Written answers
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
- Attorney-General
- Antisocial Behaviour: Prosecutions
To ask the Attorney-General how many prosecutions under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 for behaviour that was deemed to be insulting were conducted in each of the last five years.
- Plants
To ask the Attorney-General how much the Law Officers' Departments have spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since his appointment.
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress he has made in increasing the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics apprenticeships; and if he...
- Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the creative industries about the Government's plan for growth...
- Career Development Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many meetings the Minister of State for Universities and Science has had with banks on encouraging greater lending through...
- Creative Industries Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many meetings of the Creative Industries Council he has attended since its establishment; and if he will make a statement.
- Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which subjects he considers to be strategically important and vulnerable; and if he will make a statement.
- Export Credit Guarantees: Zimbabwe
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the transformers and reactors exports which created one per cent of Zimbabwe's Sovereign debt owed to UK Export Finance were...
- Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to increase exports with (a) China and (b) other emerging markets.
- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the Government plans to sign up to the London-based Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
- Further Education: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many student places designated as being in the margin and allocated to further education colleges were not filled in the...
- Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will publish his Department's initial analysis of the research he commissioned on the effect of reforms of higher education...
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will take steps to ensure that the awarding of contracts by his Department is subject to any successful contractors paying...
- Plants
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since his appointment.
- Regional Growth Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what criteria will be used to judge applications for funding under round four of the Regional Growth Fund.
- Science
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress he has made in agreeing a standard definition of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
- Science: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to improve supply and demand data for graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.
- Science: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of graduates in (a) engineering and technology, (b) physical sciences, (c) computer...
- Science: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications were made for (a) engineering and technology, (b) physical sciences, (c) computer science, (d) mathematical...
- Students: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much universities in England spent on fee waivers in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
- UK Intellectual Property Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many times he has met the director general of the Intellectual Property Office in the last six months.
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what contingency plans his Department (a) has made, (b) is making and (c) plans to make for UK withdrawal from the EU; whether...
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what specific exercises his Department has undertaken in assessing the risk to UK business and inward investment of (a)...
- UK Trade and Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what criteria were used to decide whether Everything Everywhere and O2 should participate in the Strategic Investments Programme...
- UK Trade and Investment: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the value to UK business of UK Trade and Investment delegations to India since 5 May 2010.
- Cabinet Office
- Cybercrime
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent assessment his Department has made of the cyber security of mobile devices.
- Directors
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what declaration of interest must be made by Government non-executives; how often any such declarations are required to be made; and if he will publish...
- Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many procurement officers are currently employed by his Department; (2) how many civil servants in his Department regularly deal with...
- Taxis
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2013, Official Report, column 939W, on taxis, for what reasons his Department does not maintain a central database...
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what contingency plans his Department (a) has made, (b) is making and (c) plans to make for UK withdrawal from the EU; whether those plans will be...
- Communities and Local Government
- Employment Agencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total spending on recruitment agencies by his Department was in each month from July to December 2012.
- Fire Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the like- for-like percentage change in formula funding has been for (a) rural and (b) urban fire authorities between...
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he plans to take to increase the level of house-building.
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will consider making available ring-fenced and time-limited capital funds to local authorities to increase the level of...
- Local Government: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on whether (a) councillors and (b) elected mayors are covered by the...
- Metropolitan Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department allocated to the Metropolitan Police in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; how much he...
- Mobile Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of static park homes in (a) the UK, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and...
- Mortgages: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many successful applications were made to the New Buy scheme from people in (a) Don Valley constituency, (b) Doncaster...
- Parking: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average increase in car parking fees charged by local authorities has been in the last two years.
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the monetary value was of contracts awarded by his Department to (a) management consultancies and (b) IT companies in (i)...
- Retail Trade: Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what recent assessment he has made of the effects of business rate increases on retailers; (2) what assistance his...
- Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) which local authorities are currently not participating in the recording of data on new social housing lets; and what...
