Written answers
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
- Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Committee
- Members: Subsistence Claims
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the value was of subsistence claims processed on behalf of...
- Members: Subsistence Claims
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the cost was of processing subsistence claims on behalf of...
- Members: Subsistence Claims
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many subsistence claims were processed on behalf of hon....
- House of Commons Commission
- Parliamentary Outreach
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the House of Commons Commission has made of the effectiveness of...
- Transport
- Cycling: Accidents (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to reduce the number of cyclists seriously injured on roads.
- M1
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total cost is of the new traffic calming measures incorporating a series of speed cameras on the southern end of the M1.
- M6
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what enquiries he has made of the (a) Highways Agency and (b) Staffordshire police authority about the delays on the M6 on Christmas Day.
- Motor Vehicles: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many previously foreign registered vehicles were re-registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last five years.
- Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the annual budget is for placing new chevrons on motorways for the purpose of encouraging safer spacing between moving cars; (2) how many...
- Railways: Public Holidays
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with rail operators regarding the running of services on Boxing Day.
- Shipping: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many new jobs directly created in the maritime industry there were in each year since 2008-09; and how many such jobs were filled by (a) UK...
- Unemployed People: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what plans his Department has to assist the unemployed with the cost of travel; (2) what assessment his Department has made of the needs of...
- Unemployed People: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance his Department has provided for Jobcentre Plus staff on the Bus for Jobs initiative.
- International Development
- Argentina
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what position her Department has taken at the World Bank regarding the granting of further loans to Argentina.
- Bangladesh
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the working conditions and rights of labourers in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh.
- Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of her Department's spending on suppliers is spent on private consultants.
- Ecuador
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development for what purpose the loan from the Government to Ecuador issued in 1988 was applied and used for; what the value of this loan was; and...
- Palestine Media Watch
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether her Department has made any assessment of the work of Palestinian Media Watch.
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of whether UK aid provided to the Palestinian Authority is being used to pay the salaries of prisoners.
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what changes her Department's top 12 outside suppliers have pledged to make following her Department's internal review of the use of...
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of supplier contracts to her Department had a monetary value of more than £1 million in the most recent period for...
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the minimum value is at which the granting of a supplier contract by a department requires a competitive tendering process.
- St Helena
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she has had with the government of the island of St Helena about providing the island with broadband internet; and if...
- Scotland
- Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last discussed energy charges for the third sector with the representatives of the six largest energy providers.
- Income Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to his answer of 9 January 2012, Official Report, column 285W, on income tax personal allowance, what estimate he has made of the total value...
- Official Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many official visits within Scotland were made by (a) Ministers, (b) staff and (c) special advisers of his Department in each of the last 12 months;...
- Visits Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what overseas visits he plans to make in the next 12 months.
- Wales
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister in the Welsh Government on the legacy in Wales of the London 2012 Olympics and...
- Home Department
- Civil Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for compensation under the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 were made following the public disorder in 2011; how many (a) were...
- Communications Data Bill (Draft)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 7 January 2013, Official Report, column 16W, on Communications Data Bill: draft, whether her Department has...
- Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2012, Official Report, column 778W, on immigration controls, how many foreign nationals subject...
- DNA and Fingerprints: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on the retention of DNA and fingerprints taken from innocent people.
- Drugs: Misuse (4 annotations)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will assess the classification that Sativex would be given under her Department's drug classification scheme; and if she will...
- Entry Clearances
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) applications were made and (b) grants of family visas were awarded in respect of the category of (i) child (probationary...
- Entry Clearances
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people applying for a Tier 1 visa in the UK are currently waiting more than four weeks for a decision on their application to...
- Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the applicants who applied for sponsor status between 1 July and 30 September 2012 have had a decision made on their...
- Extradition
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will bring forward proposals for people charged with having committed crimes in other countries first to have evidence of such...
- Police Stations: Croydon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had on the closure or sale of police station buildings in Croydon North since May 2010; and what the outcome...
