Tuesday, 28 November 2006

Written answers

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs
    • British Produce
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) chicken, (b) eggs, (c) fish and (d) pork consumed in the United...
    • British Waterways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has received from boating organisations on the proposed reduction in British Waterways' grant.
    • Domestic Rubbish
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many fixed penalties were issued for (a) putting domestic rubbish in the wrong container, (b) leaving domestic rubbish...
    • Greyhound Racing
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when his Department will implement regulations for greyhound racing.
    • Landfill
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding the Government have provided to local authorities to compensate for higher rates of landfill tax and the...
    • Mislabelling of Eggs
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when his Department first became aware of the alleged fraud on the mislabelling of eggs.
    • Organophosphates
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on the Government's approach to organophosphates.
    • Recycling
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures the Government have taken to encourage local authorities to recycle commercial waste; and if he will make a...
    • Recycling
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will provide Shrewsbury borough council with funding to provide extra recycling facilities.
    • Research Studies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research studies were commissioned by his Department in each of the last five years where a decision was taken not to...
    • Rural Payments Agency
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how much was spent (a) in total and (b) per head on staff training at the Rural Payments Agency in each year from...
    • Rural Payments Agency
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many penalties have resulted from cross-compliance inspections of (a) single farm payment claim and (b) a...
    • Rural Payments Agency
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that the single farm payment for the 2007-08 financial year is paid on time.
    • Snares
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when his Department will prohibit the use of all snares to trap animals.
    • Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions his Department has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) member states of the European Union on...
    • Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans there are to amend European Union Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy regulations on (a) the requirement to...
    • Waste Management
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action he has taken to ensure that best practice in terms of dealing with waste disposal and recycling is shared between...
    • Whitsand Bay
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) whether he has applied Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration to the disposal of dredged materials at Whitsand Bay; and if...
  • Leader of the House
    • Official Report
      To ask the Leader of the House if he will bring forward proposals for a new section of the Official Report to set out Ministers' corrections to inaccurate statements made in the House.
  • House of Commons Commission
    • Energy Costs
      To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the House's (a) heating and (b) lighting bills were in 2005-06; what assessment the Commission has made...
    • State Opening
      To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the cost was of the State Opening of Parliament 2006, broken down by (a) building maintenance, (b)...
  • Education and Skills
    • Care Leavers
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what supported housing is available for care leavers; and if he will make a statement.
    • Child Care
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations he has received on the PricewaterhouseCooper's report commissioned by his Department on the State of the Childcare...
    • Child Database
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the expected error rate is for the Child Database.
    • Children's Centres
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the Government's total (a) financial and (b) in kind contribution has been to the new Parkfield children's centre in West Hendon;...
    • Children's Information Sharing Index
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress he has made in developing the proposals for the children's information sharing index; and if he will make a statement.
    • Computing Industry
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps his Department is taking to encourage more women to pursue higher and further education courses in computer science.
    • Dinner Ladies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to establish regional training centres for the training of school dinner ladies; and who will run such centres.
    • Every Child Matters
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how local authorities will store data gathered for the public service agreement targets set out in Every Child Matters.
    • Gender Equality
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he expects to publish his Department's gender equality scheme.
    • Gender Equality
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure that private organisations contracted to work (a) in his Department and (b) for non-departmental public...
    • Gender Equality
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to carry out gender impact assessments of his Department's major policy developments and new legislation.
    • Gender Equality
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies and executive agencies for which he...
    • National Skills Academy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether there will be a national skills academy in one of the five Olympic boroughs; and if he will make a statement.
    • Nursery Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations he has received on the application of the code of practice on the provision of free nursery education places for three...
    • Nursery Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations he has received on the proposed amendments to the code of practice on the provision of free nursery education places...
    • Nursery Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the extent to which nursery education is free at the point of delivery.
    • Nursery Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the 20 Pathfinders that have been identified to pilot the code of practice on the provision of free nursery education places...
    • Prison Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many prisoners have gained a public qualification as a result of study engaged in while in prison in each of the last five years.
    • Prison Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of the prison population achieved a basic skills qualification in each of the last five years.
    • Prison Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many prisoners are receiving education or training; and if he will make a statement.
    • Prison Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many prisoners received education or training in each year since 2002; and what proportion of such education and training was provided...
    • Prison Literacy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the literacy rate is in prisons in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
    • Private Finance Initiatives
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total capital value is of each private finance initiative scheme overseen by his Department which has reached financial close; over...
    • Runaway Children
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities provide appropriate levels of support for runaway children; (2) if he will...
    • Runaway Children
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate he has made of the proportion of runaway children who are given a full independent interview by police before being...
    • Special Needs
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children with epilepsy who are educated in mainstream (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have been (i) suspended and (ii) expelled.
    • Transformation Fund
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) when he proposes to evaluate the effectiveness of the Transformation Fund; and whether he plans to extend the initiative beyond 2008;...
  • Transport
    • Air Accidents Investigation Branch
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the work of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB); and what the budget of the AAIB is for 2006-07.
    • Air Accidents Investigation Branch
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many individuals worked at the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), expressed as (a) headcount and (b) whole-time-equivalent, in each of...
    • Aviation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many security breaches have been recorded on flights coming into the UK under the host state responsibility principle in each year since 1996.
    • Aviation (1 annotation)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will consider deferring publication of the progress report on the Future of Air Transport White Paper to take account of the forthcoming European...
    • Aviation (1 annotation)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much carbon dioxide was attributable to UK international and domestic aviation operations in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005.
    • Aviation (1 annotation)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the likely timetable for implementation of an effective emissions trading scheme for aviation.
    • Aviation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimates he has made of carbon dioxide emissions from UK international and domestic aviation operations in (a) 2008, (b) 2010 and (c) 2013.
    • Aviation (1 annotation)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what progress he has made on the commitment in paragraph 3.42 of the Future of Air Transport White Paper to continue to explore and discuss other...
    • Aviation (1 annotation)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to tackle the non-carbon dioxide effects of aviation on the global climate.
    • Aviation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an aviation tax on low-income families.
    • Bembridge Harbour Improvement Company
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what response he has received from the Bembridge Harbour Improvement Company to his letter reminding them of their obligations to file accounts with...
    • Concessionary Fares Scheme
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much each (a) district and (b) unitary council in Hampshire has allocated for the National Concessionary Fares Scheme in (i) 2006-07 and (ii)...
    • Concessionary Fares Scheme
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what consideration he has given to extending concessionary fares for pensioners to modes of public transport other than buses.
    • Concessionary Fares Scheme
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what costings he has undertaken of extending concessionary fares for pensioners to (a) trams, (b) local rail services, (c) domestic ferry services...
    • Concessionary Fares Scheme
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received from (a) hon. Members and (b) others about the extension of concessionary fares for pensioners to non-bus modes...
    • Departmental Statistics
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which statistics have been put forward by his Department for consideration to become new national statistics in each of the last five years; and how...
