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what consultation his Department has undertaken on the privacy of data sharing within the delivery of more secure public services.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what have been the main outputs from the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit since its inception.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the Government's policy is on pension entitlement for those taking up a public appointment; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on current levels of inter-community violence in Bangladesh, with particular reference to the Muslim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of Chinese investments in Commonwealth countries in Africa; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the EU Council of Ministers last met the Chinese Foreign Minister to discuss Chinese investments in Africa; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last raised the issue of China's raw materials investment programme in African countries with his Chinese counterpart;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter of 28 October 2005 from the right hon. Member for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of Cuba about the detention of Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Turkish Government in respect of proposals to build leisure, tourist and educational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs where he plans to meet Mr. Talat during his forthcoming visit to Cyprus; and in what capacity he is meeting him.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the current flows of small arms to warring factions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received concerning the state of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions consular officials have visited Mr. Hilal Al Jedda in Iraq; and what other consular assistance has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether Mr. Hilal Al Jedda will be tried according to international norms or returned home to the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what UK financial aid has been offered to UK expatriates resident in areas that suffered from natural disasters in 2005; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Ministers in his Department have visited Taiwan in the course of their ministerial duties since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last raised the sovereignty of Taiwan with his Chinese counterpart.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps are being taken to ensure that progress is made under the Austrian presidency on negotiations regarding Turkish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether former British prisoners of war formerly held in Germany are able to apply under the German prisoner of war...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the occasions in the last five years on which 0870 telephone numbers have been used by his Department as contact numbers for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices were issued for (a) consumption of alcohol by and (b) selling alcohol to under age people in (i) Essex and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proportion of antisocial behaviour orders issued to (a) under 18s and (b) under 16s have been breached in each year since 1999;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in (a) Derbyshire and (b) Amber Valley have been issued with anti-social behaviour orders (a) in total and (b) in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in each area since their inception; how many breaches have been recorded; how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers (a) whose claims are being processed and (b) who are appealing against a refusal for asylum are resident in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in Leeds, North West are (a) registered as asylum seekers and (b) registered migrants awaiting decision to be awarded status...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what monitoring of the safety and welfare of deported asylum seekers to (a) Somaliland and (b) Somalia is undertaken; and from what sources...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Scottish First Minister about the use of dawn raids in asylum cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers sought by his Department have been found through the use of Quick Check since its inception; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the premises occupied by his Department is fitted with audible fire alarms.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what mechanisms are in place to ensure access by individuals to information about themselves gathered by means of the automatic number...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much compensation was awarded to GSL UK Ltd. for (a) construction works, (b) design works, (c) legal costs, (d) financial costs and (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to his Department was of purchasing site A at Ministry of Defence Bicester to build an accommodation centre for asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date GSL UK Ltd. signed the contract to build an accommodation centre for asylum seekers at Bicester.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date his Department agreed a compensation package with GSL UK Ltd. after the contract to build an accommodation centre for asylum...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to his Department was of pursuing plans for an accommodation centre for asylum seekers at Bicester (a) at planning inquiry and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 October 2005, Official Report, column 2526W, on cash-in-transit attacks, what discussions his Department has had...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether the Charity Commission is required to investigate a charity more than once in relation to the same allegations without the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the Codes of Practice of (a) the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and (b) the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what period funding allocations for community support officers (CSOs) will apply; and what plans he has for funding CSOs when the current...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on consultants in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 1 November 2005, Official Report, column 925W, on crime, what plans he has to extend the Partners Against Crime...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reported level of (a) burglaries and (b) robberies was in the last period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate he has made of levels of (a) violent crime, (b) car crime, (c) robbery and (d) burglary in Tamworth constituency; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences involving air weapons there have been in each division of the Staffordshire police force in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal record checks were carried out in each year since 2002; and how many of these were (a) standard disclosure and (b) enhanced...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for criminal record checks were made by schools in each year since 2002; and how many of these requests were for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) basic, (b) standard and (c) enhanced disclosures have been issued by the Criminal Records Bureau in the last year for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the current average time is that a school may expect to wait for an enhanced disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau for a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted of cruelty towards animals in Swindon in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) land and (b) property is owned by his Department in Castle Point.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effects on re-offending rates on release of prisoners having maintained family ties during periods in custody.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of pension contributions incurred by (a) his Department, (b) each (i) non-departmental public body, (ii) executive agency...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time is for identifying candidates for vacant posts in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff have been seconded to his Department for each year since 2000 from (i) British Telecom, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) fined the maximum amount and (b) imprisoned for the maximum period for possessing (i) cannabis, (ii) cocaine and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the use of dum-dum-style bullets by the police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices have been issued for the misuse of fireworks, broken down by police force area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has commissioned into the link between gun crime and drug crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the investigation by the police of recent statements by Sir Iqbal Sacranie relating to homosexuality.