Written answers
Thursday, 11 January 2007
- Solicitor-General
- Crown Prosecution Service
To ask the Solicitor-General what mechanisms are in place to improve contact between the Crown Prosecution Service and victims of crime.
- Sentences
To ask the Solicitor-General what steps he is taking to change the way sentences are explained in court to make them more understandable to the public.
- Sentences
To ask the Solicitor-General if he will seek a legislative opportunity to extend the period allowed after sentencing for victims and their families to consider requesting the Attorney-General to...
- Prostitution
To ask the Solicitor-General what guidance the Crown Prosecution Service has issued on the prosecution of cases involving prostitution.
- Induced Road Traffic Accidents
To ask the Solicitor-General what the policy is of the prosecuting authorities in relation to induced and staged road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement.
- Serious Fraud Office (2 annotations)
To ask the Solicitor-General in which countries the Serious Fraud Office has provided assistance in corruption cases in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
- Work and Pensions
- Benefit Claimants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many benefit claimants had their benefit claim incorrectly terminated due to being wrongly classified as deceased in each year where...
- Benefit Simplification Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are employed in the Benefit Simplification Unit.
- Departmental Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of staff employed in his Department were registered disabled in each year since 2001.
- Error Task Force
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many staff are employed in the Error Task Force; (2) what targets have been set for the Error Task Force; (3) what the total (a)...
- Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many young people in each local authority area are in receipt of the single room rate of housing benefit; and if he will make a statement.
- Ministerial Visits (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which Ministers in his Department have visited Leicester in the last year; and where they visited in Leicester.
- Pathways to Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average cost is per participant of the pathways to work pilots.
- Unemployment Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the level of unemployment benefit/jobseeker's allowance was as a percentage of average earnings in (a) 1976-77 and (b) 2006-07; what...
- International Development
- Developing Countries: Opposition Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what political opposition groups in developing countries have received funding from his Department since 2002.
- Prime Minister
- Declarations of War
To ask the Prime Minister whether it is his policy that in future the House will be asked to vote before the UK declares war on another country; and if he will make a statement.
- Downing Street Ministerial Flat
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2006, Official Report, column 1808W, on the Downing street Ministerial Flat, if he will break down the maintenance expenditure for...
- Entertainment Budget
To ask the Prime Minister what the total cost was of official entertainment by the Prime Minister at 10 Downing street and Chequers in 2005-06.
- Flags
To ask the Prime Minister on which occasions the Cross of Saint George is flown from Number 10 Downing street.
- Foreign Travel
To ask the Prime Minister what No. 10 Downing street's expenditure on foreign travel, including accommodation, was in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2005-06.
- Minister without Portfolio
To ask the Prime Minister what the role and responsibilities are of the Minister without Portfolio.
- Northern Ireland
- Gcse
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children from an (a) Protestant and (b) Roman Catholic community background left school with fewer than five GCSE qualifications at...
- Justice and Policing Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he last met Northern Ireland party leaders to discuss the devolution of justice and policing services.
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many written parliamentary questions to his Department in the 2005-06 session were not answered wholly or in part on grounds of...
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many written parliamentary questions to his Department in the 2005-06 session were answered with a reply that it had not been possible to...
- Reoffending Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of all those convicted of a sexual offence went on to reoffend (a) during and (b) after their period of remission in each of the last...
- Saintfield Bypass
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has for the provision of a bypass for Saintfield, County Down.
- House of Commons Commission
- Departmental Staff
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many posts in the House of Commons attracted a salary in excess of the basic salary of an hon. Member;...
- Transport
- Disability Discrimination: Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with (a) British Airways and (b) other airlines on disability discrimination legislation and seat allocations.
- M42
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the introduction of hard shoulder running on the M42, with particular reference to road safety.
- M42
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the experimental use of the hard shoulder on the M42 motorway as an additional lane for moving traffic.
- Roads Expenditure (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on the trunk road networks in the area covered by the Government Office of the North East in the last year for which figures are...
- Toll Roads
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to increase the number of toll roads in (a) Staffordshire and (b) the Midlands.
- Culture Media and Sport
- 2012 Olympics
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2006, Official Report, columns 99-100W, on the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, whether VAT...
- Maps Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what co-operation there was between the US authorities and her Department before and after the conviction of Mr. E. Forbes Smiley III...