- Police: Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information she holds on how much is spent on police equipment budgets.
- Police: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which formal training received by a police officer is also run for the benefit of both fire and ambulance officers.
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) on how many occasions the conditions of a terrorism prevention and investigation measure were breached in the last 12 months; and in...
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress he has made in reducing corruption within the Afghan Government.
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress he has made on reducing non-security-related crime in Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his assessment is of the ability of the Afghan economy to support its security forces from 2015 onwards.
- Assisted Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made on negotiations on adjustments to Assisted Areas Maps.
- Bahrain
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations the UK Government has made to the Bahraini (a) Government and (b) authorities concerning human...
- British Indian Ocean Territory
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress he has made in implementing the commitment in the Conservative manifesto 2010 to bring about a just settlement for...
- British Indian Ocean Territory
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of the islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory (a) are habitable, (b) were inhabited, (c) are inhabited and (d)...
- British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to protect the rights of UK citizens abroad when faced with criminal convictions.
- Marriage
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his foreign counterparts on child marriage.
- Middle East
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department holds on the state of progress with the US-funded review of Palestinian and Israeli textbooks;...
- Nuclear Disarmament
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what expert-level meetings have been hosted by the UK in the last year to share lessons from UK-led work on verification of...
- Pakistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the (a) nature and (b) monetary value was of counter-narcotics assistance given by his Department to the Government of...
- Pakistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken in providing financial support to the Pakistani anti-narcotics police to ensure that no such...
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations the Consulate General in Jerusalem has made to the Palestinian Authority with regard to the...
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, column 3W, on Palestinians, what specific examples of incitement...
- Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 13 December 2012, Official Report, column 473W, on sick leave, if he will make an assessment of the...
- Sri Lanka
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterpart on the (a) efficacy of criminal justice and (b) rule of law...
- Sri Lanka
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the Government of Sri Lanka's commitment to the Commonwealth's Latimer House Principles.
- United Arab Emirates
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of laws in the United Arab Emirates on UK citizens that live in or visit that country.
- Zimbabwe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the South African Government on progress towards elections in Zimbabwe.
- Zimbabwe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the report by Human Rights Watch, Race Against Time: The Need for Legal and Institutional Reforms...
- Treasury
- Car Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what timetable he has set for the development of his proposals on reforms to vehicle excise duty.
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effect of changes to higher income child benefit on the take-up of national insurance credits; and if he will make a statement.
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many HM Revenue and Customs staff have been seconded to other Government departments to assist with the implementation of changes to child benefit.
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing planned Government changes to child benefit.
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households that receive child benefit in Livingston constituency and where one parent earns between £50,000 and £60,000 will have their...
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households that receive child benefit in Livingston constituency where a couple earns up to £100,000 will keep their child benefit under his...
- Climate Change
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make an assessment of the (a) economic and (b) public spending consequences for the UK of the effects of each climate change prediction made in...
- Corporation Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to publish the amount of corporation tax paid by each FTSE-100 listed company in each of the last 10 years.
- EU Law
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) which EU directives his Department transposed in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 to date; which EU directives his Department expects to transpose in (i) 2013...
- Excise Duties: Fuels
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of fuel duty as a proportion of the average outgoings of people in each quintile of income earners; (2) if he will consider...
- Gift Aid
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the value of higher rate tax relief unclaimed by individuals on charitable donations which were eligible for Gift Aid.
- Gift Aid
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the value of Gift Aid unclaimed by charities on charitable donations.
- Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment his Department has made of the average reduction in income to a working family of the abolition of the 10p rate of income tax.
- Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people in each parliamentary constituency who will be affected by the reduction of the top rate of income tax to...
- Paye
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons the PAYE real time information system has been unable to match those hashes which have been unmatched in the pilot; and what estimate he...
- Paye
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average time for the alignment process for employer schemes joining the PAYE real time information pilot was in each month since it started.
