Written answers
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
- Women and Equalities
- Business: Females
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what recent progress she has made on her mentoring scheme to help women fulfil their potential in business.
- Females: Fiscal Policy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what assessment she has made of the effects of the Government's deficit reduction plan on women.
- Work Experience
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities pursuant to the answer of 7 June 2011, Official Report, column 221W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b)...
- Northern Ireland
- Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2012, Official Report, column 491W, on departmental responsibilities, for what reason he does not disclose the...
- Police Service of Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, columns 443-4W, on Police Service of Northern Ireland, for what reason he does not...
- Serious Organised Crime Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 13 March 2012, Official Report, column 169W, on security and the answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column...
- Scotland
- Mass Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
- Wales
- Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent meetings she has had with members of the Commission on devolution in Wales on the revised timetable for the report.
- Health and Social Care Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent meetings she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the potential effects of the provisions of the Health and Social Care Bill on...
- Public Sector: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if she will have discussions with her ministerial colleagues on the potential effects of introducing regional pay for public sector workers in Wales.
- Remploy
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what meetings she has had with the Welsh Government to discuss devolving responsibility for Remploy.
- Culture Media and Sport
- Arts: Crime Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of the arts to reducing (a) racism, (b) homophobia, (c) disability...
- Betting: Dormant Accounts
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with betting companies and their representatives on unclaimed winnings and dormant betting accounts.
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport with reference to his Department's Business Plan 2011-15, what steps his Department took to complete action (a) 5.1.i on...
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport with reference to the Budget 2012, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of expanding high-speed internet...
- Broadband: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent progress he has made on his plans to extend superfast broadband to the North East and Northumberland.
- Leisure: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what his Department's definition is of the leisure industry; and whether his Department differentiates between the...
- Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many people are employed in interim posts by the Department, or a non-ministerial department or arm's length body...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Olympic Delivery Authority's learning legacy website in sharing...
- Radio Frequencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the cost to an individual of purchasing a femtocell to benefit from his Mobile Infrastructure Project.
- Remploy
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) whether his Department has procured any goods from Remploy factories in the last three years; and what the value was of...
- Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what plans he has to increase participation in sport; and what targets he has set.
- Sports: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the likely effect of withdrawing targets for increasing participation in school sport on...
- Prime Minister
- Early Intervention Foundation
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his oral answer of 21 March 2012, on what date he expects the full tender document to be issued for an early intervention foundation; and on what dates he...
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Dogs: Electronic Training Aids
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what rationale her Department used when permitting the participation of the Electronic Collar Manufacturers' Association in...
- Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Food Standards Agency paid for the work commissioned from Imperial college London as part of its project on...
- Food: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the Budget 2012, what assessment she has made of the role of food and drink exports in the Government's...
- Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many employees of the Environment Agency are assigned to regulating the EU emissions trading system (a) full-time, (b)...
- Nature Conservation: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the outcome was of her Department's review of the implementation of the EU Habitats and Wild Birds Directives in England.
- Rural Areas: Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 551W, on rural areas: broadband, what proportion of the...
- Schmallenberg Virus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the costs and benefits of making the Schmallenberg virus notifiable.
- Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department spent on taxis for (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants between August 2011 and January 2012.
- Attorney-General
- Work Experience
To ask the Attorney-General pursuant to the answer of 4 May 2011, Official Report, column 737W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work...
- Education
- Academies: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when his Department plans to issue guidance to local authority pensions managers on academies pooling with their former local authority.
- Catering
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent on complimentary refreshments for (a) staff and (b) visitors in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Children’s Centres: Leeds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding he has allocated to Sure Start children's centres in (a) Leeds North West constituency and (b) Leeds for 2012-13; and whether such...
- Citizenship: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to improve citizenship education in schools.
- Day Care: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many families will receive the extension of 15 hours of childcare to the poorest families in (a) the North East and (b) Hexham constituency.
- Departmental Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his private Ministerial office spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the...
- English Baccalaureate
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of pupils were (a) entered for and (b) passed the English Baccalaureate in 2010-11 in each parliamentary constituency.
- English Language: National Curriculum Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on the weight given to the internally-assessed writing element of Key Stage 2 English in setting the level of achievement.
- English Language: National Curriculum Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many primary schools have opted for an external assessment for the writing element of the Key Stage 2 English assessment in the latest period for...
- English Language: National Curriculum Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment criteria will be issued to primary schools for Key Stage 2 English writing assessments.
- Free Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many free schools due to open in September 2012 have secured sites.
- Free Schools: School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) academies and (b) free schools are adhering to his Department's regulations on school food standards.
- GCSEs: GCE A-Levels
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many children were awarded A*-C grades in GCSE (a) mathematics and (b) English in (i) Kent and (ii) Dartford constituency in each of the last...
