Written answers
Thursday, 17 January 2013
- Work and Pensions
- Deloitte
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department paid to Deloitte for consultancy services in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
- Design Council: Pensions (2 annotations)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what arrangements for the administration of the Design Council Pensions Scheme have been put in place and monitored by his Department.
- Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to propose changes to a student's entitlement to employment and support allowance if they have to leave their course because...
- Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how often on average people with (a) Parkinson's and (b) all progressive conditions are reassessed for their eligibility for employment and...
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in his Department have use of a Government Procurement Card.
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the potential saving to the Exchequer following the introduction of house size criteria as a condition for receipt...
- Housing Benefit: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the amount of housing benefit payments paid in each local authority area in Scotland has been in the last five years.
- Housing Benefit: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people in Scotland who will be affected by the introduction of house size criteria as a condition...
- Housing Benefit: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been paid in housing benefit in Scotland in the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the amount of such payments in...
- Part-time Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of staff in his Department work part-time.
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will assess the effects of wage increases on consumer spending power and the economy.
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 31 October 2012, Official Report, column 307W, on subscriptions, how much his Department has spent on subscriptions...
- Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many civil service posts have been made redundant by his Department in each year since 1999; and what the cost of redundancies has been in...
- Rented Housing: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much each London borough spent on (a) housing benefit, (b) rent rebates to local authority tenants and (c) rent allowances to tenants of...
- Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to tackle benefit tourism.
- Social Security Benefits: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of the workforce in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency will be affected by the proposed one...
- Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many temporary staff have been recruited in his Department in each month from July to December 2012.
- Unemployment: Tower Hamlets
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has assessed the number of people (a) in each ward and (b) of each ethnicity who have been unemployed in Tower Hamlets for (i) six,...
- Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to promote the use of TheFutureYou.org.uk and other online support networks to address youth unemployment in the UK.
- Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of incentive payments under the Youth Contract has been paid out to employers to date.
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many work capability assessments were successfully appealed in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, (b) Tower Hamlets, (c) London and...
- Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prime contractors will not be receiving in full the outcome fee from June under the terms of their Work programme contract; and if he...
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- Apprentices: Catering
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract with the provider for the Asian Culinary Excellence initiative.
- Export Credit Guarantees
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills by what date he expects funds to be made available to firms from the monies announced in the autumn statement 2012 to provide...
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in his Department have use of a Government Procurement Card.
- ICT: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many computer science students graduated from UK universities in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011.
- Imports: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure that products produced by Israeli settlers in Occupied Palestinian Territories are correctly...
- Local Enterprise Partnerships: Liverpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many projects have been funded by the Liverpool City Region local enterprise partnership to date; and how much has been paid...
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 6 November 2012, Official Report, column 596W, on procurement, what proportion of suppliers to his...
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how often his Department produces a staff magazine.
- Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff are currently employed on a temporary basis by his Department and its agencies; and how many of those staff are...
- Health
- Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which Ministers from his Department have met representatives of (a) Varian Medical Systems, (b) Elekta and (c) Accuray between May 2012 and January 2013.
- Cancer: Drugs (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have received Tamoxifen as a chemo-preventative measure through the Cancer Drugs Fund in each of the last three years.
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent steps he has taken to ensure that every child and adult with myalgic encephalomyelitis receive suitable and appropriate treatment for...
- Drugs: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many infants were readmitted to hospital with neo-natal withdrawal symptoms attributable to maternal use of illicit or therapeutic drugs following...
- Drugs: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration his Department has given to allowing the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the Medicines and Healthcare products...
- Drugs: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has allocated for drug addiction services in (a) the London borough of Enfield, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last...
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in his Department have use of a Government Procurement Card.
- Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the NHS Commissioning Board will take to finalise the service specifications for (a) specialised neuromuscular services and (b) other...
- Health Services: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health care assistants there were at each acute hospital trust in London in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 31 October 2012, Official Report, column 263W, on press subscriptions, how much his Department has spent on subscriptions since...
