Written answers
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
- Attorney-General
- Crown Prosecution Service: Training
To ask the Attorney-General what his involvement was in the decision to develop mandatory training for all senior Crown Prosecution Service staff who supervised prosecutions involving undercover...
- Libor
To ask the Attorney-General pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2012, Official Report, column 464W, on banks, when he expects to provide further information on discussions with the Crown Office and...
- Nurseries
To ask the Attorney-General how many childcare places the Law Officer's Departments provide on their estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such places the Law Officer's...
- Recruitment
To ask the Attorney-General to what extent the Law Officers' Departments used name- blank or anonymised sifting of applications to recruit staff in the last year for which information is available.
- Northern Ireland
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes during the London...
- Prime Minister
- David Laws
To ask the Prime Minister whether it is his intention that the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, the right hon. Member for Yeovil, will regularly attend the weekly meeting of the National...
- Irvine Patnick
To ask the Prime Minister (1) how many telephone calls Bernard Ingham made to the then hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam between 15 and 19 April 1989; (2) on which occasions the then hon....
- Scotland
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes during the London 2012...
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the highest paid position is in his Department.
- Wales
- Buildings: Cardiff
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the cost was of flooring and floor coverings in the Caspian Point Wales Office.
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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 provided...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic Route Network for travelling during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on Taliban co-operation with the US on security and peace negotiations.
- Gambia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Gambian Government on the resumption of the death penalty and state executions in...
- Gambia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with the UN General Assembly Council on state executions in The Gambia.
- Indian Ocean
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to consult (a) Chagossian exiles, (b) Mauritians, (c) residents in other British Indian Ocean Territories and...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes...
- South East Asia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation members on the security situation in the South China sea.
- Sri Lanka
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consideration he has given to the Government of Sri Lanka's National Action Plan to implement the recommendations of the...
- Sri Lanka
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
- United Nations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the oral statement of 9 November 2011, Official Report, column 290, on the Middle East and North Africa, what...
- Energy and Climate Change
- Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what consultants have been employed by his Department since May 2010; and what the (a) length and (b) value was of each contract.
- Electricity: Smart Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the functionality of smart metering to support demand-side management measures for the purposes of introducing...
- Electricity: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans to include a target to decarbonise the electricity sector by 2030 in the Energy Bill.
- Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the likelihood that simplifying energy bills may increase the average cost to the consumer.
- Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to ensure energy suppliers simplify their tariffs; and if he will make a statement.
- EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many free, tradable allowances will be allocated to UK aviation operators arising from aviation joining the Emissions Trading...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes during the...
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the highest paid position is in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies.
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Bees
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the paper by the Chemicals Regulatory Directorate that reviewed four separate scientific studies on the...
- Fish
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the damage to fish stocks attributable to (a) cormorants and (b) goosanders; and if he...
- Floods: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to be able to announce an agreement with the Association of British Insurers superseding the Statement of...
- Horse Passports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures are in place to ensure that horse passport-issuing organisations are collecting and storing horse passport data...
- Horses: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which organisations responded to the formal procurement exercise to assess the costs and benefits of a successor to the...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes...
- Plastics: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what compensation will be offered to plastic packaging manufacturers if they pay for an amount of recycling under the...
- Plastics: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether new obligations for plastic packaging manufacturers to fund recycling will be changed if local collection services...
- Plastics: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2012, Official Report, column 124W, on plastics: recycling, what proportion of plastic...
- Plastics: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2012, Official Report, column 123W, on plastics: recycling, how many local authorities...
- Plastics: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2012, Official Report, column 123W, on plastics: recycling, by what proportion local...
- Pollution Control: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) life expectancy and (b) premature deaths avoided of steps...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the name is of each company with which his Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is;...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a)...
- Rural Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the £5 million fund for rural businesses announced by the Prime Minister on 11 July 2012 has received the...
- Rural Communities Policy Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what Government policies have undergone rural-proofing by the Rural Communities Policy Unit since its formation.
- Sewers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will consider extending the remit of Ofwat to cover charges by sewerage companies for building over newly adopted...
- White Fish: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what discussions he has had on increasing the minimum landing size for sea bass; (2) what assessment he has made of...
- Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the World Health Organisation recommendations on the...
- Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what landfill sites are licensed to process wind turbine blades.
- Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of wind turbine blades that will be disposed of in landfill in each year to 2025.
- Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the environmental risks associated with the disposal of wind turbine blades in landfill and...
- Transport
- Rail: Greater Anglia
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to include investment in new rolling stock as part of the Greater Anglia franchise for the period from 2014.
- Rail: Greater Anglia
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding from the public purse was allocated to (a) rail services, (b) rolling stock and (c) rail infrastructure along the Greater Anglia...
- Charities
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on the (a) grant to and (b) use by registered charities of funding from his Department for the purposes of advocacy, lobbying or...
- Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vehicles used the Dartford river crossing in each year since 1991; and what the revenues raised from tolls was in each year since 1991.
- Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the running costs of the Dartford river crossing in each year since 1991.
- Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the journey time reliability figures were for (a) southbound and (b) northbound traffic on the Dartford river crossing in each year since 1991.
- Rail: East Anglia
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to increase rail capacity along the Great Eastern Main Line; and what measures to increase rail capacity would require primary...
- Rail: East Coast
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make an assessment of the case for the electrification of the railway between the East Coast Main Line at Northallerton and Middlesbrough...
- Equality Act 2010
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to implement section 165 of the Equality Act 2010; and what recent discussions he has had with representatives of disability...
- First Capital Connect
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions his Department has had with the management of First Capital Connect on improving overall customer satisfaction.
- First Capital Connect
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans his Department has to review overcrowding of First Capital Connect services during peak times prior to entering into agreements to renew the...
- First Capital Connect
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans his Department has to use the forthcoming negotiations for renewal of First Capital Connect's rail franchise to improve customer experience.
- First Capital Connect
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations from customers and customer groups his Department is seeking to inform its decision on renewal of the rail franchise held by First...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost at 2012 prices of the construction of (a) Phase 1 and (b) the whole of the construction of the HS2 project.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the distance is from the proposed route of High Speed 2 of the furthest distant property which has been accepted for the Exceptional Hardship Scheme.
- Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a comparative assessment of the cost of HS2 and other infrastructure projects including those related to broadband.
- Oxford-Bicester Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to make a decision on the application by Chiltern Railways for a Transport and Works Act Order to upgrade the railway infrastructure...
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the highest paid position is in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies.
- Railways: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what arrangements are in place to ensure the successful bidder for the Essex Thameside rail franchise will not reduce the quality of rolling...
- Railways: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the maximum number of passengers that rail services can accommodate at morning and evening peak times between Witham...
- Railways: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what (a) arrangements have been made and (b) cost estimates have been prepared in respect of relocation of the Heathrow Express maintenance depot...
- Railways: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what costs are included in the budgets of High Speed 2, Crossrail and the Intercity Express Programme for decking over the Old Oak Common site to...
- Southeastern
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the amount of subsidy payable to, or franchise premium receivable from, Southeastern is in respect of its Integrated Kent Franchise in the...
- Stagecoach Group and Go Ahead Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many meetings (a) staff of his Department, (b) current or previous Ministers in his Department and (c) he and his predecessor have had with (i) Go...
- West Coast Main Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what assessment he has made of the costs that would be incurred by his Department from taking the West Coast Main Line into public ownership for...
- West Coast Main Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discretion he has under the terms of the Invitation to Tender in respect of the West Coast Main Line franchise to pause or terminate any...
- Home Department
- Asylum: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether G4S and its subcontractors have started to use Angel Lodge in Wakefield to accommodate asylum seekers; how many people are being...
- Cybercrime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the cost of cyber crime to the UK economy.
- Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigrants who were ordered to be deported were not deported on human rights grounds in each of the last five years.
- Draft Communications Data Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the implications for individual privacy of the draft Communications Bill.
- Draft Communications Data Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what safeguards she proposes to introduce in the Communications Bill to ensure the privacy of (a) e-mails and (b) text messages.
- Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many versions of guidance on the operation of the highly trusted status sponsor scheme under Tier 4 of the points-based immigration...
- G4S
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many meetings Ministers in her Department held with representatives of G4S between 11 May 2010 and 27 July 2012.