- Intellectual Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
- Literacy: Teaching Methods
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have applied for matched funding to purchase phonics material; and which providers they have indicated they will be purchasing from.
- Literacy: Teaching Methods
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have applied for matched funding to purchase phonics material; and from which providers such materials will be purchased.
- Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools and pupils have received the pupil premium in (a) the north-east and (b) Hexham constituency.
- Remploy (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent discussions his Department has had with Remploy on the procurement of goods.
- Schools: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) applications have been received and (b) places were available for the 2012-13 academic year in (i) free schools and (ii) all state schools.
- Schools: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the (a) demand for and (b) supply of school places in Birmingham in the next five years.
- Schools: Fire Extinguishers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will issue guidance to free schools on the installation of fire sprinkler systems in new school premises.
- Schools: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to publish the Education (Exemption from School Inspection) (England) Regulations under section 5 of the Education Act 2005, as amended...
- Schools: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what additional costs he estimates will arise for (a) Ofsted, (b) his Department and (c) local authorities as a consequence of changes proposed in the...
- Schools: Sanitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment has been made of the standard of school toilet facilities; and whether an assessment has been made of any relationship to the incidence...
- Teachers: Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether local authorities can re-charge schools for the employment costs of teachers engaged in trade union activities.
- Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of people recruited to initial teacher training courses for secondary schools in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 trained as teachers in (i)...
- Teachers: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the transfer of responsibility for the pay and conditions of teachers to the...
- Truancy: Leeds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many days of truancy were recorded in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the City of Leeds in each of the last three years.
- Young People: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to reduce alcohol consumption by 11 to 15-year-olds who drink regularly.
- Work and Pensions
- Action for Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether any new contracts have been let by his Department to A4e between 28 February and 27 March 2012.
- Apprentices: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average wage paid to apprentices undertaking one year workplace-based apprenticeships is.
- Departmental Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2011, Official Report, column 113W, on consultants, what (a) reports on implementation of universal...
- Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to work with disabled people and disability organisations to ensure that the Disability Strategy is co-produced and not...
- Disability Living Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many decisions have been made by his Department to end disability living allowance in respect of children in (a) each of the last five...
- Disability Living Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many decisions have been made by his Department to end disability living allowance in respect of those aged 16 to 18 in (a) each of the...
- Fuel Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent progress he has made on reducing fuel poverty.
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the numbers of people in work who are claiming (a) housing benefit and council tax benefit, (b) housing benefit...
- Intellectual Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
- New Enterprise Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the level of take-up has been of the (a) New Enterprise Allowance and (b) New Enterprise Allowance Loan in Birmingham, Ladywood...
- Occupational Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the (a) cost and (b) administrative burden of introducing auto-enrolment for the agency worker sector.
- Occupational Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will assess the financial effect of the implementation of auto-enrolment on the agency worker sector.
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had on the introduction of regional pay in his Department.
- Personal Income
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) median and (b) mean income was of households with (i) no children, (ii) one child, (iii) two children, (iv) three children, (v)...
- Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to ensure that the application form for personal independence payment will ask for information on people's difficulties...
- Remploy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what incentives he plans to offer to local businesses to employ disabled people made redundant by Remploy.
- Remploy: Wales (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assistance he has offered to Remploy factories in Wales to become more profitable.
- Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people who are claiming benefits to which they are not entitled by (a) region, (b) sex and (c) age;...
- Unemployed People: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Flexible Support Fund in helping people find work.
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report, column 65W, on universal credit, how much of the £2 billion allocated to the...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report, column 65W, on universal credit, how much of the £105 million allocated to the...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to announce what role local authorities will play in delivering universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the value is of payments made to ATOS in respect of the Harrington changes to work capability assessments for employment and support...
- Defence
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with the US Secretary of Defense since his statement on American forces ending their combat role in 2013.
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many supply and re-supply operations there have been to Afghanistan since (a) operations began and (b) January 2011; and what the cost of those...
- Air Force: Languages
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF pilots have learnt foreign languages as part of the carrier programme.
- Air Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what occasions he has taken flights to overseas countries on official business since August 2010; what class of travel was used on each such flight;...
- Aircraft Carriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of cats and traps on the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers.
- Aircraft Carriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent examination he has made of the comparative cost of (a) fitting catapults and arrestor gear to one of the future carriers and (b) acquiring...
- Aircraft Carriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) cost and (b) time period of installation will be of installing catapult and arrestor gear on one Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier.
- Aircraft Carriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) at the time of the Strategic Defence and Security Review, what the estimated cost was of installing catapult and arrestor gear on one Queen...
- Aircraft Carriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what weight of jet is able to take off from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
- Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what guidance he has issued to members of the armed forces on contact with hon. Members; (2) what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his...