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how often his Department produces a staff magazine.
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what additional steps his Department takes to monitor emissions from appliances manufactured by companies in receipt of...
- Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of staff in his Department have received training in equality and diversity and the requirements of the...
- Food: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it his policy to introduce a ban on food waste in landfill; and if he will make a statement.
- Food: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent progress he has made on the consultation on limiting biodegradable waste landfill, as set out in the Waste...
- Fracking
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the potential effect of fracking rig installations in...
- Meat: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the European Commission on the timetable for the review of the moratorium of exports of...
- Olympic Games 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which events at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics were attended by each Minister in his Department using tickets or...
- Reservoirs: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with Thames Water regarding a revised plan for a new reservoir.
- Ritual Slaughter
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the slaughter of farm animals for Qurbani/Udhia purposes under the provisions of the Welfare of Animals...
- Social Enterprises
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on plans to introduce social enterprise zones; and if he...
- Waste: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many tonnes of residual solid waste have been exported in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
- Home Department
- Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to the public purse was of accommodation for asylum seekers in the last three years for which figures are available.
- Crime: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many disability hate crimes have been recorded in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
- Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions have been held between the UK Border Agency and London Metropolitan University on monitoring procedures for...
- Ibrahim Magag
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Ibrahim Magag was given (a) the right to stay in the UK and (b) British citizenship.
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to reply to the letter of 11 April 2012 from the hon. Member for North East Somerset on behalf of a constituent James...
- National Wildlife Crime Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the National Wildlife Crime Unit; and if she will make a statement.
- Police: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the cost of kennelling dangerous or stray dogs to the (a) Metropolitan police, (b) Greater Manchester police...
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2012, Official Report, column 38W, on press subscriptions, how much her Department has spent on...
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how often her Department produces a staff magazine.
- Riot (Damages) Act 1886
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2012, Official Report, column 502W, on the Riot Damages Act 1886, whether the planned independent...
- UK Border Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the performance of the UK Border Agency's Performance and Compliance Unit.
- UK Border Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the performance of the UK Border Agency in processing asylum cases.
- Prime Minister
- Tax Evasion
To ask the Prime Minister what measures to tackle tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance he expects to bring forward for discussion during the UK's presidency of the G8.
- House of Commons Commission
- Apprentices
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many apprentices are employed by the House of Commons Service; and what...
- Defence
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times (a) Hellfire precision guided missiles and (b) laser guided bombs employed by the UK Reaper remotely piloted air system have fallen...
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of those attacked and either killed or wounded in a Green on Blue attack in Afghanistan had not been issued with a side arm to date.
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) male and (b) female armed forces personnel have been deployed in each deployment to Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
- Armed Forces: Cadets
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what proportion of Army Cadet Force detachments are connected to (a) independent schools and (b) state schools; (2) how much funding was provided...
- Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many air miles were accumulated by each Minister in his Department in 2012; how such air miles were used; and whether such air miles were donated to...
- Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions each Minister in his Department carried classified documents on public transport in the last 12 months for which information is...
- Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what sum is payable to the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft consortium in order to access air-to-air refuelling rights for aircraft that chose to use...
- Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department has received on (a) delays and (b) the risk of delays to the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft programme since May 2010.
- Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials of his Department have had on (i) delays and (ii) risks of delays to the Future Strategic Tanker...
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in his Department have use of a Government Procurement Card. [Official Report, 13 February 2013, Vol. 558 c. 7MC.]
- Guided Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to his meeting with his French counterpart in November 2012, when he expects to meet his French counterpart to discuss the Future...
- Major Projects Review Board
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current status is of the Major Projects Review Board.
- Mali
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when contingency planning began for potential deployment in support of French forces in Mali in (a) his Department and (b) Permanent Joint Headquarters.
- Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment he has made of the out-of-service dates for the VC10 and TriStar aircraft; (2) what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c)...
- Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the value of the sites currently earmarked by his Department for sale in each region of the UK.
- Submarines and Warships
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what estimate he has made of the current value of (a) HMS Tyne, (b) HMS Severn and (c) HMS Mersey; (2) what estimate he has made of the current...
- Trident Submarines
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK's continuous at sea deterrence of the recent damage to HMS Vigilant.
- Usa
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) value and (b) start and finish date was of contracts for foreign military sales procured by the British defence staff in the US in each of...
- Culture Media and Sport
- Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what consideration was given to including the measures on the creative industries in the pledges made by the Government in the coalition...
- Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many air miles were accumulated by each Minister in her Department in 2012; how such air miles were used; and whether such air miles...
- Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Gambling Commission and (b) betting shop operators on the effectiveness of...
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in her Department have use of a Government Procurement Card.
- Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2013, Official Report, column 213W, on internet, if she will estimate the number of (a) pensioners...
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
- Social Enterprises
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on plans to introduce social enterprise zones; and if she will...
- Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department spent on taxis in 2011-12.
- Tour de France
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what ministerial meetings have taken place to provide support for the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in 2014.
- Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what consideration she has given to the potential contribution of the Tour de France to the tourism economy of England in 2014.
- International Development
- Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many air miles were accumulated by each Minister in her Department in 2012; how such air miles were used; and whether such air...
- Developing Countries: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2012, Official Report, column 556W, on developing countries: health services, in which countries...
- India
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support her Department is providing to India for programmes to tackle violence against women; and whether such support will cease...
- Mali
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of whether the deployment to Mali will contribute to poverty alleviation; and whether the marginal costs...
- Mali
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Mali; (2) what humanitarian priorities she has set for...
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) how much her Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12; (2) pursuant to her answer of 31 October 2012, Official...
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how often her Department produces a staff magazine.
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Syria.
- Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department spent on taxis in 2011-12.
- Education
- Education Maintenance Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many young people lost funding as a result of the abolition of the education maintenance allowance; and what the average loss was per person.
- Physical Education: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will extend funding for secondary school physical education teachers to be released for one day a week to work with primary schools beyond...
- School Leaving
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what estimate he has made of the number of additional students in (a) schools, (b) further education colleges, (c) sixth form colleges, (d)...
- Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effect on funding for education in each year between 2011-12 and 2016-17 of the projected growth in the school age...
- Youth Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2012, Official Report, column 869W, on youth services, (1) whether lists of visits were drawn up by Ministers'...
- Communities and Local Government
- Community Infrastructure Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make it his policy to ensure that all new houses built in a council's administrative area attract the Community...
- Hostels: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what statistics and information are collected at (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local level on (i) the number of young...
- Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the purpose of the New Homes Bonus has been amended to include the funding of council care services; and if he will make...
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new planning permissions for housing were approved by each local authority in England in each quarter from 2005 to the...
- Housing: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 20 December 2012, Official Report, column 880W, on Housing: Finance, how much expenditure is committed...
- Mortgages
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consideration his Department has given to extending the mortgage indemnity guarantee to banks offering mortgages to...
- Part-Time Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of staff in his Department work part-time.
- Railways: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to his letter of 19 September 2012 to interested parties, for what reasons he decided not to hold a conjoined...
- Railways: Radlett
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if any factors in his decision of 20 December 2012 to approve the Radlett rail freight proposal were brought to his attention...
- Railways: Radlett
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what meetings have taken place between Ministers in his Department and outside bodies on the Radlett rail freight proposal...
- Railways: Radlett
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations he has received concerning the Radlett rail freight proposal since 19 September 2012 other than those...
- Social Enterprises
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has to introduce social enterprise zones; and if he will make a statement.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many air miles were accumulated by each Minister in his Department in 2012; how such air miles were used; and whether such...
- British Indian Ocean Territory
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what legal expenses have been incurred by his Department in cases relating to British Indian Ocean Territory since 1983; and...