- Human Trafficking: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many referrals were made from UK Border Agency caseworkers to the National Referral Mechanism for potential child victims of trafficking...
- Immigration Controls: e-Gates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many e-Passport gates are available for use across UK points of entry; and how many such gates she expects to be in use by the end of 2013.
- Immigration Controls: Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of re-employing retired UK Border Agency and UK Border Force officers to work...
- Immigration Controls: Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK Border Agency staff from (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland, (d) locations in England outside London and (e) overseas...
- Immigration Controls: Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many temporary staff have been contracted by the UK Border Agency to provide additional staffing support over the duration of the London...
- Immigration Controls: Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the cost to the UK Border Agency of contracting temporary staff to provide additional support during the London...
- Immigration: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to ensure that details of all unaccompanied migrant children who go missing are circulated on the Police National...
- Immigration: Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has reviewed the extent to which the right to family life is being invoked by convicted offenders who are not UK citizens and who...
- Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any members of the Israeli security forces have attended training courses in the UK provided by her Department in each of the last...
- Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what permits and licences her Department and its public bodies issue to businesses.
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has taken legal advice on any potential liability for damages against (a) her Department, (b) the UK Border Agency and (c) London...
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many child care places her Department provides on its estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such places her...
- Olympic Games 2012: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date Ministers were first advised that G4S would not be able to provide the security support for the London 2012 Olympics that had...
- Olympic Games 2012: Touting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested on suspicion of illegally reselling tickets for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in each month of 2012.
- Police: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police community support officers and (b) police officers there were in (i) Hillingdon, (ii) Hounslow, (iii) Kingston upon...
- Police: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police community support officers and (b) police officers there were in (i) Barnet, (ii) Barking and Dagenham, (iii) Croydon,...
- Police: Powers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to publish the Government response to the consultation on police powers to promote and maintain public order.
- Police: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what discussions she has had with chief constables on the (a) level of expenditure authorised to defend against claims brought by...
- Private Investigators
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Government plans to respond to the Fourth Report from the Home Affairs Select Committee, Private Investigators, HC 100.
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a) apprenticeship...
- Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will place in the Library the letter she has sent to the Russian authorities in connection with the death of Sergei Magnitsky.
- Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many public authorities have commissioned a non-public body or private individual to undertake covert surveillance under the provisions...
- Tim Larkin
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will meet the hon. Member for Bradford West and others to discuss the exclusion order relating to Tim Larkin; and if she will...
- UK Border Force
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to announce the successor to Brian Moore as head of the UK Border Force.
- Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will estimate the number of people who have lost their job due to a Criminal Records Bureau disclosure of a conviction for consensual...
- Vetting (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many checks were processed by the Criminal Records Bureau in each month since January 2012; and how many of those resulted in disclosures...
- Health
- Commissioning Outcomes Framework Advisory Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what means members of the Commissioning Outcomes Framework Advisory Committee will be appointed.
- Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to increase harm reduction interventions in drug treatment.
- Drugs: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the value was of medical supplies discarded owing to their having passed their expiry date in each of the last three years.
- Emergency Calls: Hoaxes and False Alarms
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many malicious 999 calls there have been in each of the last five years.
- Food: Hygiene
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to reduce the number of food safety regulations that apply to voluntary clubs and organisations; and if he will make a statement.
- Health Services: East London
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the effect on funding of health bodies in east London due to the switch from health inequalities to age as a key factor in...
- Hepatitis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the recommendations relating to public health in the Health Protection Agency's report on Hepatitis C in the UK: 2012.
- Midwives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many student midwives there were in England in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement on midwifery student numbers.
- NHS: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the five most common complaints about the NHS were in each of the last five years.
- NHS: Cost-Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what savings have been made in each category as part of the Nicholson challenge in the last two financial years.
- NHS: Drinking Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on water coolers in the NHS (a) in North Yorkshire and (b) nationwide in each of the last three years.
- NHS: Official Hospitality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on corporate hospitality (a) in North Yorkshire and (b) nationwide by the NHS in each of the last three years.
- NHS: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which private companies have contracts with the NHS.
- NHS: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on continuous professional development in the NHS (a) in North Yorkshire and (b) nationwide in each of the last three years.
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health 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 provided...