- Social Rented Housing: South Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many successful home swaps had taken place under the Government's Home Swap Scheme involving a property in (a) Don Valley...
- Written Questions: Government Responses
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to answer PQ 135404, tabled on 19 December 2012 for answer on 7 January 2013.
- Culture Media and Sport
- Football
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to encourage local football clubs to offer their facilities for the use of (a) community sports groups and (b)...
- Olympic Games 2012: Touting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) on what dates (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have met officers from Operation Podium...
- Plants
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since her appointment.
- Sports: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of voluntary sports coaches in (a) the west midlands and (b) Dudley.
- UK Trade and Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which Ministers and officials in her Department are participating in the Strategic Investments Programme being promoted by UK Trade and...
- UK Trade and Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what consideration she has given to potential conflicts of interest arising from participation by Ministers in her Department in the...
- Energy and Climate Change
- Affordable Warmth Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the effect of the Affordable Warmth scheme on the number of households in fuel poverty in (a)...
- Carbon Emissions Reduction Target
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he expects Ofgem to publish its final update on the (a) community energy saving programme and (b) carbon emission reduction target.
- Carbon Emissions Reduction Target
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of (a) the level of emission reduction achieved and (b) the number of households that have received...
- Community Energy Saving Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of (a) the level of emission reductions achieved and (b) the number of households that have received...
- Deloitte
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people have worked for the Department on (a) a paid and (b) an unpaid basis who have been seconded from Deloitte in (i) 2010,...
- Energy: Job Creation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created in (a) the city of Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c)...
- Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in the insulation industry which have been lost (a) in total and (b) in Wales since the...
- Plants
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since his appointment.
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what contingency plans his Department (a) has made, (b) is making and (c) plans to make for UK withdrawal from the EU; whether those...
- Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department has set any targets for the number of wind turbines in the UK.
- Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2013, Official Report, column 956W, on energy, what information was submitted to his Department in...
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- British Indian Ocean Territory
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2013, Official Report, column 909W, on British Indian Ocean Territory, if he will...
- Central African Republic
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to work with the United Nations towards lasting peace in the Central African Republic.
- Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Iranian government over the prosecution of Christians in Iran and the cases of...
- Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of the persecution of those professing a minority religious faith in Iran.
- Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in which fora and under whose auspices the Government takes part in negotiations with Iran; and on what matters.
- Libya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the export of weapons from Libya following the overthrow of the Gadaffi regime.
- Mali
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Newark of 22 January 2013, Official Report, columns 171-2W, on Mali, whether the...
- Metropolitan Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much funding his Department allocated to the Metropolitan Police in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; how much he...
- Occupied Territories
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on whether the Israeli Government intends to allow settlement building to continue on occupied lands.
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contingency plans his Department (a) has made, (b) is making and (c) plans to make for UK withdrawal from the EU; whether...
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the costs and benefits of UK membership of the European Union for each of the last 30 years.
- Western Sahara
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 344W, on Western Sahara, whether MINURSO monitors the number...
- Written Questions: Government Responses
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to answer Parliamentary Question 137663, tabled on 14 January 2013 for answer on 17 January 2013.
- Health
- Action on Smoking and Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what funding his Department has allocated to the charity, Action on Smoking and Health in each of the last three years; (2) whether his Department...
- Antidepressants: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2013, Official Report, column 116W, on anti-depressants, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number...
- Beef: Horse Meat
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what findings of horsemeat traces his Department has detected in (a) wholesale and (b) retail meat (i) imported from the Republic of Ireland and (ii) in...
- Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department plans to take to support the NHS Commissioning Board in the prevention of premature mortality linked to cancer; (2) what...
- Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what safeguards his Department has put in place to minimise any loss of expertise and knowledge of cancer services staff during the transition to...
- Depression: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the comparative cost effectiveness of treatments sanctioned by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence...
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations are required to be made;...
- Drugs: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when (a) his Department and (b) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence last reviewed the effects of Methylphenidate on children...
- Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the take-up of new treatment recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, by GPs, consultants...
- Health: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2012, Official Report, column 850W, on Health: Children, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of poverty...
- Hospitals: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average time for an operation was in (a) Sunderland and (b) the North East in each of the last five years.
- Mental Health Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2013, Official Report, column 119W, on mental health services: young people, when his Department will publish the...
- Mental Illness: Bolton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people living in (a) Bolton South East constituency and (b) Bolton were treated for mental illness in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
- Methylphenidate
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many children under six years have been dispensed prescriptions for methylphenidate in each of the last 30 years; (2) how many and what...
- Metropolitan Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department allocated to the Metropolitan police in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; how much he plans to allocate in future...
- Multiple Sclerosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has recently discussed with his Ministerial colleagues commissioning research into the possible association between a deficiency in vitamin D...
- North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals and groups have left the North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust to join (a) a clinical commissioning group and (b) the NHS...
- Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 312W, on radiotherapy: South-West England and pursuant to the answer of 22...
- Royal Brompton Hospital
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions he has visited the Royal Brompton Hospital since the announcement of a review of the safe and sustainable decision on its future; if...
- Tobacco: Packaging
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to announce the Government's decision on proposals for standardised packaging on tobacco products.
- Home Department
- Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of (a) domestic violence, (b) rape, (c) other serious sexual violence and (d) hate crime were committed in England (i) in...
- Deportation: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many current or former Commonwealth soldiers have been deported because of disciplinary offences in the Army in each year since 2006.
- Driving under Influence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have (a) been breathalysed for drink driving, (b) failed a breathalyser test for drink driving and (c) failed a breathalyser...
- Driving under Influence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been caught drink driving during each month for each of the last five years.
- Intelligence Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 10 January 2013, Official Report, column 419W, on intelligence services, on how many occasions the QUAD forum has...
- Police Community Support Officers: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police community support officers there were in the (a) City of Birmingham and (b) West Midlands in each of the last five years.
- Police ICT Company
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police and crime commissioners had agreed that their police force would participate in the proposed police IT company by 15 January 2013.
- Police: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make it her policy to accept in full the recommendations of Mr Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of...
- UK Border Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases the UK Border Agency's Case Assurance and Audit Unit has.
- UK Border Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what timeframe cases handled by the Case Assurance and Audit Unit of the UK Border Agency are expected to be completed.
- Young Offenders: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in the Metropolitan Police area who were arrested were aged (a) 17, (b) 16, (c) 15, (d) 14, (e) 13, (f) 12, (g) 11 and (h) 10...
- International Development
- Jamaica
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the purpose was of the UK's loans to Jamaica in 1987 and 1993 on which £3.5 million is still owed; and whether these loans...
- Metropolitan Police
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding her Department allocated to the Metropolitan Police in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; how much she plans to...
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contingency plans her Department (a) has made, (b) is making and (c) plans to make for UK withdrawal from the EU; whether those...
- Scotland
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations are required to be...
- Plants
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since his appointment.
- Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
- Transport
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2013, Official Report, column 296W, on High Speed 2 railway line, what estimate his Department made of (a) how...
- Large Goods Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) with reference to the research study by Huddersfield university on the use of heavier, longer HGVs on UK roads, published in November 2012,...
- Motorcycles: Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether, in formulating its proposals for an integrated motorcycle driving test, his Department has given consideration to the issue of Driver...
- Rescue Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps he plans to take to ensure that the public interest is protected in the proposed privatisation of the helicopter search and rescue...
- Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured was on roads where average speed reduction cameras were deployed between...
- Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to replace Pacer rolling stock units on rail services in the north of England; and if he will make a statement.
- Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of Pacer rolling stock units in use on rail services in the North of England.
- Youth Select Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will respond to the Youth Parliament's Select Committee Report of 5 November 2012.
- Treasury
- Personal Allowance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of increases in the personal allowance.