- British Indian Ocean Territory
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the US authorities on access by Chagosians to the Chagos archipelago and resettlement by...
- British Indian Ocean Territory
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has received on the effects of climate change and sea levels on British Indian Ocean Territory since 2011.
- British Indian Ocean Territory
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with (a) Chagos islanders and (b) other interested parties since the declaration of the...
- Imports: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to prohibit the importation of products produced by Israeli settlers in Occupied Palestinian...
- Kashmir
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the armed contact between India and Pakistan in Kashmir on 6 January 2013.
- Mongolia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans his Department has to mark the UK's recognition of Mongolia as a sovereign de jure state 50 years ago.
- Occupied Territories
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to prohibit UK-based financial institutions from financing (a) the building of Israeli settlements...
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authority with a view to encouraging greater trade between the UK and...
- Sea of Japan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent conversations his Department has had with the (a) government of Japan and (b) government of the Republic of Korea on...
- Sri Lanka
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with (a) the UN, (b) his EU counterparts and (c) his Commonwealth counterparts on improving...
- 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.
- Wales
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in his Department have use of a Government Procurement Card.
- Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many letters he has received (a) supporting and (b) opposing the introduction of the Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill; what response his Department...
- Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with (a) black and minority ethnic, (b) Muslim and (c) Jewish communities in Wales on the introduction of presumed...
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer of 29 October 2012, Official Report, column 1W, on subscriptions, how much his Department has spent on subscriptions since May 2010.
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how often his Department produces a staff magazine.
- Northern Ireland
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in her Department have use of a Government Procurement Card.
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 31 October 2012, Official Report, column 213W, on press subscriptions, how much her Department has spent on...
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how often her Department produces a staff magazine.
- Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her Department spent on taxis in 2011-12.
- Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have had with Ministers in the Northern...
- Energy and Climate Change
- Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many air miles were accumulated by each Minister in his Department in 2012; how such air miles were used; and whether such air...
- Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he plans to take to prevent energy companies using smart meter data to increase energy prices at peak times.
- Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he plans to take so that the cost of the mandatory installation of smart meters is not passed on to consumers.
- Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) how many meetings he and officials of his Department had with Google in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; (2) how many meetings...
- Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change who is to meet the waste disposal costs not paid by operators in the Funded Decommissioning Plans to be approved by the Secretary of...
- Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what method is to be used to calculate the share of waste disposal costs to be met by operators in the Funded Decommissioning Plans...
- Petroleum Act 1998
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 10 January 2013, Official Report, column 426W, on Petroleum Act 1998, to whom the 17 notices have been served.
- Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on taxis in 2011-12.
- Warm Home Discount Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the monetary value was of the Warm Homes Discount distributed (a) nationally, (b) in Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) in Harrogate...
- Scotland
- Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met carers groups in Scotland to discuss the effects of the Government's welfare reform policies.
- Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met groups representing people with disabilities to discuss the effects of the Government's welfare reform programme.
- Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has visited a food bank since October 2012.
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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 Scotland how much his Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to his answer of 30 October 2012, Official Report, column 142W, on press subscriptions, how much his Department has spent on subscriptions...
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how often his Department produces a staff magazine.
- Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on taxis in 2011-12.
- Treasury
- Business: Charitable Donations
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to undertake charitable donations and charitable support.
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of households affected by the changes to higher income child benefit had applied to stop receiving child benefit payments by 1 January 2013,...
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the range of potential penalties or fines is for those taxpayers who did not meet his 7 January 2013 deadline to register an opt-out under the higher...
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a housewife whose husband earns over £360,000 a year will continue to receive national insurance credits towards her state pension if the...
- Child Benefit: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people in Scotland who will be affected by the planned changes to child benefit.
- Fuels: Wales
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will extend the rural fuel discount scheme to remote mainland communities including rural areas within Aberconwy constituency.
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in his Department have use of a Government Procurement Card.
- Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish (a) any impact assessments and (b) any other internal documents produced by his Department relating to the 2008 decision to abolish the...