    • Eddington Report
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects Sir Rod Eddington to publish his review of British transport policy.
    • Eddington Report
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Eddington Review has cost; and how much was budgeted for the Review.
    • Government Car Fleet
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether special advisers have access to transport provided by the Government Car Fleet in their own capacity if they are not accompanying a Government...
    • Government Car Fleet
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Ministers were provided with cars by the Government Car Fleet in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available.
    • Highways Agency
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the level was of (a) traffic, (b) carbon dioxide emissions and (c) road traffic accidents (i) predicted before and (ii) recorded after...
    • Park and Ride Schemes
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what policies his Department has implemented to encourage the introduction of park and ride schemes; and if he will make a statement.
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of public transport (a) journeys and (b) passenger miles were taken by (i) local bus, (ii) non-local bus and coach, (iii) local train...
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the One Railway has paid to the Exchequer since it obtained the East Coast franchise.
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many companies bid for the East Coast franchise.
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether One Railway's refurbishments to rolling stock have been in line with the conditions set out in the franchise.
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether penalties can be imposed on One Railway for (a) specific breaches of its franchise contract and (b) low overall performance levels; (2)...
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions One Railway has failed to fulfil its levels of service as set out in the franchise contract.
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what capacity arrangements were included in the new franchise agreement with South West Trains for the provision of (a) toilets and (b) seats;...
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the financial stability of rail franchises.
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on the National Train Passenger Survey in each year since 1997-98; and what funding is planned for the next three financial years.
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) passengers in excess of capacity and (b) total passengers there were (i) for each London commuting service train operator and (ii) in...
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which five train services serving London had the highest number of passengers in excess of capacity levels in the most recent survey of Passengers In...
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the removal of buffet bar mark III coaches on First Great Western services; and what assessment he has made of the...
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the minimum train service requirement to (a) Bristol and (b) the West Country is under the Greater Western Franchise; and what changes in...
    • Railways
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what maximum journey times the Greater Western franchise agreement standards includes for services between London Paddington to Swansea; what the...
    • Rolling Stock
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many rail vehicles (a) were delivered in 2006 and (b) are due to be delivered in each year to 2012, broken down by manufacturer; and what the...
    • Rolling Stock
      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.
    • Safety Cameras
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many speed cameras are in place in each London borough.
    • Safety Cameras
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many speed cameras are in place on the (a) A12 and (b) A127.
    • Staff Relocation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many jobs in his Department have been relocated (a) to Liverpool and (b) elsewhere as a result of the Lyons Review; and on how many occasions...
    • Telephone Inquiry Lines
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the estimated cost is of switching (a) his Department's and (b) its agencies' telephone inquiry lines to freephone numbers.
    • Telephone Inquiry Lines
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much revenue (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies accrued from national rate telephone lines in each of the last five years.
    • Transport Safety
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was allocated to research into improving safety in each mode of transport in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and...
    • Transport Schemes
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which (a) sites of special scientific interest, (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty, (c) national parks and (d) internationally designated...
    • Travel Statistics
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average (a) number and (b) distance of trips as calculated by the National Travel Survey was by (i) car driver, (ii) car passenger, (iii)...
    • Water Freight
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what discussions he has had with (a) the Department of Communities and Local Government and (b) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...
    • Working Time Directive
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the operation of the Working Time Directive in the transport sector; how many prosecutions have been made against...
  • Communities and Local Government
    • Consultants
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies paid to the Eunomia consultancy in the most recent year for which figures are...
    • Council Tax
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will exempt members of the armed forces serving overseas on military operations from council tax.
    • Council Tax (Data Sharing)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department is taking to facilitate data-sharing of council tax information (a) within departments of local...
    • Departmental Contracts
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department paid to DHL in each financial year between 1997-98 and 2005-06.
    • Departmental Databases
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which of the databases owned by her Department are managed (a) internally and (b) by external consultants.
    • Departmental Estate
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the latest (a) rateable value and (b) business rates bill is of each of the buildings occupied (a) in whole and (b) in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to her Department was of (a) telephone calls and (b) official entertaining at the Deputy Prime Minister's...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department has spent on anger management classes in the last 24 months.
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will list the job titles of each staff position in her Department.
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff have been employed by her Department in each year since 2002.
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria are used to award performance-related bonuses in her Department.
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff in her Department received a performance-related bonus in 2006-07.
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which publications ran advertisements for the position of Director General Equalities; and what the cost of the advertisements was.
    • Departmental Travel
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department and its predecessor spent on taxis in each year from 2002-03 to 2004-05.
    • Freedom of Information
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many Freedom of Information Act requests received by her Department in the last 12 months were cleared by special advisers.
    • Government Office for the North West
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what rules govern statements made to the press by civil servants in the Government office for the north-west; and who is...
    • Government Office for the North West
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government who authorised the recent statement to the Warrington Guardian by the Government office for the north-west on the Omega development.
    • Government Offices for the Regions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total expenditure was of each of the Government Office for the Regions in the last year for which figures are available.
    • Land Use Databases
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) data and (b) range of data is held on (i) the Full National Land Use Database (NLUD-Baseline) and (ii) the...
    • Land Use Databases
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable is for the implementation of the National Land Use Database.
    • Local Government Finance
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total Government grant per capita was to each local authority in England, including fire and police authorities, in 2006-07.
    • Local Government Pensions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the estimated cost to employers of the Local Government Pension Scheme was in each financial year from 1996-97 to 2007-08,...
    • Local Government White Paper
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which outcome-based indicators the Local Government White Paper proposes to abolish.
    • Lyons Inquiry
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the survey undertaken by HM Treasury and her Department as part of the Lyons Inquiry.
    • National Geospatial Metadata Service
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) purpose and (b) budget is of the national geospatial metadata service.
    • Parish Councils
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many times parish polls have been held under the Local Government Act 1972 in each of the last five years for which figures...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether her Department (a) uses an internal traffic light or coloured-coded system when considering written parliamentary...
    • Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much income the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre received from bookings from central Government Departments in the most...
    • Recycling
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether trade waste recycled by local authorities counts towards Best Value Performance Indicator targets for municipal recycling.
    • Regional Spatial Strategy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government why the Department's planning inspector has removed the East of England draft Regional Spatial Strategy policy requiring on-site...
    • Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to monitor the (a) effectiveness and (b) efficiency of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
    • Staff Magazine
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library copies of the in-house staff magazine of her Department for the last 12 months.
    • Standards Board
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many complaints were referred to the Adjudication Panel by the Standards Board against an elected member of an (a)...
  • International Development
    • Afghanistan
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what response the Government plans to make to President Musharraf's call in his recent meeting with the Prime Minister for increased UK...
    • Aid Statistics
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many countries to which his Department has contributed funds via (a) basket funding and (b) direct budget support have provided...
