Written answers
Monday, 6 August 2012
- House of Lords
- Abortion
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many doctors, nurses, and managers have been referred to (1) the police, (2) the General Medical Council, or (3) the Nursing and Midwifery Council...
- Abortion
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the outcomes of investigations by (1) the police, (2) the General Medical Council, and (3) the Nursing and Midwifery Council, following the Care...
- Abortion
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessments were made of whether abortions took place legally or illegally in the Care Quality Commission’s individual inspection reports into...
- Armed Forces: Aircraft
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Military Aviation Authority report of the Fleet Air Arm (Military Aviation Authority-Headquarters Chief of Staff (Aviation and Carriers)...
- Armed Forces: Aircrew
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will arrange for medical statistics relating to aircrew serving in the Armed Forces to be made available to the Civil Aviation Authority. [HL2028]
- Atos Healthcare (1 annotation)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in each of the past five years, how many and what proportion of Employment Support Allowance claimants have been found fit for work after assessment by Atos...
- Broadband: 4G Mobile
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what evidence they have concluded that a fee of £50 plus VAT would be sufficient to enable a registered digital installer to install the necessary...
- Broadcasting: Digital Switchover
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the proportion of households in the United Kingdom that will have amplifiers to boost digital television signals following the...
- Burma
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Burma on the formation of a joint domestic and international board with the involvement of the United...
- Burma
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Burma about allowing recently released political activists to be given passports. [HL1814]
- Burma
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether staff of the Department for International Development have been able to visit Maungdaw in Rhakhine State, Burma. [HL1875]
- Burma
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many representations the Department for International Development has received in 2012 to date for increased funding for refugees from and displaced...
- Burma
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are providing to women's empowerment projects in Burma; and which specific women's organisations in Burma receive British aid. [HL2038]
- Children: International Law and Rights
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what work they have undertaken in the past 10 years to conduct evaluative analyses of law and practice as they affect children in countries or regions around...
- Children: Looked-after Children
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the latest year for which data are available, what percentage of looked-after children in each local authority in England attended a school graded (1)...
- Children: Offences against Children
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many offences against children were committed in Lincolnshire in each year from 1996 up until the last year for which records are available. [HL2064]
- China
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have about the Tibetan monk, Lobsang Lozin, who self-immolated at Tsodun Kirti monastery in Tibet; and what representations they have...
- China
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what conclusions they have drawn about the right to freedom of religious belief in China from the cases of Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin, Bishop Su Zhimin and...
- Cities: Economic Development
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each of the recently announced City Deals, how much of the resources allocated will be provided by way of government grant and how much by permitted...
- Commonwealth
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Commonwealth Secretariat plays a significant role in the co-ordination of member countries' policies within the...
- Crime: Burglary
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many burglary offences were committed in Lincolnshire in each year from 1996 up until the last year for which records are available. [HL2059]
- Crime: Drugs and Alcohol
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) arrests, and (2) detentions, for drug and alcohol-related crimes involved Asian girls and young women in each of the last two years. [HL2076]
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much criminal injuries compensation has been awarded to victims in each year from 1996 up until the last year for which records are available in each of...
- Cuba
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the statements of the family and supporters of Oswaldo Paya Sardinas that the Government of Cuba were responsible for his...
- Cybercrime
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what resources they have allocated to protect the United Kingdom from the effects of cyber attacks on the United Kingdom’s defence capability. [HL1990]
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the UK's bilateral aid, and what proportion of the total aid programmes of Western nations to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is...
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) troops are based in the Eastern Congo; what...
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they support the African Union’s proposal to send an international force to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to neutralise the M23...
- Diego Garcia
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Howell of Guildford on 13 July (HL Deb, col. 1401), what advice they have received on the legal position on the use by the...
- Drugs
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the role of zero-tolerance and abstinence-based treatment in the United Kingdom's drug policy. [HL2073]
- Drugs
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of how many girls below the age of 21 are dependent on drugs, according to ethnic origin. [HL2075]
- Education: Special Educational Needs and Disability
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any meetings have been held between Ministers of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and of the Department for Education to discuss...
- Embryology
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 11 December 2008 (WA 8-9), how many human embryos were created in each year since the commencement...
- Employment: Youth Contract
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what engagement they have had with Local Enterprise Partnership leaders in the development and promotion of the Youth Contract. [HL1756]
- Energy: Electricity
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the average costs without subsidies used for planning purposes per megawatt hour of electricity generated from (1) existing, and (2) new, (a)...