- Mortgages: Government Assistance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to assist the provision of mortgage products for (a) first time buyers and (b) those buyers participating in shared equity schemes;...
- Occupied Territories
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that products produced by Israeli settlers in Occupied Palestinian Territories do not benefit from preferential tariff...
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
- Regional Growth Fund
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider increasing the amount of funds allocated to the regional growth fund.
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what evaluation HM Revenue and Customs plans to assess its programme to develop its operational delivery profession.
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the £77 million funding for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced in the 2012 autumn statement will be allocated to each area of HMRC activity;...
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the new centre of excellence for tax fraud and evasion announced in the 2012 autumn statement to be operational; and how much funding it...
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff were employed in each area of HM Revenue and Customs' activity in each of the last five years.
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the £900 million to be spent on HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced in September 2010 has been allocated to each area of HMRC activity.
- Revenue and Customs: Aviation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much HM Revenue and Customs spent on flights within England in 2011-12.
- Taxis
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on taxis in 2011-12.
- Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will ask the Office for Budget Responsibility to assess the effects on economic growth of implementation of the provisions of the Welfare Benefits...
- Transport
- Rail Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent progress the Government has made on rail electrification; and if he will make a statement.
- Transport Infrastructure Projects
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress he has made on the transport infrastructure projects announced in the 2011 autumn statement; and if he will make a statement.
- Rail Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for rail investment; and if he will make a statement.
- London-Scotland Sleeper Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he last discussed the future of London to Scotland sleeper services with the Scottish Government; and if he will make a statement.
- Rail Services: North Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the potential benefits of re-introducing railway services to North Cornwall.
- Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with bus operators on the cost of bus travel in non-metropolitan areas.
- Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions each Minister in his Department carried classified documents on public transport in the last 12 months for which information is...
- Driving: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the insurance industry's Access to Driver Data project to be completed and fully operational; and if he will make a statement.
- Driving: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost to the public purse has been of the insurance industry's Access to Driver Data project; and if he will make a statement.
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in his Department have use of a Government Procurement Card.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) over what time period he is assessing the proposed link between HS1 and HS2 will provide sufficient capacity; and if he will make a statement;...
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
- Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the level of rail punctuality; and if he will make a statement.
- Justice
- Claims Management Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans his Department has to publish its response to the consultation on proposals by the Claims Management Regulation Unit to amend the Conduct of...
- Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of employment support allowance appeals heard at the tribunal venue in Hull were successful in each month since June 2010.
- Human Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Congleton of 22 November 2012, Official Report, columns 857-8W, and to the hon. Member for South West...
- Pre-trial Procedures
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were (a) remanded in custody and (b) remanded on bail in each year from 1997 to 2012.
- Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average length of sentence was for (a) the total prison population and (b) foreign national prisoners in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
- Young Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effect that the closure of Ashfield Young Offenders Institution and its replacement with an adult prison will have on...
- Cabinet Office
- Appendicitis
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths there have been as a result of appendicitis in each of the last five years.
- Cardiovascular System: Newham
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) men and (b) women over the age of 65 died of cardiovascular disease in Newham in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008, (iii) 2009 and (iv) 2010.
- Charities: Fraud
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the level of fraud in the charity sector; and if he will make a statement.
- Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people he plans to recruit onto the Civil Service Fast Stream in 2013.
- Data Protection
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on how many occasions each Minister in the Deputy Prime Minister's Office carried classified documents on public transport in the last 12 months for...
- Dover House
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff working in the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office he expects to move to Dover House in the forthcoming office move.
- Government Departments: Logos
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what information he holds on the names of Government Departments which are changing their logos to the Royal Coat of Arms.
- Government Departments: Trade Union Officials
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) for what reasons evidence from the Tax Payers Alliance and the Trade Union Reform Council was used in the formulation of the proposals to reduce...
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in his Department have use of a Government Procurement Card; (2) how many (a) staff and (b) special...