- Paye
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of the hash-matching accuracy in the PAYE real time information pilot.
- Personal Income: Kingston upon Hull
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) Hull and (b) Hull North there were with a taxable income greater than (i) £20,000, (ii) £30,000 and (iii) £50,000 in...
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the data and calculation was underlying the statement by the Director of Personal Taxation at HM Revenue and Customs in oral evidence to the Treasury...
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people worked in the HM Revenue and Customs national minimum wage team in December (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people work in the HM Revenue and Customs national minimum wage team.
- Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many calls from interns, volunteers, voluntary workers or people on work experience the Pay and Work Rights Helpline received in (a) 2009, (b)...
- Social Security Benefits: Greater London
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Bethnal Green and Bow constituency will be affected by the decision to implement a one per cent annual uprating of (a) working tax...
- Tax Allowances: Research
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research his Department has undertaken to assess the relative merits of tax incentives in encouraging innovation and investment in research and development.
- Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to publish his Department's research on dynamic scoring and the broader-economy effects of changes to taxation.
- Taxation: Public Houses
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much unpaid VAT and PAYE owed by operators of public houses was written off by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years.
- Welfare Tax Credits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much tax credit has been claimed by people running public houses in each of the last five years.
- Defence
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many posts in Afghanistan were subject to tour lengths of longer than six months for each year since 2005.
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the UK spent on its military commitments in Afghanistan in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; how much he estimates it will spend in (i) 2013,...
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the value of equipment that will be left in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of British troops.
- Defence School of Photography
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the potential capacity of the Defence School of Photography to provide services to other government departments.
- European Defence Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department intends to announce its decision on the UK's continuing membership of the European Defence Agency; and if he will make a statement.
- Gibraltar
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to prevent unlawful incursions of Spanish vessels in Gibraltar territorial waters.
- Gulf of Guinea
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to combat piracy off the coast of Togo and the Gulf of Guinea.
- Nuclear Disarmament
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration he has given to the proposal made by the British Pugwash Group in December 2012 that the Government should establish an international...
- Persian Gulf
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which Royal Navy ships are currently deployed in the Gulf; and on what duties.
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Ash Dieback Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will revise the projected strength of the Forest Carbon Sink in the UK's greenhouse gas inventory through to 2020 to...
- Community Development: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much of the £50,000 for local and community projects announced in April 2012 has been allocated.
- Dangerous Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people were (a) killed or (b) hurt by dog attacks in 2012.
- Dangerous Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many dog attacks in 2012 could not be prosecuted because they took place on an owner's private property.
- Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to autumn statement 2012, what estimate he has made of the cost of simplifying flood consents and moving them...
- Flood Control: Dredging
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the dredging of main rivers in order to reduce the risk of...
- Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what dates he has held meetings with the devolved administrations to discuss the issue of flooding.
- Industrial Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to autumn statement 2012, when he expects to review the trade effluents permitting regime; and if he will make...
- Ivory: South East Asia
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will discuss with (a) the Holy See and (b) his counterparts in South East Asia the rise in the number of Catholic...
- Livestock: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which ports take the live trade in animals; and what the amount of the trade was conducted in each such port in each of the...
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he plans to answer the letter sent to him by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 1 November 2012 with regard...
- National Wildlife Crime Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has for the future of the National Wildlife Crime Unit; and if he will make a statement.
- National Wildlife Crime Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding his Department plans to allocate to the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit in each of the next two financial years;...
- Public Houses: Halifax
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many pubs have closed in Halifax in each of the last five years.
- Rhinoceros Products and Ivory: Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to tackle the escalation in the rhino horn and elephant ivory trade across Africa.
- Salmon: Northumberland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2012, Official Report, column 513W, on salmon: Northumberland, what figures for salmon...
- Water Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the proportion of households where the price of plumbed water will be charged according to the...
- Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on which occasions the High Level Group on Water Market Reform has met.
- Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of projected economic growth in the water sector in the next 12 months.