- Maps Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment her Department has made of the possible implications for the security of national archives of the facts revealed in the...
- Maps Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will undertake research to establish and record books containing rare and valuable maps available in generalist British archives.
- Home Department
- Asylum Seekers (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider the merits of allowing failed asylum seekers who are too frightened to agree to support under Section 4 of the...
- Drug Intervention Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the accuracy is in percentage terms of devices used to screen individuals under his Department's Drug Intervention Programme.
- Government Art Collection
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of artwork commissioned by the Government Art Collection for installation in the new Home Office building.
- Immigration and Nationality Directorate
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green of 26...
- Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners and what proportion of the prison population (a) were sentenced for drugs offences and (b) were imprisoned for...
- Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many years of experience the previous Head of Operations at HM Prison Pentonville had in the operations area when appointed to the post;...
- Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which establishments members of the investigation team in respect of the allegations of staff wrongdoing at HM Prison Pentonville have...
- Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff searches were undertaken at HM Prison Pentonville in each of the last 12 months; how many unauthorised articles were found on...
- Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether those conducting the investigation into alleged staff wrongdoing at HM Prison Pentonville have requested the involvement of the...
- Probation Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vacant positions for probation officers there are in (a) Stockport and (b) England.
- Terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to collate information on the number of individuals convicted of terrorist crimes (a) since 2000 and (b) in the future.
- Yarl's Wood Detention Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long (a) Antoinette Lynch (Home Office reference ZH/21065676), (b) Pathrine Roberts (Home Office reference CEU/1108591), (c) Scarlett...
- Wales
- Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department spent on advertising with The Guardian newspaper, including online, in the last year for which figures are available.
- Energy Technologies Institute
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the location of the Energy Technologies Institute; and if he will make a statement.
- Further Education and Training Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly on pre-legislative scrutiny of the provisions of the Further Education and Training Bill [ Lords] as...
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Office in 2006, broken down by (a) ordinary written and (b) named day; what percentage of ordinary...
- Pre-Budget Report
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the First Minister for Wales on the pre-Budget report insofar as it affects the block grant for Wales.
- Welsh Consumer Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he is taking to safeguard the policy development and advocacy of functions on the new Welsh Consumer Council.
- Treasury
- Charity and Third Sector
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants are employed to work to support the Treasury's Office of Charity and Third Sector.
- Charity and Third Sector
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Treasury's Office of Charity and Third Sector liaises with the charity v as part of its work.
- Child Care Vouchers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the findings of the survey of employers commissioned by his Department from the National Centre for Social Research on estimated take-up...
- European Commission: Special Tax Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on the special rates of tax applied to European Commission employees.
- Family Income: Tamworth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many estates in Tamworth constituency paid inheritance tax in each of the last five years.
- Family Income: Tamworth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much was spent on working tax credit for families living in Tamworth constituency in each year since its introduction; (2) how many families in...
- Greater London Tax Exports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate HM Treasury has made of the annual net export of taxes to the rest of the UK from Greater London.
- HM Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many items of (a) external and (b) internal correspondence at the large processing offices of HM Revenue and Customs remain (i) unopened and (ii)...
- HM Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many days were lost through staff sickness at the offices of HM Revenue and Customs and the Inland Revenue in each of the last three years.
- Ministerial Visits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2006, Official Report, column 1747W, on visits, if he will list each such visit in the last 18 months, broken down by...
- NSI Interest Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the relationship is between the interest rates provided on the National Saving and Investments' (a) Easy Access and (b) investment savings account...
- Private Medical Insurance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue has been raised from (a) pensioners and (b) pensioners over the age of 75 arising from taxation of private medical insurance provided by...
- Tax Exemptions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in respect of how many tax exemptions his Department has made no estimate of the cost to the Exchequer.
- Tax Self-assessment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if his Department will undertake research to assess the extent to which individuals understand tax self-assessment forms; (2) what steps his...
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Antiviral Drugs: Rivers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the environmental impact on river dependent ecosystems of the large scale use of...
- Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes in the Common Agricultural Policy on programmes aimed at...
- Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) incentives and (b) support his Department provides for farmers to encourage and enable programmes aimed at...
- Canvey Island
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what account he has taken of climate change when estimating the level of protection against flood events for Canvey Island;...
- China
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on China's climate change programme.
- Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will list the (a) technical and financial contracts, (b) technical consultants used on a call-off basis and (c)...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total liability to his Department would be in circumstances of immediate termination of all (a) public/private...
- Departmental Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops were stolen in each of the last nine years; and what the total...
- Departmental Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether research projects into agriculture were affected by his Department's recent budget cuts; and if he will make a statement.
- Departmental Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff were employed through employment agencies in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies in each of the...
- Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to require farmers to pay a greater proportion of the costs of annual disease control.
- Energy Efficient Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to incentivise local councils to encourage people to make their homes more energy efficient; and if...
- Eunomia
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which projects run by the consultancy Eunomia (a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency has funded since 1997; and...
- Farm Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many outstanding payments were due to farmers in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Eddisbury constituency in...
- Flood Defences
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when he plans to discuss funding of flood defences in England with the Environment Agency; (2) if he will increase...
- Flood Defences
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the number of new homes which have been built in high risk flood areas in the last...
- Illegal Timber Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the Government's policy is on proposed additional EU legislation on illegal timber imports.
- Inland Waterways
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he plans to carry out of the effect on the use of inland waterways of the possible loss of re-fuelling points...
- Irish Milk Producers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on subsidies paid by the Irish Government to Irish milk producers.
- IT Projects
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many information technology projects within the responsibility of his Department, its agencies and their predecessors...
- Legal Advice
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent by the Department on external legal advice in each of the past five years.
- National Flood and Coastal Defence Database
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when the Environment Agency's National Flood and Coastal Defence database will be finished; what information the...
- Natural England
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the implications of changes to Natural England's budget are for the educational elements of the Higher Level Scheme.
- Paratuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to fight paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease) in livestock; and what research his...
- Recruitment Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on recruitment advertising in each of the last three years.
- Rural Payments Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2006, Official Report, column 306W, on the Rural Payments Agency, how much Johnston...
- Rural Payments Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the former chief executive of the Rural Payments Agency remains on his Department's payroll; and if he will make a...
- Single Farm Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs why Irelands' Farms Ltd. of North Rauceby, Lincolnshire, had not received the full amount of 2005 single farm payment due as...
- Warm Front
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion on average of the costs of the installation of a £700 boiler through the Warm Front initiative he would...
- Warm Front
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what checks are made on the labour charges of Warm Front contractors; (2) what average proportion of a Warm Front...
- Warm Front
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who audits the Warm Front initiative on behalf of his Department; and when an audit last took place.
- Waterways
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to reclassify the navigable and restored remainder waterways to Cruiseway status.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether she has made representations to the Afghan Government on the decision to remove the Mahammad Daud as Provincial Governor...
- Chile
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Under-Secretary of State made during his recent visit to Chile.
- EU States: Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether she expects the UK to be represented at (a) a meeting of the 18 EU states which have ratified the EU Constitutional...
- Middle East
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 23 November 2006, Official Report, columns 247-48W, on the Middle East, when the proposals of the...
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many written parliamentary questions to her Department in the 2005-06 Session were answered with a reply that it had not...
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many written parliamentary questions to her Department in the 2005-06 Session were not answered wholly or in part on grounds...
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many written parliamentary questions to her Department in the 2005-06 Session did not receive an answer.
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will place in the Library copies of her Department's in-house staff magazine for the last 12 months.
- Somalia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on the situation in Somalia; whether she has received reports of refugees having been denied...
- Sudan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the Sudanese Government on a voluntary agreement to introduce a no-fly zone in Darfur.
- Turkmenistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the political situation in Turkmenistan; and what representations she has made to help to ensure...
- Communities and Local Government
- Gypsies and Travellers
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many sites (a) Kent county council and (b) each district council in Kent has designated for Gypsies and Travellers.
- Local Authorities: Inflation Costs (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what assessment her Department has made of the underlying rate of inflation of local authorities' cost bases, broken down...
- Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Government plans to implement the recommendations of the report of the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones.
- Muslim Association of Britain
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions (a) she and (b) her officials have had with the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) on the MAB's...
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Advertising
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much his Department has spent on (a) advertising, (b) printing and (c) public relations since its creation.
- Budget
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what his Department's budget for 2006-07 is, broken down by main budget heading; (2) on what date audited accounts for his Department will be published.
- Departmental Efficiency Savings
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to make departmental efficiency savings.
