Written answers
Monday, 14 June 2010
- Culture Media and Sport
- Licensing Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will bring forward proposals to amend the Licensing Act 2003 to prevent last-minute licence reviews of events held once...
- Olympic Games 2012: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what he expects the legacy of the 2012 Olympics will be for the north- west region; and if he will make a statement.
- Sports Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps he has taken to create a Sports Commission; and if he will make a statement.
- Defence
- Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many serving soldiers have sustained injuries while on active service in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with the US Administration on its proposed changes to the level of US military (a) presence and (b) engagement in...
- Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on the use of armed drones by UK armed forces in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
- Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he plans to take to enable the Afghan Government to increase its authority in Helmand and Kandahar.
- Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate has been made of the area of Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban (a) in June 2009, (b) in June 2008 and (c) at the latest date...
- Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to reduce numbers of British casualties in Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan: Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department holds on the proportion of members of the Afghan police force in Helmand province who are of each ethnicity.
- Union Flag
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on flying the Union flag each day from each official building for which his Department is responsible.
- Departmental Private Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent by his Department on private or independent education of children of serving military or defence personnel in each of the last five years.
- Departmental Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how he plans to reduce his Department's running costs by at least 25 per cent.
- Departmental Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his...
- HMS Sultan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service families based at HMS Sultan School of Navy Engineering are living in married quarters in Gosport constituency.
- Luke Coffey
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether Mr Luke Coffey has been subject to positive vetting; and whether he will have access to situation reports from military commanders.
- Nuclear Weapons (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total planned expenditure for the W-76 warhead life extension programme is; and how much has been spent to date on this programme.
- Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies on lost reduction plans.
- Trident
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what mechanism he intends to assess the value for money of the renewal of Trident.
- Trident
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the matter of the renewal of Trident will be included in the Strategic Defence Review.
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will review the reservation made by his Department to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- Unmanned Air Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on the use of drone planes in military operations.
- Wigan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what public spending projects within (a) Wigan constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan his Department had secured Treasury approval...
- World War II: Military Decorations
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will review his Department's policy on the wearing of Atlantic Star medals in order to authorise Arctic Convoy veterans of World War II to attach...
- Energy and Climate Change
- Carbon Emissions: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of UK-listed companies which reported on their greenhouse gas emissions under...
- Union Flag
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on flying the Union flag each day from each official building for which his Department is responsible.
- Departmental Official Cars
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the (a) make, (b) model and (c) place of manufacture is of the car allocated for the use of each Minister in his Department.
- Human Tissue Analysis in UK Nuclear Facilities Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he expects the report of the Redfern Inquiry into human tissue analysis in UK nuclear facilities to be published.
- Human Tissue Analysis in UK Nuclear Facilities Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he has received recent representations from British Nuclear Fuels on the outcome of the Redfern Inquiry into human tissue...
- Human Tissue Analysis in UK Nuclear Facilities Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with Michael Redfern QC on the outcomes of his inquiry into human tissue analysis in UK nuclear...
- Human Tissue Analysis in UK Nuclear Facilities Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with families of deceased workers at (a) Harwell and (b) Sellafield nuclear facilities whose...
- Mining: Languages
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what information his Department holds on the number of miners who do not speak English who are employed in coal mines in the UK.
- Radioactive Waste: Waste Management
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the cost of establishing an underground repository for radioactive waste; and if he will make a...
- Radioactive Waste: Waste Management
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which local authorities have presented proposals to his Department for the siting of an underground repository for radioactive waste.
- Sellafield
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what arrangements are made physically to segregate fissile nuclear material held under international safeguards from non-safeguarded...
- Water Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what new plans he has to increase electricity generation from marine sources.
- Wigan
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for what public spending projects within (a) Wigan constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan his Department had secured...
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Dangerous Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many responses her Department received to its consultation on dangerous dogs; and when she plans to respond to the...
- Departmental Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) documents and (b) other information for which (i) her Department and (ii) its associated public bodies are...
- Fishing Catches
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the (a) volume and (b) monetary value of fish stocks landed by the UK fleet in each year...
- Land Drainage: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will review Environment Agency spending guidelines for the purposes of ensuring the availability of adequate funding...
- Livestock: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will bring forward proposals to abolish the six-day rule relating to auction marts.
- Mackerel: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to protect mackerel stocks in UK waters.
