Written answers
Monday, 17 September 2012
- Culture Media and Sport
- Forests
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether her Department plans to contribute to the Government's response to the final report of the Independent Panel on...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what assessment she has made of the potential effect on tourism in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of...
- Internet: Warrington
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of (a) people and (b) households in each council ward in Warrington who do not have...
- Local Broadcasting: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what her policy is on the introduction of local television in Wales.
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what evaluation she plans to make of the effectiveness of the implementation of the sustainability programme for the London...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether she plans to refund the funding taken from the Big Lottery Fund for the London 2012 Olympics.
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much of the London 2012 Olympics (a) budget and (b) contingency fund was unspent.
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if she will publish a timetable for sale of the London 2012 Olympic assets.
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what her Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a)...
- Rugby: Honours
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what information her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) level of honours awarded for services to Rugby League in the...
- S4C
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether she plans to devolve responsibility for S4C to the Welsh Government.
- Defence
- Air Force: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many hours of training were required for those flying (a) fast jets, (b) transport aircraft and (c) helicopters in the Royal Air Force in each year...
- Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) cost and (b) establishment by numbers is of (i) Land Command, (ii) Navy Command and (iii) Air Command for (A) 2011-12 and (B) 2012-13.
- Armed Forces: Career Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average time spent in the rank at which a person enters the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy is before achieving promotion.
- Armed Forces: Deployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many deployments of UK military personnel have been on the basis of a UN resolution in the last five years; what the cost of those deployments was to...
- Armed Forces: Deployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all the operations on which UK forces have served alongside the forces of other European nations in the last five years; and which...
- Armed Forces: Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many infantry officers left the army within two years of commanding their regiments in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding in each category of expenditure was allocated to the (a) RAF, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army for recruitment purposes in (i) 2011-12 and...
- Armed Forces: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether his Department considered making members of the armed forces who had been prepared, deployed on and recovered from operations with...
- Armed Forces: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces made redundant in Tranche 2 of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme (1) were within (a) one month, (b) two to...
- Chiefs of Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how much the Chief of the Defence Staff has spent on (a) his private office and (b) staff costs in the last 12 months, by category of expenditure;...
- Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average time taken was by his Department to reply to correspondence from hon. Members and Peers in the last 12 months; and for what proportion...
- Defence Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the planned in-service date for the LABYRINTH communication system was; and when he expects it to be in service; (2) when the LABYRINTH...
- Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has had discussions with his US counterpart on military action in Iran.
- Libya
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many Libyan armed forces personnel of each rank were trained by the UK armed forces in each of the last 10 years; where such training took...
- Libya
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of training Libyan armed forces personnel in each of the last 10 years.
- Libya
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any Libyan armed forces personnel being trained in the UK have claimed political asylum in the last 10 years.
- Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the annual cost in each category of expenditure is of (a) RAF Leuchars, (b) HMNB Clyde, (c) RM Condor, (d) Headquarters 2nd Division, (e)...
- Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the parliamentary constituency is of each (a) base, (b) garrison and (c) barracks of each of the armed services in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii)...
- Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has saved as a result of non-front line costs savings in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and how much he estimates his Department...
- Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date he last had a bilateral meeting with the Secretary of State for Scotland; and what matters were discussed.
- Sergeant Major Adamson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the death of Sergeant Major Adamson by accidental discharge in May 1972 and subsequent inquest in June 2011, if he will review the...
- Service Personnel and Veterans Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many telephone calls were handled by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency in each of the most recent 24 months for which figures are available.
- Service Personnel and Veterans Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints his Department received on the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency in each of the last 24 months for which figures are available.
- Service Personnel and Veterans Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of calls to the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency were successfully answered in each of the last 24 months for which figures are...
- Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions representatives of his Department had with (a) energy companies in Scotland and (b) service charities nationally on financial support...
- Energy and Climate Change
- Nuclear Power Stations: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representation the UK sent to the International Experts' Meeting on Protection Against Extreme Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the...
- Nurseries
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many child care places his Department provides on its estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such places his...
- Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions his Department has had with the Government of Denmark on the economics of (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind farms over...