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many probation areas are connected to the prison OASys IT system; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) over 18 years and (b) under 18 years have been (i) arrested for, (ii) charged with and (iii) convicted of (A) public...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many registered methadone users there are in (a) Altcourse, (b) Bullingdon, (c) Elmley, (d) Holme House and (e) Hull prisons; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent in each year from 1 May 1997 on ministerial travel arrangements, broken down by (a) provision and running costs of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many instances have been recorded of the police using mobile phone location data (a) to track a criminal and (b) to effect a rescue...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Immobilise Phone Crime Initiative in reducing levels of mobile phone theft.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish statistics from the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit on tackling mobile handset theft and related street crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted for using a mobile phone while driving a vehicle in (a) the UK and (b) Greater Manchester.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time was for calls to the 0845 0105200 helpline for inquiries on naturalisation to be answered in the last period...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many e-mail messages (a) from people living in Gravesend and (b) in total have been received by his Department since the Prime Minister...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parenting orders have been made in (a) Derbyshire and (b) Amber Valley.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2006, Official Report, column 378W, on passports, if the Department will also allow the hand of a parent...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2006, Official Report, column 378W, on passports, whether the notice added to the UK Passport Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of forged passports in use in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what evidential base there is for the figures of 4,000 officers and 6,000 staff as the minimum size of a police force.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average response time to an emergency call to the police in Staffordshire was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines apply to a police officer with a family interest in a legal case continuing to serve in the local geographical area in which...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the determining factors are in deciding whether to call a public inquiry following a death in police custody.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the police force restructuring proposals on the crime detection rate (a) during the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the chief constable of Kent about police restructuring since the publication of Closing the Gap by Her...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the salary is of the Police National Bureaucracy Adviser; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department where the office of the Police National Bureacracy Adviser is; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of serving police officers in Northamptonshire are grade one qualified emergency response drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money has been spent on policing per head of population in (a) Essex and (b) the Metropolitan police area of London, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many press officers are employed by each of the executive agencies of his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new press officers his Department is planning to employ over the next 12 months; and at what estimated cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners who have been sentenced to life in prison are on an early release programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on rights of prison inmates in relation to a place of worship.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many adult prisoners were (a) disciplined and (b) prosecuted for drugs offences while in custody in the last five years for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cells in prisons housing adult prisoners in England and Wales were designed to accommodate (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) adult males and (b) females were in prison and (i) males and (ii) females were in young offender institutions in England and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has plans to introduce a long service medal for prison officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the projects to build new prisons which have been funded by private finance initiatives; how many have been completed; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of inmates (a) had access to and (b) enrolled in formal education and training schemes in each prison in the last year for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what opportunities exist for prisoners to develop (a) interpersonal, (b) social, (c) life, (d) self-management and (e) coping skills within...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to reduce thesupply of (a) mobile phones, (b) drugs and (c) alcohol into the Prison Estate; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to develop an over-arching strategy for prison education; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government are taking to bring the number of prisoners held at Leeds prison down to its certified level; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money was recovered in West Lancashire as a consequence of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each year since 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance has been issued by his Department on investigations and prosecutions under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded offences of (a) burglary, (b) thefts and (c) thefts from cars there have been in each division of Humberside Police in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences involving air weapons there were in each division of Humberside police in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people previously in custody have reoffended in (a) Wimbledon and (b) the London borough of Merton in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Department has spent on taxis in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding will be made available to the Bedfordshire police authority for 2006–07 for the provision of counter-terrorism initiatives...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations his Department plans to make to the independent review of policing at airports; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what level of funding was made available to each civil airport within the UK for the provision of counter terrorism initiatives in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will encourage (a) local authorities and (b) local crime and disorder reduction partnerships to use antisocial behaviour orders against...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders have been placed under intensive supervision in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) pursuant to the answer of 23 November 2005 to the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning), Official Report, columns 2067–2068W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the expenditure on (a) buildings and (b) insurance of buildings and staff was of his Department in (i) Wales and (ii) each English region in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which functions of his core Department are carried out in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Wales; and what administration costs were associated with these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many and what percentage of jobs in his Department are located in (a) England, excluding Greater London, (b) Greater London, (c) Wales and (d) overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many civil servants in his Department worked from home for at least one day a week in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many civil servants were employed in the Wales Office and its predecessors in each year since 1997, broken down by grade and office location; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many disciplinary actions against civil servants employed in his Department (a) were commenced and (b) resulted in a sanction being applied in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will update his reply to the former hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent on 20 May 2003, Official Report, columns 718–19W, on the availability of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when the report on the performance of the Wales Office in meeting its targets for 2005 will be prepared; and when the report will be published.