- Shale Gas
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal steps he plans to take to ensure that local communities benefit financially from any extraction of shale gas.
- Funding for Lending Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the level of support for small businesses provided through the funding for lending scheme and other initiatives.
- Cost of Living
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to help people with the cost of living.
- City Deals
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent progress he has made on the second wave of city deals.
- Bank Lending
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the effect on economic growth of the level of bank lending to businesses.
- Infrastructure Investment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent steps he has taken to increase the level of infrastructure investment.
- Corporate Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to curb corporate tax avoidance.
- Companies
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to improve transparency and information sharing amongst UK companies.
- Directors
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations are required to be made;...
- Excise Duties: Fuels
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to introduce a rural fuel duty rebate for rural parts of North Yorkshire.
- Government Actuary's Department
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the increased GAD rate will apply.
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider making available additional ring-fenced and time-limited capital funds for house-building to local authorities for the purposes of...
- Interception Warrants
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions HM Revenue and Customs was given warrants to (a) intercept private personal emails and (b) listen to telephone calls in each of the...
- Limited Liability
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many exchange of information requests concerning limited liability partnerships or their members were received from each country or territory in (a)...
- Money Laundering
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many revocations of fit and proper person status relating to individuals working in each of the categories where such revocations can be made were...
- Money Laundering
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) prosecutions were made by HM Revenue and Customs and (b) convictions were made (i) under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 and (ii) in...
- Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has given any consideration to freezing business rates.
- Personal Income
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a distributional analysis of the effects on household income for each income decile of all the measures he has implemented since 2010.
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of staff in HM Revenue and Customs' business tax units are over the age of 55.
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many separate leadership and management courses HM Revenue and Customs provides for its staff.
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the recent appointments to the management board of HM Revenue and Customs.
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary of HM Revenue and Customs on appointments to executive boards.
- Revenue and Customs: Training
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many training courses were provided by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
- Revenue and Customs: Training
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much HM Revenue and Customs spent on training and development in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
- Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what costs have been recovered from PwC following the court decision in the case of Howard Peter Schofield v. the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue...
- Tax Avoidance and Evasion
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to paragraph 2.105 of the 2012 autumn statement, what the result was of the consultation exercise on the use of the procurement process to...
- Welfare Tax Credits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints of each type from customers on tax credits HM Revenue and Customs has received in each (a) year and (b) month since 2010; and if he will...
- Wales
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations are required to be made;...
- Defence
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has for the UK's fleet of Reaper drones when their current deployment in Afghanistan is complete in 2014.
- Air Force
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department has taken to retain pilot training programmes through the development of additional pilot training contracts with other states;...
- Australia
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the treaty signed with Australia on 18 January 2013.
- Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of changes to the implementation and effect of the equipment procurement and equipment support plans for (a) 2013-14, (b)...
- Military Exercises
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel and what assets took part in exercise Steadfast Noon 2012.
- Nato
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the policies of other NATO member states in respect of the transparency of their equipment procurement programmes; and if...
- Nato
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what UK assets and personnel have participated in NATO's Snowcat programme in each of the last two years.
- Porton Down: Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2012, Official Report, column 602W, on animal experiments, how many (a) pigs, (b) rabbits, (c) monkeys and (d)...
- Porton Down: Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2012, Official Report, column 621W, on Porton Down: animal experiments, how many procedures have been carried out...
- Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which sites owned by his Department have been sold since 2010; what type of development is planned on each such site; and what the capital receipts to...
- RAF Molesworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart concerning the (a) Joint Analysis Center at RAF Molesworth and (b) involvement of the US...
- Education
- Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to improve outcomes for adopted children in (a) Hendon, (b) London and (c) England.
- Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities have greater flexibility in spending their adoption improvement grant within each...
- Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much the Young Apprenticeships scheme costs annually per pupil; and what the comparable annual costs are for (a) educating a 14 to 16 year old...