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Bahamas
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what technical assistance his Department is offering to the Government of the Bahamas in the field of building capacity for good...
- British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many UK nationals have been prosecuted outside the UK for the sexual abuse of children while they were working or...
- Economic and Monetary Union
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the political and economic implications of an EU member state leaving the Eurozone.
- Economic and Monetary Union
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to prepare contingency plans should an EU member state leave the Eurozone.
- Hungary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Hungary on their decision to transfer convicted murderer Ramil Safarov from...
- India
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of India on facilitating investigations of UK nationals who have been arrested...
- Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency of an increase in the number of uranium...
- Kenya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the recent violence in Kenya between the Orma and Pokomo communities.
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the UK will vote in favour of recognising Palestine as a non-member observer state at the United Nations General Assembly.
- Pitcairn Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the measures in place to protect children on the Pitcairn Islands from...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the name is of each company with which his Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is; and...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a)...
- Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the effect of the resumption of aid to Rwanda on peace and security in the region; and if he...
- Western Sahara
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on an assault on the children of Aminatou Haidar while travelling between Agadir, Morocco and El...
- Western Sahara
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government have received legal advice on whether the right of self-determination for non-self-governing peoples, as...
- Yemen
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the next Friends of Yemen meeting will take place.
- Zimbabwe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that EU restrictive measures against the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation will only be...
- Justice
- Fines: Surcharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the introduction of the new victim surcharge regime on the level of (a) fines and (b) compensation...
- Magistrates Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in how many magistrates courts in England and Wales non-stipendiary magistrates are expected to provide their own paper.
- Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice from which three foreign countries the highest number of foreign national prisoners come; and what steps he is taking to return such prisoners to secure...
- Prisoners: Literacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the number of convicted offenders who have subsequently learnt to read and write while serving prison sentences in the...
- Prisoners: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many patients and inmates in the dangerous and severe personality disorder programme are serving indeterminate sentences for public protection.
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a) apprenticeship schemes, (b)...
- Racial Harassment: Public Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many successful prosecutions for racial abuse on public transport there were in Lancashire in each of the last five years.
- Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the reoffending rate was for (a) Brigg and Goole constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
- Terrorism: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to his answer of 27 February 2012, Official Report, column 74W, on compensation: victims, what recent progress he has made in implementing...
- Third Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the National Audit Office's report, central Government's implementation of the...
- Wellingborough Prison
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) capital expenditure and (b) revenue cost was for Wellingborough Prison in each of the last five years.
- Northern Ireland
- Nurseries
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many child care places her Department provides on its estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such places her Department...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the name is of each company with which her Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is; and what is...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what her Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a) apprenticeship...
- Scotland
- Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people sought assistance from food banks in Scotland in (a) 2011, (b) 2010, (c) 2009, (d) 2008, (e) 2007, (f) 2006 and (g) 2005.
- Nurseries
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many child care places his Department provides on its estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such places his Department...
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the name is of each company with which his Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is; and what is provided to his...
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a) apprenticeship schemes, (b)...
- Transport
- Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department plans to utilise spare capacity at (a) Birmingham International Airport and (b) other regional airports.
- Birmingham Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether he intends to consider expanding Birmingham airport; (2) what meetings he has had on the expansion of Birmingham airport.
- Birmingham Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Government have assessed the likely effect on High Speed 2 passenger numbers of expanding Birmingham airport.
- Blue Badge Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the time taken and costs involved in processing applications for the Blue Badge Scheme; how he plans to rectify...
- Motor Vehicles: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has any plans to introduce a re-registration system for classic and vintage motor vehicles; and which classes of vehicle would be subject to...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the name is of each company with which his Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is; and what is provided to...
- Transport: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans his Department has to draw on lessons learnt during the last two winters to provide continuity of transport services during times of severe...
- Travel: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to ensure that local facilities and services are easily and safely accessible on foot, by bicycle and by other modes of...
- Wales
- Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what the cost to the public purse was of moving the Wales Office in Cardiff to Caspian Point; (2) what the cost was of refurbishing the Wales Office...