- Energy: Light Bulbs
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has received from organisations representing people with medical conditions that...
- Energy: Light Bulbs
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has held with the Department of Health about possible exemptions on medical grounds...
- Energy: Nuclear Power
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated cost of storing plutonium at Sellafield for 2013–17. [HL2057]
- Energy: Wave and Tidal Power
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the support provided for the development and operation of wind farms, whether they have any plans to provide similar support for tidal and...
- EU: External Action Service
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 13 July (WA 284–5), whether a reporting framework has been established to monitor the...
- First-tier Social Security and Child Support Tribunals
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many registered medical practitioners have participated in First Tier Social Security and Child Support Tribunals in each of the last five years. [HL1904]
- Flags: Union Flag
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Ministers, in their next meeting with the chairman of the National Gallery, will inquire why the National Gallery is not flying the Union Flag above...
- Food: Security
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is intending to spend in the current financial year on research to promote food security and...
- Food: Security
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the oral answer by Baroness Northover on 25 July on the Food Security Summit, whether the Prime Minister will announce at the event that as chair...
- Forced Marriage
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Forced Marriage Protection Orders have been made to date. [HL2077]
- G8
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the issues of "land grabbing", the improvement of land rights, especially for women, and the structural...
- Government Departments: Cars
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 19 July (WA 78), what were the makes and models of cars supplied to each government department by the...
- Government Departments: Overseas Offices
To ask Her Majesty’s Government , further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 11 July (WA 254-55), whether their Vietnam office will close with the end of their bilateral...
- Government Departments: Parliamentary Units
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and its predecessor departments, spent on running its Parliamentary Unit in each of the past...
- Government Departments: Policy
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many full-time equivalent staff in the Department of Health have been tasked with working on cancer policy for each of the past three years. [HL1979]
- Government Departments: Policy
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what forecasts have been made of how many full-time equivalent staff in the Department of Health will be tasked with working on cancer policy for each of the...
- Government Departments: Staff
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, Ursula Brennan, left her post; what was the reason for her departure; what is her new Civil...
- Government: Official Visits
To ask Her Majesty’s Government to which countries Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint has paid official visits since his appointment as a Minister of State; what were the dates of those visits;...
- Health and Social Care Act 2012
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how, following the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, they will ensure the allied health professions are adequately represented within...
- Health and Social Care: Northern Ireland
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research they have commissioned into the virtues of the model of health and social care integration adopted in Northern Ireland. [HL1916]
- Health: Allergies
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve the diagnosis and cure of allergies. [HL2092]
- Health: Defibrillators
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress the National Defibrillator Programme has made in installing automatic external defibrillators. [HL2068]
- Health: HIV/AIDS
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to tackle the issue of stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in the United Kingdom. [HL1984]
- Health: Musculoskeletal Conditions
To ask Her Majesty’s Government who leads on (1) musculoskeletal conditions, and (2) research, at the NHS Commissioning Board. [HL1930]
- Health: Pre-natal Diagnostic Tests
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the past 12 months, any concerns have been raised by the United Kingdom National Screening Committee over the accuracy of pre-natal tests,...
- Health: Rheumatoid Arthritis
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of people with rheumatoid arthritis in (1) England, and (2) the United Kingdom; and what is their estimate of the number...
- Health: Rheumatoid Arthritis
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people were receiving biologics as part of their treatment for rheumatoid arthritis in the last financial year; and what was the estimated cost to...
- Healthcare: Costs
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 25 June (WA 25-6), what is the text of the 18-month deadline under new European Union (EU) Regulation...
- HMS "Victory"
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 22 May (WA 49), whether they have authorised any further operations by the company Odyssey Marine...
- Homosexuality
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had recently with Governments in Commonwealth countries where homosexuality is illegal about the application of international...
- Horses
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Transportation Agreement between France, Ireland and the United Kingdom, designed to facilitate the transport of competition and other high-value...
- House of Lords: Apprentices
To ask the Chairman of Committees whether the House of Lords Administration will consider establishing an apprenticeship scheme within the employment of the House, to start no later than spring...
- House of Lords: Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint
To ask the Leader of the House, further to his answer on 23 July (HL Deb, col. 481-4), on what basis he considers that Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint could have answered a maximum of three oral...
- House of Lords: Members' Surveys (1 annotation)
To ask the Chairman of Committees what was the cost of the recent Members’ survey on the facilities and services in the House of Lords conducted by BMG Research; why the survey could not...