    • Aid Statistics
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much of the total amount for aid recorded as bilateral aid on page 9 of the 2005 Statistics for International Development...
    • Burma
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what role the United Nations Development Programme will play in the management of the Three Diseases Fund for Burma.
    • Burma
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many governments were approached to provide funding for the Three Diseases Fund for Burma.
    • Burma
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether the Three Diseases Fund for Burma will be available to assist people with HIV/AIDS in areas of Burma not under the control of...
    • Burma
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which organisations people in Burma with HIV/AIDS will be able to approach to receive assistance funded by the Three Diseases Fund for...
    • Burma
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how and by whom decisions on grants from the Three Diseases Fund for Burma are made.
    • Burma
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which organisations will be the (a) managing partners and (b) implementing partners for the operation of the Three Diseases Fund for...
    • Civil Service Relocation
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many jobs in his Department have been relocated (a) to Liverpool and (b) elsewhere as a result of the Lyons Review; and on how...
    • Pakistan
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what projects the proposed £480 million in aid to Pakistan is planned to be spent; and what benchmarks his Department has in...
    • Renewable Energy
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of the electricity used by his Department was generated from (a) renewable sources and (b) on-site microgeneration...
    • Secondments
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met...
    • World Food Programme
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support he is giving to the World Food Programme's food aid provision in the Horn of Africa.
  • Trade and Industry
    • Equal Pay
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of employees who took their employers to an industrial tribunal under the Equal Pay Act 1970 in the last five years had their...
    • Equal Pay
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many employers were taken to a tribunal under the Equal Pay Act 1970 in each of the last five years.
    • Export Control
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he make representations to include a review of sentencing for breaches of export control when it considers its 2007-08 work programme.
    • Gas Supplies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he has taken besides his efforts to liberalise the European gas market to ensure security of supply within the UK gas market.
    • Gas Supplies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what impact concerns raised by NATO regarding Russia limiting gas supply into Europe have had on his plans for security of gas supply in the UK.
    • Gas Supplies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the availability of information on the cost and supply of Norwegian gas imported into the UK.
    • Gas Supplies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he has taken to increase the transparency of the gas markets that feed the UK gas market.
    • International GCSE
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether (a) the Postal Services Commission, (b) the Export Credits Guarantee Department, (c) the Office of Rail Regulation, (d) the Office...
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the household stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme will meet household demand for...
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to ensure the continuation of Low Carbon Buildings Programme grant funding for domestic solar hot water installations;...
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what calculation his Department has made of the total spending needed to ensure that household demand for capital grants under the Low Carbon...
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the likely demand for grants from the household stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme for...
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what analysis he has made of the level of grant uptake by households during the final year of the Clearskies and Solar PV major demonstration...
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what advice he has sought from (a) trade associations and (b) other industry bodies on the likely demand for household grants in year one of...
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects household grants to end under the low carbon buildings programme.
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what additional funding would be required to enable the household stream of the low carbon buildings programme to continue to 2009.
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the likely household demand for grants in 2005-06 under the low carbon buildings programme.
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps have been taken to encourage households to install (a) solar panels, (b) wind turbines and (c) microgeneration units; and if he...
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) households and (b) households in the Wansbeck constituency have received grants from the Low Carbon Buildings Programme.
    • Low Carbon Buildings
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all renewable energy technologies are supported through the household stream of the Low...
    • Motor Neurone Disease
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what projects related to motor neurone disease were funded by the Medical Research Council in each of the last three years; how much each...
    • Nuclear Energy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the energy used in making safe an out-of-service nuclear power station and its associated nuclear waste has been factored into...
    • Nuclear Energy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he expects the proportion of electricity generated in nuclear power plants by 2020 to be (a) higher, (b) lower or (c) roughly the...
    • Nuclear Fusion
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what factors his Department took into account when deciding to agree to the location of the new fusion experimental reactor in France.
    • Nuclear Waste
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the cost of disposing of nuclear waste resulting from nuclear power stations in Scotland.
    • Nuclear Waste
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the cost of disposing of nuclear waste resulting from (a) the UK's nuclear power stations and (b) the Ministry...
    • Post Office Card Accounts
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much is paid to the owners of sub-post offices for each post office card account transaction they carry out; and if he will make a statement.
    • Wind Farms
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the typical planning application period is for an onshore wind farm.
    • Wind Farms
      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consideration is given to the effect on carbon emissions resulting from the proposed investment when conducting an environmental site...
  • Health
    • Fair Funding
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health What assessment she has made of the effect of fair funding on (a) the health service and (b) health inequalities since its introduction.
    • Local Care Hospitals
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health What criteria are used to assess proposals for local care hospitals.
    • East Anglia Trusts
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she next expects to meet heads of primary care trusts in East Anglia to discuss levels of deficits.
    • Primary Care Trusts (Funding)
      Mr. Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether moneys top-sliced from high-performing primary care trusts will be returned in 2007-08.
    • Speech Therapy (Norfolk)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the effects have been of recent changes to funding of speech therapy in Norfolk; and if she will make a statement.
    • Maternity/Paediatric Services (Teesside)
      Mr. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on her decision to refer maternity and paediatric services in Teesside to the independent reconfiguration panel.
    • Substance Misusers
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the costs of drug treatment by GPs for substance misusers.
    • Graduate Unemployment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of graduate unemployment among (a) nurses, (b) midwives and (c) physiotherapists.
    • Surgery Waiting Times (Leicestershire)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations she has received on waiting times for surgery in Leicestershire.
    • NHS (Financial Performance)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on NHS financial performance in 2006-07.
    • Pain Clinics
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the availability of specialised consultant-led pain clinics in the NHS.
    • Accident and Emergency Facilities
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the effect will be of the proposed changes to acute services in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) England on the time taken to travel to accident and...
    • Alzheimer's Disease
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether donepezil, rivastigmine and galantamine will continue to be available for all patient groups with Alzheimer's disease until the proposed...
    • Cancer Drugs
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of providing drugs for cancer patients in each of the last five years.
    • Elderly Patients
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department is taking to prevent malnutrition of older people in hospital.
    • Health Service Journal
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of the Health Inequalities supplement in the 23 November 2006 edition of the Health Service Journal.
    • Health Visitors/School Nurses
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) health visitors and (b) school nurses were employed in England in each of the last five years.
    • Home Heat Helpline
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that vulnerable groups are made aware of the assistance available to them through the home heat...
    • Hospital Travel Costs
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid out under the hospital travel costs scheme in each of the last three years; and how many patients received payments under the...
    • Infectious Diseases (Border Control) (1 annotation)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people entering the UK from outside the EU were x-rayed at British airports to check for evidence of tuberculosis (TB) in each of the last three...
    • Infectious Diseases (Border Control)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trained medical staff are deployed at x-ray machines at British airports to check for illnesses; and what proportion of the day such trained...
    • Neurology/Epilepsy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what funding the Government provides to independent organisations that provide specialist care for adults and children with severe forms of...