- Armed Forces: Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the role of defence community police officers and the services they provide to members of the armed forces and...
- Armed Forces: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of UK armed forces are Scottish regiments.
- Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to achieve interim (a) missile defence capability and (b) alert capability of a missile attack.
- Falkland Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the privatisation of search and rescue services in the Falkland Islands; and if he will...
- Intellectual Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
- Intelligence and Security Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether members of the Intelligence and Security Committee are given full access by the US authorities to (a) the inner Operations area, (b) other parts...
- Intelligence and Security Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when members of (a) the Intelligence and Security Committee, (b) the Joint Intelligence Committee, (c) the Assessment Staff, (d) the Intelligence,...
- Iraq Conflict: Depleted Uranium
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many pieces of Iraqi military equipment were destroyed using depleted uranium ammunition by coalition forces during the 2003 Iraq conflict; and how...
- Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the F-35B joint strike fighter variant will be able to fire advanced medium range air-air missiles.
- Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who attended the Joint Strike Fighter Executive Steering Board Meeting in Sydney on 15 March 2012; and what was discussed.
- Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has any plans to lease additional C-17 aircraft to transport equipment from Afghanistan.
- Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions a foreign-requested aircraft has provided search and rescue assistance over UK territorial waters in the last five years; what role...
- Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total cost is of the relocation of Waterbeach Barracks to Kinloss.
- Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons the relocation of Waterbeach Barracks to Kinloss was brought forward.
- Ministry of Defence Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the Ministry of Defence Police are based at Colchester Garrison.
- Ministry of Defence Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has considered reducing the number of Ministry of Defence police officers at HMNB Clyde.
- Nuclear Power Stations: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role was played by the RAF Regiment radiation monitoring team in Japan following the accident at Fukushima in March 2011; and what the cost was of...
- RAF Menwith Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who pays for the operation of the Menwith Hill shuttle bus that runs between NSA Menwith Hill and Harrogate.
- Somalia: Piracy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many suspicious vessels UK armed forces have intercepted off the Somali coast in the last 12 months.
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to work with the US Administration to resolve the situation in Syria.
- Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on taxis for (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants between August 2011 and January 2012.
- Transport
- Cycling: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will publish data on public perceptions of the safety of cycling in each local authority area.
- Cycling: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she is taking to encourage non-London local authorities and the Highways Agency to identify and prioritise junctions where cycle safety...
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make it her policy to keep Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority data services in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the route options for the Y route of HS2 proposed by HS2 Ltd will be published.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the effects on local businesses of the construction of HS2; and what estimate she has made of the number of such...
- Intellectual Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether her Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
- Large Goods Vehicles: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans her Department has for the revenue raised from charging foreign HGVs to use the UK road network.
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the possibility of increased congestion and delays at British airports before, during and immediately after the London...
- Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if she will estimate the change in income from rail fares that would arise from changing the cap on fare increases from retail prices index (RPI)...
- Rescue Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many leisure vessels have received assistance from each of the maritime rescue co-ordination centres in the last five years.
- Rescue Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) training and (b) flying hours will be stipulated in the contract to provide search and rescue services.
- Traffic Penalty Tribunal
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many staff the Traffic Penalty Tribunal employed on a (a) full-time equivalent and (b) headcount basis in the latest period for which figures...
- Cabinet Office
- Business Appointments Advisory Committee
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he or his Department have provided any briefing or other guidance to witnesses other than Ministers appearing before the Select Committee on...
- Manpower
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff in his Department are responsible for cross-Whitehall policy on commissioning and procurement; and if he will make a statement.
- Manpower
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people are employed in interim posts by the Department, or a non-ministerial department or arm's length body controlled by his Department...
- Statistics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2012, Official Report, column 56W, on Homes and Communities Agency: statistics, (1) if he will place in the Library...
- Transport: Costs
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of households in (i) England and (ii) each constituency in England which spent more than...
- Communities and Local Government
- Affordable Housing: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many affordable homes have been (a) begun and (b) completed in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency since May 2010.
- Community Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department plans to take to evaluate the implementation of the measures contained in its document Creating the...
- Fire Extinguishers: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will assess the (a) costs and (b) benefits of installing fire sprinkler systems in new schools.
- Fire Prevention: Free Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what fire safety requirements apply to free schools where buildings are converted from other uses to educational use.
- Housing: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, columns 469-70W, on housing: energy, what steps his Department has...
- Housing: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the adequacy of housing survey coverage in rural areas.
- Housing: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new affordable rural homes in smaller settlements have been completed since 2008.
- Shared Ownership Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations his Department has received from housing associations on provision of credit to those seeking to purchase...
- Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to minimise noise transference in newly built social housing.
- Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the number of complaints received by local authorities on noise transference within...