- Rivers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has for improving river quality in England; and if she will make a statement.
- Rural Areas: Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on delivering fast-speed...
- Water Abstraction
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many investigations have been (a) conducted and (b) completed under the Environment Agency's Restoring Sustainable...
- Water Abstraction
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans her Department has for amending or retracting water abstraction licences.
- Water Abstraction
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether compensation funds will be available for amending or retracting water abstraction licences for sites not covered by...
- Water Companies: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will bring forward proposals for legislation on regulation of the water industry, including competition, metering and...
- Wigan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what public spending projects within (a) Wigan constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan her Department...
- Health
- Allied Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the work of his Department's physician's assistants scheme; and whether he expects the scheme to continue.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease national strategy is expected to be (a) completed and (b) implemented in practice.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on treatment of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in each of the last five years.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Community Nurses: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average number of miles travelled by community nurses in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Continuing Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to publish details of the Government's proposed commission on long-term care; whether he intends to ensure that all political parties are...
- Union Flag
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on flying the Union flag each day from each official building for which his Department is responsible.
- Departmental Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) front line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are...
- Departmental Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which Ministers in his Department have been issued with (a) a BlackBerry, (b) an iPhone, (c) another make of mobile telephone and (d) a personal...
- Departmental Official Hospitality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what budget his Department has allocated for entertainment, including alcohol, in each of the next three years.
- Departmental Official Residences
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any domestic properties in the gift of the Government have been allocated to the use of Ministers in his Department.
- Departmental Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of translating information distributed in the UK by (a) his Department and (b) its associated...
- Food Poisoning
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of food poisoning, with particular reference to the incidence during the summer months.
- General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what mechanism the relationship between GP commissioning and the commissioning of services by primary care trusts is managed.
- General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanism he intends to establish for the operation of GP commissioning.
- Gosport War Memorial Hospital
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the operational status is of the oncology clinic at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.
- Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) academic clinical fellowships and (b) clinical lectureships are funded by the NHS annually; and whether he plans to change the number of...
- Hospitals: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines are in place for the provision of hospital meals to patients with (a) kosher, (b) halal, (c) vegetarian, (d) vegan and (e) other...
- Hospitals: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of average waiting times for hospital treatment in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of...
- Mental Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapists have qualified in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; (2)...
- Mental Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapists he estimates will work in each region of the NHS in each of the next two years; and if he...
- NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the total health budget was spent on (a) primary and (b) secondary care in the latest period for which figures are available.
- NHS: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what each primary care trust scored in the Care Quality Commission's most recent assessment of performance on delayed transfers of care; and what vital...
- NHS: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to introduce proposals to mitigate the effect on the NHS of the European working time directive; and if he will make a statement.
- Respite Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that carers have access to respite care.
- Wigan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for which public expenditure projects in (a) Wigan constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan his Department secured Treasury approval...
- Leader of the House
- Petitions (1 annotation)
To ask the Leader of the House when he plans to announce mechanisms by which the public may submit petitions to this House for debate.
- Northern Ireland
- Departmental Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost...
- Prime Minister
- Andy Coulson and Jonny Oates
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2010, Official Report, column 37W, on Andy Coulson and Jonny Oates (1) whether his (a) Director of Communications and (b) Deputy...
- Corruption: Public Service
To ask the Prime Minister whether he plans to appoint an International Anti-Corruption Champion.
- Departmental Manpower
To ask the Prime Minister how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers are employed by his Office; and at what civil service pay grade in each such case.
- North East
To ask the Prime Minister when he next plans to visit the north-east; and if he will make a statement.
- Regional Planning and Development: West Midlands
To ask the Prime Minister which Secretary of State is responsible for responding to the second and third reports of the West Midlands Regional Committee of Session 2009-10, HC 421 and HC 528; and...
- Scotland
- Departmental Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many staff his Department employed on the most recent date for which figures are available; and what the annual staff cost was.
- Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the (a) Prime Minister, (b) Deputy Prime Minister and (c) First Minister of Scotland on the implementation of the...
- Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he will announce a timetable for implementation of the proposals of the Commission on Scottish Devolution.
- Future Jobs Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people resident in (a) Glasgow North East, (b) the City of Glasgow and (c) Scotland have found employment through the Future Jobs Fund since...
- General Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive and Scottish returning officers on plans to hold the next general election on 7 May 2015.
- Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his most recent estimate is of the level of per capita public expenditure in Scotland in 2010-11.
- Treasury
- Child Trust Fund: Wigan
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have opened child trust fund accounts in Wigan constituency at (a) the standard rate and (b) the higher rate; and how much the Government...
- Debts: Developing Countries
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when he expects to publish his Department's review of vulture funds; and if he will make a statement; (2) when he expects his Department to complete...
- Union Flag
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on flying the Union flag each day from each official building for which his Department is responsible.
- Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2010
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to lay the Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2010 before Parliament.
- Office for Budget Responsibility
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Office for Budget Responsibility will have responsibilities other than those currently undertaken by his Department and the Bank of England.
- Office for Budget Responsibility
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
- Private Finance Initiative
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the liabilities incurred under the private finance initiative between 1997 and 2010 which have not been recorded as comprising a...
- Tax Allowances: Vocational Training
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much income tax relief was claimed by self-employed people to meet the costs of training provision in the latest year for which figures are...
- Tax Avoidance and Evasion
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to reduce the level of tax (a) avoidance and (b) evasion; and if he will make a statement.
- Unemployment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account he takes of unemployment statistics in the formulation of fiscal policy.
- Vat
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to put on a statutory basis the concession whereby small business may pay value added tax in three instalments monthly...
- Wigan
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) for what public spending projects within (a) Wigan constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan his Department secured Treasury approval...
- Women and Equalities
- Departmental Official Cars
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what the (a) make, (b) model and (c) place of manufacture is of the car allocated for the use of each Minister in the Government Equalities Office.
- Work and Pensions
- Future Jobs Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations he has received on his plans for the future jobs fund; and if he will make a statement.
- Future Jobs Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the future jobs fund in helping the unemployed into work.
- Future Jobs Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many young people have found employment as a result of the future jobs fund in (a) the west midlands and (b) Coventry.
- Future Jobs Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has for the future jobs fund in Leicester; and if he will make a statement.
- Future Jobs Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment has been made of the effects of his plans for ending the future jobs fund on levels of unemployment of young people.
- Future Jobs Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the likely level of savings arising from the ending of the future jobs fund; and if he will make a statement.
- Young People: Long-term Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans his Department has to promote long-term employment for young people.
- Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on reducing levels of unemployment.
- Early Intervention
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on measures to promote early intervention.
- Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he plans to take to increase take-up of benefits.
- Departmental Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
- Funeral Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the maximum amount payable as a funeral payment was last increased.
- Future Jobs Fund: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Dudley North, (b) the borough of Dudley and (c) the west midlands have been placed into employment through the Future...
- Future Jobs Fund: Wigan
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people resident in (a) Wigan constituency and (b) Wigan local authority area are participating in the future jobs fund.
- Incapacity Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to (a) commence and (b) complete the reassessment of those in receipt of incapacity benefit; and what recent changes to this...
- Incapacity Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the timetable is for the Government's planned re-assessment of all current claimants of incapacity benefit for their readiness to work;...
- Industrial Diseases: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to publish a response to the accessing compensation consultation; and what steps the Government plan to take to ensure that...
- Industrial Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of health and safety incidents reported to the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 2000 were reported by a trade...
- Industrial Health and Safety: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many industrial health and safety incidents were reported to the Health and Safety Executive in the north-east in each year since 2000; and...
- Jobseeker's Allowance: North-East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the amount which will be paid out in jobseeker's allowance over the next (a) 12, (b) 24 and (c) 36...
- Social Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to review the benefits of which those making an application for assistance under the social fund must be in receipt prior to...
- State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is on changing the state pension age.
- State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in the UK are in receipt of the state pension.
- State Second Pension
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what change he expects to propose to state second pension payments in 2010-11.
- Unemployment Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is on the provision of support for people who are unable to work as a result of disability.
- Unemployment Benefits: Pendle
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people of working age in Pendle (a) are in receipt of out-of-work benefits and (b) have been in receipt of such benefits for at...
- Home Department
- Union Flag
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on flying the Union flag each day from each official building for which her Department is responsible.
- Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special advisers (a) she and (b) each named Minister in her Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
- Departmental Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments she has made since her appointment; and at what estimated annual...
- Departmental Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when and in what form she plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by her Department over £25,000.
- Drugs: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) jailed as a result of offences committed under the terms of the Drugs Act 2005.