- Booktrust
To ask the Secretary of State for Education which Ministers of his Department oversaw or contributed to his Department's decision on Government funding for Booktrust in 2013 to 2015.
- Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for looked-after children in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) England.
- Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) single parents and (b) couples that use (i) formal and (ii) informal childcare in (A) Hounslow, (B)...
- Children: Methadone
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children who were the subject of serious case reviews died from ingesting methadone in each of the last three years.
- Children's Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how may (a) children's centres and (b) Sure Start centres have closed in (i) Hounslow, (ii) London, (iii) each region of the UK and (iv) total in each...
- Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of any written or email communication between Ministers, special advisers or officials in his Department and...
- Early Intervention Grant
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how much his Department plans to allocate to the Early Intervention Grant in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; (2) with reference to table 3:...
- Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people are employed by his Department to monitor and respond to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; what level of...
- GCE AS-Level
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the statement made by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education of 23 January 2013, Official Report, columns 315-26, on...
- GCE AS-Level
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the Statement made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education of 23 January 2013, Official Report, columns 315-26, on...
- Gcse
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of children on free school meals have been in the bottom quintile of achievement of five A*-C GCSEs including English and mathematics...
- Gcse
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of looked-after children achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE level in each year since 2010 in each local authority area.
- Mathematics: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to encourage the study of mathematics post-16; and if he will make a statement.
- Pre-school Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was allocated to each local authority for free entitlement to nursery education in each of the last five years; and how much such funding was...
- Schools: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, column 101W, on schools: food, what work the external consultants will undertake on behalf...
- Schools: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, column 101W, on schools: food, which external consultants are supporting the School Food...
- Schools: Public Footpaths
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department has made an assessment of the risk to children posed by public footpaths crossing school playing fields or running adjacent to them.
- Senior Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of officials of the three most senior grades in his Department have (a) resigned, (b) taken voluntary early retirement,...
- Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many hon. Members have (a) submitted parliamentary questions and (b) written to him on the local offer in the forthcoming Children and Families Bill.
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will consider changing his Department's name to reflect the influence of agriculture in its work.
- Agriculture: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations he has made to (a) his European counterparts and (b) the European Commission regarding farms...
- Bees: Insecticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made on the effects of the use of pesticides on the bee population; and if he will make a statement.
- Bees: Insecticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what restrictions, warnings and safeguards exist on the sale and use of imidacloprid in this country.
- Bees: Insecticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the recent report published by the Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture on the...
- Bovine Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has any plans to begin a badger cull in the original cull pilot areas of Gloucestershire and North East Somerset.
- Bovine Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the compatibility of Natural England's advice to people carrying out the badger cull to avoid...
- Dangerous Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he plans to make an announcement on tackling irresponsible dog ownership.
- Farms: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the effect that (a) removal of hedges to create larger fields, (b) converting from...
- Food: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what resources are available to (a) his Department and (b) other Government Departments to ensure a resilient network of...
- Fracking
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the toxicity level of chemicals used or proposed for use in Cuadrilla Resources...
- Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what grant-giving programmes are operated by (a) his Department and (b) the bodies for which he is responsible; and which...
- Insecticides: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential for harm to human health of the use of neonicotinoid...
- Livestock: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2013, Official Report, column 207W, on livestock: transport, on which occasions the...
- Livestock: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will work with his EU counterparts to secure an EU-wide ban on the live transportation of animals for slaughter.
- 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 31 October 2012 with regard...
- Metropolitan Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department allocated to the Metropolitan police in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; how much he...
- Milk: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average milk price paid to (a) British dairy farmers and (b) dairy farmers in other EU member states has been in...
- Schmallenberg Virus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the effect on the economy of projections on the spread of Schmallenberg virus in the UK.
- Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many horse passports were submitted to UK abattoirs prior to slaughter in each of the last four years.
- Trees
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the abatement cost of mixed woodland planting; and what comparative assessment he has made of...
