Written answers
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the forthcoming judicial review of the Government's proposed badger cull will result in a delay to the issuing of...
- Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how the size of the badger population will be calculated in areas which will have pilot culls of badgers to control bovine...
- Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what risk assessment her Department has conducted in respect of the effect on public safety of controlled shooting of badgers...
- Attorney-General
- Crown Prosecution Service: Closures
To ask the Attorney-General if he will make an assessment of the implications of the closure of the Crown Prosecution Service office at Athena House, York, for the administration of justice and...
- Drugs: Crime
To ask the Attorney-General how many residents of (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) Middlesbrough Local Authority and (c) Redcar and Cleveland Local Authority were...
- Transport
- Blue Badge Scheme: Berkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Blue Badge permits for disabled drivers were issued in (a) Reading borough council and (b) West Berkshire council area in each of the last...
- Departmental Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many jobs formerly in her Department and its agencies and non-departmental bodies were transferred to the private sector in 2011-12.
- Mobility Scooters
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she plans to license mobility scooters.
- Mobility Scooters
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road accidents involved mobility scooters in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
- Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many registered vehicle owners paid their vehicle road fund licence (a) six monthly and (b) annually in the last year for which figures are...
- Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information her Department holds on the number of road traffic accidents which were due to a driver being distracted by smoking in the last 12 months.
- Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cyclist fatalities there were in road traffic accidents in Reading West constituency in each of the last 10 years.
- Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents there were in Reading West constituency in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those accidents involved (a)...
- Transport: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of provisions for disabled access to transport in Reading West constituency; and what steps she is...
- Defence
- Army
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what proportion of regular army units are stationed permanently in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) Northern Ireland and (e)...
- Falkland Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the Government spent on defence of the Falkland Islands in each of the past five years; and how much it plans to spend in each of the next three...
- Departmental Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many jobs formerly in his Department and its agencies and non-departmental bodies were transferred to the private sector in 2011-12.
- Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what types of fixed-wing aircraft are used by the Royal Navy; and how many of each type are in use.
- Communities and Local Government
- Affordable Housing: Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many affordable homes have been (a) started and (b) completed in Reading West constituency since May 2010.
- Civil Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Government plans to publish its response to the final report of the Riots Communities and Victims Panel.
- Local Government: Debt Collection
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has estimated the potential change in the level of work for firms of bailiffs commissioned from local...
- Public Houses: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made in reducing the regulatory burden on community pubs; and what recent discussions or other...
- Risk Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what strategic or transitional risk registers in each area of policy are held by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
- Wind Power: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to issue new guidance to the Planning Inspectorate on onshore wind farms; and what will be included in any such...
- Wind Power: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at what point a wind farm development is considered to be in planning stage.
- Treasury
- Business: Loans
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to require banks to publish anonymised data showing the (a) amount and (b) geographical location of lending; and if he will make a...
- Dogs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department defines guide dogs and other assistance dogs to be working dogs; and for what reason dogs are defined as working dogs based on the...
- Gangmasters
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many gangmasters have been convicted of offences related to abuses of (a) VAT and (b) PAYE in each of the last three years.
- Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the income tax paid in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12 by the 1,000 richest individuals; and what percentage this...
- Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the income tax revenues lost as a result of the relocation of British citizens working in the IT, consulting and banking...
- Tax Allowances: Charitable Donations
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the likely revenue to the Exchequer from the cap on tax relief for philanthropic activity as a result of his proposal;...
- Vat
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what discussions he had with (a) the Secretary of State for Health, (b) the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and (c)...
- Vat
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made an assessment of the effect of his proposed changes to VAT charged on approved alterations on (a) listed buildings that are places of...
- Women and Equalities
- Risk Assessment
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what strategic or transitional risk registers in each area of policy are held by the Government Equalities Office; and if she will make a statement.
- Trade Unions
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities (1) how many trade union representatives in the Government Equalities Office had (a) part-time and (b) full-time paid facility time arrangements in...
- Culture Media and Sport
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many people he has allocated to work on the (a) super-connected and (b) local broadband plans.
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what support he is offering to super-connected cities on state aid issues.
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what correspondence Broadband Delivery UK has had with Newcastle City Council; and on what dates.
- Broadcasting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether Ofcom (a) has the power and (b) is under any obligation to report to the devolved administrations within the UK on the...
- Broadcasting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps he plans to take to ensure that broadcasters in the devolved nations within the UK meet their coverage obligations...