- Water: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to monitor changes in water quality in Bleasdale, Lancashire caused as a result of fracking.
- Culture Media and Sport
- Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent progress her Department has made on rolling out broadband in rural areas; and if she will make a statement.
- Culture: Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the economic return from the Cultural Olympiad.
- Digital Broadcasting: Radio
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking ahead of the switchover to digital radio; and if she will make a statement.
- Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions she has had with insurance companies on age limits in respect of access to their services.
- Music: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of levels of participation in projects funded by Youth Music from 2009 to 2012.
- Music: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the report published by Sound Connections in November 2012 on pilot music rehearsal spaces for young people.
- Music: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether Youth Music is working with all 122 music hubs.
- Newspaper Press: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make an assessment of the value of establishing an arbitration system modelled on the Court of Arbitration for Sport to...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2012, Official Report , column 554W on Olympic Games, (a) what progress has been made in the...
- Permanent Secretaries
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether she has any plans to downgrade the Permanent Secretary position in her Department.
- Leader of the House
- Business Committee
To ask the Leader of the House whether the Government intends to introduce a House Business Committee by the third year of this Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
- Government Bills: Free Votes
To ask the Leader of the House further to his oral answer of 10 January 2013 to the hon. Member for Enfield, Southgate, on issues of conscience, which Government Bills since 2001 were not...
- Women and Equalities
- Marriage
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities if she will publish the responses to the Government's consultation on equal marriage.
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities when she intends to reply to the letter sent to her by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 28 November 2012 with regard to Ms K Jones.
- Energy and Climate Change
- Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on how many occasions each Minister in his Department carried classified documents on public transport in the last 12 months for which...
- Eaga
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the salaries of the Chief Executive of EAGA and the head of Xtrawarm are; and whether bonuses are paid to those individuals.
- Eaga
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will ask EAGA to ensure that full information, including the name of the head of Xtrawarm, is published on its website.
- Eaga
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the working relationship between EAGA and Xtrawarm is; and if he will make a statement.
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in his Department have use of a Government Procurement Card.
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many research contracts commissioned by his Department were not subject to a tendering process in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
- Urenco
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress has been made in selling off the Government's stake in Urenco.
- Urenco
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much income has been received by the Exchequer from its stake in Urenco in each of the last three years.
- Health
- Cancer Services: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of real-terms expenditure on cancer services in each of the last five years.
- HIV Infection Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to reduce HIV infection rates.
- Hospital Building
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assistance is available to NHS trusts for the building of new hospitals.
- Non-EU Patients: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to recover costs in respect of non-EU patients who are not entitled to free NHS care.
- Elective Operations: Non-Clinical Cancellations
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many elective operations have been cancelled for non-clinical reasons in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
- Liverpool Care Pathway
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to maintain the integrity of the Liverpool Care Pathway.
- Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of rates of tuberculosis infection.
- Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many operational urgent care centres there were in (a) London and (b) England in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012; (2) how many urgent care...
- Aerials: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the public health implications of cumulative radiation from telecommunications masts.
- Alcoholic Drinks: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the number of alcohol-dependent women in (a) Chatham and Aylesford constituency and (b) England in the last five years;...
- Alcoholic Drinks: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of women (a) currently in treatment and (b) who have received treatment for alcohol misuse in the last five years.
- Alcoholic Drinks: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress the chief medical officer has made in developing guidelines on alcohol consumption for women.
- Alcoholic Drinks: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of minimum unit pricing of alcohol on the levels of alcohol consumption by women.
- Alcoholic Drinks: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of women admitted for the treatment of alcohol-related conditions or injuries in (a) Chatham and Aylesford...
- Alcoholic Drinks: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average number of alcohol units consumed by women (a) in employment, (b) in education, (c) not in work and (d) who are...
- Ambulance Services: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many ambulance or response-car call-outs in the East of England (a) have and (b) have not been staffed with a paramedic in each of the last 24 months.
- Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to help the NHS Commissioning Board address premature mortality linked to cancer.
- Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in each strategic health authority area who have received treatment following the introduction of...
- Care Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to provide support to assist persons to visit relatives in care homes; and if he will make a statement.
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commission an independent inquiry into UK Government policy on, and matters concerning, myalgic encephalomyelitis.
- Drugs: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many pregnant women have been prescribed methadone in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many instances of...
- General Practitioners: Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether penalties are imposed on GPs who frequently prescribe drugs for which cheaper alternatives are available; (2) what guidance his Department...
- Glaucoma
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in France regarding granting them a licence to allow the NHS to import Timoptol and Azpot for UK...
- Health and Social Services: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his latest estimate is of the total expenditure on (a) national health services and (b) social care services in England in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11...
- Health Centres: Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has disposed of its interest in Christchurch Health Centre; and if he will make a statement.
- Health Services: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration he has given to incentivising the collection of ethnicity data in primary and secondary care; and if he will make a statement.
- Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how long on average have UK nationals claiming for reimbursement under the E111 and European Health Insurance Card Management Programme waited for...
- Health Services: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what unweighted cash allocation per head was provided for each primary care trust in Yorkshire and the Humber in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and...
- Health Services: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the unweighted cash allocation per head is which will be provided for each care commissioning group in Yorkshire and the Humber in 2013-14 in (a)...
- Health Services: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what surplus or deficit was returned by each primary care trust (PCT) in Yorkshire and the Humber at the end of (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12;...
- Hospitals: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when each of the wards currently empty at Christchurch Hospital was constructed; and what the cost of building each such ward was; (2) how many (a)...
- Hospitals: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has given to the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust and the Poole Hospital Foundation Trust on the invitation...
- In Vitro Fertilisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how local provision of IVF treatment will be measured on future NHS innovation scorecards.
- Mental Illness: Tower Hamlets
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people living in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency and (b) Tower Hamlets were treated for mental illness in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
- Multiple Sclerosis: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any investigation into whether the use of nabiximols could lead to dependency was undertaken prior to the Medicines and Healthcare Products...
- NHS: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he plans to support the NHS Commissioning Board in its duty to promote research.
- Prostate Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what incentives he plans to offer to academics, funding bodies and other professionals to promote study into prostate cancer in black and minority ethnic...
- Schizophrenia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the results of the 2012 National Audit of Schizophrenia published in December 2012 by the Royal College of...
- Social Enterprises
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on plans to introduce social enterprise zones; and if he will make a statement.
- Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the efficiency savings made by Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 have been reallocated to frontline services.
- Work and Pensions
- Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Access to Work grants were allocated in (a) the Wirral, (b) Merseyside, (c) England and (d) the UK in each of the last 10 financial years.
- Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on how many occasions each Minister in his Department carried classified documents on public transport in the last 12 months for which...
- Disability Living Allowance: Medical Examinations (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether patients' notes are taken into consideration when Atos is assessing eligibility for disability living allowance.
- Disability Living Allowance: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether successful claimants on appeal against an Atos decision not to award disability living allowance receive back payments of that benefit.
- Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he proposes that the weekly prescribed amount in employment and support allowance will be uprated in different ways for people in the...
- Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many incapacity benefit claimants were reassessed for employment and support allowance (ESA) in each month between February 2011 and June...
- Employment Schemes: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2013, Official Report, column 199W, on long-term unemployed people: mental health, how many and what...
- Guaranteed Minimum Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if his Department will publish draft legislation to equalise guaranteed minimum pensions between the sexes.
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the effect of housing benefit changes on (a) elderly people and (b) those with health problems who are...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the effect of housing benefit changes on those in designated over-50s accommodation.
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of households whose income will be reduced by the application of the under-occupation penalty in (a)...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department made of the ability of tenants to manage their housing benefit budget; and if he will consider making it easier...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by what regulatory mechanism he will implement his policy of uprating local housing allowance by 1 per cent in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
- Housing Benefit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged 25 years or under claimed housing benefit; and what the total cost was of such claims in each of the last four years.