- Departmental Staff
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff in his Office are on (a) temporary and (b) permanent contracts of employment.
- Statutory Responsibilities
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the statutory responsibilities he holds under the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975.
- Duchy of Lancaster
- Cabinet Office Precedent Book (1 annotation)
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if she will place in the Library a copy of the Cabinet Office Precedent Book.
- Correspondence
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many letters were received by her Department from hon. Members in each of the last 12 months; how many such letters were responded to within...
- V
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether her Department provides facilities to the charity v for holding trustee meetings.
- Constitutional Affairs
- 1921 Census
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many complaints were lodged with the Information Commissioner in each month between January 2005 and November 2006 about...
- Disorder Penalty Notices
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many fines were imposed as a consequence of the non-payment of a penalty notice for disorder in the last three years for...
- Electoral Participation Fund
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether funding from the electoral participation fund is ring-fenced.
- FOI Requests
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many Section 36 exemptions were approved by Ministers following Freedom of Information Act requests in the last year for...
- FOI Requests
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if her Department will increase the £600 and £450 limits used for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act in...
- FOI Requests
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether her Department's proposals to amend Freedom of Information Act regulations to allow the aggregation of requests for...
- FOI Requests
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the definition of a 'campaign' is under her Department's proposals to amend Freedom of Information Act regulations to...
- FOI Requests
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs by what criteria public authorities will ascertain whether persons are 'apparently acting in concert of pursuance of a...
- FOI Requests
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether her Department's proposals to amend Freedom of Information Act regulations to allow officials of a public authority to...
- Lord Chancellor: Hospitality
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) whether the Lord Chancellor has used his official residence at Admiralty House to entertain (a) Labour hon. Members,...
- Prisoner Voting
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether her Department's proposals to enfranchise convicted prisoners would involve prisoners voting in the constituency where...
- Statistics
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) what the process is for deciding the date of publication of statistics prepared by or relating to the Department; and who...
- Health
- Alcohol Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much her Department spent on each project aimed at the prevention of alcohol abuse in each of the last 10 years.
- Alcohol Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have sought support from the NHS for alcohol addiction in each year since 1997.
- Alcohol Awareness Campaigns
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with drinks manufacturers with respect to alcohol awareness campaigns.
- Alcohol Strategy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will provide funding for the alcohol strategy to match that for the drugs strategy.
- Audiology Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) fitting of new digital hearing aids and (b) upgrade of digital hearing aids from analogue...
- Calorific Sweeteners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimates she has made of the average levels of consumption of calorific sweeteners.
- Cheese Making
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many UK nationals will take part in the audit of cheese-making establishments initiated by the European Commission; where conclusions of the audit...
- Colchester General Hospital
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she has taken to fund the planned expansion of Colchester general hospital; and if she will make a statement.
- Colchester General Hospital
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much compensation has (a) been paid and (b) will be paid to the private sector consortium involved in the former Private Finance Initiative project...
- Curd Cheese
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many meetings there have been between scientists representing the UK Government and the European Commission to agree the definitions of curd cheese;...
- Food Standards Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many employees in the Food Standards Agency have qualifications relating to the dairy industry; and how many scientists are employed by the Food...
- Frozen Ready-to-eat Meals: Contamination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Food Standards Agency was first informed that the frozen ready-to-eat meals recalled on 14 December might be contaminated with glass.
- Gym Membership Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate her Department has made of the cost of membership of a (a) private and (b) local authority-run gym in each year since 1997; what...
- Health Trainers (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on the introduction of health trainers; which primary care trusts (PCTs) have employed health trainers; how many health...
- HIV/AIDS
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding she has given to the Staying Alive HIV/AIDS prevention campaign in each year since 1998-99.
- Human Sperm Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps her Department will take to increase the numbers of human sperm donors; (2) how many donations of human sperm in England were made in...
- Infant Milk
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) supported on the inclusion of synthetic fluorides in infant milk formulas.
- Influenza Vaccine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of eligible patients have received the influenza vaccine in each primary care trust.
- NHS Appointments Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria are used to determine whether the NHS Appointments Commission is meeting the goals it was given when it was first set up.
- NHS Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent changes have occurred regarding the preference given to the employment of New Zealand doctors in the NHS.
- NHS Trusts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information the Department holds on (a) chairs and (b) non-executive directors of NHS trusts.