- Firearms
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) firearm registrations and (b) gun-related crimes there were in 2008-09; (2) if she will take steps to ensure that the...
- Firearms
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what her most recent estimate is of the percentage of gun-related crimes in which the intentional use of firearms has resulted in...
- Firearms
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what percentage of recorded crime involved a firearm in 2008-09; (2) how many recorded crimes involving a firearm there were in (a)...
- Firearms
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for possession of a firearm were (a) rejected and (b) rejected due to mental health issues in 2008-09.
- Firearms
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in how many cases in 2008-09 those owning a firearm and wanting to renew their licence have had it revoked; and of these cases, what...
- Forced Marriage
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of forced marriages which occurred in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each of the last five years.
- Incitement: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a Ministerial cross-Government champion on reducing incitement on the internet has been appointed.
- Independent Police Complaints Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many former police officers are engaged by the Independent Police Complaints Commission to undertake investigations into their former...
- Independent Police Complaints Commission: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long on average it took the Police Complaints Commission to investigate and report on complaints in each of the last three years.
- Passports: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the outcome was of the investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency into the use of counterfeit British passports in the killing...
- Police: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost to the public purse of training a police recruit to the point of joining a police force as an officer was in the latest...
- Transport
- A31: Ferndown
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to improve traffic flows at the Canford Bottom roundabout on the A31.
- Departmental Official Cars
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on the use by Ministers in his Department of cars allocated from (a) his Department's pool and (b) the Government car pool which...
- Departmental Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the...
- Departmental Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding per capita his Department has allocated to each region for the next 12 months.
- Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to undertake a review of all driving test centre closures.
- Midland Main Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for the future funding of improvements to the Midland Main Line to reduce journey times between London, St Pancras and Sheffield.
- Railways: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will include within the High Speed Two Exceptional Hardship Scheme consultation people affected on tunnelled stretches of the proposed route.
- Road Traffic: Harlow
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of levels of traffic congestion in Harlow constituency in each year from 1997 to 2009.
- Shipping: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made by the working group convened by his Department to consider the respective legal advice received by the Department and...
- Speed Limits
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has considered the responses to his Department's speed limit consultation of December 2009, with particular reference to 20mph zones; and if...
- Traffic Management Act 2004
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to bring into force each of those provisions of the Traffic Management Act 2004 which have not yet been brought into force.
- Travel: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions his Department had with the Energy Saving Trust on the environmental effects of the materials used in the Trust's marketing campaign...
- Wales
- Departmental Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the URL is of each website managed by her Department.
- Departmental Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff her Department employed on the most recent date for which figures are available; and what the annual staff cost was.
- Departmental Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what meetings she has had with the Wales Trades Union Congress since her appointment.
- Departmental Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what meetings she has had with CBI Wales since her appointment.
- Departmental Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what meetings she has had with the Federation of Small Businesses Wales since her appointment.
- Departmental Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what meetings she has had with the Welsh Local Government Association since her appointment.
- Departmental Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what meetings she has had with the First Minister of Wales since her appointment; and what was discussed at those meetings.
- Departmental Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many times she has met with the Deputy First Minister of Wales since her appointment; and what was discussed in those meetings.
- Departmental Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what meetings she has had with the Welsh Assembly Minister for Heritage since her appointment; (2) what meetings she has had with the Welsh Assembly...
- Departmental Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much was paid in bonuses to civil servants in her Department in 2008.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Armed Conflict: Diamonds
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme in ensuring that trade in...
- Colombia and Peru: EU External Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will bring forward proposals for the House to participate in the formulation of EU free trade agreements with (a)...
- Departmental Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of invoices from suppliers to his Department were paid within 10 days of receipt in (a) March and (b) April 2010.
- Union Flag
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on flying the Union flag each day from each official building for which his Department is responsible.
- Departmental Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff are employed in each ministerial office in his Department.
- Departmental Official Cars
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the (a) make, (b) model and (c) place of manufacture is of the car allocated for the use of each Minister in his Department.
- Departmental Official Hospitality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what budget his Department has allocated for entertainment, including alcohol, in each of the next three years.
- Departmental Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of the ministerial private offices in his Department.
- Departmental Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what cost (a) reductions and (b) savings his Department will be making in 2010-11.
- Embassies: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent estimate he has made of the monetary value of the property occupied by each UK embassy and diplomatic post in the EU.
- Embassies: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to sell part of his Department's overseas estate.