- Police and Crime Commissioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what steps have been taken by his Department to ensure that the election of police and crime commissioners will be conducted on a fully bilingual...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the name is of each company with which his Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is; and what is provided to his...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what his Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a) apprenticeship schemes, (b)...
- Communities and Local Government
- Council Tax Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent representations he has received from local authorities on his plans for the localisation of council tax benefit.
- Housing Starts
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the likely level of housing starts in the next quarter.
- Armed Forces: Leisure
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will take steps to encourage local authorities to provide discounts on leisure facilities for service personnel; and if he...
- Certification Quality Markings: Iron and Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2012, Official Report, column 37W, on certification quality markings: iron and steel,...
- Community Infrastructure Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations he has received on the effect of the community infrastructure levy on the number of self-built homes.
- Green Belt
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he plans to take to ensure that existing planning permissions are implemented before further greenfield sites can be...
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to his proposed changes to the planning rules regarding the building of extensions, what steps he is taking to...
- Housing: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many overcrowded households there were in each London borough in each year since 2001.
- Housing: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment his Department has made of the potential housing capacity of the Heathrow site, in the event that it was sold...
- Mortgages: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department has taken to facilitate building firms forming commercial arrangements with lenders in the context of...
- Mortgages: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of additional homes built in each English region as a consequence of the introduction of...
- Mortgages: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of NewBuy Guarantee Scheme mortgages agreed with (a) NatWest, (b) Barclays and (c)...
- Mortgages: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the current total value is of the Government's 5.5 per cent guarantee with respect to the NewBuy Guarantee Scheme; and how...
- Mortgages: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of new commercial arrangements formed between builders and lenders since the...
- Rented Housing: Warrington
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of properties suitable for single people which are available for rent in Warrington; and...
- Education
- Pupils: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effect of non-native English speaking pupils in the classroom; and if he will make a statement.
- School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will commission further qualitative research, with a large sample size, on the standard of school meals in free schools and academies; (2)...
- Schools: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he has plans to make all Ofsted inspections unannounced.
- Schools: Playing Fields
To ask the Secretary of State for Education for what reasons Ministers in his Department have overruled the Schools Playing Fields Advisory Panel in all cases since June 2010.
- Schools: Playing Fields
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will take further steps to protect school playing fields from sale.
- Teachers: Manpower
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the headcount of in-service teachers in state secondary schools teaching (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) biology, (d) chemistry, (e) physics,...
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Bovine Tuberculosis (3 annotations)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of TB herd breakdowns his Department estimates result from cattle-to-cattle transmission; what steps he is...
- Bovine Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether a farmer whose cattle is diagnosed with tuberculosis on arrival at a slaughterhouse is eligible for compensation.
- Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects the planned pilot badger culls to proceed.
- Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what evidence his Department holds on the effect of vaccinating badgers in the areas surrounding the proposed badger cull...
- Dairy Farming
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what support his Department is providing to ensure the long-term viability of dairy farms in England and Wales.
- Eggs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what checks are being carried out on eggs and egg products entering the UK to identify suspected illegal eggs from...
- Floods: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress he has made in establishing a successor arrangement to the Statement of Principles on the provision of flood...
- Government Departments: Milk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the price paid for milk by Government procurement services; and whether the price paid for such milk is...
- Horses: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department has assessed the potential effects of the closure of the National Equine Database on the response to...
- Milk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what indicators will be used to monitor the effectiveness of the voluntary code on contractual relationships between milk...
- Reservoirs: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he plans to publish revised guidance on reservoir safety; and if he will make a statement.
- Rural Areas: Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many applications his Department has received to the Rural Community Broadband Fund; and how many of those...
- Health
- Asthma
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS National Prescribing Centre advice relating to asthma is being implemented consistently across the NHS.
- Dementia: Worcestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding he has allocated for support and treatment of people diagnosed with dementia in Worcestershire in each of the next three years.
- Heart Diseases: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the findings of the Safe and Sustainable Review of Children's Congenital Heart Services.
- NHS: Private Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much income NHS trusts and foundation trusts earned from the treatment of private patients in each of the last five years.