- Nutrigenomic Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of trends in nutrigenomic testing and diets.
- Polonium
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) amount and (b) type of radiation has been discovered during investigation into polonium traces; and what radiological restrictions (i) were...
- Sexual Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were treated by the NHS for sexually transmitted infections in each year since 1997-98.
- Small Change, Big Difference Campaign
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much she has spent on the Small Change, Big Difference campaign in the financial year 2006-07.
- Voluntary Sector Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will take steps to encourage voluntary sector organisations specialising in drug and alcohol dependency to work with (a) those specialising in...
- Defence
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) deaths and (b) injuries to civilians in Afghanistan during 2006 have given rise to Special Investigation Branch inquiries.
- Armed Forces: Bereaved Families
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what support his Department plans to provide from April 2007 onwards to enable bereaved families to visit the graves overseas of family members who died...
- Chaplains (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military chaplains there were in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) armed service, (b) rank and (c) faith.
- Departmental Budget
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there have been in-year changes to his Department's budget.
- Departmental Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the (a) meetings and (b) correspondence between him and (i) defence manufacturers and (ii) defence industry lobbyists in the last 12 months.
- Falklands War
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what events have been planned to commemorate the 25(th) anniversary of the Falkland Islands War.
- Falklands War
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will consider awarding the South Atlantic Medal to all servicemen and women who served on HMS Ledbury, HMS Brecon and RMS St. Helena during the...
- Grenadier Guards
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect on 1 Battalion Grenadier Guards of the withdrawal of some of the troops' longer separation allowance.
- Infantry: Recruitment and Target Strength
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of television advertising campaigns in 2006 in encouraging the recruitment of infantry personnel.
- Infantry: Recruitment and Target Strength
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the target strength was for the infantry (a) as a whole and (b) for the Scottish infantry for the years ending 31 March (i) 2001, (ii) 2002,...
- Iraq (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many complaints of abuse have been made by Iraqi detainees (a) against UK forces and (b) against the Queens Lancashire regiment, excluding...
- Ministerial Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the occasions since he has held his present office when he has used (a) rail services, (b) the London Underground, (c) tram or light...
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will answer substantively question 105862, on engagements, tabled by the hon. Member for Forest of Dean on 23 November for answer on 29 November.
- Public Finance Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) public-private partnerships and (b) private finance initiative contracts have been entered into by his Department; what assets were...
- Scottish Regiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers from Scottish regiments left the Army in each month since 1 April 2005; and how many have applied to leave during 2006-07 to date.
- Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average working hours were for civilian personnel in his Department in each year since 2001.
- Education and Skills
- Science A-Levels
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of students studying science at A-level.
- School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the impact of the introduction of guidelines on deep-fried products in school meals on school children's diets.
- Pay Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he has taken to eliminate pay differences between lecturers in further education and teachers in schools.
- Leitch Report
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the findings of the Leitch Report on skills.
- Children's Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made in delivering health-visiting and maternity services through children's centres.
- Children's Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made towards the target of delivering a children's centre in every community by 2010.
- Pupil Exclusions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether he plans to collect information about school exclusions on a school-by-school basis.
- Swimming
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how the national curriculum requirement on swimming will be financed in the next two financial years.
- Post-16 Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what comparative assessment he has made of the objectives of the education provided to 16 to 18-year-olds by technical colleges and...
- Adult Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the budget allocation for adult education was in (a) England and (b) Shropshire in each year since 1997.
- Age Discrimination (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether his Department has had discussions with the Learning and Skills Council on the implications of the new age discrimination...
- Agricultural Colleges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many applications were made to agricultural colleges in the United Kingdom in each year from 2004-05 to 2006-07; what funding each...
- Bookstart
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost to date has been of the Bookstart programme; and what titles have been distributed.
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of families in Stockport (a) are eligible for and (b) have taken up (i) free and (ii) subsidised child care.
- Children Act
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children were referred to children's services in each year since 1996 under (a) Section 47 and (b) Section 17 of the Children Act...
- Early Years Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how allocation of the free early years entitlement to local authorities in England takes account of (a) regional and (b) local differences...
- Free Fruit
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils received free fruit in the Hartlepool constituency in each year since 1995.
- Integrated Children's System Report
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will publish the report commissioned by his Department on The Integrated Children's System: An Evaluation of the Practice, Process and...