- Temporary Accommodation: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households in rural areas were living in temporary accommodation on the latest date for which information is available.
- Troubled Families Initiative: Peterborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many families will be included in his Department's Troubled Families initiative in the Peterborough City Council area in...
- Wind Power: Planning Permission (2 annotations)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the editorial in the British Medical Journal of 8 March 2012, concerning potential health effects of wind...
- Justice
- Remand in Custody: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the average daily cost of remanding a person in custody.
- Bill of Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of the Commission on a Bill of Rights delivering on its terms of reference.
- Chief Coroner
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate his Department has made of the cost of establishing an independent appeals process for decisions made by the newly appointed Chief Coroner.
- Chief Coroner
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to his removal of the power of the Chief Coroner under section 40 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, where responsibility lies for...
- Corruption: EU Action
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to EU Council Decision 2003/642/JHA, what assessment his Department has made of the likely benefits of applying the convention on the...
- Courts: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was spent on translation and interpretation at (a) Peterborough Crown Court and (b) Peterborough Magistrates' Court in each year since 2004; and...
- Courts: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many court cases have been delayed in the last 12 months as a result of Applied Language Solutions not providing an interpreter.
- Criminal Records: EU Action
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to implement a system of information sharing on sexual and serious offenders across EU borders.
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much his Department spent on taxis for (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants between August 2011 and January 2012; (2) how much his Department...
- Employment Tribunals Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 29 February 2012, Official Report, columns 368-9W, on Employment Tribunals Service, how many of the 1,495 unpaid employment...
- Family Courts: Expert Evidence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will consider the report commissioned by the Family Justice Council on Evaluating Expert Witness Psychological Reports; and if he will make a statement.
- Fines: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to Article 4 of EU Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA, how many final decisions requiring a financial penalty to be paid by a natural...
- Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to encourage the accession of additional countries to the 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction.
- Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many law firms in the London Borough of Bexley received payments for legal aid work in each of the last five years; and what the total value of...
- Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what steps his Department is taking to ensure that litigants in person will continue to be able to access justice following the reduction in...
- Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) pursuant to the answer of 13 March 2012, Official Report, column 217W, on legal aid: fees and charges, in respect of how many cases the Legal...
- Location
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to relocate any staff in his Department to new offices in Birmingham.
- Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average prison population was in each year since 1990.
- Prisons: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) suicides, (b) deaths by natural causes and (c) unclassified deaths of prisoners there have been in each of the privately-run prisons since...
- Telephone Tapping: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will take steps to provide greater protection for small businesses which are encouraged to enter into binding legal contracts by the use of...
- International Development
- Developing Countries: Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of progress towards international tuberculosis control targets as set out in the Global Plan to Stop TB...
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what estimate his Department has made of the number of internally displaced people in Iraq in each year since 2003; (2) what...
- Sri Lanka
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans he has to visit Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many officials of his Department are currently stationed in Sri Lanka.
- Energy and Climate Change
- Clean Coal Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much the Government spent on research and development into clean coal technology in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and what...
- Combined Heat and Power: Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will define the 60 per cent. greenhouse gas emissions savings standard compared with fossil fuel which he proposes for use of...
- Energy: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of his Department's accuracy in forecasting forward carbon emission factors for grid electricity for the...
- Energy: Disconnections
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of (a) domestic customers and (b) non-domestic customers disconnected by their energy supplier...
- Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost to companies of smart meter roll-out.
- Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to protect consumers from rising global energy prices.
- Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effects of his Department's policy that post-2020 targets for decarbonisation should be neutral with...
- Environment Protection: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he last met the EU Commission to discuss state aid rules in relation to support for energy intensive industries under the Carbon...
- Green Deal Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to take account of recommendations from the Hills Fuel Poverty review on the energy company obligation (ECO) in his...
- Green Deal Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to publish a response to the report of the Consents barriers and retaliatory evictions working group.
- Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people were employed in interim posts by (a) his Department and (b) a Non-Ministerial Department or arm’s length body...
- Power Stations: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether it is his policy to decarbonise the power sector by 2030.
- Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff in his Department are working on (a) community scale renewable energy, (b) electricity market reform and (c) new nuclear...
- Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will include bioliquids in his scheme of assistance for domestic heating installations under the Renewable Heat Incentive.
- Renewables Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what consideration he has given to including public acceptability in the sustainability criteria for renewables obligation certificates.
- Renewables Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations he has received on including public acceptability in the sustainability criteria for the Renewable Obligations...
- Wind Power (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make an assessment of the British Medical Journal editorial of 8 March 2012 on health effects of the distance of wind...
- Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he has taken to realise the Offshore Wind Developers' Forum target for UK-based suppliers to provide at least 50 per cent....
- Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of UK offshore wind development contracts have been awarded to firms based in the UK in each of the last three years.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- 1 Carlton Gardens
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost was of maintaining his Department's Carlton Gardens property under each budget heading in each of the last two years.
- 1 Carlton Gardens
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been spent on redecorating the Carlton Gardens property; and how much of that was paid by him.
- Intellectual Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of Iraq on women’s rights in Iraq.
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will appoint a human rights envoy to Iraq to submit reports to the Government and Parliament.
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the government of Iraq regarding the use of (a) torture and (b) evidence obtained through...
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the government of Iraq on the transparency and fairness of judicial processes in Iraq.
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received from the government of Iraq on the number of (a) executions carried out and (b) offences for which...
- Libya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent steps the Government has taken to protect the safety of UK citizens visiting Libya.
- Mauritania
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had on the Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Mauritania.
- Mauritania
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the provision of processing and landing facilities will be included in a new Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Mauritania.
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking as part of the UK presidency of the UN Security Council to seek consensus for a resolution...
- Treasury
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many higher-rate taxpayers have more than 10 children in receipt of child benefit; (2) if he will set out his calculation of the minimum number...
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families with children have an earner with a gross taxable income in excess of (a) £50,000, (b) £60,000 and (c) £70,000.
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the costs of administering the new arrangements for child benefit.
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the number of single-parent households that will lose child benefit (a) altogether and (b) partially as a result of his...
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the administrative cost of recovering through the tax system child benefit paid to families with a person earning over £50,000...
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers who do not currently have to submit a tax return will be required to do so as a result of the Government's proposals in relation to child...
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to bring forward proposals to remove the privilege of confidentiality in relation to tax returns from recipients of child benefit with a...
- CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria will be used to judge whether significant administrative savings are deliverable following the consultation on the Carbon Reduction Commitment...
- Departmental Recruitment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on (a) recruitment services and (b) executive search agencies in each month since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
- Employment Agencies
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on recruitment agencies in each month since September 2011.
- Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many road hauliers have had their licences withdrawn as a result of successful HM Revenue and Customs action to tackle alcohol duty fraud in each of the...
- Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people resident in (a) Chatham and Aylesford constituency and (b) Medway who will no longer pay income tax...
- Minimum Wage
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many members of staff at HM Revenue and Customs work on the enforcement of the national minimum wage.
- Paye
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons his Department adopted the interim solution to provide real time information for PAYE; and if he will make a statement.
- Stamp Duty Land Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) value and (b) extent of forestalling in advance of the coming into effect of his planned changes to stamp duty land tax.
- Taxation: Multinational Companies
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was foregone by HM Revenue and Customs due to multinational company tax write-offs in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Tobacco: Smuggling
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to paragraph 4.16 of his Department's publication, Tackling Tobacco Smuggling—building on our success, how many (a) charges and (b)...
- Vat
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has conducted an impact assessment of the potential effects of a reduction in the rate of VAT to five per cent. for home repair, maintenance and...
- Welfare Tax Credits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of households in each region which will no longer be entitled to tax credits following the introduction of changes...
- Health
- Public Health Responsibility Deal
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the public health responsibility deal.
- Private Health Care Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the involvement of the private health care sector in the NHS.
- GP Waiting Times
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for patients to see their GP in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Health Allocation Formula
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to review the health allocation formula.
- NHS: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions and on what dates he has met the Secretary of State for Scotland to discuss the potential effects of the Health and Social Care Bill...
- Asperger’s Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects a universal and full service for the treatment of Asperger's syndrome to be available following diagnosis without a second condition.
- Care Quality Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will assess the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission.
- Care Quality Commission: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contracts with external consultants were held by the Care Quality Commission in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; how many have been held...
- Cholesterol
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in England have high cholesterol; and if he will make a statement.
- Contraceptives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the estimated expenditure was on community contraceptive services for women (a) aged under 20 years and (b) aged 20 years and over in (i) England and...
- Crosby-Textor
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) senior officials in his Department have met employees of Crosby-Textor since May 2010.
- Doctors: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations he has received on the application process for those applying for entry to the Foundation Programme in August 2012; (2) what...
- Epilepsy: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to address the misdiagnosis of epilepsy and non-epileptic seizure disorder.
- General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answers of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 556W, on clinical commissioning groups, if he will take steps to prevent the NHS...
- General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answers of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 556W, on clinical commissioning groups, (1) whether the interpretation of the...
- General Practitioners: Management Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of expenditure by primary care trusts on management consultants contracted to support shadow clinical commissioning...
- General Practitioners: Management Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance is given to emerging clinical commissioning groups on the acceptance of support from management consultancy firms on a pro bono or...
- Health Visitors: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many physical assaults on health visitors were recorded in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available in 2012.