- Older People: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to assess the provision of rehabilitation services for the elderly.
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic route network for travel for official purposes during the London 2012 Olympic...
- Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance doctors are given to enable them to give appropriate counselling to pregnant mothers who are susceptible to epilepsy and who are...
- Scoliosis: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on scoliosis checks in schools.
- Thalidomide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the pilot scheme of health grants given to thalidomiders; and what assessment he has made of the merits of permanently...
- Vitamin D: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice the NHS publishes on the risks of vitamin D deficiency for ethnic minority communities.
- House of Commons Commission
- Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, (1) what assessment the Commission has made of the potential effect on timescales...
- Education
- Academies Capital Maintenance Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what criteria his Department uses to assess and prioritise applications to the Academies Capital Maintenance Fund.
- Academies Capital Maintenance Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many bids to the Academies Capital Maintenance Fund from academies in (a) Gloucester, (b) Gloucestershire and (c) England have been (i) successful...
- Adoption: North Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many couples in North Yorkshire successfully adopted a child in each of the last five years.
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent estimate his Department has made of the average unit cost of child care per place in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) Northern...
- Children: Human Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities collect data on the (a) number and (b) nationality of suspected child victims of...
- Children: Human Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will consider establishing a comprehensive and independent national system of data collection on trafficked children to ensure data is collected...
- Child Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he plans to take to ensure his Department is able to work with the Troubled Families Unit in the Department for Communities and Local...
- Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education 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...
- Dyslexia
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent assessment his Department has made of the work of Pathfinders in supporting children and young people with dyslexia.
- Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of lessons were recorded by Ofsted as (a) poor and (b) outstanding in each local education authority in the last three years.
- English Language: GCSE
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what meetings he has had with the AQA exam board on the recent GCSE English exam results; (2) whether he plans to hold an inquiry into the AQA...
- First Aid: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what comparative assessment he has made of the inclusion of first aid training in the curriculum of schools in Wales.
- Food Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what requirement there is for schools to teach basic cooking skills; and if he will make a statement; (2) what steps he is taking to ensure that...
- Gcse
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children left school without any GCSE C grade or better in each year between 1997 and 2010.
- Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent steps his Department has taken to educate pupils on the dangers of underage drinking.
- Human Trafficking: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) pursuant to the oral answer of 18 June 2012, Official Report, column 593, on human trafficking, what the outcomes were of the meeting between his...
- Literacy: Teaching Methods
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on teaching children to (a) read through phonics and (b) decode phonics.
- National Curriculum Advisory Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how the work of the National Curriculum Advisory Committee has contributed to the progress of the National Curriculum Review; (2) what plans the...
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many childcare places his Department provides on its estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such places his Department...
- Parents: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what assessment his Department has made of the evidential basis for the content of parenting classes delivered under the CANparent initiative;...
- Physical Education: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department plans to make any changes to the national curriculum for physical education.
- Physical Education: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance his Department has given to schools who receive PE teacher release funding (a) on their use of that funding and (b) on how to embed the...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education 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...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a) apprenticeship schemes, (b)...
- Public Bodies: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2012, Official Report, column 808W, on public bodies, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by each public...
- Schools: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to provide support for long-term sports funding in schools in York following the London 2012 Olympics.
- Schools: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many complaints his Department has received about the cost of school uniforms in (a) academies, (b) free schools and (c) maintained schools...
- University Technical Colleges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) when the next application process for university technical colleges will open; (2) whether applicants to establish a university technical...
- Young People: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many state schools are involved in the Young Enterprise scheme nationally; (2) how many schoolchildren are involved in Young Enterprise...
- Communities and Local Government
- Aerials: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to simplify and speed up the process for planning applications for mobile telephone masts.
- Affordable Housing: Haringey
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many affordable homes for (a) social rent and (b) intermediate or low-cost home ownership were built in the London Borough...
- Arson
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the change was in the annual number of incidences of deliberate fires in each fire authority area in England and Wales in...
- Bellwin Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) which local authorities have received funding under the Bellwin scheme for flood and recovery efforts following the summer...
- Broadband: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what arrangements he plans to put in place following proposed changes to broadband cabinet planning requirements to hear...
- Child Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the troubled families unit plans to develop good practice guidance in relation to families where there are serious...