- House of Lords: Members' Surveys
To ask the Chairman of Committees why the options provided for answering question 27 of the Members’ survey on the facilities and services in the House of Lords, asking Members to indicate...
- Houses of Parliament: Sitting Days
To ask the Leader of the House, further to his answer on 17 July (HL Deb, col. 111) on the sitting arrangements of the two Houses, whether he will identify the comparative costs of (1) both...
- Houses of Parliament: Ticket Sales
To ask the Chairman of Committees how much profit Parliament made through sales of tickets to Parliament over the Summer Recesses of 2009, 2010 and 2011. [HL1818]
- Houses of Parliament: Ticketmaster
To ask the Chairman of Committees what criteria are used to judge the performance of Ticketmaster in its fulfilment of its contract with the Houses of Parliament. [HL1994]
- Human Trafficking
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Welsh Government’s anti-human trafficking co-ordinator established in April 2011; and whether they are...
- Immigration
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have entered the United Kingdom in each of the last five years from (1) the European Union, (2) the Commonwealth, and (3) the rest of the...
- Internet: Domain Names
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the level of accuracy being achieved in the recording and storing of the contact details of owners of .uk domain names;...
- Isle of Sark
To ask Her Majesty’s Government , further to the Written Answer by Lord McNally on 23 July (WA 109), what financial assistance has been given to the Isle of Sark in fulfilling its...
- Israel
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel in relation to the lifting of the blockade of Gaza and their obligations under the United...
- Israel
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implementation by the Government of Israel of the recommendations made by the 2003 Or Commission to tackle...
- Israel
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what grounds they supported the recent upgrading of relations between the European Union and Israel. [HL1969]
- Israel and Palestine: West Bank
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking within the European Union to address the alleged destruction by Israeli occupation authorities of an agricultural project funded...
- Legal Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why social security was not included in the current legal aid tender; and what steps are being taken to ensure that providers contracted to undertake legal...
- Mali
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the security situation in Northern Mali; and what plans they have to contribute to restoring peace to the region. [HL1856]
- Migrant Workers: Bulgarians and Romanians
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the United Kingdom is required by the EU Commission to open its labour market to Bulgarian and Romanian workers by bringing forward the transition...
- National Wildlife Crime Unit
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the value of the functions and responsibilities of the National Wildlife Crime Unit. [HL2086]
- National Wildlife Crime Unit
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the success of the National Wildlife Crime Unit. [HL2087]
- National Wildlife Crime Unit
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have concerning the role of the National Wildlife Crime Unit over the next five years, and what the funding arrangements will be. [HL2088]
- NHS: Primary Care Trusts
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times since May 2010 they have has asked strategic health authorities to investigate the imposition of blanket bans on treatments by primary care...
- NHS: Primary Care Trusts
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have taken action against a primary care trust because it has refused laparoscopies or X-rays of the uterus on the grounds that they were not...
- NHS: Primary Care Trusts
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will ensure that all decisions to restrict patient treatments made by primary care trusts or clinical commissioning groups will be made in...
- Nigeria
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Nigeria concerning the suspension of the Rifkatu Samson Danna from Bauchi State House of...
- North Africa: Landmines
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to deal with the remaining landmines laid in North Africa by Allied and Axis forces in World War 2, and what representations have they...
- Northern Ireland Office: Staff
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Shutt of Greetland on 13 October 2011 (WA 257), what was the date of departure of Hilary Jackson, the former...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which European Union member states are not on track to meet, or have ceased to be committed to meeting, the target of increasing Official Development...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they are having with European Union Official Development Assistance (ODA) partners on maintaining ODA pledges and managing joint aid...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Department for International Development spent on social protection programmes in Nigeria for (1) children and (2) pregnant and breastfeeding...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Department for International Development spent on social protection programmes in Ethiopia for (1) children, and (2) pregnant and breastfeeding...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Department for International Development spent on social protection programmes in Ethiopia to improve nutritional outcomes for (1) children, and...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding they have provided in each of the last 10 years, and how much they plan to spend in each year to 2015, for promoting (1) human rights, and...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government to how many countries the Department for International Development has provided general and sector budget support in the last 10 years; how much funding it...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government where UK Export Finance’s spending that counted as overseas development assistance, as reported in the Department for International Development’s...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what types of funding are attributed to the eight sectors that the Department for International Development’s annual report sets out for its bilateral...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Department for International Development (DfID) in Mozambique spent 1.2% of its budget on reproductive, maternal and newborn health there in the...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why, according to the annual report of the Department for International Development (DfID), DfID Sierra Leone spent 44.2 per cent of its budget on Global...