- Health: Management Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by his Department's arm's length bodies on external consultants in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the last five years for which figures...
- Health: Management Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on expenditure on external consultants by (a) his Department, (b) its...
- Herbal Medicine: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency implements the traditional herbal medicinal products...
- Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many older people were subject to delayed discharge from hospital as a result of malnutrition in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) the latest period for...
- Maternity Services: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was paid in compensation in respect of maternity cases by Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust in each of the last five years; and how many...
- Monitor: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contracts with external consultants were held by Monitor in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; how many have been held in 2011-12 to date;...
- Monitor: McKinsey and Company
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what work was carried out by McKinsey under contracts held by Monitor in 2011-12; and what the duration is of those contracts.
- Muscular Dystrophy: East Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress the NHS East Midlands Specialised Commissioning Group has made in developing neuromuscular services in the region; and if he will make a...
- NHS Foundation Trusts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has powers to refuse the merger of NHS foundation trusts covering two adjacent counties.
- NHS: Advocacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the capacity of advocacy organisations to absorb the administrative costs associated with achieving the quality...
- NHS: Management Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent by NHS bodies on external management consultants in 2011-12 to date.
- NHS: Management Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to commission external consultants to carry out independent assessments of the boards of NHS trusts.
- NHS: Management Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by NHS bodies on external consultants in 2010-11.
- NHS: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 13 March 2012, Official Report, column 192W, on NHS: standards, how many people waited longer than 18 weeks for a consultation...
- NHS: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many thefts from NHS premises were recorded in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available in 2012.
- Pancreatic Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to improve pancreatic cancer survival rates; (2) when he last made an assessment of the standards of care and...
- Prostate Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the prostate cancer drug Abiraterone.
- Royal Sussex County Hospital
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received on proposed investment in and redevelopment of the Royal Sussex County Hospital; whether formal agreement of...
- Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of progress in tackling tuberculosis in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
- Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration he gave to the need for (a) service co-location and (b) accountability when taking the decision that tuberculosis services should be...
- Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how tuberculosis control is included in local health protection plans.
- Home Department
- Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cars, vans and lorries have been intercepted at points of entry into the UK as part of the UK Border Agency's steps to tackle...
- Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received from the drinks industry on the Government's alcohol strategy.
- Aviation: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many iris scanners there are at airports in the UK.
- British Nationality: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will review the rights of family members who do not have the nationality of an EU member state enjoying the same rights as an EU...
- Crime Prevention: Motor Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to Article 5 of EU Council Decision 2004/919/EC, what the UK contact point is for tackling cross-border vehicle crime; and on...
- Drugs: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to EU Council Decision 2003/847/JHA of 27 November 2003, whether the drugs 2C-I, 2C-T-2, 2C-T-7 and TMA-2 are subject to...
- Drugs: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to lift the restriction on certain controlled drugs to enable full nurse prescribing to...
- Entry Clearances: Foreign Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many out-of-country visas were issued to both main applicants and dependents for intra-company transfers between 2000 and 2011.
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment her Department has made of the plans to reduce staffing levels at the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the potential...
- Foreign Workers: Domestic Service
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what statistics her office holds on the number of migrant domestic workers reporting unlawful working conditions.
- Freezing Orders: EU Action
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many freezing orders the UK (a) sent to and (b) received from other EU member states under the procedure established by EU Council...
- Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for EEA2 residence cards were made by non-EU nationals living in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford, (b) the London borough...
- Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people who had been granted limited leave to remain for an initial five-year period were then granted another period of...
- Immigration Controls: Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will put in place additional border checks at all points of entry to the UK for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- Immigration: Lewisham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will estimate the number of foreign nationals in Lewisham, Deptford constituency pursuing applications of any kind with the UK Border...
- Immunity Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether public interest immunity applications were made in the inquest into the 7 July 2005 bombings.
- Intellectual Property
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department has a role in developing intellectual property policy.
- Lasers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has plans to alter the regulation of the (a) importation to the UK and (b) sale of lasers.
- Lasers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to classify lasers as an offensive weapon.
- Lasers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have had recent discussions with their US counterparts on dangers arising from the aiming...
- Lost Property
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what property has been lost or stolen from her Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
- Metropolitan Police: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to bring forward proposals to enable local authorities to be involved in the selection of borough commanders in the...
- Money Laundering
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to Article 4 of EU Council Framework Decision 2001/500/JHA of 26 June 2001, on money laundering and confiscation of proceeds...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2012, Official Report, column 814W, on Olympic Games 2012, what additional resources her...
- Organised Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish a strategy for tackling violence initiated or facilitated by gangs; and if she will make a statement.
- Organised Crime: EU Action
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of liaison officers operating under EU Council Decision 2003/170/JHA of 27 February 2003;...