    • NHS Staff
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures she is taking to maximise the opportunities available to displaced and newly qualified NHS staff affected by the recent workforce changes.
    • Osteopaths
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when she expects to publish the cost-benefit analysis of the impact of revalidation on the osteopathic profession; (2) what assessment she has made...
    • Royal Free Hospital
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of phone calls were answered within 30 seconds at the Royal free hospital in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
  • Northern Ireland
    • A1 Dual Carriageway
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the timescale is for the commencement of the improvement schemes at the junctions of (a) Dromore Road, Hillsborough with the A1 dual...
    • Ambulances
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many ambulances are available in each health trust area in the Province between 9 am and 5 pm.
    • Ambulances
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many ambulances are available overnight in each health trust area in the Province.
    • Audiology Services
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what the longest waiting time for a digital hearing aid was in each health trust area in the Province in 2005-06; (2) what the average...
    • Audiology Services
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many patients received digital hearing aids in each health trust area in the Province in each of the last 12 months; (2) how many...
    • Bonus Payments
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what criteria a civil servant in his Department must fulfil (a) to be considered for a bonus on top of their regular salary and (b) to be...
    • Bowel Screening
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what progress was made on a bowel screening programme at the workshop on 20 June 2006; (2) what steps he has taken arising from the...
    • Bowel Screening
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps have been taken to increase training provision for colonoscopists in the Province.
    • Business Rate Relief
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the impact of extending business rate relief to sub-post offices in Northern Ireland on (a) equality and (b)...
    • Cancer Treatment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what targets his Department has set for survival rates for cancer patients.
    • Cancer Treatment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to ensure that cancer patients in the Province receive the professional support and care they require.
    • Cancer Treatment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to reduce the inequalities in cancer rates among different social classes in the Province.
    • Cancer Treatment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what consideration has been given to producing a comprehensive cancer plan for Northern Ireland with targets for services and specific allocated...
    • Cancer Treatment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether docetaxel is available in the Province for the treatment of prostate cancer.
    • Cancer Treatment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what treatments for prostate cancer are available on the NHS in the Province.
    • Cancer Treatment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients have (a) been diagnosed with and (b) died from prostate cancer in the Province in each of the last 20 years.
    • Cancer Treatment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of people in the Province with prostate cancer who may be suitable for treatment with docetaxel.
    • Cancer Treatment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland are diagnosed as having prostate cancer.
    • Chancellor's Financial Package
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many meetings have taken place between senior officials in the Department of Finance and Personnel and the Treasury regarding the...
    • Community Restorative Justice Programmes
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the extent will be of police involvement in the day to day administration of the proposed community restorative justice programmes in...
    • Craigavon Bridge (Gas Pipeline)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when a decision will be made on Firmus Energy's proposal to build a natural gas pipeline across Craigavon Bridge in Derry.
    • Diabetes
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which health boards and trusts in Northern Ireland have developed managed clinical networks for children with diabetes.
    • Domestic Water Bills
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the capital-based element of the new system of domestic water bills will vary according to the location of the property irrespective of...
    • First-time Buyers
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to help first time homebuyers in Northern Ireland.
    • Genito-urinary Medicine
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what consideration has been given to setting up a genito-urinary medicine clinic in the (a) South and (b) East Belfast area; (2) what...
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the Central Services Agency inquiry into the performance of dentist George Bruce Kelso.
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of George Bruce Kelso's patients are without a dental practice as a result of his being struck off the dental registry.
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Central Services Agency became aware that 14 The Square, Portaferry was not being used for NHS dental services provision.
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was paid out of NHS funds for dental services provided at 14 The Square, Portaferry in each of the last six years.
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the actions of dentist George Bruce Kelso have been the subject of a police investigation.
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Eastern Health and Social Services Board first informed the General Dental Council of their concerns regarding George Bruce Kelso.
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will conduct an independent review into the handling of investigations into the conduct of dentist George Bruce Kelso.
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what mechanisms have been in place to audit the provision of NHS dental services in the NHS area including 14 The Square, Portaferry.
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much George Bruce Kelso received from NHS funds for dental services related claims in each of the last six years.
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many NHS patients George Bruce Kelso had on his list when he was struck off.
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many complaints were received on the performance of dentist George Bruce Kelso in each year of his practice.
    • George Bruce Kelso
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Chief Dental Officer was first informed of concerns about the performance of dentist George Bruce Kelso; and what actions were taken as...
    • General Practioner Services
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what estimate he has made of the number of individuals from the Irish Republic who are expected to use out-of-hours GP services in the...
    • General Practioner Services
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding he expects the Irish Republic to contribute for the provision of out-of-hours GP services in the (a) Western and (b) Southern...
    • Haemophiliacs
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many haemophiliacs there are in Northern Ireland.
    • Health Care (Self-management)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps have been taken by the NHS in Northern Ireland (a) to encourage and (b) to assist self-management by patients of long-term health...
    • Helm Report
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps have been taken in response to the Helm Report recommendation that significant improvement is required in the finance function of...
    • Homelessness
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people (a) applied and (b) were subsequently accepted as homeless in each of the Housing Executive district offices in Northern...
    • Illegal Waste Dumping
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many complaints of the illegal dumping of waste the Environment and Heritage Service received in each year since 2003-04.
    • Invest Northern Ireland
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many visits have been made under the auspices of Invest Northern Ireland by potential inward investors to the East Londonderry constituency;...
    • Knockbracken Health Care Park
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans there are (a) to close and (b) to amalgamate psychiatry wards at Knockbracken Health Care Park.
    • Limavady Central Car Park
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pay and display machines located in Limavady Central car park were out of order on each day between 13 October and 17 November.
    • Local Government Finance
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of households not on housing benefit who will pay (a) more and (b) less under...
    • Northern Ireland Executive (Tenant Debt)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average amount of outstanding debt owed by (a) tenants and (b) past tenants of the Northern Ireland Executive was at the end of 2005,...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether his Department has a traffic light system in place for processing parliamentary questions, where questions are categorised using a...
    • Physiotherapy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people graduated in Northern Ireland in physiotherapy in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these (a) are and (b) are not...
    • Physiotherapy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of training a physiotherapist.
    • Probation Service
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to contract to the private sector work undertaken by the Probation Service in Northern Ireland.
    • Rates Revaluation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the estimated cost of the transitional relief scheme for the rates revaluation is in each year of operation.
    • Rates Revaluation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment the Government have made of whether Northern Ireland domestic rates revaluation is compliant with human rights legislation.
    • Rates Revaluation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how the domestic rates revaluation transitional relief scheme is being funded.
    • School Transport
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures are in place to promote safer travel for pupils attending rural schools in Northern Ireland.
    • School Transport
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much each education and library board in the Province spent on home-to-school transport in each of the last 10 years.
    • School Transport
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he has taken to assist in meeting the Department's target of reducing spending on home-to-school transport in the incoming year.
