Monday, 30 January 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he has had any discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the long-term effects on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether his Department publishes on its website its response to each request it receives under the Freedom of Information Act...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether his Department publishes a breakdown of the types of work for which claims are made under the Listed Places of Worship...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what proportion of claims made to the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme concerned works made necessary by metal theft in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what change there was in the (a) number, (b) size and (c) nature of claims made to the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent consideration he has given to undertaking a review of the ways in which the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on what date each statue in Parliament square was erected; what legislation governs the location of statues in Parliament...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the US embassy and (b) US Citizenship and Immigration Services on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have had with music industry representatives on the ability of musicians who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what the ratio of income from lottery ticket sales to funds dispensed from the National Lottery in each region was in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2011, Official Report, column 10W, on Olympic Games 2012: mass media, what steps he is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what studies his Department has conducted on the effect of participation in sport on levels of youth crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps he is taking to tackle racism in sport; and whether he has set any targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what support his Department is giving to the UK Now promotion of UK culture in China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what contribution his Department is making to implementation of the Compact with the voluntary sector; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the findings of the economic modelling analysis by the Combined Heat and Power Association of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what comparative assessment he has made of the cost (a) effectiveness and (b) efficiency of different sources of power generation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of energy was imported in each of the last five years; from what sources such imports were obtained; and what estimate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2012, Official Report, column 679W, on energy: prices, which energy companies he has met to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to his Department’s Electricity Market Reform paper, what assessment he has made of the merits of (a) demand side...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department publishes on its website its response to each request it receives under the Freedom of Information Act 2000;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations his Department has received about variations in fuel prices within (a) Worcestershire and (b) the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the potential reduction in carbon dioxide emissions as a result of the Green Deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions he has had with insulation (a) providers and (b) installers in the last six months on the implementation of the Green Deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the case for the introduction of a transition period to allow more cavities and lofts to be insulated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people were questioned on potential take-up of the Green Deal in order to produce scenarios set out in the impact assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for what reason demand-side management support from the proposed capacity mechanism was not included in the National Infrastructure Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse of 28 November 2011 on the Renewables Obligation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what measures are in place to monitor whether costs associated with the national smart meter roll-out are passed on to consumers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what assessment he has made of the effects of Petroplus going into administration on (a) refining capacity and (b) petrol supply...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to meet its targets for renewable energy generation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to ensure individual council tenants are able to benefit from the use of solar panels on their property.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what contribution his Department is making to implementation of the Compact with the voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what comparative assessment his Department has made of the permitted distance between dwellings and onshore wind turbines in the UK and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what guidance his Department gives on payments to wind turbine owners when they are ordered to shut down by the National Grid during...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with countryside bodies on wind turbines and their potential effect on the migration of birds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much reed is imported for thatching and panel fencing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to address discrimination against Christians in Algeria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government has made inquiries with another sovereign nation’s government on whether that government would...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the health of Andrei Sannikov; and what representations he has made to the government of Belarus...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has held with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the conduct of the recent presidential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the repression of opposition parties;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on improving co-ordination between defence diplomacy and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with the Government of Denmark to discuss the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 23 January 2012, Official Report, column 62W, on the European Court of Human Rights, if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on Gibraltar.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to his Department's recent travel advice on the city of Kano in Nigeria, what guidance he can give to UK citizens...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with the Government of Nigeria on fossil fuel subsidy reform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the death of Abdisalan Sheik Hassan in Somalia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential risks to journalists working in Somalia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the aims and objectives are of the Government’s policy on Turkey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has made representations to the Government of Turkey on the treatment of Kurdish minorities in that...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department plans to meet the costs of claims to police authorities of claims by businesses and individuals under the provisions...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were arrested for possession of a knife in each police force area of England and Wales in each quarter since January...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects the application for leave to remain Ref. K418847 of a constituent of the hon. Member for Vauxhall to be resolved.