- Overseas Aid
To ask Her Majesty’s Government where the additional funding for the Conflict Pool in 2011–12 was found compared to the Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department Operational Plan...
- Pakistan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what grounds they have ceased funding the work of the Rural Support Programme Network in Pakistan. [HL1983]
- Police: Medals
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to awarding a posthumous bravery medal to PC Ian Dibell. [HL1713]
- Private Sector: Cash Resources
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they estimate that cash resources held by private companies in the United Kingdom are increasing or decreasing. [HL2023]
- Railways: Level Crossings
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many incidents have been recorded at railway level crossings in Lincolnshire in each year from 1996 up until the last year for which records are...
- Republic of Ireland: Financial Support
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 28 June (WA 103-4), what tranches of the UK bilateral loan to the Republic of Ireland have been paid and...
- Roads: Traffic Offences
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many traffic offences were committed in Lincolnshire in each year from 1996 up until the last year for which records are available, and of which types....
- Rwanda
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take in order to contribute to help prevent officials of Rwanda from providing support to militia groups operating in the Eastern...
- Rwanda
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether for the period 2011–15 the United Kingdom has allocated £344 million in bilateral aid to Rwanda; in the light of the Statement by Lord...
- Rwanda
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of their decision to suspend long-term development aid to South Sudan, why they continue to provide development aid to Rwanda, in the light of...
- Rwanda
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have information that counters the evidence produced by the United Nations Group of Experts that the Government of Rwanda are providing military...
- Rwanda
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any evidence provided by Ministers and others in the Government of Rwanda that convinces them that the allegations made by the United...
- Rwanda
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with counterparts in the Government of the United States over their continuing provision of humanitarian, development, or...
- Rwanda
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether in the course of discussions at the United Nations leading to the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2053 they sought to include...
- Rwanda
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Statement by Lord Howell of Guildford on 19 July (HL Deb, col. 333) that the report of the United Nations Group of Experts on the...
- Rwanda
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider the conclusions about the involvement of the Government of Rwanda in the ongoing conflict in eastern Congo in the recent UN Panel of...
- Rwanda
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have about discussions between the Government of Rwanda and the United Nations Expert Panel concerning allegations of military and...
- Rwanda
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with counterparts in Rwanda about introducing legal guidance on supply chain due diligence for companies operating in...
- Social Media
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguards and procedures are in place for the appropriate use of social media by staff in the children’s secure estate in the public and private...
- South Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest estimates of South Sudanese returnees in 2011 and 2012; how many of those have arrived by river and how many over land; and what...
- South Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received reports regarding the number of South Sudanese returnees arriving each week by river at Bentiu in Unity State; which aid agencies...
- South Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support is being provided to address the needs of South Sudanese returnees in Km18, Jamam and Batil camps in Upper Nile state; and through which aid...
- South Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assistance they have provided to the Audit Chamber of South Sudan in compiling the annual reports required by its constitutional mandate. [HL1997]
- South Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the Government of South Sudan about taking action on the findings of the annual reports recently presented by its...
- Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood that the Government of Sudan will honour the commitments made on 27 June on access for humanitarian aid to...
- Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there have been any improvements in the political environment for humanitarian agencies working in Darfur; and which UK-assisted aid agencies are...
- Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the prospects for sustainable agricultural development in Darfur. [HL1808]
- Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what reports they have received on the progress of the development initiatives outlined in the East Sudan Development Conference in Kuwait in December 2010;...
- Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made representations about the arrest of Nahid Gabralla on 3 July by the Sudanese National Intelligence Security Service; whether they...
- Sudan and South Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking in response to the humanitarian and refugee situation in Sudan and South Sudan. [HL1854]
- Sudan and South Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 23 July (WA 122–3), whether (1) the Government of South Sudan, and (2) the Government of...
- Sudan and South Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to ensure that any new oil deal reached following ongoing negotiations is...
- Sudan and South Sudan
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any contingency plans to assist with the provision of humanitarian aid to displaced peoples in South Kordofan and Blue Nile State, if a...
- Taxation: Income Tax
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they plan to introduce to give effect to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s commitment in the Budget Statement to deal with the unlimited...
- Trees: Ivy
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the threat to the growth and survival of trees in the United Kingdom by the spread of ivy of the family Araliaceae; whether...
- UK Border Agency
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what grounds they agreed the recent payment to Brodie Clark, formerly of the UK Border Agency, in a pre-tribunal settlement. [HL1642]