- Psychiatry: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) medical and (b) non-medical staff there were in the psychiatry group of specialties in the NHS London area, by primary care trust on 31 July...
- Social Services: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff based in social services were employed by the NHS in London by (a) primary care trusts and...
- Home Department
- Antisocial Behaviour Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been issued with antisocial behaviour orders for noise pollution in each of the last five years.
- Asylum: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK Border Agency chartered flights deporting failed asylum seekers were less than (a) 25, (b) 50, (c) 75 and (d) 100 per cent full...
- Asylum: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what agreements the UK Border Agency has in place with recipient countries, limiting the number of failed asylum seekers who can be deported...
- Asylum: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost per person was of deporting failed asylum seekers in each year since 2008.
- Asylum: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contractual issues caused G4S to replace United Property Management as her Department's housing subcontractor in Yorkshire and the...
- Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken was by her Department to reply to correspondence from hon. Members and Peers in the last 12 months; and for what...
- Entry Clearances: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of spousal visa applications were determined within the UK Border Agency's six-month service standard in the latest period...
- Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions since 2010 UK Border Agency officials have examined overseas student records at (a) Middlesex university, (b)...
- Extradition Review
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2012, Official Report, column 73W, on Extradition Review, when she plans to respond to the review of the...
- Human Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which countries are the main sources of people being trafficked illegally into the UK; and what contact she has had with the Governments of...
- Human Trafficking: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the number of trafficked children in the UK.
- Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many and what proportion of applications from Romanian and Bulgarian nationals for registration certificates were outstanding for...
- Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applicants in Canada were denied pre-entry clearance to the UK in each of the last three years; and what the ethnicity was of those...
- Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress she has made on the introduction of risk-based border checks.
- Immigration Controls: Heathrow Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the additional contingency border staff to be deployed at Heathrow airport during the London 2012 Olympics will be transferred there...
- Immigration Controls: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration she has given to any need for border controls between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK.
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what meetings (a) Ministers in her Department, (b) officials in her Department and (c) officials from the UK Border Agency had with the...
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many alternative university places have been identified for non-EU students at London Metropolitan university by the task-force set up to...
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-EU students at London Metropolitan University are known not to have legitimate status in the UK.
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what checks the UK Border Agency is making on the immigration status of non-EU students at London Metropolitan University.
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reasons were for the withdrawal of highly trusted sponsor status from London Metropolitan University; and if she will make a statement.
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what process is in place for London Metropolitan University to regain its highly trusted sponsor status.
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the UK Border Agency's examination of student records at London Metropolitan University since 2010, how many student files...
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in the last two years UK Border Agency officials have visited London Metropolitan university; and who they met on those...
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many London Metropolitan University students have been removed from the UK to date.
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many London Metropolitan University students have been identified as not having leave to remain in the UK.
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many universities have been contacted by the UK Border Agency in relation to overseas students studying at London Metropolitan...
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many students from London Metropolitan University have been identified as not having leave to remain in the UK; and how many of these...
- Olympic Games 2012: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provision of additional UK Border Force staff will be deployed at Eurotunnel and Eurostar terminals and stations during the London 2012...
- Police: Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) casualties and (b) deaths were associated with road traffic accidents involving police vehicles in each of the last five years.
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the name is of each company with which her Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is; and what is...
- Public Order Act 1986
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to respond to the consultation on reform of section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986.
- Racial Harassment: Public Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reports of racial abuse on public transport there were in Lancashire in each of the last five years.
- Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date she last had a bilateral meeting with the Secretary of State for Scotland; and what matters were discussed.
- Sexual Offences: Foreign Travel Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how (a) she and (b) the Association of Chief Police Officers will advise police forces on the use of foreign travel orders for sex...
- Torture
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to issue new guidance and training for the implementation of Rule 35 on the process to identify and enable the release of...
- Treasury
- Air Passenger Duty
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much revenue air passenger duty has raised in each of the last two years; (2) by what method his Department assesses the effect of air passenger...
- Alcoholic Drinks: Prices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the oral answer by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury to the hon. Member for Lincoln (Karl McCartney) of 11 September 2012, Official Report,...