    • Schools (Suspensions/Expulsions)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many pupils were (a) suspended and (b) expelled for (i) violent behaviour and (ii) drug-related incidents in Northern Ireland...
    • Sexual Orientation (Discrimination)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many responses he has received from (a) organisations and (b) individuals to the consultations by the Office of First and Deputy First...
    • Sexual Orientation (Discrimination)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reasons the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 were published prior to the publication of the...
    • Tarlov Cyst
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what services are available in the Province to people with a Tarlov cyst.
    • Tarlov Cyst
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many operations for Tarlov cysts have been performed in the Province in each of the last 10 years. (2) how many patients from...
    • Tarlov Cyst
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland where patients in Northern Ireland with a Tarlov cyst are referred to if treatment is not available in the Province.
    • Tattoos
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the annual costs to the health service in the Province of the removal of tattoos.
    • Traffic Control Staff
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many traffic control attendants are employed by the Department for Regional Development Roads Service in Northern Ireland.
    • Victims' Commissioner Appointment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement in response to the criticisms made of his Departments by Mr. Justice Girvan.
    • Water Service
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the asset value is of the (a) vehicles and (b) plant referred to in the answer of 30 October 2006, Official Report, column 205W; and why...
    • Water Service
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the estimated transformation costs are in 2006-07 and 2007-08 for Water Service to Northern Ireland Water Ltd.
    • Water Service
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which companies held the four contracts extended beyond the original agreement dates referred to in the answer of 30 October 2006, Official...
    • Water Service
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the reasons were for the overspend on consultancy budgets for the Water Service referred to in the answer of 30 October 2006, Official...
    • Water Service
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what factors were taken into account when determining the salary of the (a) chief executive, (b) chairman and (c) non-executive directors of...
    • Water Supplies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what role has been given to the Northern Ireland General Consumer Council in developing the Strategic Business Plan and Water Reform.
    • Water Supplies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what role has been given to the Strategic Investment Board in developing water reform in Northern Ireland.
    • Water Supplies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what role the Northern Ireland General Consumer Council will play in reviewing the Strategic Business Plan for Northern Ireland Water Ltd.
    • Wind Farms
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the offshore wind farm proposals for the Tunes Plateau near Portstewart has (a) been amended and (b) progressed over the last 12 months.
    • Winter Fuel Payments
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects all recipients of the winter fuel payment in Northern Ireland to have received their payments for 2006-07.
  • Duchy of Lancaster
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff are employed by the Office of the Third Sector, broken down by salary band.
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff are employed by the (a) Social Exclusion Taskforce and (b) Better Regulation Executive in each salary band.
    • Departmental Costs
      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was spent on vehicles by (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Prime Minister's Office in each year since 1997-98; and how much each office...
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many full-time equivalent staff work in (a) the Cabinet Office Parliamentary Branch, (b) the Infrastructure Division and (c) the Cabinet...
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what training courses are available to staff in the Cabinet Office.
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether any of her staff in the Cabinet Office are classed as key workers for the purposes of the low-cost home ownership or shared ownership schemes.
    • Departmental Statistics
      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which statistics have been put forward by her Department for consideration to become new national statistics in each of the last five years; and...
    • Gender Equality
      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps she is taking to ensure that private organisations contracted to work in the Cabinet Office are aware of their duties under gender...
    • Get Safe Online
      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much the Get Safe Online website has cost since 2000; how many hits the website has received in the same period; and who maintains the website.
    • Ministerial Residences
      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster who the residents are of the three ministerial residences in Admiralty House.
    • V
      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what proportion of the 2006-07 budget of v has been allocated to charities it was supporting prior to its relaunch; and how much was provided to...
  • Work and Pensions
    • Benefits Eligibility
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland are eligible for (a) council tax benefit, (b) winter fuel payments, (c)...
    • Departmental Pay Awards
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what date the annual pay award for departmental staff has been implemented in each of the last five years.
    • Identity Cards
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much expenditure has been incurred by his Department in each year since 1996-97 on the development of a national identity card scheme and...
    • Local Housing Allowance
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the take up of local housing allowance has been in Edinburgh since 9 February 2004; and if he will make a statement.
    • Norcross
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the security guards based at Norcross were given the option of transferring within the Civil Service prior to their transfer to Group 4.
    • Pathfinder Schemes
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much unpaid rent is estimated to be owed to landlords in each Pathfinder scheme.
    • Post Office Card Account
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on progress in developing a successor to the Post Office Card Account.
  • Treasury
    • Child Care
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assumptions about take-up were made when formulating the estimated costs to the Exchequer of the employer-supported child care measures outlined in...
    • Climate Change
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his estimate of the social cost of carbon includes an element for the cost of potential climate-related catastrophes.
    • Departmental Pensions
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total pension liabilities for employees of his Department and its agencies.
    • EU Membership
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will undertake a cost/benefit analysis of EU membership.
    • Innovation Fund
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide details of the Innovation Fund to support Research, Development and Innovation in Northern Ireland which he announced on Wednesday 1...
    • Insurance Premiums (1 annotation)
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward legislation to end the practice of demanding additional insurance premiums from pensioners for holiday and other leisure purposes.
    • Office of Government Commerce
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which 20 Key Programmes he has agreed with the Office of Government Commerce.
    • Olympic Games
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the role of his Department was in drawing up the Olympic bid budget; and what process was followed in approving the final document.
    • Secondments
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii)...
    • Solvency II Directive
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when he expects the Solvency II directive to come into effect; (2) when he expects agreement to be reached on the Solvency II directive; (3) what...
    • Terrorism
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Government of Saudi Arabia on the financing of terrorist activity; and if he will make a statement.
  • Constitutional Affairs
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether people employed (a) through employment agencies and (b) on a consultancy basis are included in the calculations for...
    • Departmental Statistics
      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs which statistics have been put forward by her Department for consideration to become new national statistics in each of the...
    • Electoral Registration
      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what estimate she has made of the number of Hendon residents entitled to vote who do not appear on the electoral register; if...
    • Electronic Voting
      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will require personal identifiers to be provided for remote electronic voting, in addition to the Electoral...
    • Election Pilot Schemes
      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether election pilot schemes will be used in any of the Welsh Assembly elections in 2007.
    • Information Commissioner
      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans she has for the renewal of the contract of the Information Commissioner in 2007; and if she will make a statement.
    • Legal Aid
      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs from whom guidance is issued on the practice of magistrates courts refusing to issue application forms for criminal legal aid.
    • MMR/MR (Litigation Costs)
      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the cost was of payments to each of the three lead barristers who provided advice on the merits of the MMR/MR litigation;...
  • Wales
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff were employed through employment agencies in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies in each of the last five years for which...
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a written ministerial statement on the Application of the Government's Legislative Programme to Wales setting out the significant measures...
