Written answers
Thursday, 8 March 2012
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Meat: Ritual Slaughter
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to make the halal slaughter process more humane; and if she will make a statement.
- Transport
- Departmental Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is responsible are paid (i) £100,000...
- Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she plans to make an announcement on the proposed Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010.
- Transport Fuel Obligation: Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the potential effect of price fluctuations in renewable transport fuel certificates on market stability for...
- Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Committee
- Meetings
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, on how many occasions since September 2011 the Board of IPSA has...
- Home Department
- Alcoholic Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she intends to introduce the ban on below cost selling of alcohol on 6 April 2012; and when any such order will be laid before the House.
- Animal Experiments: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what pilot studies she conducted before implementing the Development Collaborative Business Portal project for processing licences under the...
- Closed Circuit Television
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department holds on the number of people who were arrested where CCTV evidence was a contributory factor in (a) the west...
- EU Justice and Home Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the EU Council Decision of 27 March 2000 (200/261/JHA), what assessment her Department has made of the (a) level of...
- European Criminal Information System
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times UK authorities have accessed information on the European Criminal Information System in each year since it became operational.
- European Image Archiving System
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to EU Council Joint Action 98/700/EU, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) level of maintenance and (b) use of...
- Europol
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) with reference to the EU Council Act of 3 December 1999 laying down the staff regulations applicable to Europol employees, how many...
- Internet Service Providers Association
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Internet Service Providers' Association has been included in consultation on the Communications Capabilities Development...
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, column 464W, on Members: correspondence, if she will set out the reasons it took a...
- Defence
- Army: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of personnel in the (a) Regular and (b) Territorial Army are British citizens from ethnic minorities.
- MOD Aberporth
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for further testing of equipment at Aberporth; what plans he has for future use of facilities at Aberporth by the armed forces; and if...
- Work and Pensions
- Action for Employment: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish all (a) internal correspondence of his Department and (b) correspondence with other Departments relating to the allegations...
- Bereavement Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether the review of bereavement benefits will consider extending eligibility for bereavement benefits to cohabiting, unmarried couples;...
- Child Support Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the (a) average administrative cost per case of collecting the proposed charge for the use of the Child Support...
- Cold Weather Payments: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Easington constituency received a cold weather payment in each of the last five years.
- Departmental Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what reduction in carbon dioxide emissions his Department has made under the 10:10 initiative.
- Employment: Chronically Sick People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on improving capacity to work amongst those with chronic debilitating...
- Flexible Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the annual budget is of the Flexible Support Fund.
- Funeral Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications his Department received for the Social Fund Funeral Payment in 2011 (i) nationwide...
- Jobcentre Plus: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus buildings in the East of England are (a) fully, (b) partially and (c) not accessible to disabled people.
- Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he plans to take to ensure that those qualifying for state pension are paid from the day they qualify.
- Social Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what consultations his Department undertook with relevant stakeholders before laying the draft statutory instrument on the treatment of social...
- Social Security Benefits: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many families of (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4, (e) 5, (f) 6, (g) 7, (h) 8, (i) 9 and (j) 10 people will be affected by the £26,000 cap...
- Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many benefit claimants have been convicted of an offence relating to benefit fraud.
- Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to exclude benefit overpayments and social fund loans from bankruptcy and debt relief...
- Tax Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Rotherham he estimates will see their working family tax credit reduced as a result of his proposed cap.
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria he used in the selection of members of the programme board for the introduction of IT for universal credit; if he will consider...
- Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department has taken to guarantee the quality of Work programme placements.
- Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the performance of the Work programme.
- House of Commons Commission
- Catering
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many bookings were made by hon. Members for Dining Room (a) A, (b) B, (c) C and...
- Early-day Motions
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost to the public purse was of early day motions in 2010-11.
- Justice
- Appeals: Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average waiting time was for appeals to decisions on (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support...
- Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what recent progress his Department has made on reducing its central London estate; (2) with reference to his Department's business plan, what...
- HM Courts and Tribunals Services: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) the reorganisation of HM Courts and Tribunals Services and (b) changes in funding of the service on...
- Judges: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the public purse was of (a) the salaries, (b) expenses and (c) any other costs of the judges in the Social Entitlement Chamber of the...
- Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to his Department's Business Plan, what progress his Department has made in saving £1 billion from administration and front line...
- Stalking
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what additional training on stalking and stalking behaviour he plans for judges and magistrates.
- Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases were heard in the Social Entitlement Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal in each of the last five years.