- Correspondence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average time was for his Department to reply to correspondence from hon. Members and Peers in the last 12 months; and for what proportion of...
- Exchange Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of the effects of a stronger pound on growth in the services sector.
- Licensing
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what permits and licences his Department and its public bodies issue to businesses.
- Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research his Department has undertaken to determine which monetary policy would be most conducive to growth in the UK manufacturing sector.
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the name is of each company with which his Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is; and what is provided to his...
- Sole Traders
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many investigations were carried out by HM Revenue and Customs into sole traders with a turnover of less than £50,000 per annum in (a) 2007, (b)...
- Taxation: Rates and Rating
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of introducing a 10 per cent income tax band.
- Vat
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the number of VAT-registered businesses whose turnover was below the VAT threshold in the last financial year for...
- VAT: Higher Education
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the possible costs of an exemption from VAT for commercial for-profit universities; and if he will make a statement.
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- British Antarctic Survey
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he plans to take to retain the UK's presence, scientific work and exploration in the Antarctic in the light of the...
- Chemical Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to (a) maintain and (b) enhance the competitiveness of the UK chemical industry; and if he will make a statement.
- EU Grants and Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on Annex V of the European Commission's proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the...
- Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on the financial transparency of companies which carry out large-scale Government-funded infrastructure programmes.
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2012, Official Report, column 496W, on London Metropolitan University, what funding has...
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2012, Official Report, column 496W, on London Metropolitan University, on how many...
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what payments were made by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to London Metropolitan University in each of the last...
- Motor Vehicles: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on EU regulations on vehicle adaptations.
- Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward proposals to establish a catapult initiative for low-carbon vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
- Natural Environment Research Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessments of the outcomes of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)-funded research are used in determining the...
- Regional Development Agencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the redundancy and winding-up costs of the regional development agencies.
- Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what date he last had a bilateral meeting with the Secretary of State for Scotland; and what matters were discussed.
- Zimbabwe
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure the EU sanctions regime on Zimbabwe is applied.
- Cabinet Office
- Charities: Asia
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent discussions he has had with the Charities Commission regarding the monitoring of registered charities that have been alleged to be funding...
- Crown Immunity
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will publish the Government's guidance on the application of Crown immunity.
- Duchy of Cornwall
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what criteria and guidance he has offered to other Government Departments in cases where a Department is obliged to consult the Duchy of Cornwall before...
- Government Departments: Milk
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what information his Department holds on the sources from which Government Departments procure milk for catering purposes; (2) whether his...
- Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what his policy is on the award of Government contracts for infrastructure projects to companies domiciled in tax havens.
- Migration
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what level of reduction in UK net migration from 2010 to 2011 would have been regarded by the Office for National Statistics as statistically significant.
- Public Consultation
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office under what conditions the Government do not count an individual's submission to a formal Government consultation because it has been generated or...
- Voluntary Work (1 annotation)
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what plans he has to use the database of those who volunteered for roles as part of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics to keep them in touch with...
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Constituencies
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost was of the constituency boundary review being conducted by the Boundary Commission for England in each of the last six months.
- Constituencies
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost was to the Boundary Commission of the Sixth General Review for each month in which it ran.
- Constituencies
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the cost to the Boundary Commission of consulting the public on implementing the provisions of the Parliamentary Voting System and...
- Constituencies
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much the sixth General Review of Electoral Boundaries will cost (a) the Boundary Commission for Scotland, (b) the Boundary Commission for Wales and (c) the...
- Lobbying
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2012, Official Report, column 160W, on lobbying, what criteria he uses to determine whether a representation is a response to...
- International Development
- Bahamas
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to assist the government of the Bahamas with tackling the spread of leptospirosis, histoplasmosis,...
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to help alleviate the current displacement situation in Democratic Republic of Congo; and what...
- Haiti
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions her Department has had with the President of Haiti on the effectiveness of international aid spending in that country.
- India
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether the previous Secretary of State for International Development had instructed officials to begin a planning process which would...
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Bury South of 6 September 2012.
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes during the...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the name is of each company with which her Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is; and what...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a)...