    • Public Appointments
      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which public appointments have been made by his Department to former Ministers who have served in the Government since May 1997.
    • Renewable Energy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much energy consumed by his Department is acquired from renewable sources.
    • Valuation Office Agency
      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will place in the Library a copy of each Wales Council Tax Revaluation Circular produced by the Valuation Office Agency since January 2003.
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
    • Afghanistan
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much was spent by the United Kingdom in compensating Afghan farmers after the elimination of poppy crops in each of the past...
    • Afghanistan
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been paid by the UK Government to the Government in Afghanistan in each of the last four years; and what the...
    • African Union (Peacekeeping Forces)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the Nigerian Government on (a) renewal of the mandate to provide peacekeepers to the African...
    • Bolivia
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of civil liberties and political freedom in Bolivia; and what assessment she has made of the...
    • Cuba
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the classified section of the updated US Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba report.
    • Cuba
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the announcement by the US State Department on 13 October 2006 of a working group of EU nations...
    • Cuba
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the extra-territorial activities of the US Commission for Assistance to a...
    • Cuba
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of (a) the compatibility of the policies of the US Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba with...
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether people employed (a) through employment agencies and (b) on a consultancy basis are included in the calculations for...
    • East Asia
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the influence of Jemaah Islamiyah on stability in East Asia.
    • EU Constitution
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made on the Government's thinking on the future of the Constitutional Treaty for the European Union since...
    • Iran
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to the Iranian authorities on Iran's use of the death penalty; and if she will make a statement.
    • Iraq
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what dates since March 2003 (a) the UK's Ambassador to Iraq and (b) her officials have met International Tax and Investment...
    • Iraq
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether reports produced by the International Tax and Investment Centre have been forwarded by (a) the UK's ambassador to Iraq...
    • Israel
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will publish the records her Department holds on (a) the heavy water transfer and (b) the supply of (i) plutonium, (ii)...
    • Middle East
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on the security situation in the Gaza Strip.
    • Middle East
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on progress in security sector reform in the Gaza Strip.
    • Middle East
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the recent proposal from Spain, France and Italy for a peace initiative by the EU on the...
    • Middle East
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the Foreign Ministers of Spain, France and Italy regarding the Spanish initiative for the...
    • Middle East
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her assessment is of the Middle East peace initiative announced by Spain on 17 November; and if she will make a statement.
    • Nepal
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the recent Nepalese peace accord signed by Prime Minister Koirala and rebel leader Pranchanda.
    • Overseas Prisoners
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens were detained in prisons abroad in the most recent period for which information is available, broken...
    • Renewable Energy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much energy consumed by her Department is acquired from renewable sources.
    • Somalia
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the extent to which (a) Iran and (b) other countries have broken the United Nations embargo by...
    • Sudan
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2006, Official Report, column 65W, on Sudan, which UK officials General Salah Abdallah...
    • Syria
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the outcome was of the Prime Minister's bilateral talks with President Assad of Syria in 2002; what the objectives are of...
  • Culture Media and Sport
    • Arts Council
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the administration costs of the Arts Council England were in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) staff costs and (b)...
    • Cultural Observatories
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what (a) funding and (b) support (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies is giving to assist the establishment of regional cultural...
    • Government Art Collection
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in which Government Department the Government art collection's copy of Julian Trevelyan's Bulldozer artwork is on display.
    • Olympic Games
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what (a) proportion and (b) total of collected London council tax will be used to pay for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
    • Olympic Games
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total estimated cost is of staging the 2012 Olympic Games in London; and how this figure was arrived at.
    • Olympic Games
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how the costs of staging the 2012 Olympic Games in London will be met; and if she will make a statement.
    • Olympic Games
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her estimate is of the cost of securing the 2012 Olympics.
    • Olympic Games
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the Treasury on the payment of VAT in relation to the 2012 Olympics.
    • Olympic Games
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the Heritage Lottery allocation to the Olympics has been to date; and what projections have been made for any future transfers from...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether her Department grades or classifies written parliamentary questions according to (a) political sensitivity and (b) potential...
    • Renewable Energy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much energy consumed by her Department is acquired from renewable sources.
    • Television Licences
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people in Northern Ireland were convicted of not having a valid television licence during the first three months of (a) 2004,...
    • Television Licences
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many pensioner households in the wards of (a) Aylestone, (b) Castle, (c) Freemen, (d) Eyres Monsell, (e) Stoneygate, (f)...
    • Terrorism Victims
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to make an announcement on the operation of the charitable fund to provide compensation for British victims of...
    • Tourism
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment her Department has made of skills levels in the tourism industry; what steps the Government are taking to ensure levels...
  • Defence
    • Afghanistan
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether NATO has completed its inquiry into the accidental bombing of Afghan civilians on 24 October; and if he will make a statement.
    • Air Training Corps
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any additional funding is available for Air Training Corps units seeking to improve existing premises or relocate to new premises.
    • Army (Northern Ireland)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of serving members of the Army who will be based in Northern Ireland by the end of 2007.
    • British Forces Post Office
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) packages under 2kg, (b) packages over 2kg and (c) letters were sent to (i) Iraq, (ii) Afghanistan, (iii) Sierra Leone and (iv) the...
    • Bulford Courts Martial
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of the new Military Courts Martial Centre at Bulford.
    • Cadet Units
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence at which schools the cadet units announced on 27 June will be based.
    • Cadet Units
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of schools that are willing to support and take part in state school cadet schemes.
    • Cadet Units
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made in implementing plans announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in February to create branches of the Combined Cadet Force...
    • Civilian Operational Allowance
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library details of the special civilian operational allowance referred to in the answer of 7 November 2006, Official Report,...
    • Correspondence
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will reply to the letter of 3 October 2006 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on the protection given to wounded British soldiers being...
    • Departmental Appointments
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) civil servants and (b) independent consultants have been employed by his Department in each year since 1997.
    • Departmental Projects
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) new builds, (b) demolition rebuilds and (c) private finance initiative projects in his Department in each...
    • Departmental Statistics
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which statistics have been put forward by his Department for consideration to become new national statistics in each of the last five years; and how many...
    • HMS Sheffield
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which members of the crew of HMS Sheffield did not have their evidence considered by the Board of Inquiry; on what basis crew members' evidence was...
    • Iraq
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many trained combat Iraqi troops are deemed capable of battling insurgents without US or UK military help; and how many were deemed capable 12 months ago.
    • Joint Narcotics Analysis Centre
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of establishing the Joint Narcotics Analysis Centre; what its budget is for 2006-07; and what percentage of each has been met by the US...
    • Medical Testing
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what medical tests are carried out on those (a) entering and (b) leaving each of the armed forces.
    • Mental Health
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) psychologists, (b) psychiatrists, (c) mental health nurses and (d) occupational therapists each service employs; where they are based;...
    • Military Vehicles
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what means (a) troops carried aboard the trailer component of a BvS10 Viking all terrain vehicle and (b) other troops carried on such a vehicle...