- Trees
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the forest planting rates were for the UK in each year from 1983 to 2012.
- Trees: Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on transmission of tree diseases from other EU countries to the UK
- Waste Management
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on a zero waste economy.
- Justice
- Alternatives to Prison
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many out of court disposals have been issued in (a) England and Wales and (b) each police authority area in each year since 1997.
- Approved Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons are resident at approved premises administered by the Probation Service in England and Wales; and how many such people had been...
- Courts: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what analysis his Department has conducted or commissioned on the use of remote access to magistrates courts and Crown courts.
- Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what was the longest length of time between the reporting of an offence and the conclusion of criminal proceedings in any ensuing court case in (a)...
- Fines: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the total value was of court fines and confiscation orders (a) paid and (b) remaining unpaid in London in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he...
- Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to introduce changes to the existing Freedom of Information legislation.
- Judicial Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of applications for judicial review.
- Personal Injury: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to his answer of 15 January 2013, Official Report, column 729W, on personal injury: compensation, what other costs he has identified for his...
- Police: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many police officers have been (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) subsequently acquitted for actions carried out during the course of their duty in...
- Probation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how he holds private sector providers of probation services accountable for the quality of supervision.
- Probation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice who is responsible for recalling to prison offenders monitored under the supervision of the private or voluntary sector.
- Probation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how risk is assessed by private contractors and voluntary sector providers in the Probation Service.
- Probation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what (a) the reconviction rate and (b) the predicted reconviction rate was for offenders supervised in the community by the Probation Service in...
- Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many away days his Department has held since 2010; and what the cost was of each such event.
- Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of trials at (a) magistrates' and (b) Crown courts were ineffective (i) in total and (ii) by region in (A) 2010-11 and (B) 2011-12; and...
- Work and Pensions
- Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many parents in each parliamentary constituency are liable to pay an amount of child maintenance following a statutory maintenance...
- Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many parents with care in each parliamentary constituency have a positive child maintenance assessment from the Child Support Agency; and...
- Cold Weather Payments: High Peak
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many severe winter weather payments were made to people in High Peak constituency in 2011-12.
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations are required...
- Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill on the income of people in the support group for...
- Housing Benefit: Bolton
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the number of households in (a) Bolton South East constituency and (b) Bolton that are in receipt of...
- Independent Living Fund: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Social Development in Northern Ireland regarding the abolition of the Independent...
- Jobseeker's Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance have been sanctioned as a result of leaving a job where they were on a zero-hours contact in...
- National Insurance Credits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many National Insurance credit claimants were sanctioned in the two years prior to September 2012 for refusing to comply with a...
- New Enterprise Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been referred by each area's Jobcentre Plus to the new enterprise allowance programme; how many have been accepted onto...
- New Enterprise Allowance: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey are in receipt of the new enterprise allowance.
- Senior Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of officials of the three most senior grades in his Department have (a) resigned, (b) taken voluntary early...
- Social Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, columns 48-9W, on Social Fund, how many (a) funeral payments and (b) crisis loan...
- Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to encourage the sharing of information by DWP Benefits Fraud, the Child Support Agency and HM Revenue and Customs to...
- State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what consideration he has given to introducing a taper for those retiring close to the date of implementation of the single tier pension scheme.
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the level of understanding among user groups of proposed changes in (a) retrospective payments and (b) use of IT...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will prevent carers with a dependent child aged (a) under 13 and (b) over 13 who are in receipt of universal credit being...
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the value of his Department's contracts with Atos are; and in what proportion of appeals against the original decision the appellant is...
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many work capability assessments for people on incapacity benefit were (a) carried out and (b) subsequently successfully appealed against...
- House of Lords
- Admiralty Arch
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to ensure that Admiralty Arch will continue to fly its full set of White Ensigns on state occasions following its conversion to a hotel.
- Banking: Bonuses
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Goldman Sachs and other banks are considering delaying payments of bonuses in the current tax year in order that...