- EU Countries: Embassies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost was of his Department's presence in each of the 27 member states of the EU in the latest period for which figures...
- Government Hospitality: Wines
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the value is of the Government wine cellar.
- Kashmir
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is towards Kashmir; and if he will make a statement.
- Pakistan: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Government of Pakistan on religious discrimination in that country and the effects of...
- Pakistan: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made to the Government of Pakistan on the attacks on Ahmadi Muslims in Lahore, Pakistan...
- Palestinians: International Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has received a response from the Government of Israel to his statement of 5 June 2010 calling for an end to the...
- Palestinians: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest assessment is of the political situation in Gaza; and if he will make a statement.
- Thailand: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest assessment is of the political situation in Thailand; and if he will make a statement.
- Communities and Local Government
- Regional Spatial Strategies
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress he has made on the ending of regional spatial strategies.
- Advantage West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps are being taken to ensure even distribution of funding across the west midlands by the Advantage West Midlands...
- Advantage West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment his Department has made of the value for money of funding provided by Advantage West Midlands for residents of...
- Community Development: Northamptonshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the future of (a) the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation and (b) the West Northamptonshire...
- Electoral Register
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many convictions for non-completion and return of the annual registration form for the Register of Electors there (a) were...
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effect of ending the south-west regional spatial strategy on active house building in Cornwall.
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what new criteria for housebuilding will be put in place after the ending of regional spatial strategies.
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the proposed numbers of houses in the eco-town development at St Austell will count towards the total housing need in...
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of local authority housing targets in Cornwall in light of the ending of the...
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will call in planning applications 09/00013/COND10, 09/00014/COND8, 09/00018/COND6, 09/00023/COND10, 09/00023/COND8,...
- Local Government Finance: Sheffield
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the likely change to his Department's capital investment allocation for Sheffield in (a)...
- Local Government Finance: Sheffield
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the likely change to his Department's aggregate external finance allocation for Sheffield in (a)...
- Travellers: Caravan Sites
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has to withdraw ODPM 01/06 instructing planning inspectors to presume in favour of otherwise illegal Gypsy encampments.
- Travellers: Caravan Sites
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he plans to take to prevent the use of the retrospective planning application process in relation to unauthorised...
- Education
- Academies and Free Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what procedures he plans to use to evaluate potential sponsors of (a) academy schools and (b) free schools.
- British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his most recent estimate is of the savings to the public purse arising from the closure of BECTA.
- Building Schools for the Future Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what representations he has received from Birmingham city council on the prospects for the Building Schools for the Future programme in...
- Education Maintenance Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for the future of education maintenance allowance payments. [Official Report, 6 July 2010, Vol. 513, c. 2MC.]
- Free Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he plans to provide support to parents and groups to transfer to the status of free schools (a) existing state schools and (b) schools...
- Free Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will ensure that capital and revenue funding for free schools will not be taken from local education authorities' (a) current and (b) future...
- Gcse
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will ensure that all schools and GCSE candidates receive GCSE results for the examinations in 2010 in hard copy.
- Primary Education: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of children of primary school age in each local education authority attend a school other than that of their parents'...
- Pupil Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what criteria he plans to use to disburse the pupil premium to (a) local education authorities and (b) individual schools.
- Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) savings to the Exchequer arising from the abolition of the Qualifications and Curriculum...
- School Leaving
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for the level of the compulsory participation age in relation to education and training in (a) 2013 and (b) 2015; and if he will...
- Schools: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on the application of the Schools Admissions Code to (a) maintained and (b) academy schools.
- Schools: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will reduce the number of school policies that each school is required to adopt.
- Sixth Form Education: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what proportion of pupils aged 16 to 18 years in sixth form colleges and school sixth forms were from highly deprived backgrounds in (a) 2007-08...
- Sure Start Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will undertake public consultation before any change is made to the priorities of the Sure Start programme.
- International Development
- Central America: Storms
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the effects of tropical storm Agatha in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
- Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department (i) has appointed and (ii) plans to appoint.
- Departmental Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which Ministers in his Department have been issued with (a) a BlackBerry, (b) an iPhone, (c) another make of mobile telephone and...
- Departmental Official Cars
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the (a) make, (b) model and (c) place of manufacture is of the car allocated for the use of each Minister in his Department.