- Direct Selling
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether unsolicited international calls can be covered by the Telephone Preference Service.
- Radio Frequencies: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what information his Department holds on Ofcom's policy on 4G bidder obligations in (a) the UK and (b) the devolved nations in...
- Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many call centres provide services for his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible; and how many such call...
- Home Department
- Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what powers the police and other agencies have to prevent antisocial behaviour caused by homeless people who have been temporarily housed in...
- British Nationality: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what further provisions of the Schengen acquis the UK has adopted since the adoption of Council Decision 2000/365/EC; and what...
- Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the UK Border Agency spent on flights for the deportation of immigrants in each of the last five years.
- Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will place in the Library a diagrammatic representation of the relationships between the (a) bodies and (b) strategies for tackling...
- Immigration Controls: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the cap on non-EU migrant workers.
- Licensed Premises: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 25 April 2012, Official Report, column 894W, on licensed premises: security, if she will place in the Library...
- Licensing Laws: Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many alcohol licences have been revoked in Reading West constituency due to the sale of alcohol to children since the implementation of...
- Departmental Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many jobs formerly in her Department and its agencies and non-departmental bodies were transferred to the private sector in 2011-12.
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when her Department plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 12 December 2011 and 25 January 2012...
- Proceeds of Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value of assets recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 was in each police authority area in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
- Proceeds of Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what value of assets was recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and how much was provided to each...
- Treaties: European Union
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether conventions agreed under Title VI of the Treaty on European Union prior to the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty would cease to...
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer of 26 April 2012, Official Report, columns 1021-2W, on Afghanistan, when he anticipates the...
- Civil Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to reduce the number of vexatious claims brought before employment tribunals.
- European Union
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of provisions under the Lisbon Treaty for the EU to conclude international agreements with the UK.
- International Law: Overseas Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost to the public purse has been of the Government's decision to intervene in the case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum.
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on the full opening of the Rafah crossing into Gaza.
- Health
- Accountancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff in his Department had (a) a recognised accountancy qualification and (b) the Associate Chartered Accountant qualification in each of the...
- Alcoholic Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of under 18-year-olds in alcohol treatment programmes in the Tees Valley.
- Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he will take to ensure that the difference between cancer survival rates in England and those in other countries continues to be measured.
- Childbirth
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to improve the outcomes of babies born prematurely or sick in England; and if he will make a statement; (2) if he will make...
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the report by Action for ME, “Ignorance, Injustice and Neglect”, for what reason 53 out of 151 patient care trusts in...
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) with reference to the report by Action for ME, “Ignorance, Injustice and Neglect”, for what reason more than a quarter of patient care...
- Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) group sequential trials and (b) continual reassessment method trials in (i) increasing...
- Cosmetic Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to introduce new regulations for the private cosmetic surgery industry up to 2015.
- Depressive Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of the population were affected by depression in the last year for which figures are available.
- Eyesight: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many free eye tests have been given to people aged 60 years and over since 2001; and whether he plans to review the current eye test scheme.
- Eyesight: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what circumstances children of school age are entitled to free eye tests; and whether he plans to alter these arrangements.
- Hospitals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid to consultants who have undertaken reviews of the financial position of St Helens Hospital; and if he will publish the consultants'...
- Influenza: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of (a) those over 65 years, (b) pregnant women and (c) health and social care workers in Reading West constituency received a flu...
- Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will introduce a statutory requirement for doctors to receive training on care for patients with learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
- Medical Treatments: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on biotechnology and biomedical and clinical research.
- Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the NHS spent on mindfulness-based treatments in each of the last five years; (2) if he will estimate the number of people who could...
- Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the budget spent through primary care trusts was spent on mental health services in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a...
- Public Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the rules relating to disclosure of interest on the part of people serving on his Department's associated public...
- Respiratory System
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of whether GPs and paediatricians, when presented with child patients with respiratory conditions, routinely ask the parents...
- Sheffield Primary Care Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the potential effects on patient care of the requirement for Sheffield Primary Care Trust to hold back 2% of its budget in...
- Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how his Department plans to measure the effectiveness of its behaviour change campaign to reduce the number of adults smoking in cars carrying children.
- Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many local authorities in England, with responsibility for adult social services, have a monopoly provider providing 25% or over of nursing care; and...
- Speech Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance and support he plans to give to clinical commissioning consortia to ensure that they commission an appropriate range of services for people...