    • Operational Allowance
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when details of eligibility for the operational allowance (a) were finalised and (b) will be published.
    • Pay and Allowances Complaints
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what types of complaints made about pay and allowances on Joint Personnel Administration by (a) Service personnel and (b) civilian staff are (i)...
    • Pensions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the significant long term savings from the reformed armed forces pension arrangements introduced in 2005 referred to in the...
    • PFI Consultants
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total external spending by his Department was on private finance initiative (PFI) consultants in each of the last five years; how many full-time...
    • President of the Regiment Institute Shops
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what guidance his Department gives to commanding officers on (a) appointing external commercial businesses to run President of the Regiment Institute...
    • Recruitment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what total expenditure was on infantry recruitment in each year since 2001.
    • Royal Navy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the highest percentage of gapped frontline posts experienced was on sailing a Royal Navy ship in the past 12 months.
    • Separation Allowances
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to make changes to (a) Longer Separated Service Allowance and (b) Longer Separation Allowance.
    • Service Accommodation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) service family accommodation and (b) single living accommodation properties in Germany are (i) Standard 1, (ii) Standard 2, (iii) Standard...
    • Service Accommodation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assistance his Department provides to service personnel for house purchases.
    • Territorial Army (1 annotation)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what additional budget has been given to HQ Land to enable the uplift of support staff for the restructuring and re-balancing of the Territorial...
    • Territorial Army
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to ensure that the families of territorial service men and women on active duty overseas have been notified of the Christmas...
    • Trident
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which organisation or department is responsible for the costs and duties involved with decommissioning Trident.
    • Trident
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how the decommissioning of Trident will be financed; and if he will make a statement.
    • Troop Deployment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will order a review of the way troops are deployed to and from theatre.
  • Public Accounts Commission
    • Electoral Registration
      To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission (1) whether the National Audit Office's investigation into electoral registration will include considerations of electoral fraud regarding...
  • Home Department
    • Accession Countries
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of his letter to the hon. Member for Peterborough on accession countries referred to in his answer of...
    • Alcohol Sales (Young People)
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there were for selling alcohol to children and young people under the age of 18 years in the Cambridgeshire...
    • Alcohol Sales (Young People)
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to tackle (a) underage drinking and (b) the use of false identification documents by under-aged youths to purchase...
    • Alcohol-related Criminal Activity
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the most recent estimate used by his Department is of the annual cost to the public purse of all alcohol-related criminal activity; and...
    • Correspondence
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 3 October 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. N. Iftikhar.
    • Correspondence
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 3 October 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms F. Brown.
    • Correspondence
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 3 October 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Zoobi Zaidi.
    • Correspondence
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his letter of 12 September 2006, Home Office Reference C1161389, when the constituent of the hon. Member for Forest of Dean will...
    • Correspondence
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 12 September 2006 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on the Council of Europe Convention on...
    • Crime and Disorder Partnerships
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much funding each Crime and Disorder Partnership in Yorkshire and the Humber received from (a) the Government, (b) local...
    • Crime Detection (Technology)
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish the evaluation of the pilot project in the North East using polygraphs on a group of sex offenders.
    • Crime Statistics
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many muggings were (a) reported and (b) detected in each London borough in each of the last three years; and how many prosecutions were...
    • Departmental Databases
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and...
    • Departmental Documentation
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the titles of internal guidance documents used in his Department.
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on organising and hosting press conferences in each of the last 24 months.
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has spent on electricity in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07 to date.
    • Departmental Press Releases
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many press releases his Department issued in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
    • Departmental Publications
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library copies of the last 10 editions of his Departmental staff magazine.
    • Departmental Publications
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what publications are produced by his Department for internal circulation.
    • Departmental Secondments
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part...
    • Departmental Statistics
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which statistics have been put forward by his Department for consideration to become new national statistics in each of the last five years;...
    • Detention Centre (Bassetlaw)
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration his Department has given to the provision of a community building and allotments at the site of the former detention...
    • DNA Database
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will break down by police force and ethnic origin the number of those who have a DNA profile on the National DNA Database.
    • DNA Database
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a record is kept on the National DNA Database of the initial offence for which a person whose details are on the database was arrested.
    • DNA Database
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding the National DNA database has received from the Government in each of the last five years.
    • DNA Database
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have their DNA profile stored on the National DNA Database; and what proportion of these people are from each ethnic minority...
    • DNA Database
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many misclassifications have resulted from the use of the DNA database.
    • DNA Database
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of maintaining the DNA database has been in each year of its operation.
    • Dr. David Wynn-Williams
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what investigations were conducted by the police into the death of Dr. David Wynn-Williams on 24 March 2002; and whether anyone was (a)...
    • Drink-Driving
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many breathalyser tests were carried out by police officers in each year since 2003, broken down by police authority; and what proportion...
    • Fireworks
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices were issued in (a) England and Wales and (b) each London borough for (i) letting off or throwing fireworks...
    • Fixed Penalty Notices/Disorder Notices
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what types of (a) fixed penalty notices and (b) notices for disorder have been issued in the last five years.
    • Gender Equality
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to carry out gender impact assessments of his Department's major policy developments and new legislation.
    • Halliburton
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts with his Department and its agencies have been won by...
    • Hampshire Probation Board
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the ability of the incoming Hampshire Probation Board to maintain continuity when dealing with (a) the...
    • Heavy Hitter Programme
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of the Heavy Hitter Programme Delivery Director service deployed in his Department; and if he will...
    • Heavy Vehicle Recovery
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what rules apply to the administration of heavy vehicle recovery schemes where local police constabularies make arrangements to recover...
    • Human Trafficking
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) willing and (b) unwilling participants in human trafficking entering the UK...
    • Human Trafficking
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to respond to the consultation on proposals for a UK action plan to tackle human trafficking.
    • Identity Cards/Passports
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with which Government departments and agencies biometric records held by his Department are shared.
    • Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether those granted residence under the 2005 Spanish immigration amnesty qualify as EEA nationals under the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006.
    • Immigration and Nationality Directorate
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost per caller to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate number 0870 606 7766 was in each year the number has been in...
    • Immigration Service
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces have signed memoranda of understanding with the Immigration Service agreeing to hold detainees of the Immigration Service...
    • Legislation
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the name was of each bill being worked on or drafted by his Department on 1 September.
    • National Probation Service
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what level was achieved in each of the 10 categories in the Investors in People profile in the most recent assessment testing the National...
    • Network of Buddhist Organisations
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his Department's list of organisations consulted on religious issues, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the...
    • Operation Safeguard
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on holding prisoners in police cells under Operation Safeguard in each police force area since the operation began.
    • Parliamentary Questions
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department has a traffic light system in place for processing parliamentary questions, where questions are categorised using a...
    • Passports
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to reduce the time that his Department holds people's passports in (a) cases of citizenship applications and (b)...