- Complementary Medicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in the number of Chinese medicine shops in the last five years.
- Electric Cables
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of electrical fires caused by counterfeit or falsely marked electrical cabling in each...
- Fire Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whether his Department has made an assessment of the recommendation by the Association of Metropolitan Fire and Rescue...
- Floods: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate his Department has made of the clean-up and recovery costs to local authorities arising from summer flooding...
- Green Belt
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what his policy is on the extent to which local authorities may relax existing green belt boundary rules in order to...
- Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effect on jobs and services of the ending of transitional funding for local authorities.
- Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what population data will be used to calculate local government finance, council tax and business rates from 2013 onwards.
- Local Government: Referendums
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he is required to give his approval before a local referendum can be held by a district council.
- Mortgages: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties have been bought under the NewBuy Guarantee scheme; and what estimate he has made of the number of...
- Mortgages: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of construction jobs created by the NewBuy Guarantee scheme since its introduction.
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many child care places his Department provides on its estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes...
- Pensioners: Council Tax Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what account he takes of local pensioner numbers in West Sussex in the way he allocates council tax benefit support grant.
- Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on planning reforms; and if he will make a statement.
- Public Houses
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to assist community pubs; and if he will make a statement.
- Travellers: Caravan Sites
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on the evidence required for an individual to be treated as a...
- International Development
- Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2012, Official Report, column 217W, on overseas aid, how many applications to the Aid Match...
- Culture Media and Sport
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether all local broadband plans have been approved.
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what stage each local authority has reached in delivering its broadband plans.
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether any local broadband plans approved by her Department forecast an underspend compared with the funding allocations...
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much she has allocated to each local authority and each of the devolved administrations to incentivise the roll-out of...
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what the name is of each contractor with which Broadband Delivery UK has agreed contracts; and what the value is of each contract.
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) how much new fibre has been laid as part of the Super-Connected Cities programme; (2) what progress has been made on...
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to expedite the rollout of 4G mobile spectrum.
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 21 June 2012, Official Report, column 1089W, on radio frequencies, what steps she is taking to...
- Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when she expects contracts for the Mobile Infrastructure Project to be put out to tender.
- Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when her Department expects to receive state aid clearance for the Mobile Infrastructure Project.
- Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many mobile network operators have informed her Department that they do not wish to participate in the Mobile...
- Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport to how many households she expects the Mobile Infrastructure Project to extend coverage.
- Sheffield
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport which (a) hon. Members and (b) police officers the then Minister for Sport, Colin Moynihan, met in Sheffield on 15 April 1989;...
- Defence
- Aircraft Carriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the expected in-service date is for the aircraft carrier HMS (a) Queen Elizabeth and (b) Prince of Wales.
- Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what support is made available to members of the armed forces who have reported (a) rape and (b) sexual assault; and if he will make a statement;...
- Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) civilian staff and (b) armed force personnel have been discharged from each of the three services and reserve forces following conviction in...
- Miriam Maes
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department have met Miriam Maes on official business since May 2010.
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic route network for travel for official purposes during the London 2012...
- Shipbuilding
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the decision to be made on whether to build two new offshore patrol vessels in Portsmouth.
- Trident
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what effect he expects the replacement of the nuclear deterrent to have on jobs and business.
- Type 26 Frigates
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the decision to be made on whether to build the new Type 26 frigates in Portsmouth.
- Visits Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many foreign visits he and Ministers in his Department have made since April 2012; and in each case which countries were visited and what the (a)...
- Justice
- Burglary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will review sentencing guidelines for burglars; and if he will make a statement.
- Civil Disorder: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department has taken to identify the causes of the public disorder of August 2011 in London to prevent any recurrence of such disorder.
- Community Orders: Vale of Clwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many community payback schemes have taken place in Vale of Clwyd constituency in each of the last five years.
- Domestic Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average waiting time was between charge and first court appearance for offences related to domestic violence in the last year for which figures...
- Peterborough Prison
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to facilitate the timely removal of foreign prisoners from HMP Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.
- Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of the public through sentencing policy.
- Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to ensure that sentences handed down for crimes involving the sale of illicit alcohol and tobacco provide an...