- Departmental Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) documents and (b) other information for which (i) his Department and (ii) its associated public bodies are responsible are...
- Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when he expects the target of 0.7% of gross national income to be allocated to development aid to be met.
- Overseas Aid: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development by what mechanism the public will be able to influence the way in which elements of his Department's budget are spent; to what...
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- Apprentices: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what plans he has to increase the number of manufacturing apprenticeships in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry; (2)...
- Apprentices: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to work with small and medium-sized enterprises to ensure that apprenticeship places in (a) the West Midlands...
- Banks: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent assessment is of levels of bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) the North East and...
- Banks: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent assessment is of levels of bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises in Denton and Reddish...
- Business: Bexley
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent steps his Department has taken to assist small and medium-sized businesses in developing their competitiveness in...
- Business: Bexley
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with which business organisations in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley his...
- Departmental Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its...
- Education: Middlesbrough
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people from Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency began a (a) higher education course, (b) further...
- Employment Agencies: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to seek any amendment to the EU Agency Workers Directive.
- EU External Trade: Peru
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions his Department has had with the European Commission on its decision to continue multiparty trade...
- Higher and Further Education: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to encourage underprivileged individuals to enter into (a) higher and (b) further education.
- Higher Education: Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the change in the number of staff in universities in the West Midlands between academic years...
- Higher Education: Student Numbers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of student places in universities in the North West between academic...
- Post Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what plans he has to enable post offices to offer a wider range of services; [R] (2) what evaluation he has made of...
- Regional Development Agencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Advantage West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
- Regional Development Agencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what reduction is planned to take place in funding by Yorkshire Forward provided through the single-pot budget (a) in total and...
- Wigan
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills for what public spending projects within (a) Wigan constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan his Department...
- Window Blinds: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects the joint statement from the EU, USA and Canada on safety and looped blind cords to be made.
- Working Hours: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to seek any amendment to the EU Working Time Directive.
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Departmental Manpower
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers are employed by his Office; and at what pay grade.
- Departmental Mobile Phones
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he has been issued with (a) a Blackberry, (b) an iPhone, (c) another make of mobile telephone and (d) a personal digital assistant supplied by the...
- Departmental Official Hospitality
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what budget has been allocated for entertainment, including alcohol, for the Privy Council Office in each of the next three years.
- General Elections
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the effects on electoral administration of general election counts taking place the day after polling.
- House of Lords: Reform
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has for the future (a) purpose and (b) function of the second Chamber.
- Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 2 June 2010, Official Report, columns 22-23WS, on machinery of government: departmental organisation, what...
- Lobbying
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he plans to publish details of his plans for a statutory register of lobbyists.
- Monarchy: Succession
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he plans to bring forward proposals to amend the parts of the Act of Settlement which discriminate against Roman Catholics.
- Primary Elections
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what criteria will be used to determine those constituencies where state funding will be provided for all-postal primaries for the selection of parliamentary...
- Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will review the appropriateness of the time limit applicable to voting rights in general elections to UK citizens resident overseas for 15 years or more.
- Justice
- Burglary: Self-defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to change the rights of householders to defend themselves against intruders; and will he make a statement.
- Communications Act 2003: Prosecutions (2 annotations)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions there have been under section 127(1)(a) of the Communications Act 2003; and if he will make a statement.
- Union Flag
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his policy is on flying the Union flag each day from each official building for which his Department is responsible.
- Departmental Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) front line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are...
- Departmental Official Cars
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) make, (b) model and (c) place of manufacture is of the car allocated for the use of each Minister in his Department.
- Electoral Register
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment has been made of the Electoral Commission's ability to (a) monitor and (b) increase the electoral registration rates of individual...
- Electoral Register
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what research his Department has commissioned on (a) postal ballot fraud and (b) under-registration in the last 10 years.
- General Election 2010: Absent Voting
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how long was provided for postal ballot papers for the recent general election to be (a) issued and (b) delivered to UK citizens residing overseas.
- Legal Aid Scheme: Finance (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 24 May 2010 on public spending reductions, whether part of the £325 million...
- Mental Health: Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effect on the provision of services to those appearing before mental health tribunals of recent changes in civil legal...
- Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he plans to take to reduce the prison population.
- Prisons: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to increase levels of literacy and numeracy among the prison population.