- Learning and Skills Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent on travel expenses for staff by the Learning and Skills Council in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006.
- Nursery Schools: Coventry
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many mainstream nursery providers there were in the Coventry area in (a) 1997 and (b) 2005.
- Respite Care Placements
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of disabled children in (a) Stockport and (b) England used respite care home placements in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2005.
- Serious Case Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many serious case reviews were conducted in each year since 1996.
- Specialised Diplomas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to encourage the taking of courses leading to specialised diplomas in schools, higher education institutions and colleges;...
- Youth Opportunity Card (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on progress on the establishment of the Youth Opportunity Card.
- Trade and Industry
- BAE Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which BAe Systems export contracts have been guaranteed by the Export Credits Guarantee Department since 1997; and what the (a) country of...
- BAE Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether any officials from his Department had any discussions with any officials from the Solicitor-General's Department on the recent...
- Compensation Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much in compensation payments was paid by his Department in 2005-06; and what the reason was for each payment.
- Departmental Computer Data
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether any of his Department's (a) computer data and (b) computer backup data are stored with online data storage providers.
- Departmental Computer Data
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether any of his Department's (a) computer data and (b) computer backup data are stored outside the United Kingdom.
- Departmental Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether any corrupt data has been detected on his Department's computer systems.
- Departmental Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what his Department's expenditure was on foreign travel including accommodation in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2005-06.
- Energy Market
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what safeguards exist to protect small business consumers from mis-selling in the energy market.
- Equality Legislation
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much the Department has spent on implementing equality legislation since May 1997; and how many related staff posts have been created in...
- Labour Camps: China (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what mechanisms are in place for monitoring the commercial output of labour camps in China for import to the UK.
- Post Office Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when those post offices which are to close under the existing proposals will be informed; and if he will make a statement.
- Post Office Funding
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how the £2 billion investment spent on the Post Office Network since 1999 was spent, broken down by main budget heading.
- Regional Development Agencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what overseas offices are maintained by each regional development agency (RDA); what the total cost to the public purse of each office was in...
- Regional Development Agencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what overseas offices regional development agencies have in place; how much each cost in 2005-06; and where each is located.
- Sorting Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions he has had with (a) Royal Mail management and (b) the Communication Workers Union on the proposal to shut Gloucester...
- VAT-free Websites
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the number of independent retailers which have been put out of business as a result of competition from VAT- free...
- House of Lords
- Afghanistan: Helmand Province
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many of the Reserve Forces deployed to the Helmand province of Afghanistan are volunteer reserves; and how many are regular reserves.
- Armed Forces: International Law
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are obliged to consult the law officers of the Crown about the compatibility with international law of any proposed use of force by the Armed Forces...
- Armed Forces: Steven Roberts Inquiry
asked Her Majesty's Government: Who in the Ministry of Defence authorised the evidence of Mr David Williams, director of capability, resources and scrutiny, for the inquest into the death of...
- Corruption (1 annotation)
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many prosecutions are pending in the United Kingdom for international corruption.
- Governance and Transparency
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether there are differences of emphasis between their official policies of good governance and transparency applied in Africa and those applied in the Middle...
- Iraq: Basra
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the situation in and around the city of Basra, Iraq, for which they have responsibilities, particularly whether (a) local and provincial government is...
- NATO: Cost of Operations
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the cost of NATO operations is paid by the countries providing the military contribution to the operation concerned, or whether it is paid by all members...
- Palace of Westminster: Post
asked the Chairman of Committees: Further to his Written Answer on 11 December 2006 (WA 169), why there is no figure available for the volume of mail received in the Palace of Westminster in...
- Railways: East Coast Main Line
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they expect to let the new franchise for the east coast main line service; and what is the estimated cost of carrying out the re-franchising process.
- Russia: Human Rights
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they last made representations to the Government of Russia about the alleged use of torture, arbitrary killings and disappearances in the Chechen Republic;...
- Secure Training Centres: Physical Restraint
asked Her Majesty's Government: On how many occasions physical restraint occurred at Hassockfield secure training centre in relation to, respectively, male and female black and ethnic-minority...
- World Wars: Debts to US
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the remaining unpaid debt from the First and Second World Wars has any effect on their relationship with the Government of the United States; and, if so,...