- Job Creation
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will estimate the number of (a) part-time jobs and (b) jobs on a temporary contract created in (i) Birmingham, Hall Green constituency, (ii)...
- Meetings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many meetings he and officials of his Department had with Xerox in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; (2) how many meetings he and officials of...
- New Businesses: East of England
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many new businesses have been established in (a) Witham constituency, (b) Essex and (c) the east of England in each month since May 2010.
- Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many appointments made to the boards of public bodies overseen by his Department have been (a) male and (b) female since May 2010.
- Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) which recruitment consultants his Department used to select candidates for public appointments within his departmental remit in each year for...
- Taxis
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how much his Department spent on taxis in 2011-12; (2) how much No. 10 Downing Street spent on taxis in 2011-12.
- Waste and Resources Action Programme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the outcome was of his Department's meeting with WRAP on 11 October 2012 to discuss action his Department needs to take to implement the waste...
- Work Experience: Scotland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18-year-olds in Scotland who currently have no work experience or experience of...
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Candidates: Disability
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many candidates stood for election to Parliament in each of the last four general elections; and how many such candidates identified themselves as having a...
- Polling Stations: Disability
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps the Government is taking to ensure that disabled people can access polling stations.
- Trident
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he intends to publish the Government's Trident Review.
- House of Lords
- Asylum Seekers
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 8 January (WA 7-8), whether they will ensure that (a) women caseholders and female interpreters are...
- Badgers
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the comments by Lord De Mauley on 11 December (Official Report, col. 973), what are their "assumptions about the effectiveness, humaneness and safety...
- BBC Media Action
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 29 October 2012 (WA 85), why the report of the first annual review of the global grant of £90 million...
- Benefits
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to help the poorest households in Britain in the light of the Government's proposals to limit the increase in working-age benefits to 1%.
- British Antarctic Territory
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the ownership of the British Antarctic Territory and the part of it recently renamed Queen Elizabeth Land is recognised internationally.
- Civil Servants: Political Activity
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of civil servants employed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs engaged in political activity, for...
- Courts: Security
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase security in family division and district courts.
- Debt
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of household debt is represented by mortgage debt in (1) South Basildon and East Thurrock parliamentary constituency, (2) Basildon, and (3) England.
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the evidence given by Steve Hege, the former member of the United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the...
- Economy
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a potential loss of the United Kingdom's AAA credit rating on the United Kingdom economy.
- Energy: Renewable Energy
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support renewable energy projects on areas of high quality agricultural land.
- EU: Birth Rates
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had in the European Union about birth-rates in the European Union.
- EU: Membership
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the event of Scotland voting in favour of independence, the United Kingdom, as reconstituted, would be required, in the light of current European Union...
- Government: Correspondence
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Tankerness on 30 October 2012 (WA 118-19), to what extent their decision to prevent the publication of the...
- Government: Official Visits
To ask Her Majesty's Government which Ministers have visited Mexico representing the United Kingdom since May 2010.
- India
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for International Development has in its library a copy of the Report of the National Family Health Survey of India; if so, what assessment...
- Legal Aid
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Runnymede Trust report Justice at Risk; what is their response to the recommendation that fixed payments per case for...
- Migration
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they propose to disaggregate the totals for net migration to indicate the student element when the international standard is to include migrating students;...
- Religious Faith
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 8 November 2012 (WA 232), what guidance they give the Minister of Faith and Communities in applying faith...
- Religious Faith
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 8 November 2012 (WA 232), what criteria are used by the Minister for Faith and Communities to balance the...
- Trees
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many organisations in the United Kingdom received public funds to fund tree planting in the past 10 years for which figures are available; which were those...
- UK Business Overseas
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to include in the job descriptions of senior officials in United Kingdom departments and agencies clauses regarding the promotion of United...
- Water Management: Urban Waste Water
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the European Commission about decision C-301/10 of the European Court of Justice finding them guilty of failure to fulfil...