- Metal Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what advice or guidance has been given to judges and magistrates on the aggravation in sentencing where the offence involves the theft of metal which...
- Youth Offending Teams
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff posts have been abolished in youth offending teams in the last 12 months.
- Treasury
- Air Passenger Duty
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total revenue collected from air passenger duty was in each year since 1 April 1995; and if he will make a statement.
- Minimum Wage
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many national minimum wage enforcement actions have been taken against employers in each region of the country since the introduction of the national...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes during the London 2012 Olympic...
- Public Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2012, Official Report, column 522W, on public expenditure, when he will publish the full details of plans and outturn for...
- Railways: Fares
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered using the revenue budget underspend in the financial year 2012-13 in the Department for Transport estimates to offset the rise in...
- Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will meet representatives of the No to Retro Tax campaign to discuss the retrospective application of section 58 of the Finance Act 2008; (2)...
- Taxation: Rates and Rating
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost to the exchequer of reducing the 45% income tax band to (a) 40% and (b) 38%.
- Third Sector
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the National Audit Office report, Central Government's implementation of the...
- Vat
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what systems are in place to identify companies that are not VAT-registered and have turnovers over the threshold which requires registration.
- Vat
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses registered for VAT in each of the last three years.
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Alternative Vote
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister against what criteria the decision to propose to Parliament in 2010 that there should be a referendum on the voting system for elections to the House of Commons...
- Cabinet Office
- Military Medals Review (3 annotations)
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the second stage of the Military Medals Review, led by Sir John Holmes, will report; and if he will make a statement.
- Ministers: Security
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what guidance his Department has given to Ministers on the security implications of (a) transporting ministerial boxes and (b) making official telephone...
- Newspaper Licensing Agency
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost to the public purse was of the Newspaper Licensing Agency licences for scanned content for each Department in each year since 2010.
- Voluntary Work: Young People
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many places on National Citizen Service schemes were not taken up in 2012; and if he will make a statement.
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- Adult Education: Liverpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department and its predecessors spent in Liverpool, Walton constituency on adult (a) literacy and (b) numeracy in...
- Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to implement the recommendations of the Holt Review; and what timetable and benchmarks he has set for this process.
- Bankruptcy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what evidence his Department used to estimate the time currently spent by judges and court staff in dealing with bankruptcy...
- Bankruptcy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the proposed changes to creditor petitions for bankruptcy on vulnerable...
- Bankruptcy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how he plans to ensure that the role of the adjudicator as proposed by his Reform of the Process to Apply for Bankruptcy and...
- Bankruptcy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to his Reform of the Process to Apply for Bankruptcy and Compulsory Winding Up consultation, how creditor...
- Consumers: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's consumer protection unit.
- Cosmetics
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of illegal skin-lightening creams.
- Effect of UK Equity Markets On the Competitiveness of UK Business Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to implement the recommendations of the Kay Review; and what timetable and benchmarks he has set for this process.
- Farepak
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has spent on legal costs in respect of the former directors of Farepak.
- Galileo System
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much the UK has contributed to the Galileo project to date; how much the UK contributed in the last calendar year; what the...
- Growth Accelerator Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses have used the Growth Accelerator service since its launch; how many of these received (a) coaching, (b)...
- Higher Education: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of future trends in (a) the number of students attending commercial for-profit universities and (b)...
- Higher Education: Hartlepool and Hendon
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of students in Hartlepool constituency who have commenced tuition on a course costing...
- Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will take steps to investigate (a) the relationship between invoice finance providers, banks and insolvency practitioners...
- Lighters: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress his Department has made in implementing his direction of the Secretary of State under regulation 35(2) of the...
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2012, Official Report, column 106W on London Metropolitan university, what meetings (a)...
- 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, whether he has met...
- Manchester Declaration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent contribution his Department and its non-departmental public bodies and agencies have made to implementation of the...
- Manufacturing Advisory Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses have used the services provided by the Manufacturing Advisory Service since its launch; how many firms used...
- New Businesses: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many delivery partners have received formal offers under the start-up loans scheme.
- New Businesses: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses are using premises under the start up spaces scheme; and what the total number of premises currently...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic route network for travel for official purposes...