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration her Department has given to the use of (a) Interpol red notices and (b) other Interpol notices as a means of detaining...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department publishes on its website its response to each request it receives under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many spouses of the (a) sons and (b) daughters of applicants were allowed entry into the UK in the most recent year for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has any plans to introduce transitional immigration controls for Croatian nationals in the event of Croatia joining the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers have been reprimanded as a result of Independent Police Complaints Commission investigations prompted by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will commission research into the level of public confidence in the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to refer the Police Arbitration Tribunal decision to Parliament for debate.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 86W, on police: accountability, what the main categories of costs are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many production orders have been issued by each police force in each of the last five years; what the details were of each such order;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to ensure the dismissal of police officers who are convicted of criminal offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were convicted of criminal offences in each of the last five years; and what proportion were dismissed for those...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to (a) allow the use by the police of and (b) regulate the police's use of lasers intended to blind people temporarily.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) total and (b) average overtime payments were for police officers in each police force in England and Wales in (i) 2009-10, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what independent checks are required to monitor the use of force against members of the public who are the subject of a police investigation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to simplify the process for removing poorly performing police officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unmanned aerial vehicles were in use by police forces in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether his Department publishes on its website its response to each request it receives under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill on people living in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Skills and Innovation on the operation and regulation of payday loan shops in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the number of registered voters who would be eligible to participate in a referendum on the constitutional future of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what contribution his Department is making to implementation of the Compact with the voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many properties not on the planned route of High Speed 2 have qualified for payments under the HS2 exceptional hardship scheme to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many officials in her Department are working on the High Speed 2 project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate she has made of the total cost to her Department of work to prepare, draft and support the passage of the proposed legislation for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department has spent on planning and developing the High Speed Two project in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 11 October 2011, Official Report, columns 24-25WS, on high-volume semi-trailers, on what type of roads...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 11 October 2011, Official Report, columns 24-25WS, on high-volume semi-trailers, how many lorries will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many motorway lanes were closed by the Highways Agency in each of the last three years for which figures are available; (2) what proportion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) deaths, (b) serious injuries and (c) slight injuries occurred on the motorway network in accidents or incidents at points of lane closures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the Highways Agency's policy is on the use of traffic management methods using (a) one and (b) two vehicles (i) with and (ii) without the use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the Autumn Statement, how much of the cost of completing the (a) M25 junctions 23 to 27 and (b) M1 junctions 39 to 42 improvements...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge on traffic levels in Thurrock on 5 January 2012; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much of the total cost to the public purse of the east-west rail project falls beyond the comprehensive spending review period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much of the total cost to the public purse of electrification of the trans-Pennine Express falls beyond the comprehensive spending review period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much of the total cost to the public purse of measures to reduce disruption on the rail network falls beyond the comprehensive spending review period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to section 30 of the coalition agreement, what progress she has made in granting longer rail franchises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2012, Official Report, column 484W, on roads: safety, what assessment she has made of the level of compliance with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the cost of new carriages for the Southern rail network will fall beyond the comprehensive spending review period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if her Department will seek suggestions from members of the public on the wording of passenger announcements on trains and in stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether her Department has a role in the formulation of guidance for passenger announcements on trains and in stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what recent discussions she has had with HM Treasury on the effect of macro-economic policies on employment levels in the private sector in Wales;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions she has had with (a) the First Minister of the Welsh Government and (b) the Welsh Local Government Association on the scale of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether her Department publishes on its website its response to each request it receives under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; whether the response is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what recent discussions she has had with the (a) First Minister of the Welsh Government, (b) Higher Education Funding Council Wales and (c) Higher...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what contribution the Government Equalities Office is making to implementation of the Compact with the voluntary sector; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Attorney-General in how many cases of assisted suicide for the terminally ill the Director of Public Prosecution has decided it is not in the public interest to prosecute since...
To ask the Attorney-General if he will encourage the Director of Public Prosecutions to make available his decisions not to prosecute in cases of assisted suicide on request.
To ask the Attorney-General when he expects the Crown Prosecution Service's review of the phone hacking evidence by Alison Levitt QC to report its findings; and if he will place a redacted copy...
To ask the Prime Minister what steps he plans to take to promote Christian values in public life.
To ask the Prime Minister whether his Office publishes on the 10 Downing street website its response to each request it receives under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; whether the response is...