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- Chemicals
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make an assessment of the effect on metal finishing businesses in the UK of hexavalent chromium and cobalt salts...
- Copyright
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 20 February 2012, Official Report, column 754W, on copyright: economic growth, whether the Government...
- Disabled Students’ Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will raise the cap on disabled students allowance (DSA) for post graduate students to match the level of financial support...
- Employment: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many items of correspondence he received from the private sector calling for employment regulations to be weakened in each of...
- Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications for finance guarantees from companies in each local authority area under the enterprise finance guarantee...
- Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how higher education courses run by an alternative or private provider are designated.
- Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on each higher education course which has been designated in this Parliament.
- Innovation: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses in (a) the South East, (b) Kent and (c) Dartford constituency have received funding from the Innovation...
- Overseas Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many firms in each region exported goods and services in each of the last three years.
- Overseas Trade: Pakistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the monetary value of trade between the UK and Pakistan was in each of the last five years.
- Regional Assistance: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he has taken to retain assisted area status for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
- Communities and Local Government
- Action for Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what contracts his Department has with A4e; and what the (a) purpose and (b) value is of each such contract.
- Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations he has received on the timing of the introduction of the council tax reduction scheme; and if he will place...
- Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what modelling his Department has undertaken on the potential effects of council tax benefit localisation on (a) people with...
- Departmental Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in (a) bonuses, (b) allowances and (c)...
- Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many vacant and unused homes there are in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Newcastle and (c) Gateshead; and if he will make a...
- Families: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what definition he uses of (a) families and (b) success measures in the work-led families programme; what funds his Department...
- Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the potential risks to householders in respect of electricity and gas safety of reductions in...
- Housing: Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new (a) jobs and (b) homes have been created in Thurrock since the inception of the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development...
- Local Government Finance: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for how many homes the New Homes Bonus has been paid in each local authority in the latest period for which figures are...
- Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what revenue accrued to the Exchequer from national non-domestic rates in each year of the last spending review.
- Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the effect of the rate of inflation in September 2011 on the revenue which will accrue to the...
- Private Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what steps his Department takes to educate private landlords on their responsibilities regarding electrical safety in...
- Private Rented Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will encourage local authorities to carry out housing condition surveys to protect tenants from irresponsible landlords.
- Public Sector: Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will publish the agendas and minutes of the Local Public Data Panel since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
- Education
- A4e
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what contracts his Department has with A4e; and what the (a) purpose and (b) monetary value is of each such contract.
- Departmental Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 16 January 2012, Official Report, column 31WS, on cost of ministerial cars, whether his Department has...
- Females: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 20 February 2012, Official Report, column 723W, on females: violence, if he will make it his policy to ensure that a Minister...
- Schools: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of pupils of grammar or fully selective academy schools lived outside the school's local education authority boundary in the latest...
- Science: GCSE
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils achieved grade C or above in all three separate science GCSEs in 2011 in each local authority area.
- Cabinet Office
- Charities Act 2006
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 113W, on charities, when he expects to bring forward secondary legislation to enable...
- Charity Business
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assistance his Department plans to provide to charities and voluntary bodies affected by the closure of Charity Business.
- Charity Business
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment his Department has made of the effect on charities and the voluntary sector of the closure of Charity Business.
- Death
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths were registered in each of the last 10 years.
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the monetary value was of Government contracts awarded to (a) Avanta Enterprise Ltd and (b) associates of Avanta Enterprise Ltd (i)...
- G4S
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the monetary value is of Government contracts awarded to (a) G4S and (b) associates of G4S (i) individually and (ii) in total since May 2010.
- Impact Assessments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the Impact Assessment Guidance published in August 2011, what steps he is taking to monitor the development by Government departments...
- Voluntary Work: Cheshire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many young people in Weaver Vale constituency have taken part in the National Citizen Service to date.
- Energy and Climate Change
- Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the potential costs to the UK of an EU-wide reduction in emissions of 30 per cent.
- Energy Efficiency
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
- Low-carbon Technologies
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the level of investment in low-carbon technologies in the UK.
- Fuel Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the final report of the independent fuel poverty review.
- Carbon Sequestration
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will take steps to enhance UK competitiveness in (a) research on and (b) commercial implementation of carbon capture and storage...
- Community Security Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will place in the Library a copy of his speech to the Community Security Trust Annual Dinner on 29 February 2012; and if he will...
- Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) private sector and business and (b) third sector and non-governmental organisation...