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the survival rates for (a) lung, (b) breast, (c) testicular, (d) prostate, (e) ovarian, (f) bowel and (g) other cancers in the most recent period for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) private sector (i) manufacturing and (ii) service sector and (b) public sector jobs there were in Easington constituency in each year since 2000.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the change in receipts from (a) VAT, (b) corporation tax and (c) national insurance contributions from businesses...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2005, Official Report, column 775W, on pensions, how allowance was made for future improvement in life expectancy in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people use the Post Office card account for receipt of child benefit (a) in total and (b) broken down by region.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when staff at the tax credit office first raised the issue of internet fraud with (a) managers, (b) the head of the Inland Revenue and (c) Ministers;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 10 January 2006, Official Report, columns 550–51W, on tax credit, whether the Paymaster General was presented with the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what dates (a) he and (b) senior HM Revenue and Customs officials have met the (i) police, (ii) National Criminal Intelligence Service and (iii) National...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the value of tax credit fraud in the financial year to date.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the UK's trade deficit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many excess winter deaths of people aged over 65 years there have been in (a) West Lancashire, (b) Lancashire and (c) England in each year since 1997;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate he has made of the additional transport costs which may be incurred by jobseekers as a result of the benefit agency office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the number of children living in relative poverty in the UK who are in households with (a) one or more adults in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children were living in households with incomes of less than 27 per cent. of median income in each year since 1990–91; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work andPensions what assessment he has made of the factors affecting child poverty; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the possible relationship between child poverty and families with higher numbers of children; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to develop (a) a measure of and (b) a target for severe relative poverty of children; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the incidence of child poverty was in families with (a) children under the age of 10 years and (b) children over the age of 10 years in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work andPensions what recent assessment he has made of theage distribution of children living in relative low income households in the UK; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the change in the annual maintenance payments of the Child Support Agency which would result from full compliance of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps are being taken to ensure that individuals whose partners are self-employed can still receive Child Support Agency payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his Department's website design was first implemented; for how long the search function of the website has been inoperative; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claiming incapacity benefit have indicated to his Department that they want to work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what funding has been allocated to support piloting of the local housing allowance in the social rented sector; (2) whether he plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the cost of replacing the single room rent restriction with the shared room rate restriction available to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will make a decision on the Jobcentre Plus contracts for the new deal, with particular reference to providers of basic skills training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many single women pension credit recipients are in receipt of the guaranteed credit, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the average time taken to process applications for pension credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the work of the Pension Service Partnership Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many companies have been fined for failing to offer stakeholder pensions in each year since 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the number of companies which are required to offer stakeholder pensions but do not.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in what circumstances an individual may receive pension payments by cheque.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many representations on pensions policy have been received by his Department since the publication of Lord Turner's final report on 30...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people use the Post Office card account for receipt of (a) state pension, (b) pension credit and (c) other benefits (i) in total and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many UK nationals who are residents of (a) Florida, (b) Spain, (c) Italy, (d) South Africa and (e) Australia are in receipt of the winter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the letter sent to hon. and right hon. Members on 14 November on the Health and Safety Executive's annual report on workplace...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether (a) local authorities and (b) central government receives the additional revenue from increasing a council tax collection rate; and whether (i) local...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether local authorities retain additional income received from reducing or removing the council tax discount on empty property; and how much additional revenue...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recommendations for changes to council tax regulations noted in the Valuation Office Agency Local Authorities Liaison Group meeting minutes for 27 September...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 14 December 2005, Official Report, column 1964–5W, on councillors (pensions/income), if he will list the regulations or circulars...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 14 December 2005, Official Report, columns 1964–65W, on councillors (pensions/income), what estimate he has made of the equivalent...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much was spent on advertising by (a) his Department and previous Departments with his Department's responsibilities, (b) each (i) non-departmental public body...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much his Department spent on bottled water in 2004–05.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister howmany of the homes being constructed as part of theDesign for Manufacture competition (a) are beingconstructed for £60,000 and (b) are intended to...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how much funding his Department is making available to regional fire and rescue authorities to take into account housing expansion in the South East in...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many firefighters served the West Lancashire area (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how many homeless families in (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire (i) were living in temporary accommodation and (ii) sleeping rough in each of the past five...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the cost implications for the retained fire service of the planned expansion of housing in Aylesbury Vale.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what research his Department has commissioned into strategies to reduce the number of house repossessions in the UK.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what training his Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what advice he has given to local authorities about steps to be taken in the event of an influenza pandemic.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much Government grant was given to Oxfordshire county council by his Department in the financial year (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the (a) proposed total and (b) percentage net change in formula grant is between 2005–06 and 2006–07, taking into account the 2004–05 and...