To ask the Prime Minister if he will commission a National Security Council paper on the diplomatic and military lessons learnt from the Iraq campaigns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to continue additional payments for daily rates for service personnel in Afghanistan at the present level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel were killed in action in each country in each calendar year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many (a) Yorkshire Regiment and (b) Gurkha (i) full-time soldiers and (ii) reservists were based in (A) Yorkshire and the Humber, (B) North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the funding allocated by his Department for the Yardley Chase Cadet Centre will be made available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 10 January 2012, Official Report, column 15W, on Challenger tanks, whether it is his policy that the CHARM3 weapon system could...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons his Department does not have contingency plans for the event that the outcome of the review of the legality of the CHARM3 weapon system...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on dry cleaning and laundry since May 2010; and what his Department’s policy is on allowing its staff to claim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how much the (a) Chief of the Defence Staff, (b) Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, (c) Chief of the Air Staff, (d) Chief of the General Staff and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many incidents of data loss or breaches of confidentiality occurred in his Department in 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to his Department's finance transparency dataset, (1) for what reasons £1,260.95 was spent on trips to bowling alleys by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many former employees of Alix Partners are employed by his Department; how many former employees of his Department are employed by Alix Partners; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what items with a monetary value of more than £100 have been taken without authorisation from his Department in each month since March 2011; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what thefts there have been from Ministry of Defence establishments since March 2011; and what the value was of the items taken.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 14 November 2011, Official Report, column 526W, on disclosure of information, if he will publish the findings of the inquiry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assistance his Department is providing to veterans who are experiencing mental health disorders as a result of their service in the armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has any plans to recognise the service of military veterans through a medal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding he plans to allocate to defence of the Falkland Islands in each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions his Department has had with mobile telephone companies on enabling UK service personnel in Germany to obtain mobile telephone contracts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent (a) multilateral and (b) bilateral discussions he has had with his (i) international and (ii) European counterparts on establishing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel are attached to the British high commission in Islamabad; what the rank of such personnel is; and what duties they perform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which locations are being considered as an alternative operating base for the Vanguard class SSBN submarines; (2) what criteria his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) nature and (b) extent of military links with the Government of Pakistan are; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what expenditure his Department has incurred on restaurant meals for civil servants since May 2010; and (a) on how many occasions and (b) in respect of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to publish his plan for the future of the Territorial Army.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what annual service fees are paid to the US Administration for the storage and reprocessing of Trident missiles at the Strategic Weapons Facility...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what information he holds on how schools which have converted to academies are fulfilling their duty to assist less successful schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many sets of parents (a) began and (b) completed the registration process for adoption in each year from 1997 to 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children were adopted by UK couples from (a) the domestic care system and (b) overseas in each year from 1997 to 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he has assessed the effects of downshifting on (a) family life and (b) children’s subjective well-being.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that each young person in transition from the looked after system into adulthood has a dedicated key worker.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure greater stability of care placements in accordance with the Foster Carers' Charter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether there are circumstances under which children adopted from overseas can be given priority under the School Admissions Code, in recognition that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2012, Official Report, column 461-2W, on child care, whether his Department has made an assessment of changes to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many serious case reviews have been undertaken (a) in total and (b) in each English local authority area in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the number of serious case reviews undertaken by local authorities where a child or family have moved between local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will assess the findings of the report entitled Child Neglect in 2011 published by Action for Children in January 2012; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many times his Department has used the services of debt recovery companies since May 2010; which companies were used; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the Information Commissioner's guidance on official information held in private email accounts, how much his Department has spent on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he receives any external funding for (a) his ministerial office and (b) his advisers; and what the (i) source and (ii) amount is of any such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 10 January 2012, Official Report, column 227W, on departmental recruitment, how much of the £274,452.26 spent on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will consider including (a) music and (b) other intellectually rigorous, creative and technical subjects within a sixth pillar of the English...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department publishes on its website its response to each request it receives under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 20 December 2011, Official Report, column 1219W on GCE A-level, what proportion of pupils from (a) comprehensive schools and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many entrants for GCSE examinations were permitted additional time to complete the examination in each of the last 15 years; and how many children...