- Departmental Secondment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his Department's policy is on (a) inward and (b) outward secondments to the (i) private sector and (ii) third sector and...
- Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on onshore wind farms and the level of subsidy they receive.
- Culture Media and Sport
- Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the creative economy to economic growth.
- Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the potential financial burdens for the (a) creative industries and (b) advertising and direct...
- Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) private sector and business and (b) third sector and non-governmental...
- Departmental Secondment
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what his Department's policy is on (a) inward and (b) outward secondments to the (i) private sector and (ii) third sector and...
- Diamond Jubilee 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will consider extending the eligibility criteria for the Queen's jubilee medal to include veterans.
- Film
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what representations he has received from film distributors and cinema exhibitors supporting the removal of the requirement...
- Music
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on music-related activities in each year from 2002 to 2012.
- Music: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what steps he plans to take to reduce the amount of illegal online downloads of (a) music by UK artists and (b) UK...
- Public Holidays
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 28 February 2012, Official Report, column 199W, on public holidays, when he plans to respond to the...
- Telecommunications: Competition
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers and officials of his Department have held with external organisations in which proposed...
- Television: Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what representations he has received on the inclusion of additional (a) golf and (b) cricket events on the list of sporting...
- Health
- Alcoholic Drinks: Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the costs to the NHS of alcohol abuse in Redditch constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Alcoholic Drinks: Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the support available to alcohol rehabilitation centres in (a) Bedford constituency, (b) the east of England and (c)...
- Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cancer patients have been treated with the drug fluorouracil in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Cancer: Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect on the health of cancer patients of time limiting the...
- Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) for what reason regular checks for specific types of cancer cease at age 70 years; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his...
- Colorectal Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to (a) raise awareness and (b) improve the detection of bowel cancer.
- Colorectal Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to encourage higher participation in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening programme in (a) Sunderland Central constituency...
- Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of dentistry by the NHS.
- Diabetes: Chiropody
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Leicester East of 6 February 2012, Official Report, column 142W, on diabetes: chiropody, if he will...
- Diabetes: Chiropody
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of effect of the reducing number of podiatrists graduating from universities on the ability of the NHS to meet the foot health...
- Diabetes: Chiropody
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Leicester East of 6 February 2012, Official Report, column 142W, on diabetes: chiropody, with...
- Diabetes: Orthopaedics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Leicester East of 6 February 2012, Official Report, column 143W, on diabetes: orthopaedics, what...
- Doctors’ List of Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to recover money overpaid to GPs for patients that should have been removed from their practice lists.
- Doctors’ List of Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure primary care trusts remove the names of deceased patients from practice lists.
- Fertility: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure equality of access to fertility treatment in the NHS.
- Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients in each primary care trust (PCT) area received referrals to consultant specialists based in a different PCT area in each of the...
- Heart Diseases: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will repeat the consultation on children's congenital cardiac services alongside the ongoing review of adult congenital cardiac services; (2)...
- Heart Diseases: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress he has made in determining the future for centres for children's heart surgery.
- Heart Diseases: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he intends to call in the Independent Reconfiguration Panel's report on children's heart surgery.
- Help is at Hand
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to distribute Help is at Hand to (a) general practitioners, (b) coroners and (c) police forces; and if he will make a statement.
- Hepatitis: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to review the health care arrangements for offenders who are (a) diagnosed with hepatitis C while in prison, (b) diagnosed with...
- HIV Infection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the level of HIV diagnoses in England.
- Homeopathy: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on research into homeopathy in each year since 2007.
- Hospitals: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS consultants also worked in the private sector in the most recent period for which figures are available.
- Hospitals: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost is of providing a fully compliant vascular laboratory at Warrington hospital; and if he will estimate the cost of providing a similar...
- Meat: Ritual Slaughter
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the provision of halal slaughtered meat and only providing such meat where necessary.
- NHS Trusts: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on whether the chief executive of the Lancashire Primary Care Trust cluster has visited West Lancashire constituency...
- NHS Trusts: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received on the performance of the chief executive of the Lancashire Primary Care Trust (PCT) cluster; and what...
- NHS: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what programmes are being run by Leicester City Primary Care Trust as part of his Department's Pacesetters programme.
- NHS: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has commissioned an independent analysis of the cost of NHS reorganisation.
- Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent progress he has made on his consultation on the entry regulation for pharmacies; (2) what plans he has to bring forward proposals for a...
- Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department due to (a) stress and (b) mental ill health in each of the last three years.
- Social Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many local authorities have (a) increased charges and (b) changed eligibility criteria for social care since May 2010.