- Police and Crime Commissioners
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what date she expects to lay all outstanding secondary legislation in respect of police and crime commissioners.
- Police and Crime Commissioners
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to publish secondary legislation on elections for the posts of police and crime commissioner.
- Police: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will make a statement on the out-sourcing of police services to the private sector; (2) whether front-line policing will be...
- Police: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what steps her Department is taking to ensure that operational control remains with chief police officers under the Business Partnering...
- Police: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's (a) analysis of the merits of and (b) business case for the Business Partnering...
- Police: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether elected police and crime commissioners in the West Midlands and Surrey police force areas will have the ability to halt the proposals...
- Proceeds of Crime: EU Action
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the UK has fully enacted the provisions of EU Council Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA; and what assessment her Department has made of...
- Security: Football
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of EU Council Decision 2002/348/JHA of 25 April 2002 on improving security at international...
- Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on taxis for (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants between August 2011 and January 2012.
- Theft: Metals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of metal thefts which have occurred in the last year (a) nationally and (b) in Milton Keynes.
- UK Border Agency: Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many frontline UK Border Agency staff there were working at the UK borders in (a) 2010, (b) 2009, (c) 2008, (d) 2007, (e) 2006, (f) 2005,...
- UK Border Force
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the staff that will be transferred to the UK Border Force from the UK Border Agency are frontline staff.
- UK Border Force
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the UK Border Force will receive additional funding to improve its control of UK borders.
- UK Border Force: Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many frontline UK Border Force staff there are working at the UK borders.
- War Crimes: EU Action
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to EU Council Decision 2002/494/JHA of 13 June 2002, what the UK contact point is for the exchange of information concerning...
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- Arms Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what arms export licences have been revoked subsequent to the Government's response, Cm 8079, to the First Report of the...
- Basic Skills
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the potential effect on English for speakers of other languages learners in further education...
- Business: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much the Technology Strategy Board spent in each region in each of the last three years; how many grants it awarded in each...
- Catering
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on complimentary refreshments for (a) staff and (b) visitors in the latest period for which figures...
- Duke of York
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the cost to the public purse was of expenses paid to HRH the Duke of York between 22 July 2011 and 30 December 2011.
- EU Internal Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will estimate the number of (a) UK firms that trade with other EU member states and (b) people employed in those firms; and...
- Exports: Bahrain
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which UK strategic export control licences to Bahrain are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed...
- Exports: Egypt
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which UK strategic export control licences to Egypt are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed goods...
- Exports: Libya
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which UK strategic export control licences to Libya are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed goods...
- Exports: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which UK strategic export control licences to Syria are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed goods...
- Exports: Tunisia
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which UK strategic export control licences to Tunisia are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed...
- Exports: Yemen
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which UK strategic export control licences to Yemen are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed goods...
- Foreign Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) if he will estimate the number of jobs created by overseas companies which decided to locate their European headquarters in...
- Higher Education: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department or the agencies reporting to his Department, collect data on non-completion rates in private higher...
- Intellectual Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
- Intellectual Property Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills who the members are of the four expert advisory groups advising the Intellectual Property Office; and what the remuneration is of...
- Mature Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many (a) men and (b) women aged over 24 years were studying for qualifications at Level 3 and Level 4 or above in...
- Mature Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) men and (b) women in England who are following courses leading to qualifications at Level 3 or above are aged (i) 24...
- Property Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to encourage banks to work in partnership with small to medium-sized property developers and construction...
- Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to reinstate the research and development scorecard.
- Technology Strategy Board: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much the Technology Strategy Board spent in each region in each of the last three years.
- Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the Prime Minister's contribution in debate of 21 March 2011 in response to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion,...
- House of Lords
- Banking: Royal Bank of Scotland
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Bank of England was provided with the opportunity to review the Financial Services Authority's report The failure of the Royal Bank of Scotland in...
- BBC: World Service Trust
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 27 February (WA 203-4), which Minister approved the business case for the grant of £90 million by the...
- Civil Service: Salaries
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Wales Office define bonus payments in the context of civil service pay; what proportion of civil servants are eligible to receive non-consolidated...
- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress is being made as a result of decisions taken at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth in October 2011.
- Community Organisers
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the procurement process by which Locality was appointed as the "selected partner" to "deliver and train up to 5,000 community organisers", including the...
- Community Organisers
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many senior or trainee community organisers have so far been appointed and in which localities they are operating; how many will be appointed during the rest...
- Community Organisers
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the £20,000 bursaries to be paid to community organisers will be subject to income tax and national insurance contributions and whether monies spent...
- Community Organisers
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will fund local Community Organiser schemes beyond the initial training contracts, bursaries or salaries paid to the first 500 Community Organisers;...