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that people have fair access to their grandchildren, nieces, nephews or cousins following a bereavement or divorce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what funding his Department has allocated for provision of children's and young people's play areas in Hartlepool constituency in (a) 2011-12 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students have received pupil premium funding in North Swindon constituency since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether it is his Department's policy that when an official from his Department attends a governing body or sub-committee meeting at a school the local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much has been spent on storage for the King James Bible project; on what date the copies of the Bible in storage were printed; and where they are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence he has sent to companies seeking funding for the King James Bible project in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much of the £1.2 billion increase in spending on school buildings will be allocated to schools in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much maintained schools in England spent on IT (a) in total, (b) hardware, (c) software, (d) consultancy fees and (e) other expenditure in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent representations he has received regarding the standard of school (a) toilet and (b) water facilities for pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in South Swindon constituency qualified for the pupil premium in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in South Swindon constituency were excluded from school in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in the South Swindon constituency have been placed in the category of school action plus in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in the South Swindon constituency have been in receipt of a statement of special educational needs in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in the South Swindon constituency have received A*-C grades in their (a) mathematics and (b) English GCSE in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent representations he has received on changes to funding of sixth form education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what funding he plans to make available for children with special educational needs who will not be eligible for an Education, Health and Care Plan and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what criteria were used to select the pathfinders to test the best ways of implementing the reforms in the Special Educational Needs Green Paper; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how he plans to provide special educational needs assessments for young people who develop needs in their teens.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on early intervention for children with special educational needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many looked-after children with autism access education beyond the age of 16 in each English local authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to measure progress on the implementation of policies supporting the big society initiative; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding (a) Academy of York, (b) Bolton Lads and Girls Clubs, (c) Changematters, (d) Connexions Cumbria, (e) Engage4Life, (f) Envision, (g)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance is given to Access to Work assessors and advisers on ensuring that (a) Access to Work processes are accessible to deaf blind...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the average time elapsing between an initial application to Access to Work and the requested support being in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the effect of the implementation of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill on levels of child poverty in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications for social fund crisis loans there have been in each month since June 2010; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what contracts his Department has awarded to Deloitte since May 2010; and what the (a) net and (b) individual monetary value was of each such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the level of change in his Department’s spending on (a) pensioners, (b) families with children, (c) people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what support his Department makes available for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and their families.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what information his Department collects on the number of (a) job interviews undertaken and (b) work placements allocated under the sector...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if his Department will develop a costed contingency for replacing failed prime contractors in the Work programme; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from what date he expects to apply automatic checks on Work programme prime providers' claims for outcome payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the commitment in the Open Services White Paper on provision of user satisfaction data by public service providers, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what maximum period is specified for the interval between contacts with a programme participant in contracts with Work programme providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to help disabled people into work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department publishes on its website its response to each request it receives under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications for grants to cover funeral costs there have been in each month since June 2010; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the finding of the Löfstedt Review of Health and Safety Legislation that there is no case for radically...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to reply to the letter from Mark Gilbert on the treatment of his wife Susan Gilbert in her employment by Sainsbury plc.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to increase the efficiency of (a) the Pensions Regulator and (b) the Pensions Regulator complaints procedure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has asked the Pensions Regulator to make of the level of hidden charges associated with pension and savings funds; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) families and (c) children who will be living in poverty in Northern Ireland in 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many local authorities have committed themselves to setting up a replacement for his Department's social fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for which aspects of the Social Fund he is planning to transfer responsibility to Liverpool city council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what calculations his Department made in reaching its estimate that a working household would have to earn £35,000 per year for its net...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of claimants who will be affected by the benefit cap in each parliamentary constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London borough of Bexley and (c) London received benefits in excess of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the oral answer of 23 January 2012, Official Report, column 9, on universal credit, whether his Department expects to be able to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized businesses have taken on apprentices in (a) Worcester constituency, (b) Worcestershire and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of opportunities arising from industrial biotechnology in the development of a low carbon economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses in Glasgow South West constituency have received support from his Department since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many Government-owned empty or under-utilised buildings in Scotland will be made available to small businesses; and where...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 24 January 2012, Official Report, column 173W, on community development tax relief, what the names of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will take steps to exempt micro-entities from the requirement to file accounts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the construction industry on (a) skills and training and (b) the role of national...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what construction industry-related visits he has undertaken since his appointment; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will assess the level of skill retention in the construction sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will meet representatives from construction industry trade unions to discuss the effects of recent changes in training...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of future prospects for the construction industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) economic advice and (b) other evidence he took account of before publication of his Department's Impact Assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what organisations and individuals were consulted before publication of his Department's impact assessment BIS0317 on 2 December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information is held by the Intellectual Property Office regarding blanket licences offered by the Educational Licensing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what contracts his Department has awarded to Deloitte since May 2010; and what the (a) net and (b) individual monetary value was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the cost to the public purse was of (a) posting his Department's letter on England's National Apprenticeship Week to hon....