- South London and Maudsley NHS Trust: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the (a) name of patient, (b) age, (c) ward, (d) date of absconding, (e) method by which they absconded, (f) whether on remand or committed...
- International Development
- Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent steps his Department has taken to help internally displaced people and refugees in Shan and Kachin states in Burma.
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans he has to visit Palestine to assess the humanitarian situation.
- Treasury
- Bankruptcy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration HM Revenue and Customs has given to the Insolvency Service's proposals on reform of the process to apply for bankruptcy and compulsory...
- Banks: Regulation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of progress on the implementation of Basel III.
- Child Tax Credit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of child benefit recipients are also in receipt of child tax credit payments.
- Departmental Apprentices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many apprentices were employed by each public body for which his Department is responsible between (a) April 2010 and March 2011 and (b) April and...
- Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he proposes that payment will be made under the Equitable Life scheme to estates of surviving spouses of eligible recipients who have died.
- Excise Duties: Beer
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made any assessment of the effect of suspending the beer duty escalator on the number of pub closures.
- Foreign Loans: Argentina
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value is of loans to Argentina made through international organisations which are underwritten by the UK; and what the total potential liability is...
- G20
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the circumstances in which a country wilfully breaching its international financial and legal obligations should be required...
- Individual Savings Accounts: Children
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will allow children with a Child Trust Fund to transfer to a Junior ISA.
- Insolvency
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department paid to insolvency practitioners in each year between 1997 and 2010; and if he will make a statement.
- International Monetary Fund: EU Countries
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department's policy is on the payment of International Monetary Fund loans to non-EU countries in default of international legal and financial...
- Public Sector: Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2012, Official Report, column 929W, on the public sector: pay, (1) what the 106 posts are where there was no...
- Revenue and Customs: Standards
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what customer service targets HM Revenue and Customs has put in place for (a) answering telephone calls and (b) responding to correspondence from members of...
- Shelter Funds
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his Department's policy to seek amendments to the rules of the Bank of International Settlements to prevent its use to shelter funds from...
- Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to reduce tax (a) avoidance and (b) evasion; and if he will make a statement.
- Taxation: Energy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward the (a) consultation period and (b) implementation in financial year 2012-13 of the measures he announced in his autumn statement...
- VAT: Guide Dogs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider classifying guide dogs and caring support dogs as working dogs for VAT purposes.
- Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much has been overpaid to working tax credit recipients in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each...
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Council of Europe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of progress to date in the UK's Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of...
- Departmental Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the advantages to foreign and security policy of appointing men and women with military...
- EU Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to promote Scotland as a location for EU agencies and...
- EU Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish each item of documentation prepared by his Department in respect of the Government's role in securing the...
- Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the recent visit by International Atomic Energy Agency officials to Iran; and if he will make a...
- Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the situation of Mr Khader Adnan who has been on hunger strike while detained by the...
- Libya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to invite the Prime Minister of Libya to visit London; and if he will ensure that members of the All Party...
- Maldives
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking (a) bilaterally and (b) through the EU to support parties in the Maldives to prepare for early...
- Maldives
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise at the UN the issue of early elections in the Maldives; and if he will make a statement. [R]
- Unrwa
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans his Department has to support the UN Relief and Works Agency Summer Games Marathon to be held on 1 March 2012 in Gaza.
- West Bank
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of allegations of violence and vandalism committed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank; and if he...
- Yemen
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has had discussions with the new President of Yemen, Abdurabu Mansur Hadi.
- Yemen
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the election of Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi as president of Yemen; and if he will make a statement.
- House of Lords
- Armed Forces: Aircraft
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Astor of Hever on 17 February (WA 194) and 14 February (WA 143-4), why the Ministry of Defence is funding a Royal Air Force...
- Armed Forces: Aircraft
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 27 February (WA 193), whether Merlin mark 2 helicopters are able to conduct area anti-submarine warfare...
- Aviation: Passenger Duty
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider it appropriate for airlines and travel companies to describe anything other than air passenger duty as a tax.
- Bank of England
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ask the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee and the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee to produce a joint report reviewing...
- Bank of England
To ask Her Majesty's Government who are the members of the appointment committee to be charged with proposing the nomination of the next Governor of the Bank of England; what principles are used...
- Benefits
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many payments of child benefit and child tax credit are made on behalf of children living abroad per year; whether such payments are temporary; whether they...