- Natural Gas: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made of risk to underground miners at Winsford salt mine arising from the Stublach Gas...
- Natural Gas: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) required the developer of the Stublach Gas Storage Project to supply technical studies and...
- Natural Gas: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what factors the Health and Safety Executive took into consideration in its assessment of the Stublach Gas Storage Project March 2007...
- Natural Gas: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will direct the Health and Safety Executive to publish the complete underlying data of geological and testing work it has carried out in...
- Natural Gas: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of whether the Health and Safety Executive has fulfilled its statutory duties and complied with its other...
- Occupational Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the potential effect on public finances of salary sacrifice schemes where families earning over £150,000 can...
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to encourage employers to increase wages each year.
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with trade unions on wages.
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will consider setting a target for wage increases in the private sector over the next five years.
- Pensions: Widowed People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he has taken to inform widows in receipt of frozen category B pensions of the judgement in the case of Alma Yates vs the Secretary...
- Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the Government's current method of measuring child poverty; and what steps he plans to take to improve...
- Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the effect of (a) Universal Credit and (b) the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill on child poverty.
- Remploy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what occasions Ministers in his Department have met with trades union consortium officers on the closure of Remploy factories.
- Remploy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will establish an inquiry into the process of closing Remploy and reports of corruption in the sale of some Remploy sites.
- Remploy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reasons Remploy factory sites that were identified as to be sold have not yet been sold.
- Remploy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish the names of all former Remploy managers who have been sold or been given any of Remploy's former assets.
- Remploy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place a list of any assets formerly owned by Remploy that have since been sold, in the Library.
- Remploy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the amount of money received from selling assets following the closure of Remploy factories.
- Social Fund: Clwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what consideration he has given to the use of (a) community care grants and (b) crisis loans to support residents in the Vale of Clwyd who were...
- Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what savings from detected benefit fraud were made by (a) his Department and (b) local authorities in each of the last four years.
- Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of his Department's budget for benefit payments which is lost to fraud perpetrated by (a) UK...
- Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of Atos assessing an individual for eligibility for benefits in the latest period for which figures are available; and what...
- State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations he received in 2012 from the Canadian government on frozen state pensions for expatriate pensioners now living in that country.
- Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what additional services his Department receives from its telephone provider as a result of revenue-sharing 0845 telephone lines.
- Unemployed People: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what assessment he has made of the needs of jobseekers in relation to the costs of travel; (2) what plans he has to improve support to...
- Unemployed People: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he plans to make of the effectiveness of the Bus for Jobs initiative.
- Unemployed People: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) advice, (b) guidance or (c) training has been provided to Jobcentre Plus staff on January's Bus for Jobs initiative.
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 9 January 2013, Official Report, column 331, on universal credit, whether the universal credit system will wait until...
- Welfare Tax Credits: Halifax
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Halifax constituency are currently in receipt of child tax credits and working tax credits.
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time taken was for the completion of a personal capability assessment for (a) employment and support allowance claimants and...
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of Atos work capability assessments have disagreed with the conclusion on work...
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will change disability benefit appeal rules to allow work capability assessments to be repeated as part of the appeal where the claimant...
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many appeals of the outcomes of work capability assessments are based on a claim that (a) the Atos report does not accurately reflect...
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to improve the accuracy of Atos work capability assessment reports.
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people with (a) Parkinson's disease and (b) progressive conditions have undergone multiple work capability assessments since the...
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people with Parkinson's disease undergoing an incapacity benefit reassessment for employment and support allowance have been (a) found...
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the average cost per claimant of conducting (a) an initial work capability assessment and (b) a reassessment.
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what training is given to employment and support allowance decision-makers regarding progressive conditions; and if he will make a statement.
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people with (a) Parkinson's disease and (b) other progressive conditions placed in the Work Related Activity Group of employment and...