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the likely cost to his Department of tuition fees incurred by service leavers in cases where fees...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which countries ranked the highest in the 20 per cent. rise in UK exports of manufactured goods to non-EU markets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of adults in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland who will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the average duration is of placements classified as internships advertised on the Graduate Talent Pool website hosted by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the average wage is paid by jobs advertised on the Graduate Talent Pool website hosted by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of internships advertised on the Graduate Talent Pool website hosted by his Department are unpaid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the unpaid internships scheme advertised on the Graduate Talent Pool website hosted by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has received on the introduction of a groceries code adjudicator; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what consideration the Independent Review of the High Street gave to the merits of referring the matter of the level of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2012, Official Report, column 410W, on insolvency, when statistics of personal insolvencies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the gross value-added economic output generated by regional economic investment by One North East in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to support organisations to promote the economic and social value of postgraduate education in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many projects the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Centre is sponsoring.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funds the Technology Strategy Board has allocated to the Cell Therapy Catapult Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether a leadership team has been appointed for the Cell Therapy Catapult Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when the Cell Therapy Catapult Centre will be operational.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects to announce the location of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when the location of the Satellite Applications Catapult will be announced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills who the members are of the Technology and Innovation Centre Catapult Centre independent oversight committee; when and where the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what services to business are available from existing Catapult centres; how businesses can access them; and what payment is required.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department has taken to promote international awareness of Catapult centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many Catapult centres there will be by the end of 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding the Technology Strategy Board has provided to the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Centre; and what the names...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what private sector funds the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Centre has attracted.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many full-time equivalent staff work for the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Centre; and at what grades.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the (a) operating and (b) capital budget is of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the potential effects on service delivery of the reduction in international trade advisers at UK...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many former civil servants have applied to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments to take up an appointment to Alix Partners in each of the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many children with (a) two parents working, (b) one parent working and (c) no parents working there were in (i) Haltemprice and Howden constituency,...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what support prospective mutuals in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency can access from his Department.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much his Department spent on recruitment agencies in each month since September 2011.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were (a) registered to vote in each parliamentary constituency in December 2010 and (b) enumerated at the March 2011 Census as qualified...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what Government-owned properties in Essex are currently empty or underused.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether his Office publishes on its website its response to each request it receives under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; whether the response is...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average cost is of a laptop purchased by the Government.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how the performance of services outsourced to private companies is assessed in different Government Departments; and what guidelines his Department...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what consideration he has given to including the Merchant Navy Medal in the orders of wear.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he has any plans to make the Merchant Navy Medal part of the UK Honours system.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on what date the Office for Civil Society moved to HM Treasury; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what plans he has for the future of the Public Data Corporation.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the proportion of Government spending, excluding debt payments, which was allocated to (a) salaries and (b) pension...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on how many occasions civil servants from different Government Departments have considered the big society agenda at inter-departmental meetings hosted...
To ask the hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church Commissioners have for the future of Auckland Castle and the Zurbaran paintings; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to announce his policy on community cohesion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to announce his policy on community cohesion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of changes in the level of funding from the public purse to the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the criteria for allocation of the Coastal Communities Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the use of the Coastal Communities Fund; and what his policy is on the future of the fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effect of the draft National Planning Policy Framework on undesignated countryside in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in how many cases Ministers have exercised their powers to pay additional grant under section 85 of the Local Government Finance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2012, Official Report, column 906W, on mayors: Coventry, if he will place in the Library a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding has been transferred to the Regional Growth Fund to date; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes in business rates on the number of shop closures in (a) Hartlepool...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whether the regulations required by the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010 will contain a duty on local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to answer parliamentary questions 90352 and 90353 on council tax.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether his Office has plans to review the level of deposit made by candidates at parliamentary elections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies there are for accident and emergency doctors in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people with Alzheimer's disease; (2) how much money is spent on care for those with Alzheimer's disease;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with (a) medical professionals and (b) NHS officials about the new Alzheimer's treatment Cognitive Stimulation Therapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with (a) arthritis care groups and (b) Queen's University Belfast on new treatments for arthritis in the hands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of information on post-traumatic hypopituitarism to patients who have suffered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will ask the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to include information about post-traumatic hypopituitarism in its head...