- Care Quality Commission
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has resigned unconditionally or whether payments for early termination of employment have been arranged...
- Cosmetic Interventions
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the NHS Medical Director will be consulting dermatologists and the British Association of Dermatologists during his review of the regulation of the...
- Credit and Debit Cards: Surcharges
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their deadline for the removal of excessive credit and debit card surcharges.
- Credit and Debit Cards: Surcharges
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they estimate that excessive surcharges for credit and debit card users cost (1) air passengers, and (2) other consumers, in the past year.
- Divorce (Religious Marriages) Act 2002
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord McNally on 27 February (WA 230), what plans they have to raise awareness among religious communities, and in particular...
- Embryology
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 8 February (WA 65-6) and 27 February (WA 237), when the stem cell lines that correspond to those used in the...
- Employment: Law
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to alter equality legislation applicable to people in the labour market through the introduction of measures to make it easier for employers...
- Energy: Green Deal
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to energy companies of implementing the Green Deal central charge database.
- Energy: Green Deal
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with energy companies or their representatives regarding their assessment of the Green Deal central charge database.
- Energy: Green Deal
To ask Her Majesty's Government what responses they have received from energy companies or their representatives regarding the implementation of the Green Deal and the Green Deal central charge.
- Extradition
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, before agreeing to the extradition of Mr Tappin to the United States, they obtained assurances that he would be treated humanely, housed in comfortable...
- Extradition
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in view of the extradition to the United States of Mr Christopher Tappin, they will review present extradition arrangements with that country.
- Government Departments: Parking Fines
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much HM Revenue and Customs has paid in (1) parking tickets, and (2) vehicle clamping charges, incurred by staff in the course of their work on (a) privately...
- Government Departments: Staff
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the percentage of civil servants employed by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills who take time off work each year...
- Health: Costs
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have conducted a cost-benefit analysis of extending access to free NHS care to those pensioners who have lived in the United Kingdom for a significant...
- Health: Physiotherapy
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) the 30 per cent cut in physiotherapy training places in London, and (2) the closure of the physiotherapy...
- Health: Physiotherapy
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the closure of the physiotherapy training course at the University of East London on the number of people from...
- House of Lords: Membership (1 annotation)
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Strathclyde on 27 February (WA 275), and to the statement by Lord Strathclyde on 9 February (Official Report, col. 359),...
- Justice and Security
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether information provided in response to the consultation on the Justice and Security Green Paper (Cm 8194) is subject to publication or disclosure in...
- Justice and Security
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord McNally on 27 February (HL15541), whether the identity of all respondents to the public consultation on the Green Paper on...
- Justice and Security
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the security and intelligence services were consulted during the preparation of and public consultation on the Green Paper on Justice and Security.
- Justice and Security
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether responses have been made to the public consultation on the Green Paper on Justice and Security by or on behalf of the security and intelligence services.
- National Loan Guarantee Scheme
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the impact on credit availability and pricing of the proposed National Loan Guarantee Scheme against the introduction by the Bank of...
- NHS: Central Lancashire
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the expected date for the completion of the doctor's surgery in Chorley East Ward, Lancashire.
- NHS: North Lancashire
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the chief executive of NHS North Lancashire, Janet Soo-Chung, has held meetings with Members of either House since she took up her post; and with...
- Northern Ireland Office: Staff
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the percentage of civil servants employed by the Northern Ireland Office who take time off work each year through smoking-related...
- Passports
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will require those being issued with a new United Kingdom passport, or whose United Kingdom passport is being renewed, to declare details of any other...
- Pensions
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the median annual pension and lump sum paid to full-time hospital consultants and medical general practitioners retiring last year; and what were the...
- Piracy
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 14 February (WA 156), whether HM Treasury recognises (1) anti- piracy and (2) anti-drug operations as a valid...
- Ports and Harbours
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the availability of resources to the Marine Management Organisation has any bearing on whether they decide to hold a public inquiry into an application for...
- Public Infrastructure: Investment
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their proposals to encourage pension and other funds to invest in public infrastructure will involve full and effective risk transfer from the Government...
- Roads: Speed Limits
To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact automatic number plate recognition systems will have on the enforcement of speed limits.
- Taxation
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish guidance on the circumstances in which they will introduce retrospective tax measures.
- Taxation: Avoidance
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will introduce a general anti-tax-avoidance law.
- UK Trade and Investment
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the process by which the membership of UK Trade and Investment's sector group task forces and sector advisory groups is decided.