- Justice
- Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many inquests were carried out for asbestos-related deaths in England and Wales in each of the last three years; (2) what steps the Coroner...
- Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of (a) the Home Department, (b) police forces and (c) coroners'...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2001, whether the then Government intended that an applicant who suffered a criminal injury...
- Employment Agencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the total spending on recruitment agencies by his Department was in each month from July to December 2012.
- Employment and Support Allowance: Coventry
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many appellants in Coventry are waiting for the Tribunals Service to list their First-tier Tribunal Social Security and Child Support appeal in...
- G4S
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether his Department is satisfied that the G4S contract to provide his Department with a total facilities management service which commenced on 1...
- Personal Injury: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the cumulative effect of raising the small claims limit in personal injury cases and reducing fixed recoverable costs...
- Personal Injury: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost was of his Department's consultation on raising the small claims limit that concluded in 2007; and what the estimated cost to his...
- Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many temporary staff have been recruited in his Department in each month from July to December 2012.
- Work Capability Assessment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of appeals against Atos work capability assessments were successful in the last year for which figures are available.
- Young Offender Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the budget was of the secure youth estate in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2011-12.
- Young Offenders: Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to tackle reoffending amongst offenders under the age of 18.
- Youth Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much money his Department plans to spend on improving youth courts by 2015.
- Education
- Chequers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education on how many occasions he has attended Chequers in an official capacity in each of the last 12 months.
- English Baccalaureate
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students in each local authority area obtained an English Baccalaureate qualification; and what proportion of eligible students (a) nationally...
- Financial Services: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he proposes that England will be a signatory to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PISA 2015 Financial Literacy Assessment.
- First Aid: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to promote the teaching of emergency life skills in schools.
- Official Engagements
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list his official engagements for 7 January 2013.
- Official Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many visits were made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Childcare in each month since May 2008.
- Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students residing in Luton unitary authority area were (a) eligible for and (b) successfully applied for the pupil premium in each year from...
- Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent estimate he has made of the number of students residing in Luton unitary authority area that will be eligible for the pupil premium in each...
- Reading: Tower Hamlets
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many pupils in Tower Hamlets participated in the Every Child a Reader scheme for reading recovery in 2010-11 and 2011-12; (2) what...
- Schools: Tower Hamlets
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what budget he plans to provide for schools capital expenditure in Tower Hamlets between 2011-12 and 2016-17.
- Schools: Work Experience
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many secondary schools in (a) Feltham and Heston constituency, (b) London and (c) the UK will not be running work experience schemes in 2013.
- Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2012, Official Report, column 597W, on sick leave, if he will make an assessment of the contribution...
- Young People: Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent steps he has taken to support 16 to 24-year-olds not in employment, education or training.
- Communities and Local Government
- Charities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much and what proportion of expenditure was allocated to charities by each local authority in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
- Cycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will provide details on the scheme to reimburse staff in his Department for cycling mileage; and how much such...
- Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the kennelling costs to all local authorities due to dangerous or stray dogs in England and Wales were in 2012.
- Fire Services: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions he has had with the London Fire Authority regarding the management of the AssetCo contract.
- Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2013, Official Report, column 277W, on fraud, if he will provide specific details of the two...
- Green Belt
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on local authorities proposing to build on Green Belt land as part of their development plan.
- Local Government: Equal Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to assist local authorities in meeting requirements for equal pay for men and women; and if he will make...
- Local Government: Newspaper Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make it his policy to allow local authorities to publish statutory notices only on their websites rather than in...
- Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to review the business rate multiplier; and if he will make a statement.
- Parking: Morecambe
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will assist in establishing a free parking scheme in Morecambe.
- Shops
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 7 January 2013, Official Report, column 130W, on shops, what his Department's projections are for the...
- Social Enterprises
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the accountability and regulatory arrangements for social...
- Social Enterprises
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on plans to introduce social enterprise zones; and if he...
- Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will estimate the gap between demand and supply of social housing in (a) Greater London and (b) the UK; and if he will...