- Prisons: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidelines are in place for the provision of meals in prisons to inmates with (a) kosher, (b) halal, (c) vegetarian, (d) vegan and (e) other...
- Rape
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of those convicted of rape in England and Wales in each of the last five years were known to their victims.
- Cabinet Office
- Cabinet Committees: Public Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the estimated cost will be of establishing a Star Chamber.
- Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps he plans to take to increase the number of central Government job vacancies published online.
- Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what effect the planned freeze on civil service recruitment will have on the civil service fast-stream graduate recruitment programme.
- Deaths: Cancer
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths attributable to cancer there have been in each age group in Wyre and Preston North constituency in each year since 1999.
- Deaths: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office for how many deaths the primary cause of death was recorded as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in each of the last five years.
- Departmental Manpower
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed in his Department.
- Departmental Mobile Phones
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which Ministers in his Department have been issued with (a) a Blackberry, (b) an iPhone, (c) another make of mobile telephone and (d) a personal...
- Departmental Official Hospitality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what budget has been allocated for entertainment, including alcohol, for the (a) Prime Minister's Office, (b) Office of the Leader of the House and...
- Foreign Investment in UK: Pakistan
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the level of foreign direct investment in the UK from Pakistani investors in each of the last five years.
- Government Departments: ICT
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 26 May 2010, Official Report, columns 2-3WS, on savings (2010-11), in respect of which (a) IT...
- Government Departments: ICT
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent estimate he has made of the likely level of savings to be made consequent on specifying compliance with open standards in Government IT...
- Government Departments: Publications
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what plans he has for the open document standard in which future data releases are to be published; and if he will make a statement.
- Government Departments: Publications
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he plans to authorise departments to publish data sets in a machine readable format.
- National Security Council
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office who the members are of the National Security Council.
- Public Bodies
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2010, Official Report, column 52W, on non-departmental public bodies, whether his Department holds a list of the names...
- Public Sector Transparency Board
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) which Ministers will attend Public Sector Transparency Board meetings; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many officials have been...
- Senior Civil Servants: Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the salary is of each civil servant appointed since 1 April 2010 who earns more than £150,000 per annum.
- Swine Flu
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when his Department will publish the results of its investigation into the swine influenza pandemic.
- House of Lords
- Agriculture: Sheep Tagging
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether livestock markets and slaughterhouses will be required to check that there are no errors or omissions in the data they submit compared to the actual number...
- Animals: Microchipping
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will propose compulsory microchipping for (a) dogs, (b) other household pets, and (c) farm animals.
- Banking: Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the decision by Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Isle of Man to transfer half its assets to Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander UK, which was approved by the...
- Businesses: Government Contracts
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will enable small and medium-sized businesses to bid for 25 per cent of government contracts.
- Chagos Islands
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will invite representatives of the Chagos islanders to attend their discussions with the Prime Minister of Mauritius for any agenda items covering the...
- Education: Languages
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to increase post-14 take-up of modern languages in maintained secondary schools.
- Elections: Voting System
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the use of the alternative vote in general elections could lead to persons being elected with under 50 per cent of the...
- Energy: Meters
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they propose to accelerate the introduction of smart metering of gas and electricity.
- Energy: Wind Turbines
To ask Her Majesty's Government what level of standby generation will be needed to fill any gaps in supply caused by the intermittency of wind generation when the programme to build wind turbines...
- EU: Financial Assistance to Member States
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Article 125 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union can be used to require member states to provide financial support to other member states...
- EU: Treaties
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their proposal for referendums on European Union treaty amendments will provide that 55 per cent of those voting must approve such amendments before such...
- Food: Taxation
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider the feasibility of taxing unhealthy food products.
- Gaza
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they are giving to restoring supplies entering Gaza to the level of the first half of 2007, including food and construction materials.
- Gaza
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received legal advice on whether Israel is complying with Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention in respect of its actions in Gaza and the...
- Gypsies and Travellers
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish an update of the progress report on Gypsy and Traveller policy by Communities and Local Government.
- Health: Costs
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the arrangements and amounts involved in healthcare cost payments between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland for (a) 2003-06, and (b) 2007-09;...
- Health: Drugs
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many drugs have been transferred from prescription to over-the-counter in the past 12 months; and how many of those involve a discussion or consultation with a...
- Health: Statins
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment the Department of Health or primary care trusts have made of the number of patients who have suffered bodily harm from the prescribing of statins;...