    • Pensions
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the arrangements are for the payment of pensions to people who retire early through ill-health for each pension scheme for which...
    • Police
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cold cases are under examination by the police.
    • Police
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many pages of documentation on average a police officer is required to fill in to process a burglary at each stage from first report to...
    • Police
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has spent on the series on community policing Beat: Life On The Street.
    • Police
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian police staff there were in each police authority area in each of the last 10 years; and what...
    • Prisons
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped while being transferred between prisons in each year since 2000.
    • Prisons
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women in each prison in England and Wales have home addresses in Wales.
    • Prisons
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons are officially overcrowded.
    • Prisons
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have (a) committed suicide and (b) attempted to commit suicide in each of the last 10 years.
    • Prisons
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of prisoner against prisoner acts of violence were recorded in the last five years.
    • Prisons
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deaths have occurred in prisons within the Metropolitan Police District in each year since 2000.
    • Prisons
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many escapes have occurred from prisons within the Metropolitan Police District in each year since 2000.
    • State Opening
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many uniformed military personnel were posted in the Westminster area for the State Opening of Parliament on 15 November 2006.
    • State Opening
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many undercover police were posted to the Westminster area for the state opening of Parliament on 15 November 2006. (2) how many...
    • Terrorism
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Get Safe Online website in protecting the public from e-terrorism.
    • Westminster City Council
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will renew the Invest to Save funding for Westminster City Council.
    • Yarl's Wood
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the Minister for Immigration has visited Yarl's Wood detention centre in the last 12 months.
    • Young Asylum Seekers
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what process the Government will use to assess risk of trafficking in developing the returns programme for unaccompanied children who have...
  • House of Lords
    • Anti-social Behaviour Orders
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 7 December 2005 (WA 100) and 27 October (WA 265), what are the reasons for the delay until next...
    • Aviation: Climate Change
      asked Her Majesty's Government: How they reconcile their encouragement of airport expansion in the Future of Air Transport White Paper of December 2003 with the finding of the Stern report that...
    • Buses
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made an assessment of contestability in the local bus market.
    • Census: Ulster-Scots
      asked Her Majesty's Government: In the forthcoming test census in England organised by the Office for National Statistics, why the question about ethnic groups did not include Ulster-Scots; and...
    • Chad: External Attacks
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What international action is being taken to protect the people and Government of Chad from externally organised attacks; and whether they have made an assessment...
    • Corruption: Overseas Looting of Public Assets
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their assessment of the extent to which the corrupt looting of public assets in developing countries has been and is being facilitated by United Kingdom...
    • Courts: Enforcement Officers Guidance
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What response the Department for Constitutional Affairs is making to the representations from the Zacchaeus 2000 Trust for an internal review of the decision of HM...
    • Crime: Rape
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Why, and on what advice, the Attorney-General sought in 2001 on appeal to increase the sentence originally imposed on Warren Blackwell in 1999.
    • Crime: Rape
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Crown Prosecution Service intends to review the arrangements for the handling of disclosure issues in rape cases following the reports into Warren...
    • Crime: Rape
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will review the rules that allow accusers in rape trials to prevent evidence relevant under disclosure rules from being drawn to the attention of...
    • Crime: Rape
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the relevant background documentation disclosing the multiple identities and history of false accusations made by the accused in the Warren Blackwell case...
    • Crime: Rape
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, prior to the appeal hearing at which the Attorney-General sought to increase the prison sentence for rape imposed on Warren Blackwell, he had been made...
    • Crime: Rape
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, following the successful application in March 2001 by the Attorney-General for an increase in sentence at an appeal hearing in the case of Warren...
    • Crime: Rape
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the actions of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the Warren Blackwell case to reveal prison convictions (unrelated to the crime of rape) for robbery...
    • Disabled People: Employment
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What consideration they have given to the report Opportunity Blocked on the employment experiences of deaf and hard of hearing people, published by the Royal...
    • Energy: Electricity Generating Costs
      asked Her Majesty's Government: By how much electrical generating costs will rise through the incorporation of carbon sequestration.
    • EU: Accounts
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord McKenzie of Luton on 1 November (WA 31), which indicated that they supported the European Commission's stated objective to...
    • Immigration: Appeals
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the total number of Asylum and Immigration Tribunal appeals heard between 1 August and 31 October 2006; how many were (a) appeals against a notice of...
    • Immigration: Fast-track Procedure
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will amend the instructions given to immigration officers so that asylum applicants whose age is disputed, or whose claim to have been tortured has...
    • Immigration: Highly Skilled Migrants
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the appeals procedure in connection with the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (applications by young people for highly skilled migrant status); what is the...
    • Immigration: Highly Skilled Migrants
      asked Her Majesty's Government: How many applications were received under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (applications by young people for highly skilled migrant status) in each of the last...
    • Imports: Non-EU Countries
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 11 March 2004 (WA 193), for each of the financial years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06, what proportion...
    • Israel and Palestine: Gaza
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the Government of Israel about the estimated 280 Palestinian civilians allegedly killed by illegal military incursions in...
    • Israel and Palestine: Gaza
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the Palestinian Authority about the Israeli civilian allegedly killed by illegal rocket discharges from the Gaza Strip since...
    • Israel and Palestine: Peace Initiative
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will offer any support to the initiative of Spain, France and Italy for peace in the Middle East announced on 18 November.
    • Israel and Palestine: Peace Talks
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What reassessment they have made of the extent to which the road map framework remains the appropriate structure for the revival of viable peace talks and other...
    • Israel and Palestine: US Government Attitude
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made representations to the Government of the United States about the latest veto by the United States representative at the United Nations of...
    • Lebanon: Hezbollah Arms
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they have taken to validate reports that arms for Hezbollah are being transported from Syria into Lebanon in contravention of United Nations resolutions.
    • Schools: Sport
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What sources and methodology they have used in 2005 and 2006 to determine the number of school hours dedicated to competitive sport in the school curriculum for...
    • Shipping: Merchant Navy
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What levels of support and encouragement are available to those seeking to enter a career as officers in the Merchant Navy.
    • Sudan: Petroleum Commission
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, as outlined in the comprehensive peace agreement, they expect a national petroleum commission for the whole of the Sudan to be established in the near future.
    • Sudan: UN Peacekeeping Force
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What actions the United Nations peacekeeping force in south Sudan is taking to contain and, if possible, disarm rebel troops and marauding members of the Ugandan...
    • Sudan: UN Resolutions
      asked Her Majesty's Government: How they plan to enforce targeted sanctions under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1591; and whether targeting the economic assets of Khartoum, its...
    • Taxation: Private Companies
      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made an assessment of the report published in July by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Enterprise in the United Kingdom: Impact of the United Kingdom Tax...
    • UN: Banned Weapons
      asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their assessment of the level of experience and competence of the United Nations teams responsible for investigating examples of the use of banned weapons...

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