- Video Conferencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2013, Official Report, columns 279-80W, on video conferencing, if he will provide details of...
- Prime Minister
- Cabinet: Chequers
To ask the Prime Minister how many Cabinet meetings have taken place at Chequers since September 2011.
- Development Aid
To ask the Prime Minister what his priorities are for the next meeting of the UN High Level Panel on the post-2015 development framework.
- Food Banks
To ask the Prime Minister whether he has received any invitations to visit food banks since May 2010; and whether he plans to accept any current invitations.
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on how many occasions each Minister in his Department carried classified documents on public transport in the last 12 months for...
- Export Credit Guarantees: Argentina
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has had from (a) individuals and (b) groups regarding the £45 million in debts owed to UK...
- Fireworks
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on the amount of spending by members of the public on fireworks in the last year for which...
- Manufacturing Industries: Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps UK Trade and Investment has taken to (a) promote and (b) encourage investment in manufacturing industries in Ashfield...
- Manufacturing Industries: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on the planned sector-specific industrial strategies.
- Paye
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what steps his Department is taking to prepare small and medium-sized enterprises for the introduction of real-time PAYE;...
- Postgraduate Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) UK national and (b) foreign students graduated from UK higher education institutions with (i) a doctoral and (ii) a...
- Students: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what financial support is available to students who have suspended their studies due to being diagnosed with a serious illness.
- Supermarkets: Unfair Practices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what steps his Department is taking to tackle misleading supermarket offers; (2) what recent discussions his Department...
- Women's Library
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will discuss with London Metropolitan University its decision to divest its responsibilities for the Women's Library based...
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Monarchy: Marriage
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions he has had with (a) the Church of England and (b) the Roman Catholic Church on the status of a member of the Roman Catholic Church who married...
- Cabinet Office
- Business: East of England
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many small and medium-sized businesses were operating in (a) Witham constituency, (b) Essex and (c) the east of England in each year since 1997.
- Child Benefit
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the Office for National Statistics has classified the higher income child benefit charge as a tax.
- Employment: Kilmarnock
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of people were employed in (a) public sector, (b) private sector and (c) third sector organisations in Kilmarnock and Loudoun...
- Occupied Territories
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2012, Official Report, column 559W, on charities: Israel, whether he has informed the Charity Commission of the...
- Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average annual salary was for (a) men and (b) women in full-time employment in (i) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency, (ii) the North West and...
- Temporary Employment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many temporary staff have been recruited to his Department in each month since July 2012.
- House of Lords
- Asylum Seekers: Children
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the asylum system on children's development.
- Atos Healthcare
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Freud on 26 November 2012 (Official Report, col. 3) that "the number of complaints against Atos is running at 0.57%, which compares,...
- Electoral Registration
To ask Her Majesty's Government which bodies in (1) Wales, (2) Scotland, and (3) Northern Ireland, are responsible for ensuring that every eligible young person has the opportunity to register to...
- Employment: Parent Passports
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the viability of the parent passport concept, in the light of their planned legislation on parental leave.
- Employment: Religious Faith
To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements are in place to monitor the adverse impact on people affected by any discriminatory employment practices of organisations with a declared...
- Energy: Green Deal
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to include voltage optimisation in the Green Deal and other carbon dioxide and energy reduction schemes.
- Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are yet to make a decision on an uprated level of asylum support under Sections 4 and 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 for the year 2012-13.
- Justice: Age of Criminal Responsibility
To ask Her Majesty's Government what comparisons they have made between the age of criminal responsibility in the United Kingdom and that in each country of Europe.
- Public Sector: Procurement
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage government departments and agencies, and the wider public sector, to share services and procurement with local authorities.
- UK Border Agency
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are ensuring consistency of decision-making between the various regional offices of the UK Border Agency.
- Visas
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) tier 4 (general), (2) tier 4 (child), (3) student visitor, (4) child visitor and (5) prospective student, visa applications have been outstanding for...