- Banks: HBOS
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Financial Services Authority are investigating the role of any current or former executives or board members of HBOS other than Mr Peter Cummings as...
- Banks: HSBC
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 18 December (WA 287-8), whether any current or previous executive directors of HSBC Bank plc are subject to...
- Benefits
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 8 January (WA 11-12), what are the difficulties in recording and retaining the details of child benefit...
- Benefits
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total current public expenditure cost of all welfare benefits; and how much of that total is additional to contributions received through national...
- Burma
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ask the Government of Burma to end its military offensive in Kachin State and engage in political dialogue and a peace process with...
- Burma
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking within the European Union to make the relaxation of economic sanctions and promotion of new trade and investment in Burma conditional on...
- Burma
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of China regarding air strikes by the Burmese Army in Kachin State.
- Burnley Street Pastors
To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they have provided for Mary Pickles of Worsthorne, Lancashire, in her role as a member of the Burnley Street Pastors.
- Courts: Magistrates' Courts
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the size of existing merged magistrates' benches; and what will be the size of any proposed merged benches.
- Debt
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the United Kingdom's (1) public debt, (2) corporate debt, (3) personal debt, and (4) total debt, in (a) 2011, and (b) 2012; and in each...
- Debt
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken a comparison of the level of total debt as a percentage of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom against that of other members...
- Dunfermline Building Society
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they provided to the Nationwide Building Society to assist its takeover of the Dunfermline Building Society (DBS); what amount of claim they have...
- Economy
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 17 January (WA 147), whether they will now provide an assessment of the impact of a potential loss of the United...
- Energy: Gas Prices
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the investigations being conducted by Ofgem and the Financial Services Authority into wholesale gas price manipulation to be concluded.
- Energy: Nuclear Waste
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that the special status of national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty takes precedence in decisions on sites for the disposal of...
- Energy: Nuclear Waste
To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they apply in identifying suitable sites for constructing nuclear waste disposal facilities; how many sites they have considered; where they are...
- Energy: Nuclear Waste
To ask Her Majesty's Government what strategic assessment they have made of the relative merits of potential sites in West Cumbria for the disposal of nuclear waste against those available...
- Energy: Prices
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 7 January (WA 26), what percentage of the rise in residential energy prices since 2010, in percentage...
- Energy: Solar Parks
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the case for the construction of solar parks on agricultural land; and what is the planned output of electricity from those already in...
- Environment: Global Change
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report Can a Collapse of Global Civilization be Avoided? written by Professor Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich of the...
- EU: Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance
To ask Her Majesty's Government what budget they propose for the European Union's Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance; which countries are currently benefiting from it; and which countries...
- EU: UK Membership
To ask Her Majesty's Government which European Union member states have indicated to them that they are willing to consider a renegotiation of the European Union treaty if the United Kingdom...
- EU: UK Membership
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to hold a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union.
- Fire and Rescue Service
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the discretion afforded to eight Fire and Rescue Authorities to raise their council tax precept will be extended to all Fire and Rescue Authorities.
- Food: Cheese
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was (1) the tonnage, and (2) the monetary value, of cheese imported from the Republic of Ireland into the United Kingdom in each of the last three years.
- Food: Cheese
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was (1) the tonnage, and (2) the monetary value, of cheese imported from all European Union member states into the United Kingdom in each of the past three years.
- Food: Food Banks
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many food banks have been established nationally since 2005.
- Food: Sell-by Dates
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to discourage retailers from practices that lead to the rejection of edible food on the basis of sell-by date.
- Government Departments: Official Receptions
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the cost of the reception which the Northern Ireland Office is organising to celebrate the passing in the House of Commons of the Government of Ireland...
- Government Departments: Records
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the timescales for the release of classified government papers.
- House of Lords: Expenditure
To ask the Chairman of Committees what are the estimates for each of the individual headings of House of Lords expenditure for 2013-14 and 2014-15 as set out by the Finance Director in reports to...