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has had any discussions on radiofrequency ablation as a new method to reduce cancerous tumours; and how widely used that method of treatment is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commission research of the potential (a) carcinogenic and (b) other effects of parabens in (i) the food supply chain and (ii) cosmetics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with (a) the British Medical Association and (b) other organisations on improvements of treatment options for people with cystitis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts his Department has awarded to Deloitte since May 2010; and what the (a) net and (b) individual monetary value was of each such contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons the number of ministerial special advisers in his Department has increased to four; on what date the change took place; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with diabetes organisations on dietary and exercise advice for people newly diagnosed with diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of children are screened for (a) visual and (b) auditory impairment during a health assessment on school entry; what measures are in place...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has provided to GPs who set up patient participation groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he expects to announce the results of the National Quality Board engagement exercise on the library of the National Institute for Health and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the timetable is for the introduction of the Veterans' Information Service; (2) what plans he has for future funding of the 24-hour support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to payment by results tariffs for hospital treatment on the surpluses of primary care trusts in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what proportion of finished admission episodes the patient was over (a) 65, (b) 80 and (c) 90 years in each of the last five years for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations to replace existing hip and knee replacements have taken place in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS hospitals no longer have mixed sex wards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress he has made on training for (a) GPs and (b) hospital accident and emergency staff on spotting outbreaks of infectious diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the future commissioning arrangements for alternative and augmentative communication aids.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many treatments have been undertaken by the NHS in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in South Swindon constituency have been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to support research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budget was of each Regional Transition Programme Board in each year since its establishment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Easington of 18 January 2012, Official Report, column 874W, on NHS: capital investment, (1) whether any...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines he has issued to care homes on the prevention, treatment and care of fractures resulting from falls by people with osteoporosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in South Swindon have been diagnosed with osteoporosis in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on emissions in residential areas from secondary smoking; whether such smoking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department has received from primary care trusts on plans for spending the 2011-12 NHS social care allocation; which services the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps the Government is taking to ensure that operators of sunbed salons provide protective eyewear for users of sunbeds in commercial settings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the merits of reintroducing school-based Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of children under one whose parents or grandparents were born in a country where the annual incidence of tuberculosis is greater...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how families were informed of their eligibility based on family history for Bacillus Calmette- Guérin vaccination in medium and low incidence areas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons his Department's guidance sets local eligibility for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination at 40 cases per 100,00 population; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what representations he has received on joint enterprise in each of the last three years; (2) what meetings he has had with victims groups on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the public purse was of (a) administering community orders and (b) running community-based punishments in 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders received (a) five or more, (b) 10 or more and (c) 15 or more community orders or punishments in 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many offenders absconded from community punishments in each of the last five years; and what proportion of offenders serving community...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many compensation orders were issued in each of the last three years; and what the total value of those compensation orders was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (1) people pleaded guilty for each type of offence in (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates courts in the last year for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average number of weeks from charge to a case being heard was for each type of offence triable in (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates courts in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost per day was of a case heard in a (a) magistrates court and (b) Crown court in each year between 1997 and 2011 inclusive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much Sodexo has paid for carrying out police national computer checks on visitors to Bronzefield prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of prisoners released did not have a National Insurance number in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) men and (b) women have been sentenced to an extended sentence for public protection in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2012, Official Report, columns 862-63W, on prisoners’ home leave, on how many occasions restricted patients...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of those serving custodial sentences were released after serving half of their sentence in each year between 1995 and 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average additional time spent in custody was for people recalled to prison in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what budget his Department plans to allocate to each prison in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people have been charged with (a) control for gain of prostitution and (b) other offences related to trafficking in the London area since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress his Department has made in its review of community sentences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will review the arrangements by which first tier tribunals (tax) operate in cases where one party is unable to attend a tribunal hearing; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to ensure each (a) youth offending team and (b) young offender institution has a children's council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to provide access to full-time education for children serving community or custodial sentences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will take steps to ensure a child psychologist is in place in every youth offending team.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account is taken of the levels of duty which are in operation in other countries when assessing the level of air passenger duty.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to provide information for the (a) long-term unemployed and (b) lower earners on the benefits and discounts of opening bank accounts...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much (a) his Department and (b) its public bodies have spent on (i) wine, (ii) other alcoholic refreshments and (iii) bottled water since May 2010.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation on rebalancing the Northern Ireland economy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to reduce the rate at which duty is applied to beer in order to increase the competitiveness of the UK brewing industry in Europe.