Written answers

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

  • House of Lords

    • Abortion

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the global demand for counselling on and abortion of pregnancies resulting from rape in the context of armed conflict; and what...

    • Armed Forces: Aircraft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to engage ex-maritime patrol aircraft aircrew and analysts in the Royal Navy's anti-submarine warfare force.

      Banking

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether HM Treasury receives the individual figures for gross and net lending provided by each bank participating in Project Merlin to the Bank of England each...

      Banking

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have consulted the United Kingdom banking industry in reaching their view that it would not be in the national interest to publish details of the...

      Banking

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Ministers or officials from HM Treasury or UK Financial Investments Ltd have had any recent discussions or correspondence with the Institutional Investor...

      Banking

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will implement the recommendations of the Walker review of corporate governance in the United Kingdom banking industry; and, if so, when they expect...

      Banking: Bonuses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the events surrounding the bonus awarded to Mr Stephen Hester, they have any plans to change future remuneration contracts for senior...

      Debt

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish a table showing the size of the United Kingdom national debt over the past 10 years, defined as the outstanding liabilities of the...

      Democratic Republic of Congo

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment as to whether the recent presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo was free and fair and reflected the will of...

      Economy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will require the Bank of England to specify the measurable expectations of the marginal impact of any further quantitative easing; and to specify the...

      Economy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to correct the contraction in the supply of money and the volume of credit in the United Kingdom economy; and whether they have...

      Elections: Mailings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total cost of the free postal delivery service provided to parliamentary candidates at the 2010 general election.

      Elections: Mailings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total cost of the free postal delivery service provided to candidates at the European Parliament election of 2009.

      Energy: Gas Flaring

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support the Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership led by the World Bank; and, if not, why not.

      Energy: Smart Meters

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to start a consultation on the strategy for smart meters.

      EU: Humanitarian Aid Corps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether arrangements are in place to ensure that the European Humanitarian Aid Corps will conform with professional standards and...

      EU: Membership Costs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether European Union citizens' healthcare and related social security costs paid by the United Kingdom to other European Union countries are included in...

      Gaza

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of Hamas' recent concessions, whether they will publicly welcome the new unity Government; and whether they have plans to work with Hamas as a...

      Gaza

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what evaluation they have made of the potential effectiveness of economic sanctions against Israel as a means of ending the blockade on Gaza and reversing its...

      Government Departments: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many complaints about civil servants in the Department of Energy and Climate Change have been made by members of the public in the past two years; and, in each...

      Health: Diabetes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reduce the frequency of diabetic eye complication screening for (1) individuals with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus, or...

      Health: Diabetes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they plan to put in place to increase the uptake of structured diabetes education programmes for individuals with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes...

      Health: International Staff Recruitment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in the implementation of the World Health Organisation global code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel;...

      Health: Pain Management

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are taking steps to incorporate training in chronic pain management in the curricula of all healthcare professionals, following the recommendation in...

      Insurance: Identity Theft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the value for money of identity theft insurance.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what aid the Department for International Development is making available to meet the needs of people displaced from Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile into the...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of United Kingdom multilateral aid goes to sanitation and water.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the proportion of United Kingdom aid that is spent on sanitation and water.

      Piracy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have provided additional funding to the Ministry of Defence to allow them to conduct anti-piracy patrols and operations safeguarding British and...

      Police: Cars

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the National Association of Police Fleet Managers about how to support the purchase of British-made cars for police forces.

      Police: Cars

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the National Association of Police Fleet Managers and United Kingdom car manufacturers over the past two years regarding the...

      Police: Cars

      To ask Her Majesty's Government in which meetings in the past two years they have discussed the procurement of police cars.

      Police: Cars

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the reasons why Hyundai has been awarded preferred supplier status for police cars; and what other options were considered.

      Police: Cars

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support, if any, they are giving to United Kingdom car manufacturers to assist them in winning government contracts for the supply of police cars.

      Social Care: Expenditure

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the £648 million allocated for local authority spending on social care that also benefits health in 2011-12 was spent on (1) prevention...

      Tunisia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will facilitate the holding of a donors' conference for Tunisia to promote trade, investment and tourism.

      Tunisia and Libya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to encourage co-operation between Tunisia and Libya, particularly regarding energy supplies, the return of displaced people, education,...

      UK Financial Investments Ltd

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what have been to date (1) the total costs to public funds of UK Financial Investments (UKFI), (2) the notional costs of civil servants seconded to UKFI, and (3)...

      Water Management: Overseas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to their European Union partners on senior ministerial participation from other European Union member states at the high-level...

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