- House of Lords: Expenditure
To ask the Chairman of Committees what items of expenditure are covered by the heading "no specific budget" in the House of Lords estimates for the last years for which statistics are available;...
- House of Lords: Pork and Bacon
To ask the Chairman of Committees what proportion of pork and bacon used in House of Lords food outlets is produced in the United Kingdom.
- Houses of Lords: Expenditure
To ask the Chairman of Committees what is the most recent estimate of year-to-date spend and outturn for 2012-13 for each of the individual headings of House of Lords expenditure as set out by...
- Housing: First-time Buyers
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their most recent estimate of the average deposit needed for a first-time house buyer in (1) South Basildon and East Thurrock parliamentary constituency,...
- Human Trafficking
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the number of Dalit women trafficked from India into Europe.
- Israel and Palestine
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to renew discussions with Israel on the establishment of a two-state solution once the general election has taken place in that country.
- Kenya
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the recommendations to the European Union and its member states in the International Crisis Group's report Kenya's 2013 elections.
- Libya
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have obtained details of the amount of weaponry shipped to the IRA by the former Government of Libya; and, if so, whether they will publish those details.
- Living Wage
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the net effect that introducing a Living Wage of £8.55 per hour for employees in London and £7.45 per hour outside...
- Local Government
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for unitary local government throughout England.
- Migration
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 19 December (WA 319), following comments by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local...
- Nigeria
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken, and what further steps they intend to take, in relation to the killing of Christians in northern Nigeria in December 2012.
- Nigeria
To ask Her Majesty's Government what practical support and encouragement they are giving to the Government of Nigeria to address killings perpetrated by Boko Haram insurgents in that country.
- North Korea
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the call made on 14 January by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the international community to put more...
- North Korea
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the call made on 14 January by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the establishment of an international...
- Northern Ireland: Referendum
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 22 January (WA 176), what criteria they will apply in considering whether a referendum on future...
- Overseas Conflict: Sexual Violence
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the provision of safe abortion for survivors of sexual violence in conflict is addressed within the remit of their Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative.
- Overseas Conflict: Sexual Violence
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative will ensure that the principles of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, regarding the full participation...
- Overseas Conflict: Sexual Violence
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative will support women's rights organisations at local level which are working to prevent gender-based violence and...
- Pakistan
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assess the integrity of the forthcoming elections in Pakistan; and whether they have had discussions with the Commonwealth regarding...
- Powers of Entry
To ask Her Majesty's Government which minister in each government department has responsibility to Parliament for the full review of powers of entry of that department as required by the...
- Powers of Entry
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the full review of powers of entry required by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, they will give priority to reviewing those powers of entry which do...
- Powers of Entry
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the full review of powers of entry required by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, departments will consider whether each power of entry without...
- Powers of Entry
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, under the full review of powers of entry as required by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, any powers of entry without warrant have yet been identified...
- Powers of Entry
To ask Her Majesty's Government what new powers of entry without the need for a warrant have been enacted since the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into force.
- Property: Leasehold Valuation Tribunal
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord McNally on 16 January (Official Report, col. 683), whether, when the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal is transferred into the property...
- Raymond Gilbert
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the reasons for the continued imprisonment of Mr Raymond Gilbert, convicted of murder in 1981.
- Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to consult representatives of Parish Councils on the impact of the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012 on...
- Scotland: Referendum
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the legal standing of the 2012 agreement between the United Kingdom Government and the Scottish Government on a referendum on independence for Scotland.
- Scotland: Referendum
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the 2012 Agreement between the United Kingdom Government and the Scottish Government on a referendum on independence for Scotland has relevance to matters...
- Syria
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any jihadist affiliation of the al-Nusra Front in Syria; and whether they have information linking that organisation to the...
- Turkey
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are available to them, the European Union and other European institutions to assist the achievement of a comprehensive peace in Turkey.