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department publishes on its website its response to each request it receives under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; whether the response is...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men and (b) women in (i) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (ii) the London borough of Bexley have (A) overpaid and (B) underpaid income...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has assessed the likely efficacy of a local authorities bond market to finance local capital expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the green portacabins on King Charles street will be removed before the commencement of the Olympics.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has put in place to control private finance initiative contracts.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with (a) local authorities, (b) local health authorities and (c) education bodies to ensure that inflation is not added into...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the oral statements of 2 November 2011, Official Report, columns 927-29, and of 20 December 2011, Official Report, columns 1201-4, on public...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the overall change in expected total expenditure on (a) social security, (b) tax credits, (c) unemployment benefit and (d)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the overall change in expected total (1) tax revenue between 2011-12 and 2015-16 arising from changes to fiscal forecasts...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the tax treatment of employee benefit trusts to encourage employee ownership of companies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to measure progress on the implementation of policies supporting the big society initiative; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will reconsider his requirement for VAT returns to be made online by April 2012 for small traders in (a) rural and (b) other areas without good...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Department of Health will define "recovery" in their forthcoming alcohol strategy in terms of people who have an alcohol problem.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have about the progress being made by the Government of Bangladesh on implementing the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic forecasting record of the Bank of England, in the light of recent downward revisions of its forecasts for economic...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will use their voting rights in the advisory vote on remuneration and the re-election of the chairman of the Remuneration Committee at the forthcoming...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in employment support allowance and incapacity benefit appeals which are determined in favour of the appellant at a tribunal hearing, what is the proportion in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government to which benefits non-domiciled British citizens are entitled.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were claiming jobseeker's allowance in the Corby parliamentary constituency in each year from 1992 up until the last year for which records are...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of recent disputes regarding the cultivation of a verge in Mytchett, Surrey, what guidance they are providing to local authorities about applying the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average age of retirement from the senior civil service in the Department for Education; what this figure was for its predecessor departments; and what...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current value of the creative industries to the United Kingdom economy, in terms of gross domestic product contribution,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the number of claims made or paid out to businesses for reparations following the August riots; and what systems...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what resources have been allocated to assisting tax authorities in developing countries.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the resources allocated to assisting tax authorities in developing countries between 2011 and 2020.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what protection they provide to British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean against the illegal international drug trade.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they monitor the performance of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC); and to what extent the EHRC has achieved its remit of promoting and monitoring...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the latest proposed restructuring plans for the Equality and Human Rights Commission will result in a workforce that reflects the diverse protected...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they propose to seek parliamentary support for the establishment of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM); and whether the United Kingdom will provide...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Wilcox on 19 January (WA 148), why they do not collect information on deaths and injuries by firearms identified as...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many firearms or shotgun certificates in England and Wales were revoked in each year from 1992 up until the last year for which records are available.
To ask Her Majesty's Government to which court the claims by Spain over British waters around Gibraltar have been referred; and what progress has been made.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each of the past five years for which figures are available and according to civil service band, how many people were eligible for performance and special...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to publishing the design and print costs on the covers of all Government documents.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants employed by the Department of Energy and Climate Change and each of its agencies were (1) prosecuted, and (2) convicted of a criminal...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether British or European Union citizens working in Iraq have been detained in recent months by the Government of Iraq; if so, how many; and whether they will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received reports of recent attacks by Israeli forces on Yattma, towns north of Hebron, Beit Ummar, Maghazi refugee camp, and Deir al-Balah; and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions have taken place with, and what representations have been made by, the insurance industry in relation to the proposals in the Legal Aid,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 18 January (WA 133), why it is not the practice of the Cabinet Office to apologise for very late...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have considered or developed plans for a spur line from the proposed HS2 route to Wales or the west country.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 10 January (WA 42-3), why, pending the publication of the new scheme after it has been finalised, they will not now...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take to ensure that teaching about the European Union in United Kingdom schools is balanced.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of religious persecution, including raids on church premises and abductions of clergy, in the Republic of Sudan and of whether such...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of claims that the Government of Sudan has been arming militia groups in an attempt to destabilise South Sudan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have on the alleged targeting, kidnapping and killing of Christians in Syria since anti-government protests began.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Arab League regarding its observation mission in Syria.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many letters reminding people to submit their self-assessment tax return have been sent to people who have already done so, in the current financial year; and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will respond to the statement made to international public opinion on 13 January by the Peace and Democracy Party of Turkey; and whether they have...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 18 January (WA 140), whether a check has been made of whether the numbers and percentages of honours...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 11 January (WA 104), and given that 275,000 visas were issued to students from India and Pakistan between 2007 and...
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