- Justice
- Magistrates: Teesside
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many magistrates there were in Teesside (a) on the latest date for which figures are available, (b) in 2011, (c) in 2010, (d) in 2009 and (e) in 2008.
- Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many companies appealed to the first tier tribunals service tax chamber relating to cases involving PAYE, VAT or national insurance contributions in...
- Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects to initiate a consultation on the proposed statutory instrument bringing first tier tribunals on a point of law back into the scope of...
- Human Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions there were for offences related to human trafficking in each year since 2004.
- Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether welfare benefits will be included in the mandatory legal aid telephone gateway.
- Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of existing legal aid funding he expects citizens advice bureaux and law centres to retain in respect of work related to (a) debt, (b)...
- Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many jobs formerly in his Department and its agencies and non-departmental bodies were transferred to the private sector in 2010-11.
- Proceeds of Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been (a) levied and (b) collected through the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
- Robbery
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the highest number was of previous convictions for robbery for an individual convicted of an offence of robbery without being sent to prison in each...
- Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of hearings or trials requiring interpreters have been delayed due to Applied Language Solutions not providing an interpreter in the last...
- Unpaid Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many fines levied by courts were not paid in full in the required period in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 to date; and what estimate he has made of...
- Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress he has made in implementing his proposals for reform of services for victims and witnesses.
- Young Offenders: Rochdale
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many young adult offenders aged 18 to 20 years from the metropolitan borough of Rochdale have been held in (a) young offender institutions, (b) local...
- Young Offenders: Rochdale
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many juvenile offenders from the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale have been held in a (a) secure children's home, (b) secure training centre and (c)...
- Cabinet Office
- Advisory Services
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of the additional funding allocated to the devolved Administrations as consequential funding for not-for-profit free advice services in...
- Average Earnings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average income was of (a) full-time male, (b) full-time female, (c) part-time male and (d) part-time female workers in (i) Birmingham, Ladywood...
- Business
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many new (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses have been created in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the north-east and (iv)...
- Business
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were employed in the (a) small and (b) medium-sized business sector in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the...
- Business
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent estimate has been made of the number of (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses operating in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside,...
- Charity Commission
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when he plans to advertise for a new chair of the Charity Commission; and if he will make a statement.
- Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent discussions he has had on the allocation of the £20 million funding that his Department has provided to not-for-profit law and advice...
- Public Sector
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of employees in (a) Redditch and (b) the West Midlands were employed in the public sector in each of the last five years.
- Voluntary Organisations
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many voluntary groups there were operating in the Ashfield constituency in each of the last three years.
- Education
- GCSE: Mathematics
To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the review of mathematics education by Carol Vorderman published in August 2011, what plans he has to reform GCSE mathematics.
- Work and Pensions
- Child Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what shared care arrangements will apply to the new gross income child maintenance scheme; and whether they will apply similarly to those on...
- Child Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of children (a) living in poverty in each of the last 15 years and (b) projected to be living in...
- Crisis Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what changes to the eligibility criteria for crisis loans there have been since 2010.
- Employment and Support Allowance: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Scotland, (b) Edinburgh and (c) Edinburgh East constituency have been receiving the assessment phase rate of employment...
- Employment Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many referrals were subcontracted by each Work programme prime contractor to (a) charities, third sector or other voluntary and community...
- Employment Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many referrals were handled by each Work programme prime contractor (a) in total and (b) in each month since the programme's inception; and...
- Employment Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 495W, on employment schemes, whether he has issued the provider guidance...
- Foreign Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 24 April 2012, Official Report, column 789W, on foreign workers, what the nature and value was of each of the...
- Jobseeker’s Allowance: Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Ashfield constituency claim jobseeker's allowance; and how many former claimants in Ashfield constituency have found...
- Materials Handling Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaths as a result of crane accidents in each year from 2008 and in 2012 to date.
- Materials Handling Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the cost to (a) the Health and Safety Executive and (b) crane users of compiling the tower crane...
- Occupational Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether representatives of the agency sector will be involved in the workplace pension reforms evaluation strategy; (2) what format the...
- Social Fund: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on (a) community care grants, (b) budgeting loans, (c) crisis loans items, (d) crisis loan living expenses and...
- Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reasons warning letters sent to benefit claimants who may be affected by the introduction of the benefit cap do not state how much the...
- State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners that would leave the UK each year if pensions were unfrozen for pensioners living abroad...
- State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the findings of the report by Oxford Economics entitled “Uprating Frozen-Rate Pensions”.