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidance his Department has given to (a) other Government departments and (b) executive agencies within other Government Departments on reorganising their...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent meetings he has held with (a) local authorities and (b) other interested groups concerning the development and maintenance of council housing; and if...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total expenditure of the (a) Standards Board for England and (b) Adjudication Panel was in each year since it was established; and what the budget is for...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list each property data variable and type allowed within the Valuation Office Agency's automated valuation model computer system.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans the Valuation Office Agency has (a) to publish online and (b) to make publicly available (i) business property and (ii) domestic property attribute...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish the results of the acute hospital portfolio 2005–06 service user satisfaction surveys; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the estimated cost is of inoculating everyone in the UK against the H5N1 strand of avian influenza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when (a) she and (b) other Ministers at her Department first saw the full business case for redevelopment at the Barts and the London NHS Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes for alcohol-related illnesses there have been in England for (a) patients aged under 18 years and (b) patients 18...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many admissions to hospital via accident and emergency departments who had an alcohol-related diagnosis were (a) aged 18 years and over and (b) aged...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the premises occupied by her Department is fitted with audible fire alarms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment she has made of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence appraisal consultation document on the use of carmustine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken by her Department to speed up the licensing by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence of new treatments for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been allocated to children's hospices serving Staffordshire in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health after how many months a patient's registration lapses in the case of a patient who is registered with (a) a dentist operating under the general dental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental (a) nurses, (b) hygienists and (c) therapists there were in (i) Southend, (ii) Essex, (iii) Hertfordshire, (iv) Greater London and (v)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the former (a) buildings and (b) land of (i) her Department and (ii) (A) non-departmental public bodies, (B) agencies and (C) independent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) land and (b) property is owned by her Department in Castle Point.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the expenditure on (a) buildings and (b) insurance of buildings and staff was of (i) her Department and (ii) each (A) non-departmental public body,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by her Department on refreshments in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent by her Department on salaries paid to civil servants in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the addresses of drug treatment centres which specialise in (a) opiate addiction and (b) cocaine addiction.
To ask the Secretary of State forHealth what plans she has to commission research into the public health effects of genetically modified foods.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the NHS of people accessing free care to which they are not entitled.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of staffing levels at the Healthcare Commission; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many diagnoses of high cholesterol there have been in England in each year since 1997–98; and how many of these diagnoses were made in those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Healthon what date she ordered an additional 200,000 doses of winter influenza vaccine to act as a contingency reserve.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doses of influenza vaccine were (a) ordered for and (b) administered as part of the routine seasonal influenza immunisation programme excluding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of the potential of MobileSOS and similar technology to protect lone healthcare and social workers; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Healthhow many maternity units achieved (a) level one, (b) level two and (c) level three of the clinicalnegligence scheme for trusts in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average length of treatment was following referrals to (a) psychiatrists, (b) clinical psychologists, (c) psychotherapists, (d) cognitive and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for treatment following referral to (a) a psychiatrist, (b) a clinical psychologist, (c) a psychotherapist, (d) a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance she has issued to (a) NHS trusts and (b) other NHS organisations on charging for car parking space on NHS sites in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Commission for Social Care Inspection is taking (a) to promote the health of older people and (b) to improve chronic disease management in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she plans changes to the use of (a) biphosphonates, (b) ralox and (c) strontium ranelate as treatments for osteoporosis on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines are given to her Parliamentary Response Unit on dealing with questions of a scientific nature.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many press releases were issued by her Department in each year since 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Healthwhat plans she has to review the use of the private finance initiative for major hospital rebuilding projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many clients aged 16 to 19 years were seen by social services in Tamworth in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent campaigns her Department has undertaken to raise awareness of testicular cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures he is planning to prioritise the aims and objectives of A Shared Future" in the spending plans of each Northern Ireland department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what resources will be provided for implementing the Shared Future" strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the administrative costs were of each agency for which he has responsibility in the last year for which figures are available; what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the administrative costs were of each non-departmental public body for which he has responsibility in the last year for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what initiatives are being taken in his Department to help civil servants with chronic back pain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total value is of (a) catering and (b) entertainment contracts let by his Department; and what value of such contracts has been let in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the former (a) buildings and (b) land of (i) his Department and (ii) (A) non-departmental public bodies, (B) agencies and (C)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil servants in his Department worked from home for at least one day a week in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many disciplinary actions against civil servants employed in his Department (a) were commenced and (b) resulted in a sanction being applied...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which of the Health and Social Service Boards in Northern Ireland has appointed a network manager to lead in the development of the diabetes service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what provision is made in Northern Ireland for counselling and psychological support for people diagnosed with diabetes; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what strategy each Health Board in Northern Ireland has put in place for identifying people likely to develop (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many individuals have been prosecuted for participating in organised dog-fighting in Northern Ireland in each of the last seven years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of 18-year-olds in the Northern Ireland population achieved two or more A level grades A-E in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005.