- Overseas Students: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the total cost to the Government was of EU citizens from other member states studying at UK higher education institutions in...
- Overseas Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with which 10 countries UK trade has increased the most in (a) percentage and (b) absolute terms in the last year.
- Overseas Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the value was of (a) exports and (b) imports between the UK and (i) Brazil, (ii) India, (iii) China, (iv) Turkey, (v)...
- Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what assessment he has made of levels of competition in the car park providers' industry; (2) what steps he is taking to...
- Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the viability of the mutualisation of Post Office Ltd.
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 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 Business, Innovation and Skills what his Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a)...
- Regional Growth Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many jobs have been created since the launch of the regional growth fund in (a) the UK, (b) the West Midlands and (c)...
- Regional Growth Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2012, Official Report, column 404W, on the regional growth fund, which key performance metrics...
- Regional Growth Fund: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much and what proportion of funding awarded through the regional growth fund has reached front-line businesses in the North East.
- Regional Growth Fund: Warwickshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding has been awarded to businesses in Warwickshire through the regional growth fund to date.
- Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether it is still the Government's policy to increase UK investment in research and development to 2.5% of GDP.
- Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of people (a) working in the construction industry and (b) overall were self-employed in each of the last five...
- Shareholders: Voting Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of institutional investors publicly disclosing (a) summary statistics about their...
- Shareholders: Voting Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what research his Department (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake on the level and quality of disclosure of voting...
- Spacecraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the European Space Agency on the viability of the Skylon Spaceplane; and if he will make...
- Spacecraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what preparations his Department is making on a regulatory framework for reusable spaceplanes; and if he will make a statement.
- Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what dates (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) senior officials in his Department met representatives of (i)...
- Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the proposal not to add value added tax to the cost of a 24+...
- Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he has taken to ensure that learners receiving tuition under (a) public, (b) private and (c) third sector providers...
- Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people aged 18-to-24 years of age in Peterborough constituency who are not in...
- Unfair Dismissal
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what evidence his Department has gathered on the potential direct benefits to business of extending the qualifying period for...
- Vocational Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what target timetable his Department has set for successful bidders to receive their allocated funds under the Employer Ownership...
- Zimbabwe
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of any business links between (a) Old Mutual PLC and (b) UK companies and the Zimbabwean Mining...
- Zimbabwe
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department (a) is undertaking and (b) plans to undertake any investigation of links between UK FTSE 100 listed firms...
- Work and Pensions
- Atos Healthcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many appeals against decisions based on reports from ATOS have been registered by residents of (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North...
- Child Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what new steps he plans to put in place at the Child Maintenance Service to establish whether a non-resident parent's standard of living is...
- Employment Schemes: Merseyside
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were employed by Liverpool-based companies under (a) the Welfare to Work programme and (b) the Work Programme in each of the...
- Employment Schemes: Merseyside
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) Merseyside have been awarded (i) full-time and (ii) part-time work as a result of...
- Employment Schemes: Merseyside
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many companies have taken part in the Welfare to Work programme in Liverpool.
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will rank all English local authorities by the percentage change in local housing allowance claims between April 2010 and April 2012.
- Jobseeker's Allowance: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobseekers in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West have applied and failed to qualify for...
- Jobseeker's Allowance: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) Merseyside were transferred from long-term incapacity benefit to jobseeker's...
- Minimum Wage: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many employers are employing people aged (a) 16 to 17 and (b) 18 to 20 who are on the national minimum wage; (2) how many people...
- Minimum Wage: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of hours worked per week by people aged (a) 16 to 17 and (b) 18 to 20 who are in receipt of the national minimum...
- Post Office Card Account
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2012, Official Report, column 652W, on social security benefits: Post Office card account, what steps he has...
- Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of benefits he estimates have never worked.
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the IT system for universal credit in each sub-category of expenditure.
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether households will be afforded 13 weeks' protection from rent restrictions under the housing component of universal credit when first...
- Welfare State: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he last met the education Minister in the Scottish Government to discuss welfare reform; and what correspondence he has received from the...
- Welfare State: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he last met the Minister for youth employment in the Scottish Government to discuss welfare reform; and what correspondence he has...
- Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect that the reduction in the number of specialist welfare-to-work fraud investigation staff in his...