- Higher Education: Overseas Students
To ask Her Majesty's Government why students from other European Union member states can get student apprenticeship grants not available to students born in the United Kingdom.
- Human Rights
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they propose to reply to the letter from Lord Corbett of Castle Vale dated 25 March 2010 to the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office...
- Human Rights
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will propose amendments to the European Convention on Human Rights in the light of recent judgments against the United Kingdom.
- Iceland
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their stance on the opening of accession negotiations between Iceland and the European Union.
- Immigration: Deportation
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether offenders sentenced to be deported are being removed at the end of their prison sentences.
- Immigration: Detention
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many migrants who cannot be returned to their countries of origin are being held in detention centres; and what is the purpose of so doing.
- Immigration: Frontex
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the United Kingdom has been involved in naval exercises and airport immigration controls run by the European Union border control agency Frontex in each of the...
- Immigration: Frontex
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many illegal border crossings at sea and land borders of the European Union were reported to the EU border agency Frontex in (a) 2008, and (b) 2009.
- Internet: Broadband
To ask Her Majesty's Government which consultants were appointed by (a) government departments, (b) local authorities, (c) regional development agencies, (d) the Broadband Stakeholder Group, and...
- Legal Aid
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a list of those who have raised concerns with the Legal Services Commission or the Ministry of Justice about...
- Legislation (1 annotation)
To ask Her Majesty's Government which sections of and Schedules to Acts of Parliament passed since 1997 have not been commenced.
- Michael Meegan
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will respond to the Irish Mail on Sunday's allegations of sexual assault and financial impropriety against Michael Meegan, a British citizen resident...
- Michael Meegan
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Diplomatic Service responded to the allegations of sexual assault made against Michael Meegan which were communicated to the deputy High Commissioner for...
- MV "Mavi Marmara"
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they and the United Nations intend to organise an independent investigation into the incidents on the "Mavi Marmara" and the detaining of other ships.
- Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the expression "any other attribute or circumstance that the Secretary of State thinks appropriate" in Section 94(5C)(h) of the Nationality, Immigration...
- NHS: Expenditure
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average proportion of NHS trusts' budgets in England used for employing nurses in each of the past 10 years. To ask Her Majesty's Government what was...
- Northern Ireland Office: Bonuses
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was paid to staff in the Northern Ireland Office in bonuses and payments extra to salaries in 2008-09 and 2009-10; and what percentage of staff received...
- Northern Ireland Office: Staff
To ask Her Majesty's Government which officials in the Northern Ireland Office earned more than £100,000 in the last financial year; what were their job titles; and whether they were paid...
- Office for Budget Responsibility
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the remit of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
- Office for Budget Responsibility
To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the reduction of staff at HM Treasury directly related to the establishment of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
- Oyster Farming: Licences
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Oldham on 4 March (WA 383), which organisations the Marine and Fisheries Agency consulted in considering an...
- Police: Helicopters
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will initiate an inquiry into the cost of all incidents in each of the past six years in which the chief constable of South Wales Police has requested...
- Political Parties: Funding
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce secondary legislation to implement fully controls on the contributions of non-domiciled persons to political parties. To ask Her...
- Ports and Harbours
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect a decision to be made on listed building consent for changes to Penzance Harbour to enable finance to be confirmed and the order placed for the...
- Prisoners: Transfers
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration has been given to reducing the National Offender Management Service target of 42 days to respond to Parole Board recommendations to transfer...
- Prisons
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new prison places have been created since January 2008. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the new prison places created since January 2008 are...
- Public Sector Transparency Board
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to make appointments to the proposed Public Sector Transparency Board. To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the proposed remit of the Public...
- Refugee and Migrant Justice
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will meet representatives of Refugee and Migrant Justice to discuss ways of preventing the closing of that organisation.
- Travel: e-Borders Scheme
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the target in the e-Borders scheme to track 60 per cent of all passenger and crew journeys into and out of the United Kingdom by the end of 2009 has been...
- Turks and Caicos Islands
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress towards eradicating corruption and bringing charges against those suspected of corruption in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
- Turks and Caicos Islands
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their timescale for a return to local rule for the Turks and Caicos Islands.
- Violence against Women Overseas
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Afghanistan about the report in the International Herald Tribune of 2 June alleging the flogging of...