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy that all telephone numbers which claimants have to call to claim universal credit or to discuss their claim are...
- Energy and Climate Change
- Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what legal advice his Department has received on the compliance with GATT rules of differentiating subsidy support for biomass...
- Carbon Emissions: Public Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the level of carbon emissions from publicly owned buildings in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) January to April...
- Departmental Staff: Political Affiliation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the (a) job title and (b) pay band was of each official, excluding special advisers, recruited by his Department since May 2010...
- Environment Protection: International Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he plans to take to ensure that the UN initiative on Sustainable Energy for All is a priority for the G20 Clean Energy...
- Green Deal Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, column 1221W, on the Green Deal scheme, what the salary band is of each...
- Pets
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department provides food and facilities for animals owned by Ministers in a personal capacity; and if he will make a statement.
- Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many days of sick leave were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many black people aged 16 to 24 years gained a place on an apprenticeship scheme for each occupation type in (a) 2010 and (b)...
- Apprentices: Reading (Berkshire)
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses in Reading West constituency employ at least one apprentice.
- BRIC Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with officials in the Government of (i) India, (ii)...
- BRIC Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many meetings officials in his Department have had with businesses from (a) India, (b) China and (c) Brazil seeking to invest...
- BRIC Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many meetings officials in his Department have had with businesses seeking to export to (a) India, (b) China and (c) Brazil...
- BRIC Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many visits have been made to (a) India, (b) China and (c) Brazil by Ministers in his Department in each of the last 10 years.
- Certification Officer
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the total cost was of the Certification Office in each of the last five years; and what the total remuneration was of the...
- Certification Officer
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many complaints were received by the Certification Officer about trade unions in each of the last five years.
- Community Interest Companies: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will place in the Library a list of current community interest companies registered in Lancashire.
- Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) grants and (b) contracts his Department has awarded to companies or organisations run by individuals who previously held...
- Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the value of British exports was in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12; and what estimate he has made of the value of...
- Fisheries: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been paid under all compensation schemes for distant water trawlermen; and how much has been paid to trawlermen from...
- Green Investment Bank
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, column 1254W, on the Green Investment Bank, which stages remain...
- Green Investment Bank: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on locating in Wales any functions of the Green Investment Bank.
- Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will list the meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with (i) RBS, (ii) Santander, (iii)...
- Higher Education: Mathematics
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on the proportion of science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees that require...
- Higher Education: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will list the meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with commercial universities (i) in total...
- Higher Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how often performance indicators of designated higher education providers will be assessed as part of his Department's recently...
- Higher Education: Student Numbers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 518W, on higher education: student numbers, for what...
- Departmental Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many jobs formerly in his Department and its agencies and non-departmental bodies were transferred to the private sector in...
- New Businesses: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to support graduate entrepreneurship (a) in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency, (b) in the...
- Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on maternal and infant health effects of the proposals to...
- Patents: EU Action
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the status is of negotiations on the European Unitary Patent; and if he will make a statement.
- Regional Growth Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the Independent Advisory Panel on the Regional Growth Fund provides recommendations of funding levels to be approved and...
- Regional Growth Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to paragraph 3.15 page 34 of the National Audit Office report on the Regional Growth Fund, whether he expects to...
- Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 18 April 2012, Official Report, column 386W, on loans for further education, what provisions will...
- Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills under what legislation he plans to introduce the regulations providing for loans for further education students.
- House of Lords
- Aviation: London Airports
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 23 April (WA 296-297), what is the estimated revenue generated by a transit flight into a London...
- Disabled People: Blue Badges
To ask Her Majesty's Government why, in the guidance related to Blue Badge eligibility, conditions including myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) are expressly identified as not being "in themselves a...
- NHS: Salaries
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many National Health Service general practitioners earned more than the Prime Minister in the latest year for which figures are available, and what is their...
- NHS: Salaries
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many chairmen of National Health Service Trusts are paid more than the proposed salary of the chairman of HealthWatch England.
- Pensions (1 annotation)
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British people started receiving the basic United Kingdom state pension in (1) Jamaica and (2) Trinidad and Tobago, in each of the years (a) 2009, (b)...
- Pensions
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average rate of basic United Kingdom state pension currently paid to British claimants normally resident in (1) Jamaica and (2) Trinidad and Tobago.
- Pensions (1 annotation)
To ask Her Majesty's Government why the United Kingdom state pension payable to British expatriates living in Jamaica is uprated annually, but that payable to those living in Trinidad and Tobago...