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) whether her Department has made an assessment of rates of sexual and gender-based violence among Syrian refugees in (a) Jordan,...
- Yemen
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what timeframe she has set for the delivery of the £196 million funding pledged at the last Friends of Yemen meeting.
- Yemen
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much of the £196 million pledged by the Government at the last Friends of Yemen meeting will be directed towards (a) improving...
- Work and Pensions
- Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect on child carers of his welfare reform plans.
- Child Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of Child Support Agency cases which are being managed off the main computer system; and what the likely...
- Child Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency are using the statutory services of the Child Support Agency; and how many such people's...
- Child Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans that the current staffing level will be maintained when the Child Maintenance Service is operational.
- Child Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what new steps he proposes that the Child Maintenance Service should take regarding the assessment of non-resident parents who are self-employed.
- Child Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether it is his policy that under the new Child Maintenance Service where the non-resident parent refuses to reach what would otherwise be a...
- Child Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the workload of HM Revenue and Customs of his plan that the new Child Maintenance System will...
- Child Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he proposes that there should be a dedicated hotline to the Child Support Maintenance Service for hon. Members when it is fully...
- Skills Conditionality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will commission an evaluation of the skills conditionality process.
- Skills Conditionality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the comparative advantages of the Skills Conditionality Process and the Employability Programme.
- Housing Benefit: Warrington
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people in Warrington who will be affected by changes to housing benefit.
- Remploy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was paid in redundancy payments to employees of Wrexham Remploy when it closed.
- Remploy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the oral answer of 10 September 2012, Official Report, column 11, on Remploy, what proportion of workers from recently closed...
- State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is on the difference between the age at which women are entitled to guaranteed minimum pension and the age at which they are...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to change the capacity of his Department's workforce in order to manage any additional advisory roles to be fulfilled...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether former owner-occupiers who sold their home and pay rent to remain in the same property will be eligible for support with housing costs...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of universal credit which will be paid to (a) men and (b) women.
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department has made an estimate of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on the total number of hours worked in the...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of working families in (a) each parliamentary constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) nationally whose net...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether households with liability for the cost of two homes, where this could not reasonably be avoided, will be able to receive the housing...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether households in which an occupant has died will be protected from rent restrictions under the housing component of universal credit for...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under what circumstances, including (a) vulnerability and (b) rent arrears, the housing component of universal credit will be paid directly to...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions who the lead IT supplier is for the universal credit project.
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many programme directors the universal credit project has had since its inception.
- Universal Credit: Warrington
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to ensure that people in Warrington making claims for universal credit under the pilot scheme who do not have access to...
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of new employment and support allowance claims were not passed to a contractor for a work capability assessment...
- House of Lords
- Bahrain
To ask her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 4 September decision of a Bahraini appeals court to uphold the conviction of opposition figures for allegedly plotting to...
- Health: Cigarettes
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of possible links between the use of electronic cigarettes and nicotine addiction. HL2149
- House of Lords: Leader's Group on Working Practices
To ask the Leader of the House whether he will publish a list of the actions taken by him in response to each of the recommendations of the Leader's Group on Working Practices. [HL2210]
- Liikanen High-level Expert Group
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made a submission to the Liikanen High-level Expert Group on structural aspects of the European Union banking sector; and, if so, whether they...
- Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint: Questions
To ask the Leader of the House why Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint answers only questions relating to UK Trade & Investment and not questions on other matters for which the Department for...
- Nuclear Fuel Banks
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on the creation of international nuclear fuel banks; and what steps they have taken to support efforts to establish such banks. [HL2196 ]
- Office of Fair Trading: Market Study into Dentistry
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will respond to the report by the Office of Fair Trading Dentistry: an OFT market study, published in May 2012. [HL2150 ]
- Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 2012: Security
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many phases of negotiations between G4S and the Home Office were necessary in order to determine the final number of security staff needed for the 2012...
- Population Growth
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of when the population of London will reach 8.6 million people, its former peak, and what assessment they have made of the...
- Rwanda: UN Sanctions Group of Experts Report
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their decision to restore some budget support to Rwanda that they suspended following the publication of a United Nations report accusing Rwanda of...