To ask the Secretary of Statefor Northern Ireland how many elderly people living in the Causeway Health Trust area in 2005 who have been assessed as requiring a care package while continuing to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many fixed penalty notices for speeding were issued in each (a) district council area and (b) parliamentary constituency area in Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made in the implementation of the Hamill Review.
To ask the Secretary of State forNorthern Ireland if he will make a statement on theeffectiveness of IRA disarmament in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people under the age of 16 have (a) been murdered and (b) received a punishment beating in Northern Ireland for each of the last eight...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his assessment is of the extent of Provisional IRA involvement in organised crime in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate the police has made of the number of (a) people smuggled illegally into Northern Ireland and (b) females brought into Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) for what reasons drill is included in the foundation training curriculum for police officers in Northern Ireland; (2) whether it is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost was of the standard fare for the train journey between Coleraine and (a) Belfast and (b) Londonderry in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many motorists have been caught speeding by mobile speed cameras in each of Northern Ireland's parliamentary constituencies over the past 24...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many schoolchildren have participated in visits to Parliament Buildings, Stormont, in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether it is his policy that the Government should bear the cost of (a) buying and (b) installing domestic water meters.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are considering issuing new planning guidance on the use of polytunnels.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in connection with their respect agenda, they plan to have discussions with the BBC, commercial television companies and video production companies with a...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many individuals from external organisations are currently on secondment within the Aviation Directorate of the Department for Transport; and how many...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many officials within the Aviation Directorate of the Department for Transport are working on the expansion of Stansted airport as their sole or main job.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they plan to take in 2006 concerning the United Kingdom's relations with the Republic of Belarus.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Department for Transport has undertaken any work into (a) the environmental impact, and (b) the financial impact of the growth in the budget airline market.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their forecast of the growth of the budget airline market over the next (a) 15, and (b) 30 years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have any plans to introduce tax on chewing gum to provide funding for the clearing of gum from footpaths.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether Sir Gus O'Donnell, Secretary to the Cabinet, is patron and ambassador to any religious society within the Civil Service other than the Civil Service...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What changes have been made to the assumptions of cost per tonne of carbon saved by the various technologies and energy efficiency measures made prior to the 2003...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Triesman on 9 January (WA 11), whether Ministers or officials in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have held meetings...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether those seeking information about local councils, schools and hospitals under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 will continue to be provided with such...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the average time taken from the date of the making of a claim for a war pension by veterans of the 1991 Gulf War to determination by the Pensions Appeal...
asked the Chairman of Committees: Whether residential apartments located within the parts of the parliamentary estate owned by the House of Lords are exempt from council tax.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many council homes have been sold under the right-to-buy scheme in each local authority in London in each quarter since 2003–04.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they are taking to increase the proportion of three and four bedroom properties in the Housing Corporation's investment programme for new social...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What additional national insurance revenues would be generated if the upper earnings limit was raised to (a) £50,000 per annum; (b) £100,000 per annum;...
asked Her Majesty's Government: To what extent pound per head of population calculations determine the allocation of resources by strategic health authorities.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 10 November (WA 106) on victims groups in Northern Ireland in receipt of funding, whether they will place in...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the procedures for the granting of planning consent for the construction of sea-based wind turbines.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the locations of sea-based wind turbines off the coast of the United Kingdom; and how many wind turbines there are at each location.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they have taken to fulfil the commitment made in their response to the report of the Science and Technology Committee Science and Treaties (3rd Report,...
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