- Community Organisers
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the approved criteria for the appointment by Locality of host organisations in the community organisers programme; what evidential basis is used for the...
- Community Organisers
To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they have set out for the proposed recruitment of 4,500 part-time voluntary community organisers; whether those posts will be advertised by (1)...
- Community Organisers
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether persons taking part in the Work Programme may be placed as part-time voluntary community organisers as part of that programme.
- Copyright
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the regulatory impact and costs to business of the proposals in their Consultation on Copyright to impose statutory codes on collective...
- Courts: District Judges
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they envisage any expansion in the number of district judges; and if so, how much.
- Courts: District Judges
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many district judges currently serve in England and Wales; and how this compares with the figures for each year since 2002.
- Courts: Magistrates' Courts
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many magistrates currently serve in England and Wales; and how this compares with the figures for each year since 2002.
- Courts: Magistrates' Courts
To ask Her Majesty's Government for how many total hours magistrates sat in session in 2011; and how this compares with figures for each year since 2002.
- Disabled People: UN Convention
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have responsibility for ensuring the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities across the United...
- Disabled People: UN Convention
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will give effect to the recommendation by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission to develop a...
- Energy: White Diesel
To ask Her Majesty's Government , further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 7 March (WA 421-2), what steps they have taken to ascertain how many suppliers around the United Kingdom are...
- Enterprise Zones
To ask Her Majesty's Government why enhanced 100% capital allowances are available in the Liverpool, Sheffield, Tees Valley, Humber, Black Country and North Eastern enterprise zones in England...
- Equality Act 2010
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Equality and Human Rights Commission regarding its publication of statutory Codes of Practice under the Equality Act 2010.
- Equality Act 2010
To ask Her Majesty's Government , further to the Written Answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 13 March (WA 41), whether the advice for school leaders, staff, governing bodies and local authorities...
- European Court of Human Rights
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, when finalising the list of candidates for the office of the United Kingdom judge at the European Court of Human Rights, the Government exercised their...
- Government Departments: Accountancy
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many written instructions have been provided by ministers in the Scotland Office to the Accounting Officer for the Department in accordance with paragraph 5.5...
- Government Departments: Staff
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Scotland Office define bonus payments in the context of civil service pay; what proportion of civil servants are eligible to receive non-consolidated...
- Health: In-vitro Diagnostic Tests
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the groups of diseases or other health-related issues for which in-house pathology tests using in-vitro methods have been developed in the National Health...
- House of Lords: Staff
To ask the Chairman of Committees what are the job titles of all staff in Black Rod's Department who are not administrative staff or doorkeepers; what is the value of their salary and any other...
- Houses of Parliament: Heating
To ask the Chairman of Committees whether the same boiler supplies heating for both Houses of Parliament within the Palace of Westminster.
- Housing Benefit
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of any increase in housing mobility resulting from changes to housing benefit and the introduction of the household...
- Human Rights
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering a written intervention under Article 36 of the European Convention on Human Rights in the case of Vejdeland and Others v Sweden...
- Marine Environment: Protected Areas
To ask Her Majesty's Government , further to the Written Statement by Lord Howell of Guildford on 28 February (WS 114-5) announcing a sustainable use marine protected area in South Georgia and...
- Money: Forgeries
To ask Her Majesty's Government , further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 12 March (WA 19), what is the estimated value of current forged notes and coins in circulation.
- NHS: Clinical Commissioning Groups
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many commissioning support services for clinical commissioning groups are expected to be identified by 1 April 2012; and how many of those are expected to be...
- NHS: Private Sector
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many private sector contracts currently exist within the National Health Service in primary, acute and tertiary care; and what is the value of those contracts.
- Pensions
To ask Her Majesty's Government which public sector pension schemes will revalue active members' benefits above the level of the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and by what percentage figure; what...
- Pensions
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the scheme-specific cost ceilings for the public sector pension schemes currently being reformed.
- Prisons: Rape, Murder and Suicide
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the incidence of rape within United Kingdom prisons in each year since 2008; and in the light of the United Kingdom's current extradition arrangements...
- Schools: Attendance
To ask Her Majesty's Government which five local education authorities had the best and which five had the worst pupil attendance records in England and Wales, in each year from 2005 to 2011.
- Schools: Cadets
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Combined Cadet Force contingents there were in schools in 2010-11; and, of those, how many were based in independent schools.
- Spencer Perceval
To ask the Chairman of Committees whether there are plans to mark the two hundredth anniversary of the assassination of Spencer Perceval on 11 May 1812 in the Palace of Westminster; and, if the...
- Sunday Trading
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the Sunday trading laws.
- US-Ireland Alliance
To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they have given towards the US-Ireland Alliance Mitchell Scholars' programme or to the president of the US-Ireland Alliance; and how the use...
